September 9-13

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

This blog provides lesson plans for each week.  Look ahead to see where we are going.  Look back to see what you might have missed. All assignments are provided here.  If anything is underlined, click on it to bring up the document or, in the case of videos, link to an online version of what was scheduled for seeing in class or as enrichment.  
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/.  Admittedly, I do not update this site regularly, so there may be dead links.

Supplies needed for all class:

-A binder (I do not mind if it is also used for other classes, but if so you must have subject dividers to keep course work together). You could use duotangs for each unit if you wish. 

-Pens. 

-HB pencils (required for map-work and for any tests with multiple choice sections).

-Coloured pencils for map work.

-A USB drive for storing any computer work on (again, this can be used for other subjects too).

-Small index cards (or paper cut to index card size) for vocabulary flash cards.

-A functioning brain with room for expansion.

Social Studies 8 

We began with a Geography unit. Expect a unit test at the end of this, worth around 75 marks. This will be in roughly 2 weeks. It will be based on map reading and the use of Canadian Oxford World Atlas (7th edition). We will also have a number of quizzes worth from 5-30 marks throughout the unit. You will not always be warned ahead of time about quizzes -- so it is important to keep up.

If you are struggling, be sure to see me outside of class for extra help!

You will need the following material for the Geography unit: a ruler, pens, pencils, and coloured pencils, erasers, whiteout, a portable computer storage device (USB key, with at least 1 GB of space on it -- which you can use in all of your other classes too), and lined paper.

Keep all of your material in order in either a section of a bigger binder, with work from other courses, or a smaller Social Studies binder. The choice is yours. You should also have section dividers to separate units. Keep all work to study from for the final exam at the end of the course. After unit tests, you can take this work out and leave it safe at home if you do not want to keep carrying it around -- just don't lose it.

National Geographic has some nice overview PowerPoints for this unit. See Map Elements and Map Skills.

• Monday, September 9 - Take up homework (the Atlas worksheet).     Look at Geographical Essentials text, pp. 4-11 - "Map Basics."  The Basic ingredients of all maps - Outlines, Direction, Colour and Symbols  (and a key or legend, Scale. Scale Worksheet. If you have trouble grasping how scale works, get the basics from this BBC elementary school level site on the subject. A really nice advanced summary can be found at this National Resources Canada site.
• Tuesday, September 10 -Take up Scale homework. Countries game - girls vs boys.  Direction on maps - points on a compass. -- introduction and video clip. Direction and Scale Worksheet. Struggling with figuring out how compass directions work? Use this simple elementary school explanation from the BBC in Britain.  
• Wednesday, September 11 - Take up Direction and Scale Worksheet homework. Countries game - girls vs boys.  Direction on maps - points on a compass. -- introduction and video clip.  Introduction to map symbols.  Video clip on map symbols - colour.  Symbols worksheet - complete for homework.  For a really simple (elementary school level) explanation of map symbols, see this National Geographic site.  Rather more advanced, but quite cheesy, is this 1967 US Department of Defense educational video dealing with map symbols.
• Thursday, September 12 - Take up Symbols worksheet (I may or may not do a homework check, worth 3 marks for completion). Animaniacs countries song. Countries game -- individual lists -- compare your total to the first time we did this.  More symbols review -Symbols 2 worksheet - complete for homework.  Also complete the assignment: Continents and Major Water Bodies map -- due next class, value: 10 marks -- based on completion, accuracy and neatness.  Completely unrelated to learning map symbols, but entertaining is this video clip - McGyver; How to Use a Map.
• Friday, September 13 - Hand in Continents and Major Water Bodies map.  Take up homework -- Symbols  worksheet.  Naming countries contest - boys vs. girls.  Quiz - Scale and Direction -- note: this was postponed.  Expect such a quiz next week.  Introduction to grids.  Geographical Essentials, pp. 15-19. Activity #9 #1-3. Complete #4 and Activity 10 for homework. Map Assignment - School to Home - due Monday, Value: 10 marks -- based on having all the map basics, accuracy, neatness and usability.

Social Studies 11 

We will begin with the Government unit and start with the old red text to deal with ideologies. You will get the Counterpoints text, which we will use for most of the semester, once we get past ideologies -- which Counterpoints does not deal with well.

Expect your first unit test on Ideologies/Parties/Elections to be around Wednesday, September 17 -- or thereabout - we will nail down the date when we are more sure of when we will finish the work.  I will also try to schedule tests when you can continue writing into break or lunch time if you need to do so. The mark breakdown is most likely to be as follows: 30 multiple choice question (1 mark each); 4 items to label on a diagram (1 mark each); 5 definitions - you write a sentence or two about each term or name (2 marks each); 2 long answer questions from a choice of 4 options (6 marks each). The test should, therefore, be out of about 66 marks. 25 properly done flash cards, if submitted in class at the start of the test, will earn 5 bonus marks on the test.

• Monday, September 9 - Take up #1-5, p. 11 and #1-6, p. 15.   Continue with the origins of ideologies looking at ideologies as shown on a left/right line and also look at showing them on a quadrant.  Remember, any time you show a complex world in a graphic model, you are simplifying reality.  Here is a handout covering this material for your notes.  If you took the Political Compass quiz, you can now compare your personal ideological position with main viewpoints -- and with each other.   We hoped to show the PowerPoint on ideologies but did not do so because the assembly took more than half of this class.The following reading is completely optional: For an interesting American article on the difference between Lefties and Righties, see Patricia Cohen's New York Times Article: "Across the Great Divide; Investigating Links Between Personality and Politics."
• Tuesday, September 10 -  PowerPoint –“Ideologies” Video clip on ideologies - sorry, not available online. Other ways to show political spectrum.  Ideologies Identification homework.  
• Wednesday, September 11 - Take up homework.  Lecture/discussion - from ideologies to political parties - national parties in Canada. More practice with ideologies. Read Counterpoints pp. 255-258.  Do #3 and 4, p. 258.  For homework you earlier did an online quiz to determine your ideology.  Which political party comes closest to your views? You might try some more tests -- mostly American - to see where you stand.
• Thursday, September 12 - Take up homework.  Placing parties on the political spectrum.  PowerPoint:  BC & Canadian Political Parties in the Ideologies and Political Parties  PowerPoint.  Read Counterpoints  pp. 249-258.  Do #1-5, p. 253 and sidebar #1-3, p. 257.
• Friday, September 13 - Take up #1-5, p. 253, #4, p. 258 & sidebar, #1-3, p. 257.  Review of party positions on the political spectrum, what parties currently stand for, and names of party leaders.  Introduction to political party organizations.  As part of your homework, you must go to Elections Canada's pages entitled I Can Vote,  with information for young voters.  Answer these questions.  Read pp. 109-115 in the Red Government text and answer questions 1-3 &; 5, p. 115.  Optional:  Click here to get a list of all of the political parties, with links to their web-pages.

History 12 

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

I don't think we will have finished all of the necessary material before Thursday, so I will put off the test until Monday (a day that allows you to write into lunch break if you need additional time).  This will also mean that there is no conflict with Clubs day this Thursday.  There will likely be 15 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 10 definitions -- where I give you the definition and you give me the term or name (1 mark each), 5 definitions -- where I give you the term or name and you provide the definition or why the person is important (2 marks each), and one essay (worth 18 marks - with 6 for composition and 2 x 6 for content). The test will most likely be out of 53 marks.

All Topic #1 work is due by 4:30 p.m. on the day of the test. Essay #1 is due a couple of weeks later.

Click here for the plan for Topic #1.

Click here for Topic #1 work (Essay #1 can be found at the bottom of the back page).

• Monday, September 9 - Complete the summary part of the Theories of History PowerPoint.  Writing History essays & MLA style . 
• Tuesday, September 10 - We did not finish the essay writing PowerPoint or the MLA Style PowerPoint so will do so today.  After that we will move on to Themes and Topics in History 12.
• Wednesday, September 11 - Complete Themes and Topics in History 12. If there is time, we will begin  
• Thursday, September 12 - Imperialism and Social Darwinism PowerPoint (base notes) -- but note that this material will not be on the test next class.
• Friday, September 13 - Finish Imperialism and Social Darwinism PowerPoint (base notes).  Begin  Europe Before World War I - the Alliance system. Begin looking at the nations of Europe before the War. Base notes.  See what Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has to say about Imperialism in Africa in this YouTube video. Interested in Social Darwinism?  Try these videos:  James Burke's Fit To Rule, which explains how a biological concept became a powerful political tool in the hands of extreme nationalists, or this interview with Frans De Waal, who is horrified by Social Darwinist notions held by neo-conservatives in modern America.  The horrific results of 19th century Social Darwinist ideas are described in Scientific Racism; The Eugenics of Social Darwinism. 

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 and with retirement looming will leave to another generation to take on if they wish.

I have changed my mind about having a quiz at the end of this week -- I would like to lose less class time to testing and will merge chapters 1-3  for testing purposes.  This test will most likely be on Thursday, September 19.  Expect the mark breakdown to be as follows:  65 multiple choice questions and two from a choice of 10 long answer questions - valued at 6 marks each. The total is, therefore, out of 77 marks. 30 properly done flash cards will earn 5 bonus marks.

• Monday, September 9 - Take up homework: #1-5, p. 11, #1-9 p. 16 and #1-4 pp. 16-17.  Complete the Chapter 1 PowerPoint.  If time, begin watching Al Gore's seminal documentary An Inconvenient Truth and questions (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10) -- or buy it online (no I don't get a cut for advertising it and I really can't suggest checking Pirate Bay or an alternative). Read pp. 18-22. Do #1-4, p. 21.
• Tuesday, September 10 - Take up homework. Complete An Inconvenient Truth and questions. Discuss the video -- Why is it sometimes seen as controversial? Read p. 22 and do the "Further Thought questions, #1-2, on p. 22. Optional: For an alternative view, see The Great Global Warming Swindle.  Interestingly every BC school was sent a free copy of this by an organization (hard to determine the parent organization) that felt it needed to combat Climate Change proponents. To make sense of this debate you could look into what respectable academic bodies say. Many countries have academies of science; investigate their views. The United Nations' Secretary General, Ban-Ki Moon recently traveled to the Arctic and he is on record as speaking on the subject during this trip. His view is representative of most of the world's nations on the topic. Also the 2007-2008 United Nations Human Development Report took as its over-arching theme Climate Change. You will find the report's accompanying video interesting (choose your download speed and language).
• Wednesday, September 11 -  Take up homework. Reminder of the material in the Essay Writing Workshop Part 3. Complete the Essay Outline, the assignment for part 3 of the Essay Writing Workshop; please note that you can always change to another topic if you decide this one isn't really what you want to go with.  We will go over your conclusions from the Al Gore film and then will  watch Climate of Doubt which deals with the Climate Change denial viewpoint.  While watching it, answer the following questions:  1.  What groups in society are most prominent in denying climate change?  2.  What are their reasons for doing so?  
• Thursday, September 12 - Hand in the assignment from the Essay Writing Workshop homework.  We will briefly talk about essay outlines before going on with Geography course content.  Begin chapter 2 - PowerPoint. Read pp. 29-31. Do both #1-3 on p. 31.
• Friday, September 13 - Take up #1-3 (both), p. 31. Video clip: The Seven Billionth.  Continue Ch. 2 PowerPoint - Population & Demographics.  If time we will watch Momentum 2011; Hans Rosling.Read pp. 31-37. Do #1 on p. 37. Go to the US Census Bureau's International Database  (OK - this is a bit of a search.  Click on "International Data Base" on the top left hand side of the page.  On the new page, look on the left side and go into the "Report" drop down menu and select "Population Pyramid Graph."  Now select 2011 in the year menu and the countries you want, one at a time in "Select Country".)  Now and download and print a population pyramid for Nigeria in 2011. Do the same for Japan. Compare the shapes of these population pyramids. Suggest reasons why they are so different from one another.

September 3-6

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

This blog provides lesson plans for each week.  Look ahead to see where we are going.  Look back to see what you might have missed. All assignments are provided here.  If anything is underlined, click on it to bring up the document or, in the case of videos, link to an online version of what was scheduled for seeing in class or as enrichment.  
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/.  Admittedly, I do not update this site regularly, so there may be dead links.

Supplies needed for all class:

-A binder (I do not mind if it is also used for other classes, but if so you must have subject dividers to keep course work together). You could use duotangs for each unit if you wish. 

-Pens. 

-HB pencils (required for map-work and for any tests with multiple choice sections).

-Coloured pencils for map work.

-A USB drive for storing any computer work on (again, this can be used for other subjects too).

-Small index cards (or paper cut to index card size) for vocabulary flash cards.

-A functioning brain with room for expansion.

Social Studies 8

We will begin with a Geography unit. Expect a unit test at the end of this, worth around 75 marks. This will be in roughly 3 weeks. It will be based on map reading and the use of Canadian Oxford World Atlas (7th edition). We will also have a number of quizzes worth from 5-30 marks throughout the unit. You will not always be warned ahead of time about quizzes -- so it is important to keep up.

If you are struggling, be sure to see me outside of class for extra help!

You will need the following material for the Geography unit: a ruler, pens, pencils, and coloured pencils, erasers, whiteout, a portable computer storage device (USB key, with at least 1 GB of space on it -- which you can use in all of your other classes too), and lined paper.

Keep all of your material in order in either a section of a bigger binder, with work from other courses, or a smaller Social Studies binder. The choice is yours. You should also have section dividers to separate units. Keep all work to study from for the final exam at the end of the course. After unit tests, you can take this work out and leave it safe at home if you do not want to keep carrying it around -- just don't lose it.

National Geographic has some nice overview PowerPoints for this unit. See Map Elements and Map Skills.

• Tuesday, September 3 - This is just a timetable walk-through, but I will take the opportunity to hand out a paper copy of the Course Outline for you to read overnight.
• Wednesday, September 4 - Introduction and Expectations.  Texts assigned.  Map Rules Rubric handout.  Canada; Political; Map Assignment (10 marks, due next class) -- unless time runs out before we can assign it.
• Thursday, September 5 - Complete text sign out, if not finished Tuesday.  Hand in map assignment, if given Tuesday.  Mind Map - explained in class and not for marks. Complete to #15 on the Atlas Worksheet. If the Canada; Political; Map Assignment (10 marks) was not assigned on Tuesday, it is assigned today and due Thursday.
• Friday, September 5 - Country memorization game. Take up #1-15 of the Atlas Worksheet.  Complete the remainder of the questions for next class.

Social Studies 11 

We will begin with the Government unit and start with the old red text to deal with ideologies. You will get the Counterpoints text, which we will use for most of the semester, once we get past ideologies -- which Counterpoints does not deal with well.

Expect your first unit test on Ideologies/Parties/Elections to be on Wednesday, February 15 -- or thereabout. The mark breakdown is most likely to be as follows: 30 multiple choice question (1 mark each); 4 items to label on a diagram (1 mark each); 5 definitions - you write a sentence or two about each term or name (2 marks each); 2 long answer questions from a choice of 4 options (6 marks each). The test should, therefore, be out of about 66 marks.

• Tuesday, September 3 - This is just a short timetable walk-through.  However, I will take the opportunity to hand out a paper version of the Course Outline for you to read overnight.
• Wednesday, September 4 - Outline and Expectations PowerPoints.    Final Exam table of specifications (link from here to additional exam material.  Handout: What is Government?  Complete the questions for next class.
• Thursday, September 5 - Hand out textbooks.  Complete anything missed from yesterday's introduction. Take up answers to What is Government.  Discuss whether government is or is not necessary.  Introduction to the three branches of government -- Legislative, Executive and Judicial.  Read pp. 2-6 in the red Government text.  Do #1-4, p. 6 for homework.
• Friday, September 6 - Take up #1-4, p. 6.  Introduction to ideologies.  Origin of the Political Spectrum - see this version as a line, and this version as a quadrant -- showing where Canadian political parties could be found in 2011.  Read pp. 7-15.  Do #1-5, p. 11 and #1-6, p. 15.  To identify your own ideology, take the online Political Compass Quiz.  Why not listen to some ideological tunes.  The Political Compass people have put together a links list to ideological music that you can click to from here.  Look elsewhere around this site if you are interested in politics.

Social Studies 11 Honours

This class has similarities and differences with regular Social Studies 11. Your tests will all be the same level of difficulty. You will not be penalized for taking the more challenging option. The key difference is that this section is geared for college and university bound students -- therefore we focus more intently on academic writing. We buy the time for this by moving a little more quickly through curricular material; this is generally not a problem because of the ability level of most of the class. We will cover the curriculum a little differently from regular Social Studies 11 because the Geography content lends itself well to student-generated writing topics.

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 and with retirement looming will leave to another generation to take on if they wish.

Expect a chapter 1 quiz next -- probably on Friday. 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.

• Tuesday, September 3 - This is just a short timetable walk-through.  However, I will take the opportunity to hand out a paper version of the Course Outline for you to read overnight. 
• Wednesday, September 4 - Outline and Expectations PowerPoints.    Final Exam table of specifications (link from here to additional exam material).  Texts assigned. Online Essay Writing Workshop handout (please request a written copy if you cannot easily access an online version at home or in class).  Pre-read parts 1 & 2 but leave the part 2 assignment for now.
• Thursday, September 5 - Text sign out continues (if not finished last class).  Complete anything else not completed on Wednesday.  We will go over the Essay Writing Workshop material parts 1 & 2. Complete the Part 2 assignment for homework. PLEASE NOTE: We did not get anywhere near as far as I hoped.  So I have changed the assigned work for today and Friday too.
• Friday, September 6 - Take up the Essay Workshop section 2 assignment.   Begin PowerPoint for chapter 1. Read pp. 6-16 of The 21st Century World text -- paper or online. Do #1-5, p. 11, #1-9 p. 16 and #1-4 pp. 16-17.  Video sidebar (I do not require you to watch this, but highly recommend that you do so:  Tom Friedman's MIT address - The World is Flat 3.0.

History 12

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

Expect to write your first quiz on or about Thursday, September 12 -- we will confirm this date a little closer to test time. There will likely be 15 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 10 definitions -- where I give you the definition and you give me the term or name (1 mark each), 5 definitions -- where I give you the term or name and you provide the definition or why the person is important (2 marks each), and one essay (worth 18 marks - with 6 for composition and 2 x 6 for content). The test will most likely be out of 53 marks.

All Topic #1 work is due by 4:30 p.m. on the day of the test. Essay #1 is due a couple of weeks later.

Click here for the plan for Topic #1.

Click here for Topic #1 work (Essay #1 can be found at the bottom of the back page).

• Tuesday, September 3 - This is just a timetable walk-through, but it does give me the opportunity to hand out to you the paper copy of the course outline.  Read it overnight.
• Wednesday, September 4 - Introduction and Expectations.  If time, we will watch James Nagle's short video:  Why Do We Study History.  Handouts:  Unit 1 plan.  Topic #1 Questions and Map Assignment -- use this map blank or locate one of your own.
• Thursday, September 5 - Historiography and Historical Interpretation  PowerPoint.  Go to The History Guide and look at their title page, A Student's Guide to the Study of History for useful tips on how to approach this and other history courses.  These are university level tips, but good advice for History 12 too.
• Friday, September 6 - PowerPoint Theories of History.

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June 17 to 21

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. 

I also have photos from the Honours Luncheon, May 30.  I have been directed not to post these publicly.  If you want to see them or would like a copy of one or more pictures, please see me personally.

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

All work was due on the last day of classes last week.  I am currently only accepting late and bonus work from students who are below 50%.  This must be submitted by Thursday morning to ensure that marks are applied.

History 12

Your final exam is on Tuesday, June 18, between 9 am and 11 am in the small gym.  Be sure to bring your text books or you will be billed at the exam.

Social Studies 8

Your final exam is set for Tuesday, June 18 between 9 am and 10:30 am in the small gym.  Bring your texts to the test where they will be collected before you start.  If you do not bring them, you will receive a bill at that time.

June 10 - 14

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. 

I also have photos from the Honours Luncheon, May 30.  I have been directed not to post these publicly.  If you want to see them or would like a copy of one or more pictures, please see me personally.

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

This is the last week of classes!  Those of you who are behind in submitting work need to catch-up now.

Now is also the time to begin studying for final exams.

All work must be submitted by the last day of classes to guarantee that it is taken into consideration in calculating your final mark.  The only exceptions to this will be students currently not passing their courses.  I will accept work during the following week for those individuals.  If you are not sure if you qualify for this, see me!

History 12

Your final exam is on Tuesday, June 18, between 9 am and 11 am in the small gym.  Be sure to bring your text books or you will be billed at the exam.

Topic #5 and 6 (Cold War) Plan and Questions.

Essay #3 is due this week.  With such a small group in the class, I will accept them without penalty up to the last day of classes -- marking deadlines are not a problem with this class.  Here's a special deal...Your score on this essay can be substituted for one on an earlier paper (proportional to the original essay's mark total).  If you do not want to substitute, a bonus of 5 will be added to your last exam score.

All questions for the final unit are due by the last day of classes.

To save class time, there will not be a Cold War test.  Rather, there will be considerable Cold War material on the final exam. 

Note that when base notes and PowerPoints are listed below, the PowerPoints are more up to date -- most were written from 2010 onward.

Be sure to watch as many of the CNN/BBC Cold War series as possible.  This is absolutely the best account of the Cold War on film. We saw the first episode and will see some in class, but cannot take the time to look at all of them.  Here are the links:

Episode 1 - Comrades; 1917-1945.

Episode 2 - Iron Curtain; 1945-1947.

Episode 3 - Marshall Plan; 1947-1952.

Episode 4 - Berlin; 1948-1949.

Episode 5 - Korea; 1950-1953.

Episode 6 - Reds; 1947-1953.

Episode 7 - After Stalin; 1953-1956.

Episode 8 - Sputnik; 1949-1961.

Episode 9 - The Wall; 1958-1963.

Episode 10 Cuba; 1959-1962.

Episode 11 Vietnam; 1954-1968.

Episode 12 Mutually Assured Destruction; MAD 1960-1972.

Episode 13 Make Love Not War; 1960s.

Episode 14 Red Spring; 1960s. 

Episode 15 China; 1949-1972.

Episode 16 Detente; 1969-1975.

Episode 17 Good Guys Bad Guys; 1967-1978.

Episode 18 Backyard; 1954-1990.

Episode 19 Freeze; 1977-1981.

Episode 20 Soldiers of God; 1975-1988.

Episode 21 Spies; 1944-1994.

Episode 22 Star Wars; 1981-1988.

Episode 23 The Wall Came Down; 1989.

Episode 24 Conclusions; 1989-1991.

***This is a short semester and I am unable to complete everything needed in class time.  We will not have the lectures on European and Japanese Resurgence.  I have rounded out the American domestic material in its place.  Please look at this on your own -- here is the lesson Plan:

Economic Resurgence in Western Europe (base notes). Watch this short American video clip on America's reasons for launching the Marshall Plan (1 1/2 minutes). For a look at British 1980's cynicism about European cooperation, watch this 3 minute segment from Yes, Minister. The opposing view can be seen in this short pro-European Union animation (3 minute) made to explain the EU to the British public. Introductory video:European Union; 50 Years in 5 Minutes.

• Monday, June 10 - Complete the lecture: Rise of Islamic Fundamentalism (base notes, PowerPoint - The Islamic Revival and World Politics ).  If we finish the lecture material early, we will look at one of the following documentaries:  Iranian Revolution 1979 (5 minutes - a film sympathetic to the Shah of Iran), and/or this clip from the American documentary Crisis in Iran.  This clip from LinkTV translates a report from Iranian TV during the Arab Spring in 2012, comparing events in Egypt with Iran in 1979 -- the comparison is more starling when one realizes that after this report, the Islamic Brotherhood went on to win Egypt's first free elections.  When you get time, consider watching the three hour documentary Iran and the West. As this class is a general introduction to rising Islamic fundamentalism, sometimes referred to as Islamism, why not watch the Irish documentary Whose Afraid of Islam (part 1, part 2), an interesting look at cultural struggles.
• Tuesday, June 11 - Afghanistan (continued from yesterday's lecture notes).  We begin with more music and video clips: Black Tulip, Alexander Rosenbaum's Karavan, Farewell Afghanistan, Lyube music video set to scenes from 9ya rota (9th CompanyRussian film of Afghan war) , also the title track. I don't think the lecture will take the full length of time, so we will conclude with a video from the Cold War series: Soldiers of God; 1975-1988.
• Wednesday, June 12 - Music video clips again -- Tyd om te Trek, & Die Kaplyn by Bok van Blerk, Asimbomanga &  Scatterlings of Africa by Johnny Clegg.  Southern Africa and the Fall of Apartheid (base notes, PowerPoint: The Rise and Fall of Apartheid.).  
• Thursday, June 13 - More introductory music:Jawanasibeki, December African Rain & Great Heart,  and the multi-lingual (xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans and English)national anthem.  Start with a 23 minute video: Spear Cleansing, about Letlapa Mphalele, who ordered the killing of whites, and Ginn Fourie, who's daughter was killed on the order of Mphalele. Both are now friends and colleagues.   Finish the lecture, Southern Africa and the Fall of Apartheid (base notes). Watch Poor Whites Rich Blacks in South Africa - a new reality in South Africa.  On your own, watch a couple of films when you get the chance:  Cry Freedom about the life and death of black activist Steven Biko, and Invictus about nation building (and rugby's role) in post-apartheid South Africa  - or see for yourself the emotional singing of the anthem at the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
• Friday, June 14 - Mr. Benoy is attending his son's graduation at SFU.  Please hand in any remaining work to the Teacher On Call and I will collect it at the end of the day for marking.  Watch The Cold War; Episode 24; Conclusions; 1989-1991.

Social Studies 8

Your final exam is set for Tuesday, June 18 between 9 am and 10:30 am in the small gym.  Bring your texts to the test where they will be collected before you start.  If you do not bring them, you will receive a bill at that time.

A bonus assignment is  available to help you boost your mark before the final exam. Look at it and follow the instructions.   You need to hand this work in on or by the Friday of this week to ensure that it is taken into account in your final class mark.  If your mark is currently under 50%, you can continue this work until the end of next week, but not beyond this.  You can also make arrangements to come in for extra help during the exam schedule -- but only at times where I do not have other commitments (collecting texts prior to my tests, invigilating exams).

• Monday, June 10 - Take up homework. Video -- sorry this is unavailable on the Internet - on Shih Huang Ti (the Chi'in First Emperor). 1. How was the emperor able to unify China? 2. Why is he generally seen as an evil figure in history? 3. What great building project did he create? 4. How did he try to become immortal? Watch this film, Shih Huang Di as a substitute or to learn more. Read pp. 31-36. Do #1-6, p. 36.  If we have time this class, I will also show you John Green's Crash Course; the Silk Road and Ancient Trade.  If we don't have time, please watch it on your own.
• Tuesday, June 11 - Take up #1-6, p. 36. Watch What the Ancients Did for Us; the Chinese - A few advertisements in Chinese will appear before the video starts, so be patient. What great contributions did the Chinese give to the world. If we do not finish seeing this video, you are expected to do so for homework.  Read pp. 117-121.  Do #1-5, p. 121.
• Wednesday, June 12 - Take up #1-5, p. 121.  Watch Genghis Khan.  1. How did Genghis Khan unify the Mongols? 2. Where did the Mongols expand after unification? 3. Why were the Mongols so successful.  Read pp. 123-125. Do #1-7, p. 125.
• Thursday, June 13 - Take up #1-7, p. 125.  Watch The Mongol Hordes; Storm From the East; Episode 04; The Last Khan of Khans.  While watching, answer the following questions.  1.  How did Kublai Khan become the leader of China?   2.  How did he maintain control over China, despite being a Mongol outsider?   3. What contact did Kublai Khan's China have with the outside world?  Study for the final exam or get in overdue material or bonus work.
• Friday, June 14 - This class is reserved for completing missed work, bonus work, and preparing for the final exam.