Quebec Since 1800 (Carleton, HIST 3301A,
Summer 2021)

Quebec Since 1800 (Carleton, HIST 3301A,
Summer 2021)

An exploration of the historical roots of current issues in Quebec public life. A retrospective and chronological survey, with special attention to the transnational aspects of the history of Quebec, the major transformations in the environment, the economy, social relations and culture. An introduction to the many, and changing, ways used by historians to discover and explain this past. A discussion of conflicting understandings, received ideas, prejudices, assumptions and misconceptions. An initiation to the main tools for finding information doing research about the history of the various peoples and groups who have inhabited the Quebec territory from its earliest times to the present. A chance to participate in hands on and collaborative virtual workshops, and to assemble progressively a substantial individual project on a theme of choice.

Marshall, Dominique

2021 Summer

Dominique Marshall

syllabus for asynchronous course, PDF, 9 pages

Lesson Plan

English

Jurisdiction of Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

syllabus

semester

Weekly activities - 40%

• 8% per weekly activity; best 5 of 6 marks (due weekly at the end of Wednesdays)

Individual project on social group of Quebec - 40%

• Selection social group (May 10) and project topic (May 12) 0%
• Proposal (May 20) and meeting with Instructor 10%
• Draft of Individual project (May 8) 0%%
• (NOTE: Weekly Activity 6 relates to this draft and is graded on 8%)
• Final project (June 17) 25%
• Reflection on the making of the project (June 18) 5%

Final take home examination - 20%

An exploration of the historical roots of current issues in Quebec public life. A retrospective and chronological survey, with special attention to the transnational aspects of the history of Quebec, the major transformations in the environment, the economy, social relations and culture. An introduction to the many, and changing, ways used by historians to discover and explain this past. A discussion of conflicting understandings, received ideas, prejudices, assumptions and misconceptions. An initiation to the main tools for finding information doing research about the history of the various peoples and groups who have inhabited the Quebec territory from its earliest times to the present. A chance to participate in hands on and collaborative virtual workshops, and to assemble progressively a substantial individual project on a theme of choice.

Gossage, Peter, and J. I. Little. An Illustrated History of Quebec: Tradition & Modernity Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2014. Hard copies are available at Octopus Books, to purchase online (you can use curbside pickup or mail delivery): https://shop.octopusbooks.ca/?q=h.tviewer&e_def_id=cuPpI2uIbzA

Format and workload:
No participation in real time is required. Each week, within a flexible schedule in a weekly cycle starting on Thursdays, there will be 15 hours of work: five hours of preparatory work (reading, watching lectures and conversations), five hours of engagement with the class (exchanging with class as a whole, with one group, with the Instructor or the Teaching Assistant, posting materials on common documents), as well as five hours of work on an individual term project.

Quebec Since 1800 (Carleton, HIST 3301A)