Friday, February 23, 2007

February 26 - March 2
















Use this blogsite to see what work we will be doing and note homework assignments. I will give advance warning about tests here and inform you of their mark breakdwon. The assignments themselves will be posted on my website at: http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/ . Note: Some but not all of the handout materials will also be made available over the Internet from this site. Also use the website to link to resources and read course and school information -- like course objectives, image galleries, and other information pertaining to my classes, or clubs and groups that I am affiliated with.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Channel's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode provided on your course outline to register. If you have lost it, see me for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

I have a student teacher this semester, Miss Hartigan, who is currently working with my grade 8s and will also working with my regular 11 block. She will also be posting information on her own blog and website. These can be found at http://chartigan.blogspot.com/ for the blog and http://christinahartigan.googlepages.com/ for the website.

Social Studies 8

Go to Miss Hartigan's blogsite for lesson plans at http://chartigan.blogspot.com/ .

Social Studies 11 Honours

The next test will be a large unit test, this Wednesday, on both chapter 2 and chapter 3 material. Expect the following breakdown for marks: 65 multiple choice items (1 mark each) and a choice of 3 from 10 long answer questions(6 marks each). Bonus marks for flash cards (term or name on one side; definition or why the person is important on the other) will be valued at 5 marks. It is therefore possible to score up to 88/83 on the test.

The essay coming out of the Essay Writing Workshop material is formally assigned. This will be due in about a month (the exact date will be set with two weeks to go -- hopefully we can avoid tests and other big due dates in other classes).


  • Monday, February 26 - Take up #1-5, p. 64 & #1-3, p. 70. Video: Bomb Under the World & questions. Read pp. 70-73. Do #1-8, p. 73.
  • Tuesday, February 27 - We had to move to Plan B for today's class. Computers were unavailable in this block, so the Child Labour Computer Lab class is cancelled. We will begin chapter 4 PowerPoint instead. Sorry folks! No homework is assigned. Prepare for the chapters 2 & 3 unit test next class.
  • Wednesday, February 28 - Unit Test on chapters 2 & 3. Read pp. 83-86. Do #1-3, p. 84 , #1-4, p. 85 & #1-2, p. 86.
  • Thursday, March 1 - Take up homework. Begin chapter 4 PowerPoint. Read pp. 86-91. Do #1-3, p. 87, #1-4, p. 89 & #1-5, p. 91.
  • Friday, March 2 - Take up homework. Video: History’s Harvest (Go to www.unitedstreaming.com for this) and questions. Read pp. 91-97. Do #1-5, p. 93 & #1-6, p. 97 - note #3 should say 1973, not 1997.

Social Studies 11 - Regular

The next test will be next week and will be a long one -- testing the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches -- I expect it will be on Wednesday, March 7, but this may change. The text breakdown will probably be 35 multiple choice (1 each), 5 definitions (2 each) and four from five long answer questions (6 each). The total is therefore likely to be out of 69 marks. At least 25 flash cards are needed to generate 5 bonus marks.

  • Monday, February 26 - Take up #homework Filmstrip & note-taking or video & questions on Parliament. Review Senate pros & cons. Writing essays. Prepare to write an in-class essay on what should be done with the Senate next class. Handout: How a bill becomes a law. See handouts & web links.
  • Tuesday, February 27 - In class essay – What should be done with the Senate? Maintain it as is, reform it, or abolish it? Read pp. 46-54. Do #1-5, p. 48 & #1-7, p. 54.
  • Wednesday, February 28 - T/u homework. Introduction to the executive branch. Role of the Queen, Governor General and Prime Minister. Read pp. 55-62. Do #-15, p. 58 & #1-5, p. 62.
  • Thursday, March 1 - Take up homework. PowerPoint (In the Government of Canada presentation). Discuss role of cabinet and watch Yes, Minister episode. Read pp. 64-71. Do #1-3, p.p. 67-68 sidebar, #1-4, p. 70 & #2-3, p. 71.
  • Friday, March 2 - Take up homework. PowerPoint on the Judiciary(in the Government of Canada presentation). Read pp. 72-75. Do #1-3, p. 75. Read the handout on the courts and do the questions

Saturday, February 17, 2007

February 19-23















Check out the new Sutherland emerging behind our ruin!

It won't be long until we move into new digs.

I am making use of more links below. If you see anything underlined, you can link to it.

Use this blogsite to see what work we will be doing and note homework assignments. I will give advance warning about tests here and inform you of their mark breakdwon. The assignments themselves will be posted on my website at: http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/ . Note: Some but not all of the handout materials will also be made available over the Internet from this site. Also use the website to link to resources and read course and school information -- like course objectives, image galleries, and other information pertaining to my classes, or clubs and groups that I am affiliated with.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Channel's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode provided on your course outline to register. If you have lost it, see me for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

I have a student teacher this semester, Miss Hartigan, who is currently working with my grade 8s and will also working with my regular 11 block. She will also be posting information on her own blog and website. These can be found at http://chartigan.blogspot.com/ for the blog and http://christinahartigan.googlepages.com/ for the website.

Social Studies 8

Go to Miss Hartigan's blogsite for lesson plans at http://chartigan.blogspot.com/ .


Social Studies 11 Honours

The next test will be a large unit test on both chapter 2 and chapter 3 material. Expect the following breakdown for marks: 65 multiple choice items (1 mark each) and a choice of 3 from 10 long answer questions(6 marks each). Bonus marks for flash cards (term or name on one side; definition or why the person is important on the other) will be valued at 5 marks. It is therefore possible to score up to 88/83 on the test.

The essay coming out of the Essay Writing Workshop material is formally assigned. This will be due in about a month (the exact date will be set with two weeks to go -- hopefully we can avoid tests and other big due dates in other classes).





  • Monday, February 19 - Essay Assignment distributed. Take up #1-5, p. 45. Stewart Brand’s City Planet address to Google & Questions. Do the Scattergram assignment on Fertility and Education (See Geography text - available online), #1-3, p. 48.
  • Tuesday, February 20 - Take up homework. Video: “Escaping From History” (sorry, not available online) on Mexico City & questions. Read pp. 54-56. Do #1-4, pp. 55-56 & #1-4, p. 56.
  • Wednesday, February 21 - Take up homework. PowerPoint on ch. 3 (This may take 1-2 minutes to unload). Read pp. 57-61, Do #1-8, p. 61.
  • Thursday, February 22 - Take up homework. Continue PowerPoint. Read pp. 61-70. Do #1-5, p. 64 & 1-3, p. 70.
  • Friday, February 23 - Professional Day. Take the time to work on your essay.

Social Studies 11 - Regular

There will be a quiz on Parties and Elections on tuesday. The mark breakdown is as follows: 15 multiple choice (1 mark each), 4 matching (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each), and one of three long answer questions (6 marks). Bonus marks for flash cards (term or name only on one side; definition or why the person is important on the other) are valued at 3 marks, so the test total is a possible 38/35.

Mia Culpa! I blew it -- Tuesday cannot be test day as we have an assembly for most of the block -- and, of course, Friday is a Professional Day. Blame it on the forgetfulness of old age. Everything will now move forward -- as noted below:

  • Monday, February 19 - Complete ballot counting from Friday – Condorcet voting (from elections handout) & BCSTV animation. Assignment from Elections handout. Begin Legislative Branch – look at House of Commons. Filmstrip & Note-taking. Read pp. 18-26. Do #1-5, p. 26.
  • Tuesday, February 19 - To class for attendance and then attend grade 10-11 assembly.
  • Wednesday, February 20 - Quiz on Parties & Elections. Handout – “The Work of MPs” Read pp. 35-36. Do #1-4, p. 36.
  • Thursday February 21 - Filmstrip or video & questions or note-taking on Parliament. Take up homework. The Senate – Pros and cons of present setup. Read pp. 36-44. Do #1, 3 and #4 in the sidebar on p. 43. Do #1 & 3, p. 44.












Friday, February 09, 2007

February 12-16


Be sure to wish Me a happy birthday on Thursday -- help me get over the grief of aging.

Welcome one and all to our shiny new semester. Use this blogsite to see what work we will be doing and note homework assignments. I will give advance warning about tests here and inform you of their mark breakdwon. The assignments themselves will be posted on my website at: http://kbenoy.googlepages.com . Note: Some but not all of the handout materials will also be made available over the Internet from this site. Also use the website to link to resources and read course and school information -- like course objectives, image galleries, and other information pertaining to my classes, or clubs and groups that I am affiliated with.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Channel's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to www.unitedstreaming.com . Use the passcode provided on your course outline to register. If you have lost it, see me for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

I would also like to welcome my student teacher, Miss Hartigan, who will work first with my Social Studies 8 class, and then with my regular Social Studies 11. I am delighted to be working with this intelligent, hard-working and charming young teacher. She will also be posting information on her own blog and website. These can be found at http://chartigan.blogspot.com/ for the blog and http://christinahartigan.googlepages.com/ for the website.

Social Studies 8

Go to Miss Hartigan's blogsite for lesson plans at http://chartigan.blogspot.com/ .


Social Studies 11 (Regular)

There is a quiz on chapter 1 material - ideologies - on Monday. This will consist of 10 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 2 definitions (2 marks each), 1 diagram (5 marks) and 1 long answer question (6 marks) -- for a total of 25 marks. 3 bonus marks may be had for the completion of at least 15 flashcards (term or name on one side and definition or why the person is important on the other),



  • Monday, February 12 - Ideologies Quiz. Read pp. 97-100 and do #1-6, p. 100. Also read the Federal Parties Update handout and do the questions at the end of it. When all have finished writing the test we will begin the transition from Ideologies to Political Parties.

  • Tuesday, February 13 - Take up homework. Placing parties on the political spectrum. PowerPoint on Parties (in Ideologies and Parties). Read pp. 109-115. Do #1-5, p. 115. & Read BC Parties Update and do its questions.

  • Wednesday, February 14 - Take up homework. The structure of Canadian parties. Read Electoral Systems Handout & Assignment (leave the assignment for now). Read pp. 119-123. Do #1, 3 & 4, p. 122 sidebar and #1, 2 & 4, p. 123.

  • Thursday, February 15 - Take up homework. Day 1 of elections lesson – First By the Post and Proportional Representation electoral systems. Reread the handout. Read pp. 88-97. do #11 & 3, p. 96 sidebar and #1-10, p. 97.

  • Friday, February 16 - Day 2 of the elections lesson – Varied voting systems. Do the assignment at the end of the handout. Quiz on parties and elections next class. Note: We did not complete the mock voting counts - this will be taken up on Monday and we will proceed into the next section of the unit. The quiz on parties & elections will now be given on Tuesday (See next week's posting for the mark breakdown), and the assignment from the handout sheet will be due on Wednesday, once we have finished the voting system analysis.

Social Studies 11 Honours


There is a quiz scheduled for Monday's class on the first chapter of the Geography material. The mark breakdown is as follows: 15 multiple choice questions (1 each), 5 definitions (2 each) and 2 of 3 long answer questions (6 each), for a total of 37 marks. (Note: 1 question was not adequately covered in class, so this item will be a further bonus - exam total is now 36). 3 bonus marks can be had for the completion of at least 10 flash cards (term or name on one side and definition or why the person was important on the other).




  • Monday, February 12 - Essay Writing Workshop Handout. Research techniques, including Citing Sources & bibliographies(Part 4). Ch. 1 Test. Read pp. 29-31. Do both #1-3 on p. 31.

  • Tuesday, February 13 - Hand in outlines (from Part 3 of the Essay Writing Workshop) Take up homework. PowerPoint - Population and Demographics. (Introduction to demography and population growth. Population pyramids. Using the data on p. 46, construct population pyramids for these countries. Read pp. 31-37. Do #1, p. 32, 1-2 p. 37 – but use 2001 Census data, not 1996. Go to http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html & handout assignment on population pyramids.

  • Wednesday, February 14 - Take up homework. PowerPoint - continued. Population theories – Malthus, Catton, Boserup & Demographic transition model. Read pp. 37-41. Do #1-6, p. 39 & #1-6, pp. 41-42.

  • Thursday, February 15 - Essay Writing Workshop (Part 5). Work on Essay (you will receive 1 block of time for this now and 1 around 1-2 weeks before the essay is due at the end of Spring Break).

  • Friday, February 16 - Take up homework from Wednesday.. Continue PowerPoint. Video: Population Transition in Italy (access at www.learner.org) . Read pp. 42-45. Do #1-5, p. 45

Saturday, February 03, 2007

February 5-9, 2007 -- Semester 2 Begins



Welcome one and all to our shiny new semester. Use this blogsite to see what work we will be doing and note homework assignments. I will give advance warning about tests here and inform you of their mark breakdwon.

The assignments themselves will be posted on my website at: http://kbenoy.googlepages.com . Note: Some but not all of the handout materials will also be made available over the Internet from this site. Also use the website to link to resources and read course and school information -- like course objectives, image galleries, and other information pertaining to my classes, or clubs and groups that I am affiliated with.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Channel's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to www.unitedstreaming.com . Use the passcode provided on your course outline to register. If you have lost it, see me for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.


I would also like to welcome my student teacher, Miss Hartigan, who will work first with my Social Studies 8 class, and then with my regular Social Studies 11. I am delighted to be working with this intelligent, hard-working and charming young teacher. She will also be posting information on her own blog and website. These can be found at http://chartigan.blogspot.com/ for the blog and http://christinahartigan.googlepages.com/ for the website.

Social Studies 8

Miss Hartigan and I will address Monday's class together, then she will teach the class (along with one of Mr. Wiens' Social Studies 8 classes). Therefore, only Monday's class is given below. After Monday, link to Miss Hartigan's blogsite for lesson plans.

  • February 5 - Introduction. Course Expectations. Course Outline. Text book assigned. Questionnaire.
  • February 6-9 - See Miss Hartigan's blogsite at http://chartigan.blogspot.com .
    Social Studies 11 (Regular)
  • February 5 - Introduction. Course Expectations. Course Outline. Questionnaire (note: 5 bonus marks are available for completing this).
  • February 6 - Final Exam - Table of Specifications. Handout: What is Government? (Click on the name to see the assignment.)Identify the 3 branches of government. Text book sign out.Read pp. 2-6. Do #1-4, p. 6.
  • February 7 - Take up homework. Introduction to ideologies. Origins of modern ideologies and introduction to the political spectrum. Read pp. 7-15. Do #1-5, p. 11 and #1-6, pp. 15-16.
  • February 8 - Take up homework. Historical evolution of ideologies. Video Clip Government in Canada; Ideologies - identify the key characteristics of each ideology given in your notes while watching this presentation. Handout: Smith & Marx.
  • February 9 - PowerPoint Ideologies and Political Parties. Additional views of the political spectrum - including non-linear interpretations. Prepare for a quiz on chapter 1 material on Monday.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

  • February 5 - Introduction. Expectations. Course Outline. Questionnaire. Text assigned. Essay Writing Workshop handout. Pre-read parts 1 & 2.
  • February 6 - Final Exam - Table of Specifications. Essay workshop material -- Parts 1 & 2. Begin PowerPoint for chapter 1. Do Essay Workshop Part 2 assignment.
  • February 7 - Text sign out. Essay workshop material taken up, Part 3 addressed. Homework taken up. Continue PowerPoint. If time (there wasn't), we will begin watching Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. (Note: The first segment of this video is currintly available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9kIfCX7BNw . The rest appears to be unavailable at this time. Read pp.7-16. Do #1-5, p. 11#1-9, p. 16 and #1-4, p. 17.
  • February 8 - . Take up homework. Continue An Inconvenient Truth. Read pp. 17-22. Do #1-2, p. 17. #1-4, p. 21. (Have the assignment for Essay Workshop Part 3 completed for Tuesday.
  • February 9 - . Finish An Inconvenient Truth. Geography essay assigned. This will involve library and Internet research. Read p. 22 and do the "Further Though questions, #1-2, on p. 22. Prepare for the Chapter 1 Quiz on Monday. Have the Part 3 assignment from the Essay Writing W0rkshop prepared for next Tuesday.