Welcome to the homepage for CHI4U: Canadian History, Identity and Culture
Mr. N. Tidridge, Room 2048, Period Two (2019)

Canada is a rich and diverse federation with a complicated history. Emerging through the relationships kindled between settlers and Indigenous Peoples, the Canadian federation remains a work in progress. Exploring how Canada was formed will give us clues as to the direction we are heading, as well as the reasons why we do the things we do as a country.

It has been said that studying history is like playing a huge game of telephone - sifting through various stories, exaggerations and factual evidence. This course will present you with all kinds of information that affects you as a Canadian. We are going to try and understand the question "What makes us Canadian?"

In looking at Canada and its history, we will make use of a variety of different resources: artifacts, local history, video, primary sources, secondary sources, local archives, etc. Remember, CHI4U is a University Preparation course, and has been designed with many elements that you will see during your time at a post-secondary institution.
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Medal presented at the signing of Treaty No. 8 between the Crown and Indigenous Nations (June 21st, 1899)
Local history is a big part of this course - students will be expected to learn about the larger Flamborough community in the belief that it will connect them to the larger national history. There is a page dedicated to local history on this website - click here.

Important Course Sheets:

WDHS Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting Policy:
History Department Evaluation Policy:

Local History, Seminars and CHI4U1 at Waterdown

History as Fact and Fiction

Course Text:

​The Extraordinary History of Flamborough: East Flamborough, West Flamborough and Waterdown (WDHS Edition). Waterdown: Flamborough Heritage Society, 2022. 

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Downtown Waterdown in the early 1900s.

Documenting Your Sources:

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Properly documenting your sources is an extremely important part of your writing process - this will become especially true in post-secondary education. Failing to give proper credit for thoughts and work that are not your own is called plagiarism (a very serious academic offense).

It is also important to remember that there are all kinds of different essay formats, depending on which subject area you are writing in. For this course, you are expected to use the Chicago format. Learn more about this format, as well as the other subject formats, by visiting these sites:

Online Resources:

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