Saturday, November 29, 2008

December 1-5


















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/

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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.

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 Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm . 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.

My tutorial times are officially 2:55-3:15 every Monday and Friday. However, I am available most days before school, at noon and after school. Drop by or make an appointment if you need guaranteed time.

Apologies for the wonky font sizes below. Blogger has been malfunctioning for me this weekend and edits are not sticking. This is the third browser I've used in trying to post -- earlier attempts would not save or publish to the web.

Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

The next unit test is more than two weeks away. Information on it will be posted as we get closer to test day.

  • Monday, December 1 - sidebar, p. 167, #2-6, p. 167, & #1-5, p. 172. Material from Canada; A People’s History (“A Question of Equality,” “A Changing Face,”and “The Computer Moves In” and questions. Read pp. 172-181. Do #1-4, p. 176 and #2-4, p. 182.
  • Tuesday, December 2 – Take up #1-4, p. 176 and #2-4, p. 182. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History ("The Computer Moves In" in Block 4 only and "Winners & Losers," "Time for Change" & "Maitres Chez Nous" - questions). If time, begin PowerPoint -- The Quiet and Not-So-Quiet Revolution and questions. Read pp. Read pp. Read. Pp. 184-189. Do 1 sidebar, p. 1865; #1-4, p. 187; #1-3, p. 189.
  • Wednesday, December 3 – Take up 1 sidebar, p. 1865; #1-4, p. 187; #1-3, p. 189. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History ("Vive le Quebec Libre," "Language Wars", the "Choice" - questions). Continue PowerPoint and questions. Read ppl 190-200. Do #1-5, p. 194, sidebars p. 192 & 194, #1-7, p. 200 and sidebars 8-4 and 8-5, p. 196.
  • Thursday, December 4 – Take up #1-5, p. 194, sidebars p. 192 & 194, #1-7, p. 200 and sidebars 8-4 and 8-5, p. 196. Complete the PowerPoint and questions and, if time, see remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." Read pp. 201-206. Do #1-5, p. 206 & sidebars p. 205.
  • Friday, December 5 – Take up #1-5, p. 206 & sidebars p. 205. (If we did not complete this yesterday, finish the PowerPoint and questions and see any remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, including the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." Begin PowerPoint: "Land Claims and the Indian Act." Read pp. 206-216. Do #1-6, p. 216.
Comparative Civilizations 12

We are several weeks away from our next unit test - probably after the Christmas break - I will likely link Renaissance and Baroque material together.

The Man the Measure of All Things unit is due this Friday. Note: this is a day later than advertised last week.


  • Tuesday, December 2 – Van Eyck and Van der Weyden. Sister Wendy material on the Northern Renaissance. Work on the package.
  • Wednesday, December 3 - Grunewald (notes) & Bosch (notes). I highly recommend seeing Carol Gerten's pages on Grunewaldand Bosch - read the biographies and look at the images. Work on the package.
  • Thursday, December 4 – Durer (notes). Work on the package.
  • Friday, December 5Hero as Artist Package assigned. Filmstrip or video (if available). Work on the new package. Hand in the Man the Measure of All Things package by 4:30 p.m. today.
History 12

Topics 5 & 6 are run together as a single unit - the Cold War. We will not have a unit test on this unit; this material is covered extensively on the final exam, whether you choose the in-class exam or the provincial final.

The Topic 5 & 6 plan is available online, as are the questions.

If you have time, watch some of the Cold War videos linked to in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.

Essay #3 is underway and is due the last week before Christmas.


  • Monday, December 1 - Complete lecture material - Chinese Revolution to the Korean War (base notes).
  • Tuesday, December 2 – The United Nations (base notes).
  • Wednesday, December 3 - Begin the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe to 1956 (base notes).
  • Friday, December 5 - Decolonization India (base notes).

Friday, November 21, 2008

November 24-28








Above: Chairman Miao (aka Mittens, and Osama bin Mittens, the Benoy cat).

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/

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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.

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 Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm . 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.

My tutorial times are officially 2:55-3:15 every Monday and Friday. However, I am available most days before school, at noon and after school. Drop by or make an appointment if you need guaranteed time.

Note: This is an unusual week, with shortened days on Wednesday and Thursday - for Parent/Teacher interviews. Friday is a Curriculum Implementation Day, so there are no classes on that day.


Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

The next unit test is more than two weeks away. Information on it will be posted as we get closer to test day.

Expect that this week's material may not go exactly as planned. It is difficult to estimate the time needed for this material, particularly with two shortened days.

  • Monday, November 24 - Take up sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146. Propaganda film from 1952, Communism. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (Seeing Red, On Guard for Thee and The Shadow of Nuclear War - questions). Read pp. 146-150. Do #1-4, p. 150.
  • Tuesday, November 25 - Take up #1-4, p. 150. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. ("First Tremors," "A Prairie Storm" & "The Fight for Medicare" - questions). Read pp. 150-156. Do #1-5, p. 156 & sidebar #1-4, p. 155. If you have the time, Watch the stunning British Documentary Nuclear War: A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) to understand the stakes of nuclar confrontation. Another rivetting show on nuclear war is Threads, a BBC production about what would happen to a community if nuclear war occurred. I link to these and other Cold War videos in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.
  • Wednesday, November 26 - Take up #1-5, p. 156 & #1-4 in the sidebar, p.155. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. segments from Canada; A Peoples’ History. (Material not completed in the previous two classes). Read pp. 157-158. Do #1-4, p. 158.
  • Thursday, November 27 - Take up #1-4, p. 158. PowerPoint Post-War Canada - Slides 45-62. Read pp. 160-172. Do sidebar, p. 167, #2-6, p. 167, & #1-5, p. 172.
  • Friday, November 28 - Curriculum Implementation Day. No classes.

Comparative Civilizations 12

We are several weeks away from our next unit test. The Renaissance units are a couple of weeks in length each.

  • Monday, November 24 - Massachio PowerPoint & Boticelli PowerPoint presentations. Work on the package. Work on package.
  • Tuesday, November 25 - PowerPoint on Fra Angelico. Sister Wendy on Fra Angelico. Work on the Man the Measure of All Things package.
  • Wednesday, November 26 - Video: Art of the Western World; The Early Renaissance. Work on the package.
  • Thursday, November 27 - Mantegna and Piero della Francesca. Work on package.
  • Friday, November 28 - Curriculum Implementation Day. No Classes.

History 12

The next unit test will be Monday, November 24. Expect roughly the following material on the Topic #4 Test: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items - Europe in this time period (1 mark each), and 2 from 4 Long Answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6). The total value will therefore be around 99 marks.

If you have time, watch some of the Cold War videos linked to in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.

Essay #3 begins this week and is due the last week before Christmas.

  • Monday, November 24 - Topic #3 Unit Test. Pick up Plan for Topic #4 and questions.
  • Tuesday, November 25 - Introduction to the Cold War (base notes). Be sure to read Lecture 14 "The Origins of the Cold War" from The History Guide. See Churchill's "Iron Curtain Speech on Google video. An excellent introduction to the Cold War, that explains how it came about, is Episode 1 of The Cold War; Comrades 1917-1945. Episode 2 covers 1945 to 1947. Episode 3 covers the Marshall Plan, 1947 to 1952.
  • Wednesday, November 26 - Video Twentieth Century History; One Man's Revolution; Mao Tse Tung - sorry, this is not available online. Mao and the Revolution in China (base notes). If you have time, watch China; A Century of Revolution. 6 hours in total, Segments are available on Youtube - search for the above title and then the individual episodes, called "China in Revolution" - Part 1; "The Mao Years," part 2; "Under the Red Flag," Part 3. Sorry I've not linked to individual episodes, but you can get to them by clicking here.
  • Thursday, November 27 - AV on the Chinese Revolution or early Cold War.
  • Friday, November 28 - Curriculum Implementation Day. No Classes.

Friday, November 14, 2008

November 17-21
























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/

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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.

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

utherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm . 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.

My tutorial times are officially 2:55-3:15 every Monday and Friday. However, I am available most days before school, at noon and after school. Drop by or make an appointment if you need guaranteed time.

Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

The next unit test is on Wednesday and will include all of the material on Canada between the world wars and World War II. The minimum number of flash cards for 5 bonus marks is 30. Start making and using your flash cards now! Expect roughly the following breakdown for marks on the unit test: 45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each), 3 from a selection of 5 long answer questions (5 marks each). The total value of the test is, therefore, about 71 marks -- subject to last minute changes.

If you have an interest in World War II, check out the contents of my directory of World War II documentaries uploaded to Google video and Youtube - all 19 pages. Canada's National Film Board has made a number of their World War II videos available online -- including the ones we are watching in class. See their World War II and the NFB site.

  • Monday, November 17 - Take up #1-2, p. 127. Complete Savage Christmas. Discuss Japanese Internment – compare to Japanese treatment of Allied prisoners. Complete Savage Christmas and to the assignment - to submit next class. Test on chapters 3-5 Wednesday.
  • Tuesday, November 18 - Hand in Savage Christmas assignment. Lesson on The Holocaust/Shoah. Video on the Holocaust (Frontline; Memory of the Camps – Chapter 4. Available online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/camp/view/ .) Assignment: Holocaust deniers claim that this genocide never happened. In a short composition, after doing additional research, explain what evidence exists to prove that the Holocaust is a historical fact. 10 marks. Due Friday.
  • Wednesday, November 19 - Unit Test on Chapters 3-5. Read pp. 130-135. Do sidebar questions p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135.
  • Thursday, November 20 - Test post-mortem. Take up p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135. Filmstrip & questions Middle Power Introduction to the Cold War. Read pp. 135-139. Do sidebar questions pp. 136 & 137 & #1-5, p. 139.
  • Friday, November 21 - Hand in Holocaust Assignment. Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (Comfort & Fear, From Sea to Sea and Boom- questions). Read pp. 140-146. Do sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The next unit test is on Monday, November 17; we will test Islamic Civilization and the Western Middle Ages together. The mark breakdown on the test is as follows: 10 slide identification items (2 marks each), requiring you to name the work and say what city it can be found in - give the country for 1/2 a mark; Church Floorplan and nave elevation parts identification (1 mark each), 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each); 2 from a choice of 3 illustration interpretation questions (6 marks each) and one essay question from a selection of 7 questions (18 marks - 1 x 6 for composition and 2 x 6 for content). The total value of the test is, therefore, 100 marks.


Man the Measure of All Things will not be due for about two weeks. We have a great deal to cover.

  • Monday, November 17 - Middle Ages Unit Test. Man the Measure of All Things package assigned.
  • Tuesday, November 18 - Sorry, Man, the Measure of all Things filmstrip is unavailable We will see the original video, that the filmstrip is a summary of - available online at Guba.com. Work on package.
  • Wednesday, November 19 - Ghiberti & Donatello. Work on the package
  • Thursday, November 20 - Watch Bill Moyers' video: Florence. Sorry, this is not available online. Work on the package.
  • Friday, November 21 - Complete the Bill Moyers' video. Work on the package.

History 12

The next unit test will be Monday, November 24. Expect roughly the following material on the Topic #4 Test: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items (1 mark each), and 2 from 4 Long Answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6). The total value will therefore be around 99 marks.

Essay #3 begins this week and is due the last week before Christmas.

Good online video material to supplement our studies can be found at Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube videos of or about Nazi Germany, Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube Songs of and about the Spanish Civil War. Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube World War II Documentaries and Frontline's Memories of the Camps video.- Outstanding footage of liberated SS concentration camps. Don't forget to look at the resources available on my Topic #4 webpage. For a very brief summary of World War II, read The History Guide; Lecture 11; Hitler and World War II. Use the interactive timeline on the BBC's WW2 People's War site. For that matter, investigate the whole site and then look at the BBC's World War II site. These are fabulous, though admittely, UK-centric sources of fascinating material. Look at the World War II animated maps and flash movies that relate to the war.

  • Monday, November 17 - Video: 20th Century History; The Road to Berlin. Complete the World War II Chronology (base notes).
  • Tuesday, November 18 - Complete war chronology (base notes), if necessary. Total War; the British Experience (base notes).
  • Wednesday, November 19 - Complete Total War; The British Experience (base notes), if necessary. Shoah/the Holocaust (base notes).
  • Thursday, November 20 - AV - The World at War; Episode 20; the Holocaust. Sorry, this appears to be unavailable online -- unless you can access it using Bittorrent. You might like to watch Hitler's Henchmen; Heinrich Himmler to get some insight into the head of the SS.
  • Friday, November 21 - The Wartime Conferences (base notes). The Unit test for this section will be on Monday, November 24.

Saturday, November 08, 2008

December 1-5



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/


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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.


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 Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm . 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.


My tutorial times are officially 2:55-3:15 every Monday and Friday. However, I am available most days before school, at noon and after school. Drop by or make an appointment if you need guaranteed time.

Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.


The next unit test is a little over a week away. Information on it will be posted as we get closer to test day.

  • Monday, December 1 - sidebar, p. 167, #2-6, p. 167, & #1-5, p. 172. Material from Canada; A People’s History (“A Question of Equality,” “A Changing Face,” “The Computer Moves In,” and “Winners and Losers” and questions. Begin PowerPoint The Quiet and Not So Quiet Revolution and questions. Read pp. 172-181. Do #1-4, p. 176 and #2-4, p. 182.
  • Tuesday, December 2 – Take up #1-4, p. 176 and #2-4, p. 182. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History ("Time for Change" & "Maitres Chez Nous"). Continue PowerPoint and questions. Read pp. Read pp. Read. Pp. 184-189. Do 1 sidebar, p. 1865; #1-4, p. 187; #1-3, p. 189.
  • Wednesday, December 3 – Take up 1 sidebar, p. 1865; #1-4, p. 187; #1-3, p. 189. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History ("Vive le Quebec Libre," "Language Wars", the "Choice"). Continue PowerPoint and questions. Read ppl 190-200. Do #1-5, p. 194, sidebars p. 192 & 194, #1-7, p. 200 and sidebars 8-4 and 8-5, p. 196.
  • Thursday, December 4 – Take up #1-5, p. 194, sidebars p. 192 & 194, #1-7, p. 200 and sidebars 8-4 and 8-5, p. 196. Complete the PowerPoint and questions and see any remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, including the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." Read pp. 201-206. Do #1-5, p. 206 & sidebars p. 205.
  • Friday, December 5 – Take up #1-5, p. 206 & sidebars p. 205. Complete the PowerPoint and questions and see any remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, including the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." Read pp. 206-216. Do #1-6, p. 216.

Comparative Civilizations 12

We are several weeks away from our next unit test. The Renaissance units are a couple of weeks in length each. The Man the Measure of All Things package is due this Friday - a day later than advertised last week.

  • Monday, December 1 – Brunelleschi PowerPoint. Work on the package.
  • Tuesday, December 2 – Van Eyck and Van der Weyden. Sister Wendy material on the Northern Renaissance. Work on the package.
  • Wednesday, December 3 - Grunewald & Bosch. I highly recommend seeing Carol Gerten's pages on Grunewald, and Bosch - read the biographies and look at the images. Work on the package.
  • Thursday, December 4 – Durer. Work on the package.
  • Friday, December 5 – Hero as Artist Package assigned. Filmstrip or video (if available). Work on the new package. Hand in the Man the Measure of All Things package by 4:30 p.m. today.

History 12

Topics 5 & 6 are run together as a single unit: the Cold War. There will not be a unit test on this material - but it will be covered extensively on the final examination - whether you choose to write the in-class or provincial exam.

If you have time, watch some of the Cold War videos linked to in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.

  • Monday, December 1 - Complete lecture material - Chinese Revolution to the Korean War (base notes).
  • Tuesday, December 2 – The United Nations (base notes).
  • Wednesday, December 3 - Begin the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe to 1956 (base notes).
  • Thursday, December 4 - Video & Questions - The Cold War; Episode 6; Reds (You can see CNN companion material online).
  • Friday, December 5 - Decolonization India (base notes).
    Essay #3 is underway and is due the last week before Christmas.

November 10 to 14







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/

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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.
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 Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm . 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.

My tutorial times are officially 2:55-3:15 every Monday and Friday. However, I am available most days before school, at noon and after school. Drop by or make an appointment if you need guaranteed time.

The first term ended on Friday of last week. Mid semester marks are now being finalized. I will take in late assignments and conduct make up testes until Wednesday, November 12. I cannot guarantee being able to mark, record and get onto this report any work that comes in after this time. I will be entering report marks on Thursday and submitting them Friday morning.

Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

The next unit test is a bit over a week away and will include all of the material on Canada between the world wars and World War II. The minimum number of flash cards for 5 bonus marks is 30. Start making and using your flash cards now! Expect roughly the following breakdown for marks on the unit test: 45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each), 3 from a selection of 5 long answer questions (5 marks each). The total value of the test is, therefore, about 71 marks -- subject to last minute changes.

If you have an interest in World War II, check out the contents of my directory of World War II documentaries uploaded to Google video and Youtube - all 19 pages. Canada's National Film Board has made a number of their World War II videos available online -- including the ones we are watching in class. See their World War II and the NFB site.



Comparative Civilizations 12


The next unit test will be on Monday, November 17; we will test Islamic Civilization and the Western Middle Ages together. The mark breakdown on the test is as follows: 10 slide identification items (2 marks each), requiring you to name the work and say what city it can be found in - give the country for 1/2 a mark; Church Floorplan and nave elevation parts identification (1 mark each), 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each); 2 from a choice of 3 illustration interpretation questions (6 marks each) and one essay question from a selection of 7 questions (18 marks - 1 x 6 for composition and 2 x 6 for content). The total value of the test is, therefore, 100 marks.



  • Monday, November 10 - Gothic Painting PowerPoint. Sister Wendy video segment (**Note: We barely started this, so it will roll over to Wednesday's class). Work on Romance & Reality package. If you have the time and inclination, do watch Bill Moyer's interview of Sister Wendy -a humble genius of art analysis.

  • Tuesday, November 11 - Remembrance Day. Visit the cenotaph for the ceremony if you can manage it.

  • Wednesday, November 12 - Begin with video introduction. Sister Wendy on Giotto and other Gothic painters. Work on package. Click here for the Webmuseum description of Giotto.

  • Thursday, November 13 - Gothic Sculpture PowerPoint.Work on package.

  • Friday, November 14 - Video: The Western Tradition; The Late Middle Ages Romance & Reality package due Monday – along with Exam. Work on package.

History 12


Essay #2 is underway and is due any time this week. Your next unit test is still about a week off. Expect roughly the following material on the Topic #4 Test: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items (1 mark each), and 2 from 4 Long Answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6). The total value will therefore be around 99 marks.


Be sure that you have the plan for Topic #4 and Topic #4 Questions. Do not procrastinate and leave the work until the end. This is a big unit and it needs to be tackled a little bit at a time.


Good online video material to supplement our studies can be found at Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube videos of or about Nazi Germany, Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube Songs of and about the Spanish Civil War. Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube World War II Documentaries and Frontline's Memories of the Camps video.- Outstanding footage of liberated SS concentration camps. Don't forget to look at the resources available on my Topic #4 webpage. For a very brief summary of World War II, read The History Guide; Lecture 11; Hitler and World War II. Use the interactive timeline on the BBC's WW2 People's War site. For that matter, investigate the whole site and then look at the BBC's World War II site. These are fabulous, though admittely, UK-centric sources of fascinating material. Look at the World War II animated maps and flash movies that relate to the war.



  • Monday, November 10 - Slides & Music: Benoys at War. World War II chronology (base notes).

  • Tuesday, November 11 - Remembrance Day - North Vancouver's main ceremony is at the cenotaph in Victoria Park, but there are others -- in West Vancouver, at Vancouver's main cenotaph off Hastings St., at Cates Park, and elsewhere. Be sure to attend one.

  • Wednesday, November 12 - Video: Twentieth Century History: Britain Alone. World War II chronology (base notes).

  • Thursday, November 13 - Video: Twentieth Century History; Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima. World War II chronology (base notes).

  • Friday, November 14 - Video: Twentieth Century History; The Road to Berlin. Complete the World War II chronology (base notes). Hopefully, begin World War II; the British Experience (base notes).

Saturday, November 01, 2008

November 3-7



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Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm . 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.


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Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

The next unit test is more than two weeks away and will include all of the material on Canada between the world wars and World War II. I will post test information as we get closer to the exam and we will set the minimum number of flash cards for full bonus marks at that time. However, start making and using your flash cards now!

If you are interested in economics and want to find out some of the basic concepts, you might like to look at Discovery Education's United Streaming video: Macroeconomic Concepts. This will require you to login. If you have an interest in World War II, check out the contents of my directory of World War II documentaries uploaded to Google video and Youtube - all 19 pages.

  • Monday, November 3 - Take up sidebar questions p. 71 & 72 & #1-4, p. 72, sidebar questions p. 76, 78 & 79 & #1-2, p. 79. Watch Canada; A People’s History; Hard Times and do the viewing guide questions. If time we will continue with the PowerPoint on the interwar years. Read pp. 79-86. Do sidebar #1-4, p. 81, sidebar questions p. 82 & #3-4, p. 85 & #1-3, p. 86. If you have time, watch Discovery Education's The Great Depression (login required). While this is really about the US, it is not possible to understand the Canadian situation without referring to what happened in our neighbour to the South.
  • Tuesday, November 4 - Take up homework. Continue Canada; A People’s History; Hard Times and PowerPoint - Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. Political Cartoon Assignment. (10 marks, due Thursday). Read pp. 86-90. Do #1-2 sidebar p. 89, #1-3, p. 90. Follow the US Presidential election results. We will talk about it in class next day.
  • Wednesday, November 5 - Take up homework. Video King & Country & questions. Read pp. 90-98. Do sidebars p. 92 both on 95 & 96, #1-5, p. 98. If you are interested and have the time, watch this British anti-war advertisement from the 1930s to understand the roots of appeasement. In contrast, listen to this warning from Winston Churchill at the same time. Watch the 20 minute 30's documentary: The European Arms Race 1935 - 1939 part 1 and part 2. To see Nazi Germany, watch this largely unnarrated documentary, Nazi Germany Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 & Part 9. How Were Decisions Made in Nazi Germany. Look at Hitler's art: Part 1, Part 2.
  • Thursday, November 6 - Hand in Political Cartoon Assignment. Take up homework. Complete King & Country video and questions. Introduction to World War II. Read pp. 100-110. Do 1-4, p. 105, sidebar questions p. 106, 107, 110 & #1-3, p. 110.
  • Friday, November 7 - Take up homework. Begin video series & questions; Episode I; Canada Remembers; Turning the Tide). WWII series. Read pp. 111-115. Do #1-4, p. 115.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The next unit test will not be for several weeks, as we will test Islamic Civilization and the Western Middle Ages together.

The Great Thaw package will be due Thursday.

  • Monday, November 3 - Video – Art of the Western World; A White Garment of Churches. Work on Great Thaw package.
  • Tuesday, November 4 - Romanesque to Gothic Architecture. PowerPoint, Diagrams and Demonstration. (Slides next class). Work on Great Thaw package.
  • Wednesday, November 5 - Video - Medieval Help Desk. The Human Cathedral - an analysis of Romaneque & Gothic engineering. Gothic Architecture Slides. Work on Package.
  • Thursday, November 6 - Video - Faith in Numbers (Available in parts on Youtube: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). This is a quirky but fascinating film that covers far more than what we are looking at in this unit -- but, like all of the other films in James Burke's Connections series some of the best documentary viewing around. Burke sees History as moving forward because of strange and quirky connections being made between ideas, generating revolutionary changes. New Package, Romance & Reality assigned. Great Thaw package, is to be handed in by 4:30 p.m.
  • Friday, November 7 - Romance & Reality filmstrip. Work on Package.

History 12

Essay #2 is underway and is due any day in the second week of November - between November -- avoiding major conflict assignments with other courses if possible. Your next unit test is still some way off. Be sure that you have the plan for Topic #4 and Topic #4 Questions. Do not procrastinate and leave the work until the end. This is a big unit and it needs to be tackled a little bit at a time.

Please note, I am trying to accelerate the plan by a day here, to make room for additional AV material.


Good online video material to supplement our studies can be found at Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube videos of or about Nazi Germany, Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube Songs of and about the Spanish Civil War. Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube World War II Documentaries and Frontline's Memories of the Camps video.- Outstanding footage of liberated SS concentration camps. Don't forget to look at the resources available on my Topic #4 webpage.

  • Monday, November 3 - Complete the Appeasement lecture (base notes). Discuss origins of World War II. If time, begin video The Road to War; Britain. Unfortunately this video is not available online.
  • Tuesday, November 4 - Complete The Road to War; Britain and watch The Road to War; France. Be sure to watch the US Presidential election results tonight.
  • Wednesday, November 5 - The Spanish Civil War (base notes).
  • Thursday, November 6 - Complete Spanish Civil War material. If time, watch another in the Road to War series -- possibly the USSR. See my directory of Spanish Civil War videos available on Googlevideo and Youtube.
  • Friday, November 7 - World War II chronology (base notes).