Sunday, December 31, 2006

Christmas 2006






















Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all.


I am still taking a break. Check back for the new posting about mid-week after New Year.

Assigned work from before the Christmas holiday can be found from earlier at this site.

The Social Studies 11 Family History Assignment can be found at the following blog address:

http://benoyfamilyhistoryassignment.blogspot.com

Saturday, December 16, 2006

December 18-22







Enjoy the Christmas festivities, but don't forget -- there are only three weeks left after we return, so be sure to do some ho ho homework. Grade 12's be sure to catch up. Grade 11's make sure that you look at the provincial exam (Go to www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/ and look at the Socials 11 sample and key. Be sure to write it before coming back after the break.

If you have the time and inclination, the Ministry of Education is asking for feedback on the current Social Studies curriculum from teachers, students and parents. If you are interested in getting your two bits in, go to the following website and type away: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/drafts

History 12

Keep working as per the assigned package. Remember, Essay #3 is due during the last week of December, questions #1-42 are also due on Thursday, Dec. 21 (20 marks), questions 43-89 ar due on Monday, January 22 (20 marks) and an in-class essay will be written on a topic prepared in advance on Tuesday, January 23.

  • Monday, December 18 - Finish Gwynne Dyer's War; Notes on Nuclear War. Begin the lecture on Decolonization - the British and French experiences.
  • Tuesday, December 19 - Complete Decolonization, Begin Indochina & the Vietnam Wars.
  • Wednesday, December 20 - Indochina & the Vietnam Wars.
  • Thursday, December 21 - Vietnam War - AV from the series The 10,000 Day War.
  • Friday, December 22 - Vietnam War - further AV from the series The 10,000 Day War.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The Hero as Artist will not be due until shortly after returning from the Christmas holidays (Wednesday). This is another very large package. We will begin a very short Mannerism Package at the end of the week. It too will come in soon after the Christmas break -- at the same time as another very short package that will be assigned in the first week back, The Reformation. These two short packages will both be handed in on the second Monday after we return from the break; together, they are much shorter than the current package.

  • Monday, December 18 - Da Vinci. Work on the package.
  • Tuesday, December 19 - Raphael & Bramante. Work on the package.
  • Wednesday, December 20 - Titian & Giorgione. Work on the package.
  • Thursday, December 21 - Mannerism package assigned. Parmigianino & Bronzino. Work on the packages.
  • Friday, December 22 - Bologna & Celinin. Sister Wendy video selections on the late Renaissance and Mannerist painters.

Social Studies 11

Note: The Geography textbook - The 21st Century World is available on the school server and is also accessible on the Internet at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ -- be aware, the text is now several years old and hyperlinks do not always work. I am preparing to revise and update the work, but have not had time to do so yet. PowerPoint material supporting the Geography unit is also available on the school server, but not yet on the Internet.

Chapter 1 will be quizzed on Tuesday. Chapter 2 2ill be tested after Christmas.

Be sure to get caught up after Christmas and you must begin preparation for the Provincial final exam.

There are only three weeks left when classes resume in January!

  • Monday, December 18 - Take up #1-2, p. 17 & #1-4, p. 21. Finish PowerPoint in block 4. Both blocks – continue with Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth – viewing guide questions. Read the conclusion on p. 22 and do #1-2, p. 22. Read pp. 29-31. Do #1-3 & #1-3, p. 31.
  • Tuesday, December 19 - Take up homework. Begin Population PowerPoint. Ch. 1 quiz. Read pp. 31-35.Do #1-2, p. 33 (but note correction in text On question 1 the years should say 1980 & 1990) Do #1-2, p. 37 (But use 2006 data at http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/demo10a.htm). Do #1-2, p. 37. Use 2001 data.
  • Wednesday, December 20 - Take up homework. PowerPoint – Theories of Population and the Demographic Transition Model. Read pp. 37-42. Do #1-6, p. 39 & 1-6, pp. 41-42).
  • Thursday, December 21 - Video – Population Transition in Italy and question (or alternative, if unavailable). Read pp. 42-45. Do #1-5, p. 45.
  • Friday, December 22 -
    Take up homework. Video –
    Escaping from History. Gwynn Dyer on Mexico. Questions. Over Christmas, go to http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/search/ and put in the appropriate information. Download the exam and key. Write this for practice.

Merry Christmas!

Saturday, December 09, 2006

December 11-15

If you have the time and inclination, the Ministry of Education is asking for feedback on the current Social Studies curriculum from teachers, students and parents. If you are interested in getting your two bits in, go to the following website and type away:http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/drafts


History 12


Keep working as per the assigned package. Remember, Essay #3 is due during the last week of December, questions #1-42 are also due on Thursday, Dec. 21 (20 marks), questions 43-89 ar due on Monday, January 22 (20 marks) and an in-class essay will be written on a topic prepared in advance on Tuesday, January 23.


  • Monday December 11 - Complete Decolonization - India; Begin the Middle East to 1956.
  • Tuesday, December 12 - Complete the Middle East to 1956. Begin the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • Wednesday, December 13 - Complete the Cuban Missile Crisis. AV on the Crisis. If time, AV on Indian Independence.
  • Thursday, December 14 - Deterrence and Nuclear War.
  • Friday, December 15 - Complete Deterrence and Nuclear War. AV on Nucelar War from Gwynne Dyer's War series. If time, and if available: If You Love This Planet.

Comparative Civilizations 12

Man the Measure of All Things package due Monday, December 11. The Hero as Artist will not be due until shortly after returning from the Christmas holidays. This is another very large package.

  • Monday, December 11 - Video: Art of the Western World; The High Renaissance. Work on the package.
  • Tuesday, December 12 - Video: Kenneth Clark's Civilisation; The Hero As Artist. Work on the package.
  • Wednesday, December 13 - Introduction to Michelangelo. Begin the film The Agony and the Ecstasy.
  • Thursday, December 14 - The Agony and the Ecstasy.
  • Friday, December 15 - Complete The Agony and the Ecstasy. Work on the package.

Social Studies 11

The unit test on Post-War Canada will be this Wednesday. 30 flash cards are required to earn the full 5 bonus marks -- make sure that they are just terms or names with definitions; no questions please. The mark breakdown is 40 multiple choice questions (1 each), 5 definitions (2 each) and 3 from 5 long answer questions (6 each) -- for a total of 68 marks.

Note: The Geography textbook - The 21st Century World is available on the school server and is also accessible on the Internet at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ -- be aware, the text is now several years old and hyperlinks do not always work. I am preparing to revise and update the work, but have not had time to do so yet. PowerPoint material supporting the Geography unit is also available on the school server, but not yet on the Internet.

  • Monday, December 11 - Take up #1-5, p. 211 and #1-3, p. 212. Material from Canada; A Peoples' History. Continue PowerPoint on Land Claims and the Indian Act. Read pp. 212-222. Do #1-2, p. 215 (sidebar), #2 & 3, p. 216, #1-4, p. 219, #1-2, p. 221 (sidebar) and #1,3, & 4, p. 222.
  • Tuesday, December 12 - Take up homework. Complete any PowerPoint not finished on Tuesday. Material from the CBC Archives on Native issues, including the Oka standoff. Prepare for the unit test next class.
  • Wednesday, December 13 - Unit Test on Post-WWII Canada. Hand back History text and sign out Geography textbook. Read pp. 6-11. Do #1-5, p. 11.
  • Thursday, December 14 - Take up homework. Video segment on The Brundtland Report (note this is the 20th anniversary of the report). 1. Identify the key problems noted in this report. 2. Are these still the key issues facing the planet? 3. What should be deleted or added to this list? Chapter 1 PowerPoint. Read pp. 12-16. Do #1-9, p. 16 and #1-4, pp. 16-17.
  • Friday, December 15 - Take up homework. Complete any unfinished PowerPoint. Video, Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and handout questions. Read pp. 1`7-20. Do #1-2, p. 17 and #1-4, p. 21. Note: The video is available in segments on YouTube, the Internet. Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwY4VU7zhsw&mode=related&search=

Saturday, December 02, 2006

December 4 to 8




If you have the time and inclination, the Ministry of Education is asking for feedback on the current Social Studies curriculum from teachers, students and parents. If you are interested in getting your two bits in, go to the following website and type away:



http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/drafts


History 12

Keep working as per the assigned package. Remember, Essay #3 is due during the last week of December, questions #1-42 are also due on Thursday, Dec. 21 (20 marks), questions 43-89 ar due on Monday, January 22 (20 marks) and an in-class essay will be written on a topic prepared in advance on Tuesday, January 23.

  • Monday, December 4 - AV from the 20th Century History series. - One Man's Revolution, Cold War Confrontation, & India; the Brightest Jewel.
  • Tuesday, December 5 - Conclusions for the Korean War. The United Nations Organization.
  • Wednesday, December 6 - Post Secondary Liaison Day.
  • Thursday, December 7 - The USSR and Eastern Europe to 1956.
  • Friday, December8 - Decolonization - The Experience of India.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The Man the Measure of All Things package is due on Monday, December 11.

  • Monday, December 4 - Video: Bill Moyer's Florence.
  • Tuesday, December 5 - Complete the video if time needed. Van Eyck and Van der Weyden. Work on the package (or on the next one).
  • Wednesday, December 6 - Post Secondary Liaison Day.
  • Thursday, December 7 - Grunewald and Bosch. Work on the package (or the next one).
  • Friday, December 8 - Durer. Hero as Artist package assigned - new package.

Social Studies 11

I expect that the final History unit test on post-war Canada will be written around the middle of next week.

I think the AV problems that confounded our showing the Canada; A Peoples' History video segments is now resolved.

  • Monday, December 4 - Take up #1,3 & 5, p. 158 & 1-3, p. 164. Video segments from Canada; A Peoples' History (including Comfort & Fear, From Sea to Sea, Boom, Seeing Red, On Guard for Thee, and The Shadow of Nuclear War). Read pp. 166-174. Do #1-3, p. 174.
  • Tuesday, December 5 - Take up #2-3, p. 174. Continue the PowerPoint Post War Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples' History (First Tremors, A Prairie Storm and The Fight for Medicare). Read pp. 174-183. Do #1 & 2, p. 176, 1, 2, & 5, p. 180 and #2, p. 182.
  • Wednesday, December 6 - Take up homework. PowerPoint The Quiet and Not-So-Quiet Revolution and viewing guide questions. Material from Canada; A Peoples' History (Time For Change & Maitres Chez Nous). Read pp. 184-190. Do #1 in the sidebar on p. 188 and #1-4, p. 188, and #1-4, p. 190.
  • Thursday, December 7 - Take up homework. continue the PowerPoint. Material from Canada; A Peoples' History (Vive le Quebec Libre, Language Wars, and The Choice). Read pp. 202-206. Do #1-5, p. 206.
  • Friday, December 8 - Take up homework. Begin PowerPoint on Aboriginal Canadians - Treaties and Landclaims - take notes. Read pp. 206-212. Do #1-5 in the sidebar on p. 211 and #1-3, p. 212.