LHA History Society

Welcome to the homepage of the History Society of

LaurenHill Academy 2505 Cote Vertu Road Saint Laurent, Quebec H4R 1P3

This site contains links for:

Grade Ten: History of Quebec in Canada
Grade Eleven: Twentieth Century History
Grade Eight History: The Ancient and Medieval World
Issues in the Twentieth Century
Teacher Aides

Grade Eleven: Twentieth Century History

Course Outline

Current Assignments

Assignment One for September
Assignment Two for October,
Assignment Three for December
Assignment Four for January
Assignment Five for February
Assignment Six for March
Assignment Seven for April
The Assignment on Change or Constant, due either in January or May.
For help with the essay type assignments try the Essay Guide, or Avoid these Common Mistakes, or look at a Sample Essay
For help with researching on the internet go here.
A Guide to writing a paper

World War One

The following will be helpful for essay topics relating to The Great War:

World War I Archives for many primary resources, including speeches of major leaders.
The Road to War for a discussion of causes.
Trenches on the Web, an excellent starting point. Here is a timeline for The Long Fuse

The Decade of the Twenties The Grade Eleven history classes of 2001-2002 constructed a modest WebQuest on the Twenties . Preparing your own WebQuest is a possible way of doing a monthly assignment. Speak with your history teacher.

World War Two

Just about everything you've ever wanted to know about World War II can be found at World War II: The World Remembers

For sites on the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb try:

President Truman's Decision to drop the Atomic Bomb
Visit the A-Bomb Museum
Doug Long's personnal site on the decision to drop the bomb
Whistlestop's collection
The Seattle Times site on the Trinity Project

Teacher Aides

The Corner, a school resource site in Hong Kong

EMSB RECIT which contains many resources including WebQuests

Resources for History 44 History of Quebec and Canada Site

The QESN History Teaching Resource Center

History Daily will email you This Day in History

Issues in Twentieth Century History

Issues in the Twentieth Century is an ongoing project of the Grade XI-Twentieth Century History Class of LaurenHill Academy, taught by Mr. J. Hackett. The course was first introduced to our curriculum in 1996. Since that time the class has studied various issues in the 20th century and reported on them.

Please click HERE to go to the main Issues page.

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This site created Spring, 1997; last updated July, 2007. This page maintained and © by the Mr. Hackett, former history teacher, LaurenHill Academy.

LHA History Society

Grade Eleven: Twentieth Century History

Other Topics of Sites of Historical Interest and Research

Teacher Aides

Issues in Twentieth Century History