Social 5: Halifax Explosion

In Social 5 we have been discussing natural (and other) disasters in Canada’s history, including:

  • The Saguenay Floods
  • “The Squeeze” in coal mines
  • Ft McMurray Forest Fires
  • Montreal Ice Storm
  • Hurricane Hazel
  • Frank Slide
  • and others

Today is the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion–the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion. It was devastating.

The CBC has a gorgeous interactive on this topic (that Social 20 also shared).

http://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/halifaxexplosion/

Mr. McIntosh

Teacher - Humanities

In a typical year I teach a range of courses from elementary to high school. I am our school's Social Studies specialist, teaching high school social, as well as a member of the PE team.

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