Sunday, March 17, 2013

April 1-5






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History 12 


Social Studies 8 

Block 2 is working with Mr. Wong, my student teacher from UBC for the first part of the course.  The plan below is for my Block 3 class.  When Mr. Wong finishes, the plan will apply to both classes.

Block 2 can link to Mr. Wong's blog at: misterwong.weebly.com .  Thursday and Friday's classes are the same as my block 3 lesson plan below.


Expect the next unit test this Thursday. Be sure to be making and using your flash cards every day to master vocabulary and names. Your test on Rome will include the following: 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definition items (2 marks each) and 3 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 68 marks. You can earn up to 5 bonus marks for submitting at least 25 correctly made flash cards (term or name only on the front and definition or why the person is important on the back) at the time of the exam. You may not hand these in late to earn marks; they must be submitted when you write the test.



Be sure to visit the BBC's Roman Empire pages. There is plenty of fascinating material to interest anyone interested in this ancient empire.
  • Monday, April 1 - Easter Monday, No Classes in Session.
  • Tuesday, April 2 - Video and Questions: Terry Jones The Barbarians; The End of the World.  Explain why the Roman Empire collapsed.  Give your reasons in point form lists under the headings "Social," "Political," "Economic," "Religious," "Military" and "Geographic."
  • Wednesday, April 3 - Take up homework and create a master list.  Video: The Roman Arena (sorry, not available online) and answer the following questions:  1) What happened at the Colosseum and other Roman Arenas?  List the events that were staged.  2) Why do you suppose the Romans were so interested in "blood-sports?"  Check out the BBC's animation of the Colosseum.  Study for the unit test on Rome next class.
  • Thursday, April 4 - Unit Test on the Rome unit.   Read pp. 96 to 100. Do #1-7, p. 100.
  • Friday, April 5 - Exam post-mortem. Take up #1-7, p. 200.  Examine the Hosford Atlas, pp. 5-6 (Scan of page 5 available by clicking here, and click here for page 6).  What made Constantinople an important trade crossroad (p. 5)?  What evidence can you see on p. 6 that the Byzantines were great engineers and builders?  Answer the questions posed on p. 7.  Watch the video Engineering an Empire; The Byzantine Greeks, part 3, part 4.  (If you want to see the other parts of this video, here are the links to the rest: part 1, part 2, part 5.  If we have time, Mr. Benoy will explain how Byzantine engineers improved on what the Romans developed before them.  Assignment - due Monday:  Write a paragraph to a page explaining why Justinian has gone down in history as an important ruler.  Be sure to mention his ambitions for the empire and his strengths and weaknesses as a ruler.  When you conclude, be sure to say whether or not you think he was a great man.  Why or why not?  You might consider watching a segment from a video called The Dark Ages - segment 4 The Empire Strikes Back.

March 16 - April 1





































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I'll have the first week of classes posted soon.

Saturday, March 09, 2013

March 11-15




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Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- can be found at my website:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/.


History 12 

You must be sure to visit The History Guide for excellent background material supporting this course.

We set the due date for Essay #1 (see the bottom of the Plan for Unit #1) for this week --any time up to Friday after school.

With Essay #1 completed, Essay #2 is now underway in the background.

Our Topic #2 test was postponed to Tuesday, March 5.  We will work into the next unit in the classes leading up to this.  Be aware that material from these lessons will not be tested on the Topic #2 Unit Test. Be sure to pick up the plan for Topic #3 and Topic #3 Questions to see the work for the next unit, which we are starting this week. 


Social Studies 8 

Block 2 is working with Mr. Wong, my student teacher from UBC for the first part of the course.  The plan below is for my Block 3 class.  When Mr. Wong finishes, the plan will apply to both classes.

Block 2 can link to Mr. Wong's blog at: misterwong.weebly.com 

Block 3 is working on the Rome Unit.  Expect a test sometime in the week we return after Spring Break.

  • Monday, March 11 - Hand in the Architecture Hunt assignment.  Take up #1-6, p. 10. Watch Crash Course; Christianity From Judaism to ConstantineAssignment: Conversion to Christianity -- Imagine that you are a young Greek person living in the city of Rome. Write a letter to your parents in Athens explaining why you have decided to give up worshiping the old Greek Gods and become a Christian. You will have to find out something about both Ancient Greek religion and early Christianity to do this. The assignment will be marked out of 10 and will be marked on both content and composition. It is due next class. Note: When we deal with religion in this course it is not with the intention of supporting one religious view over another. What we want to do is to understand basic beliefs of each religion and know something about the impact that any particular religion has had on the world. We do this using an historical approach.
  • Tuesday, March 12 - Hand in the Conversion to Christianity assignment. Introduction to Legions -- importance, organization (including two short videos:  video1 and video 2) and vulnerabilities. Video Legions of Rome (Part 1Part 2Part 3)and questions. Read pp. 10-12. Do #1-6, p. 12. You might enjoy playing a small game from the BBC - Romans vs. Britons.
  • Wednesday, March 13 - Take up #1-6, p. 12. Look at the sidebar on p. 11. Video: Constantine and questions. Read pp. 12-16. Do #1-6, p. 16. Bring coloured pencils to next class for map work.
  • Thursday, March 14 - Take up #1-6, p. 16. Complete watching Constantine and the questions. Hosford Atlas, pp. 3 & 4.  Also look at this video of the changing map of Europe during this time. Map Assignment: The "Barbarian Invasions." 10 marks. Complete for next class.
  • Friday, March 15 - Hand in Barbarian Invasions map assignment.Watch Terry Jones' Surprising History of Rome and questions. For homework, be sure to make flash cards and spend a little time reviewing them.

Friday, March 01, 2013

March 4 - 8




Contact me by e-mail at: kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca 

So you just want to see photos of Sutherland activities? Click here to see my Picasa Albums. 

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- can be found at my website:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/.


History 12 

You must be sure to visit The History Guide for excellent background material supporting this course.

We set the due date for Essay #1 (see the bottom of the Plan for Unit #1) for this week --any time up to Friday after school.

Our Topic #2 test was postponed to Tuesday, March 5.  We will work into the next unit in the classes leading up to this.  Be aware that material from these lessons will not be tested on the Topic #2 Unit Test. Be sure to pick up the plan for Topic #3 and Topic #3 Questions to see the work for the next unit, which we are starting this week. 

Topic #2 Plan.

Topic #3 Plan.  Note:  I goofed last week and did not do the League of Nations lesson but began with the following class.  I will put this back in later in the unit and carry on with the Russian material now.

Topic #3 Questions.

  • Monday, March 4 - Russia Before the Revolutions (PowerPoint) and the Russian Revolutions (base notes, PowerPoint).  Be sure to look at the excellent resources at The History Guide's Russian Revolution Resources.  Spartacus Schoolnet's Russian Revolutionaries page has links to great material.  Scott Masters has a decent PowerPoint on the revolutions.  If you are interested in finding out more about Lenin, try Lenin; Revolutionary (Part 1Part 2Part 3 and Part 4). 
  • Tuesday, March 5 - Unit Test, Topic #2.
  • Wednesday, March 6 -  The Russian Revolutions (base notes, PowerPoint).  Be sure to look at the excellent resources at The History Guide's Russian Revolution Resources.  Again, look at the Spartacus Schoolnet material referenced above and refer to Scott Master's PowerPoint.  Watch The Russian Revolution (Part 1,Part 2 & Part 3).  You might also have a look at World War I; The Russian Revolution (Part 1Part 2Part 3 and Part 4), which deals with the importance of the war in leading to the momentous events in Russia in 1917.
  • Thursday, March 7 - The USSR From Lenin to Stalin (base notes, PowerPoint).  You should consider watching the following biographical treatment: Stalin (Part 1and Part 2) 
  • Friday, March 8 - Complete From Lenin to Stalin (base notes, PowerPoint) and begin The Stalin Revolution; Collectivization and Industrialization (base notes, PowerPoint).  If you have an hour and a half to spare this weekend, watch Stalin; Man of Steel. 


Social Studies 8

We finished the Geography unit last week and now begin our study of History.  The map skills that you used will come in handy again and we will make maps from time to time.