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.