Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Historical Significance Part 2: The Halifax Harbour Explosion, 1917; Media Literacy & soap



Rorden pointed out on Tuesday that this was also an item of Canadian History, from 1917, that was of historical significance.  The event also illustrates an example of how cause and consequence operates.  For example, check out some of the points made in the following article:

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/12/05/halifax-to-commemorate-1917-halifax-explosion.html
Viola Desmond's sister recounts the experience of the explosion:  https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/12/05/halifax-to-commemorate-1917-halifax-explosion.html

Language Arts:  Media Literacy

I will use the blog to frame the lesson for today.  I will return to this and provide it with some more context.






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