Friday, February 29, 2008

March 3-7
























For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/


e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Those of you in block 4 have the honour of working with my student teacher, from UBC, Miss Carlson. She too will be blogging at: http://ejcarlson.blogspot.com/ .


Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

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 posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.Social Studies 11.

Note: When I posted this blog on Saturday, I made an error, thinking that programming was in block 1, when it will actually be in block 3 on Wednesday. Please note that this week's plan has therefore changed.


Social Studies 11 (Regular)

Block 4: See Ms. Carlson's blog.


Block 3:

Your test on the Legislative/Executive/Judicial branches will be on Monday. The breakdown of marks will be roughly as follows: 35 multiple choice questions. 2 from a choice of 5 long answer questions (6 marks each) and one essay on what should be done with the Senate (12 marks - 2 x 6). The test will therefore be out of around 59 marks. 25 flash cards are the minimum needed to earn 5 bonus marks.

  • Monday, March 3 - Unit Test on the Legislative/Executive/Judicial Branches. Read pp. 296-297 sidebar & do #1-2, p. 297, sidebar questions.
  • Tuesday, March 4 - Go over test results. Take up #1-3 and #1-2 (sidebar), p. 297. What is a constitution? PowerPoint on the Canadian Constitution. Read pp. 298-3-4. Do #1-3, p. 304.
  • Wednesday, March 5 - Programming for grade 11 students. After attendance is taken, grade 11s will go to the library. Grade 12s will remain in the class, but will have a study block. Be sure to bring work.
  • Thursday, March 6 - Take up homework. Video Our Constitution; The Law of the Land and questions. If time watch the CBC news video clip, Constitutional Shortcomings and identify the key problem with the new constitution. Read pp. 304-308. Do #1-5, p. 308.
  • Friday, March 7 - Take up homework. Distribute Red Government books for use in class. Brainstorm human rights - what rights should Canadians have? Compare these with Schweitzer's list of fundamental rights in Government, p. 152. Examine the Categories of Rights and Freedoms, pp. 152-158. When examining fundamental freedoms, look at the Counterpoints sidebar, pp. 302-303. Read pp. 309-312. Do #1-3, p. 312. Also do #1-2, p. 311.

  • Monday, March 10- Take up homework. Take up homework. Filmstrip -- Provincial Government. Government (red) texts. Distribute red Government texts. In class, read pp. 170-178. Do #1-3, p. 178. (sign out books after school if this work is not finished - or answer the questions from external research. A good starting point is the BC Legislature website). Read pp. 240-244. Do the question in figure 9-19, p. 241, #1, p. 246 and sidebar questions #1 (without the group input) and 2, p. 244 sidebar.
  • Tuesday, March 11 - Stephen Point, BC Lieutenant Governor - newspaper handout - website introduced. Federal and Provincial governments compared. Municipal government introduced. Video & questions on Provincial and Municipal Government. Read (red book) pp. 186-191. Do #1-6, p 196. Read (blue book) pp. 245-246. Do #2-4, p. 246.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

Your Geography textbook is also available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Though we will use some material from the other text, most will be from this e-text. Be aware that this text is now a few years old and many hyperlinks are broken. Rewriting is a massive job that I have not had time to take on yet.

There is an ongoing essay assignment that is the culmination of our work in the Essay Writing Workshop. Construct a research essay, based on a thesis of your choice. Be sure to have at least three strong supporting points. Cite at least three sources and have a proper bibliography with at least three references. Be sure to use a standard format, such as MLA. Value: 24 marks (1 x 6 for composition and 3 x 6 for content). Due: the week we return after Spring Break (by Friday).

The next test will include material on both Resources and the concluding chapter. This will be this Friday. The mark breakdown is as follows: 35 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 4 from 10 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 53 marks. 25 flash cards may earn a bonus of up to 5 marks.

  • Monday, March 3 - Take up #1-7, p. 102 & #1-6, p. 105. PowerPoint for Chapter 5. Read pp. 116-120. Do #1, p. 118, #1-4, p. 118 & #1-3, p. 120.
  • Tuesday, March 4 - Take up homework. Worldmapper animation. Complete any unfinished PowerPoint. Watch Gapcast #4, Globalization. Read pp 120-130. #1-5, p. 123, 1-3, p. 129 and #1-3, p. 130.
  • Wednesday, March 6 - Take up homework. Hans Rosling's TED Lecture, The Seemingly Impossible is possible. Read pp. 130-132. Do #1-2, p. 131, #1-4, p. 132 and Further Thought #1-6, p. 132. Prepare for Unit Test on chapters 4 (Resources) and 5 (Aid) on Friday. If you liked Hans Rosling, try William McDonough's TED lecture (the sustainable architecture fellow from our recent conservation video from Discovery Education.
  • Thursday, March 7 - Take up homework. Video: Nova; The Fragile Mountains (sorry, unavailable online). Do note: This is a very old video, but the intermediate technology solutions posed for Nepal's problems are still valid today. Learn how to reduce your carbon footprint by watching Ethical Man on BBC's Panorama Programme - the stream is low quality but the content is outstanding.
  • Friday, March 7 - Unit Test for Chapters 4 & 5. Hand in Geography texts, sign out Government texts. Read and do the questions on the What is Government? handout.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

February 25 to 29



For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:
http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/


e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/


Those of you in block 4 have the honour of working with my student teacher, from UBC, Miss Carlson. She too will be blogging at: http://ejcarlson.blogspot.com/ .


Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.


Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.


If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.


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 posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.Social Studies 11.

Social Studies 11 (Regular)

Block 4: See Ms. Carlson's blog.

Block 3:

Expect a test in about a week (probably on Monday, March 3) on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of government. The breakdown of marks will be roughly as follows: 35 multiple choice questions. 2 from a choice of 5 long answer questions (6 marks each) and one essay on what should be done with the Senate (12 marks - 2 x 6). The test will therefore be out of around 59 marks. 25 flash cards are the minimum needed to earn 5 bonus marks.

  • Monday, February 25 - Take up homework - Essay outline on reasons for keeping or abolishing the monarchy. Discuss the role of the PM., Cabinet & the bureaucracy. Watch Yes, Minister episode. Read pp. 234-240. Do #1-4, p. 240. Assignment: Value 5 marks, Identify by name each member of the federal (national) cabinet and their department. This is an assignment, not a homework check, so accuracy is part of the mark.
  • Tuesday, February 26 - Hand in cabinet assignments, take up #1-4, p. 240. Lobbying & Pressure Groups. Look at the list of institutionalized groups on p. 259 (Click here for an online list of federal lobby groups - interest groups and social movements). Explain what lobbying is and look at the activities of several lobby groups (not used in group exercise). Divide into groups (with printed - or online --background information) Each group is to come up with a strategy for influencing our present federal government. Report back to class. Poster Assignment - on a regular size sheet of paper -- 8 1/" by 11" is fine. The poster is due on Thursday. Read pp. 258-267. Do #1-2, p. 264. Do #1-3, p. 267.
  • Wednesday, February 27 - Take up homework. Complete group presentations. We inserted a look at grade 12 options in Social Studies, which delayed our originally planned material today. The introductory material for the Judiciary is therefore moved to Thursday. Read pp. 270-275. Do #1-3, p. 275.
  • Thursday, February 28 - Hand in poster assignments. Take up homework. Take up #1-3, p. 275. Overview of the Judiciary. Video’s on the court system. Comparison of Adversarial vs. Inquisitorial court systems. If time, begin PowerPoint on the Judiciary -- a segment of the Government of Canada PowerPoint. Read pp. 277-288. Do #1-3, p. 280, & 1 & 4, p. 288.
  • Friday, February 29 - Note: today's class has been edited and changed from what was originally posted. Take up homework. Complete PowerPoint on Judiciary. If time, begin PowerPoint on the Constitution. Read pp. 292-297. Do #1-3, p. 297. Prepare for the unit test on the Legislative/Executive/Judicial branches next Monday.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

Your Geography textbook is also available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Though we will use some material from the other text, most will be from this e-text. Be aware that this text is now a few years old and many hyperlinks are broken. Rewriting is a massive job that I have not had time to take on yet.

There is an ongoing essay assignment that is the culmination of our work in the Essay Writing Workshop. Construct a research essay, based on a thesis of your choice. Be sure to have at least three strong supporting points. Cite at least three sources and have a proper bibliography with at least three references. Be sure to use a standard format, such as MLA. Value: 24 marks (1 x 6 for composition and 3 x 6 for content). Due: the week we return after Spring Break (by Friday).


The next test will include material on both Population and Standards of Living. You will write it on Tuesday, though we will start chapter 4 material on Monday. It is likely to take the following shape: 65 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and a choice of 3 from 10 long answer questions (6 marks each). 30 flash cards are the required minimum to earn 5 bonus marks.

  • Monday, February 25 - Complete the Gwynne Dyer film The Bomb Under the World and address the questions posed: How is consumerism changing India? What are the positive and negative consequences for this developing country and for the world? Begin ch. 4 PowerPoint. Read pp. 83-84. Do #1-3, p. 84.
  • Tuesday, February 26 - Unit Test on chapters 2 & 3 -- Population and Standards of Living. Read pp. 84-86. Do #1-4, p. 85 & #1-2, p. 86.
  • Wednesday, February 27 - Take up homework from Monday and Tuesday. We inserted information on course selection in today's class, which meant that we were unable to progress as far along in the PowerPoint as we intended. Read pp. 86-91. Do #1-3, p. 87, #1-4, p. 89, & #1-5, p. 91.
  • Thursday, February 28 - Take up homework. Video: History’s Harvest and questions. Read pp. 91-97. Do #1-5, p. 93 and #1-6, p. 97. Be sure to investigate the CBC Archives material on the GMO debate. Identify arguments for and against producing genetically modified foods. See Genetically Modified Food; Panacea or Poison? for an anti-GMO presentation (54 minute documentary).
  • Friday, February 29 - Note: On Thursday we worked through more PowerPoint and only saw the first half of History's Harvest. We will complete it today. This means we may or may not complete the video scheduled for today and could continue it into next week. Take up homework. Video: Conservation of Natural Resources (access at http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ ) and questions. Read pp. 97-105. Do #1-7, p. 102 & #1-6, p. 105.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

February 18 -22


















For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:



http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/



e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/



Those of you in block 4 have the honour of working with my student teacher, from UBC, Miss Carlson. She too will be blogging at: http://ejcarlson.blogspot.com/ .



Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.



Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.



If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.



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 posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.Social Studies 11.



Social Studies 11 (Regular)



Block 4. See Ms. Carlson's blog.



Block 3:



Expect a test on ideologies, parties and elections on Monday. The mark breakdown will be roughly as follows: 31 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 10 statements requiring you to identify the ideology (1 mark each), Identifying political parties on a political spectrum graph (4 marks), 5 definitions (2 marks each), and two long answer questions (6 marks each). The total should be out of around 67 marks. 25 flash cards will be the minimum required to earn 5 bonus marks on the test.



Note: I will be collecting the Government text books when you write your unit test.

  • Monday, February 18 - Test on Introduction to government, ideologies, parties & elections. Read 226-231. Do #1-3, p. 231.
  • Tuesday, February 19 - We were a bit blindsided today. The Brock Tully talk happened to fall in this block -- which I did not anticipate. Sorry folks. Tuesday's planned class will now be on Wednesday and every lesson is now put off by one class. Oops.
  • Wednesday, February 20 - Set-up of Parliament continued. Filmstrip or video and questions or note-taking on Parliament. Handout – “On the Job With a Member of Parliament.” Read 231-233 sidebar. Do #1-3, p. 233.

  • Thursday, February 21 - Filmstrip or video & questions or note-taking on Parliament. Complete material from last class. Take up homework, #1-3, p. 233. The Senate – Pros and cons of present setup (Be sure to look at the Senate material at Mapleleafweb). Handout – newspaper article. Essay Writing. There will be an essay question on what shall be done with the Canadian Senate on the next unit test.

  • Friday, February 22 - Go over homework -- the Senate Essay planning. Introduction to the executive branch. Role of the Queen, Governor General and Prime Minister. Reread “Constitutional Monarchy” on p. 223. Identify points for and against getting rid of the Queen and Governor General. Should Canada become a Republic? Why or why not? Identify 3 reasons for and 3 reasons against doing so. Look at the Monarchist League of Canada and the Canadian Monarchist Online websites for arguments supporting the monarch; see Citizens for a Canadian Republic for arguments against retaining the monarchy. There has also been an active debate in Australia and New Zealand on this topic. Web searches would yield useful information.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)



Your Geography textbook is also available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Though we will use some material from the other text, most will be from this e-text. Be aware that this text is now a few years old and many hyperlinks are broken. Rewriting is a massive job that I have not had time to take on yet.



The next test will include material on both Population and Standards of Living, so it is still more than a week away. However, it is likely to take the following shape: 65 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and a choice of 3 from 10 long answer questions (6 marks each). 30 flash cards are the required minimum to earn 5 bonus marks.




  • Monday, February18 - Take up #1-5, p. 45. Streaming video of Stewart Brand at Google --"City Planet" -- with questions. Do the Further Thought assignment #1-5, p. 46. Do the scattergram assignment on Fertility and Education, #1-3 on p. 48. Video Sidebar: Hans Rosling's Gapcast #2 on Urbanization is a must-see. Find out about life in slums by watching Hans Rosling's "A Slum Insight." This video integrates parts of Gapcast #2.

  • Tuesday, February 19 - Take up homework. Begin chapter 3 PowerPoint. Read pp. 57-61. Do #1-8, p. 61. Video sidebar: Watch Staffan Landin's Gapcast #3 for a look at Human Development changes between 1960-2001.

  • Wednesday, February 20 - Take up homework. Video - Gwynne Dyer's Escaping From History. (Sorry, this one is not available on the Internet). 1) What are living conditions like in Mexico City? 2) Why are people abandoning the countryside? 3) What does Dyer believe must happen for the developing world to get their fair share of consumer goods? Read pp. 62-64. Do #1-5, p. 64. Video sidebar: For a look at what Mexico is doing to sort out air pollution watch the World Resources Institute's "Retrofit Mexico City." (The link is to part 1).

  • Thursday, February 21 - Take up homework. Take up homework, continue PowerPoint on chapter 3. If we do not finish this in class, be sure to download and work through the remainder. Read pp. 64-73. Do #1-3, p. 70, #1-8, p. 73. Sidebar: See Gapminder World 2006 for a comparison of the countries of the world.

  • Friday, February 22 - Introduction video: "Consumerism; the Musical." Take up homework. Video: Gwynne Dyer's The Bomb Under the World." (Sorry, it is not available on the Internet). While watching this video, answer the questions: How is consumerism changing India? What are the positive and negative consequences for this developing country and for the world? Prepare for chapter 2 & 3 unit test next class. Video sidebar: Watch the video "Big Ideas That Changed the World: Consumerism." (link is to the first segment). This will get you thinking.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

February 11-15





Wish Mr. Benoy a happy birthday on Friday.




For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:
http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Those of you in block 4 have the honour of working with my student teacher, from UBC, Miss Carlson. She too will be blogging at: http://ejcarlson.blogspot.com/ .

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

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 posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.Social Studies 11.

Social Studies 11 (Regular)

Block 4. See Ms. Carlson's blog.

Block 3:

Expect a test on ideologies, parties and elections around Monday of next week. The mark breakdown will be roughly as follows: 31 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 10 statements requiring you to identify the ideology (1 mark each), Identifying political parties on a political spectrum graph (4 marks), 5 definitions (2 marks each), and two long answer questions (6 marks each). The total should be out of around 67 marks. 25 flash cards will be the minimum required to earn 5 bonus marks on the test.

Note: I will be collecting the Government text books when you write your unit test. We will sign out the Counterpoints text Monday.
  • Monday, February 11 - Sign out Counterpoint texts. Take up the ideologies practice work. Video clip on ideologies (sorry, unavailable on the Internet). Continue Parties section on the Ideologies and Parties PowerPoint. Lecture: How parties organize themselves. Read Counterpoint texts pp. 255-258. do #3-4, p. 258 and #1-3, sidebar, p. 257. Assignment (10 marks, due Thursday, Feb. 14): Research Canadian federal political parties. Which party would you support in the next federal election? Why? About a page or so of writing is needed to adequately answer these question. If a computer lab is available, we will have some research time next class. Find political party information at Elections Canada's registered political parties page.
  • Tuesday, February 12 - Take up homework. Review of how political parties work. Political parties Internet research. See the elections Canada link above. Read pp. 249-255. Do#1-5, p. 253 & #1-2, p. 258.
  • Wednesday, February 13 - Take up homework. Elections in Canada – The first-by-the-post system. (If time; proportional representation too). Handout on electoral systems. Government pp. 88-97. Do #3-10, p. 97, and #1 & 3 in the sidebar on p. 96.
  • Thursday, February 14 - Take up homework, hand in Parties assignment. Day 2 of the elections lesson. Examples of voting systems from my elections handout. BCSTV Animation (click here for further information on BCSTV.) Complete the paragraph assignment on the bottom of the last page of the elections handout for next class. A very good web page with a summary of voting systems is Britain's Electoral Reform Society page -- which clearly favours one particular system. If you are really interested in voting systems, watch an hour of Professor Andre Blais of the University of Montreal speaking about voting systems.
  • Friday, February 15 - Hand in the best electoral system assignment. Complete any unfinished material from Thursday's class. Begin examining the Legislative branch of the Federal government. Be sure to look at the Parliament of Canada website. Download, read and study from the Guide to the House of Commons. Study for the unit test on Monday.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

Your Geography textbook is also available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Though we will use some material from the other text, most will be from this e-text. Be aware that this text is now a few years old and many hyperlinks are broken. Rewriting is a massive job that I have not had time to take on yet.

  • Monday, February 11 - Essay Writing Workshop Handout. Research techniques, including Citing Sources & bibliographies(Part 4). Watch Zotero screencasts (if time). Ch. 1 Test. Read pp. 29-31. Do both #1-3 on p. 31.
  • Tuesday, February 12 - Take up homework. Watch Zotero screencasts if not done Monday. Hand in outlines (from Part 3 of the Essay Writing Workshop). 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 #2, p. 36 - but use 2006 data from US Census Bureau's International Data Base - Canada Population pyramid, #1-2, p. 37 (Click on the following for a Nigeria population pyramid and a Japan population pyramid). Video sidebar: If numbers interest you, watch professor Malcolm S. Forbes, Arithmetic, Population and Energy.
  • Wednesday, February 13 - 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. Sidebars: Doom and gloom video, Doom and gloom text at DieOff.Org - read p. 15, an excerpt from William Catton's Overshoot; The Ecological Base of Revolutionary Change. Read a brief synopsis of Boserup's ideas from York University. Julian Simon was another writer who felt population growth is a good thing. His book Population Matters: People, Resources, Environment, and Immigration is available online.
  • Thursday, February 14 - PowerPoint on how to cite sources and write a bibliography. 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 15 - Video – Population Transition in Italy (Accessing this video and others at this site requires that you register with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting/Annenberg Foundation. It is free and no spam will follow) and questions (or alternative, if unavailable). If time, watch Hans Rosling's Gapcast #5; Bangladesh Miracle. Read pp. 42-45. Do #1-5, p. 45. Look at the downside of China's One Child Policy in this less than 10 minute video. Click here for a nice overview of current trends in population, based on the demographic transition model.

Friday, February 01, 2008

February 4-8






For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:

http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Those of you in block 4 have the honour of working with my student teacher, from UBC, Miss Carlson. She too will be blogging at: http://ejcarlson.blogspot.com/ .

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

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 posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.Social Studies 11.

Provincial Exam Make-Up Exams:

  • History 12 will be on Monday, February 4, starting at 1:00 p.m. in rooms 103-105 of the old school.
  • Social Studies 11 will be on Tuesday, February 5, starting at 1:00 p.m. in rooms 103-105 of the old school.

Social Studies 11 (Regular)

Block 4 is the same as block 3 for the first class. After that block 4 should refer to Miss Carlson's blog: http://ejcarlson.blogspot.com/ .

  • Monday, February 4 - Introduction & Expectations. Course Outline. Final Exam Table of Specifications. Handout: What is Government?. Complete the questions for Tuesday.
  • Tuesday, February 5 - Thursday, Sept. 6 - Take up responses. Why government? 3 branches of government. Sign out texts. Read pp. 2-6 in Government. Do #1-4, p. 6.
  • Wednesday, February 6 - Take up homework. Introduction to Ideologies. Origins and the Political Spectrum. Read pp. 7-15. Do #1-5, p. 11 & #1-6, pp. 15-16. To identify your own ideology, take the online Political Compass quiz.
  • Thursday, February 7 - Take up homework. Origins of the Political Spectrum - including summary handout sheet. Ideology identification practice. Smith & Marx handout. Audio/Video sidebar: Click here for a quick video overview of Adam Smith's views. For a longish, but humerous treatment of Karl Marx, see this video (Part 1 -- for the other parts, click on the Chomsky1 link to the right, then search for "Marx" in the video search box, beneath the playlists in the right column of Chomsky1's blog page. This will get you to the other parts. Some of the language is a bit off colour, but Steele's lecture is unforgettable.)
  • Friday, February 8 - Video clip. PowerPoint – “Ideologies”. Other ways to show political spectrum & Ideologies summary sheet. More practice with ideologies.

In Block 3, expect a unit test on ideologies, political parties and elections, in a little over two weeks from when we started. The mark breakdown is likely to be as follows: 30 multiple choice (1 mark each). 10 identify the ideology of the speaker questions (1 mark each) 1 diagram (5 marks), 5 definitions (I give you the term and you give the definition - 2 marks each), 2 from 4 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total value of the test is 67 marks. If you complete at least 30 flash cards - , you can earn 5 bonus marks.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

Your Geography textbook is also available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Though we will use some material from the other text, most will be from this e-text. Be aware that this text is now a few years old and many hyperlinks are broken. Rewriting is a massive job that I have not had time to take on yet.

Expect a chapter 1 quiz next Monday, February 11. The mark breakdown will be roughly as follows: 15 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 3 long answer questions from 5 options (6 marks each). The total will be out of around 33 marks. 3 bonus marks are available for completing flash cards.

  • Monday, February 4 - Introduction and Expectations. Course Outline. Text assigned. Essay Writing Workshop handout. Pre-read parts 1 & 2.
  • Tuesday, February 5 - Text sign out. Final Exam - Table of Specifications. Essay workshop material -- Parts 1 & 2. Begin PowerPoint for chapter 1. Do Essay Workshop Part 2 assignment. Video sidebar: For an excellent treatment of how technology is changing our world, see Tom Friedman's address at MIT, following up on his book, The World is Flat.
  • Wednesday, February 6 - Essay workshop material taken up, Part 3 addressed. Homework taken up. Continue PowerPoint (Chapter 1) . If time, we will begin watching Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Read pp.7-16. Do #1-5, p. 11#1-9, p. 16 and #1-4, p. 17.
  • Thursday, February 7 - 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. Video sidebar: For an alternative view, see The Great Global Warming Swindle. (You will need to do a video search for following segments.) You might also be interested in a follow up to this, a follow-up debate, starting with this episode (link to the following segments from the sidebar).
  • Friday, February 8 - Finish An Inconvenient Truth. Geography essay assigned. This will involve library and Internet research. Read p. 22 and do the "Further Thought 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 Monday. Video sidebar: This year's United Nations Human Devlopment Report takes as its over-arching theme Climate Change. You will find the report's accompanying video interesting (choose your download speed and language).