October 7-11

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.

Social Studies 8 

The Rome unit test is a little way off.  Expect it around Wednesday, October 16.  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.

• Monday, October 7 - Take up handout questions. Introduction to Ancient Religions: Paganism, Judaism, Mystery Cults and Christianity. Watch Ancient Roman Religion.  You might not get all the jokes, or you might find them cheesy, but the information about Roman religion is good and at 7:00 minutes, it is an easy review.) We will also watch two more short clips that examine Pagan influences on early Christianity: Mithras - Pagan Origins of Christianity and Osiris - Pagan Origins of Christianity. Be sure to list things that seem to be common to these pagan religions and Christianity. Read pp. 6-10. Do #1-6, p. 10 for homework.
• Tuesday, October 8 - Take up #1-6, p. 10. Watch The Western Tradition; Early Christianity (you may need to register to use this resource -- but this is American public television and they do not sell your contact information, so it is safe for you to do so) and do the questions. Assignment: 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.
• Wednesday, October 9 - Hand in the Conversion to Christianity assignment. Introduction to Legions -- importance, organization (including a short video) and vulnerabilities. Video Legions of Rome (Part 1, Part 2, Part 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.
• Thursday, October 10 - 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.
• Friday, October 11 - Take up #1-6, p. 16. Complete watching Constantine and the questions. Hosford Atlas, pp. 3 & 4. We will watch John Green's Crash Course  episode -- The Fall of the Roman Empire.  Also look at this video of the changing map of Europe during this time.Map Assignment: The "Barbarian Invasions." 10 marks.   Due Monday.

Social Studies 11 

Expect your unit test to be this Friday. We will begin the next unit before then, but leaving the test will allow for us to run into Tuesday's class if we need to and still allow anyone who wants to take extra time on the test to do so.  Expect the mark breakdown to be as follows:   35 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 2 from 4 long answer questions (6 marks each), and one essay question on what should be done with the Canadian Senate (12 marks - 2 x 6). The total is, therefore, most likely to be out of 59 marks.

• Monday, October 7 -  Take up homework. Examine the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - see PowerPoint; The Constitution. Summarize each of the key sections in your notes. Effect of passing the Charter on Canadian law -- all laws in Canada must conform unless passed using the notwithstanding clause or if they can withstand a challenge based on their being within reasonable limits. Read pp. 240-246. Do #1-3, p. 246, & sidebar #1, p. 244.
• Tuesday, October 7 - Take up #1-3, p. 246, & sidebar #1, p. 244.  Complete any Constitutional material not completed Monday.  Begin the new unit -- History. PowerPoint: Studying History. Read pp. 4-10. Do #1-3, p. 9 and the questions in figure 1-2, p. 6 and 1-5, p. 8. Assignment, due next class: Why should we study history? Answer in at least a half a page of writing and be sure to provide specific reasons with examples, not just vague generalities.
• Wednesday, October 8 - Take up #1-3, p. 9 and the questions in figure 1-2, p. 6 and 1-5, p. 8.  Hand in the Why Study History assignment.  Begin looking at late 19th century and early 20th century immigration to Canada -- push and pull factors. Laurier's Canada PowerPoint. Homework: Talk to someone who immigrated to Canada in their lifetime. What push & or pull factors brought them here? What difficulties have they faced in coming to a new land?  Those of you who are immigrants, talk to yourself and to your parents/guardians about this.
• Thursday, October 9 -  Take up homework - immigration push and pull factors. Look at the earliest film of Vancouver - shot in 1907 on a hand-cranked movie camera, bolted to the front of a streetcar while traveling along Granville, Hastings, Carrall, Cordova, Cambie and Robson Streets. 1) What kinds of traffic do you see? 2) Did anything about the traffic surprise you? 3) What else did you notice about Vancouver in 1907? Another interesting look back in time is City Reflections; Vancouver - a set of 1907 and 2007 photos of the same locations - with the 1907 pictures taken from the streetcar film. What do you know about immigration to BC before the First World War? Discuss the problems of immigration to Canada in the late 19th and early 20th century - including the 1907 Vancouver race riot. More of the PowerPoint on Laurier's Canada. Read the sidebar on pp. 10-11 of your text and explain why you would support or oppose the payment of compensation to families who paid the head tax to come to Canada.   Read pp. 9-16.  Do #1-3, p. 16.  We will take up the homework on Monday.
• Friday, October 10 -Unit Test on the Legislative/Executive/Judicial/Provincial/Constitutional material. 

History 12 

We just had one unit test, so our next one is a way off still.

Click here for the Topic #3 plan.

Click here for the Topic #3 questions.

• Monday, October 7 -  Russia Before the Revolutions (PowerPoint) and the Russian Revolutions (base notes, PowerPoint).
• Tuesday, October 8 - The Russian Revolutions (base notes).  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 1,Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4), which deals with the importance of the war in leading to the momentous events in Russia in 1917.
• Wednesday, October 9 - The USSR From Lenin to Stalin (base notes).  You should consider watching the following biographical treatment: Stalin (Part 1 and Part 2)
• Thursday, October 10 - Complete From Lenin to Stalin (base notes) and begin The Stalin Revolution; Collectivization and Industrialization (base notes).  If you have an hour and a half to spare this weekend, watch Stalin; Man of Steel.
• Friday, October 11 - The Great Purge (Base Notes) PowerPoint.   If you have an hour and a half to spare, watch Stalin; Man of Steel.  Another video option is Stalin and the Modernization of Russia, available on TeacherTube.

Social Studies 11 Honours 

We finished Geography last Friday and are just starting the Government unit.  Our next test is a way off.  I will post when and the test composition as we get further into the unit.

• Monday, October 7 -  Hand out textbooks.  Take up #1-4, p. 6. 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. 7-15.  Do #1-5, p. 11 and #1-6, p. 15. 
• Tuesday, October 8 - Take up  #1-5, p. 11 and #1-6, p. 15.   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. To identify your own ideology, take the online Political Compass Quiz -- This is the only homework assigned for today.  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.
• Wednesday, October 9 - At the time of planning this week, it seems that this block will be lost for the Pole Blessing Ceremony.  If the plan changes and we get a modified schedule instead, I will change the plan this week.
• Thursday, October 10 -  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 handoutcovering 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. 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."
• Friday, October 11 -  PowerPoint –“Ideologies” Video clip on ideologies - sorry, not available online. Other ways to show political spectrum.  Ideologies Identification homework.  

September 30 - October 4

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.

Social Studies 8 

Your Geography unit test is on Monday, September 30.  It will be worth about 75 marks and will involve using your atlas to answer questions posed to you.  You will not be able to use your Geographical Essentials text.  Only a small amount of material must be memorized.  The main thing is to be able to do tasks assigned to you, just as you have done while answering the various skill worksheets we assigned during this unit.

• Monday, September 30 - Unit Test on Geography. If you finish early, sign out the new text book and look through it.
• Tuesday, October 1 - Test post-mortem.  Look over exam results and what they mean.  Sign out new texts and return old ones.  What is History?  Why study it?   PowerPoint.  Introduction to History text and to SQ3R study method. Other ways to study History: flashcards , timelines - handout & introduction. See examples of the new Facebook timeline concept - but think carefully before loading personal material online -- anyone can access it and it and content may never disappear! Timeline assignment - personal/family/world - 10 marks, due Wednesday.
• Wednesday, October 2 - Time Line Field Trip. Introduction to the Greco-Roman world. Watch What the Romans Did For Us; Life of Luxury (Part 1, Part 2) & What the Romans Did For Us; Ahead of Their Time (Part 1, Part 2). While watching the videos list Roman inventions that we need and use today. Read Patterns of Civilization, pp. 2-6. Do #1-6, p. 6.
• Thursday, October 3 - Hand in timeline assignment.  Take up #1-6, p. 6. Video - Roman City and questions.
• Friday, October 4 - Take up the video questions on David Macauley's Roman City if we did not do so last class. Introduction to Classical Architecture -- how the Romans built and how this knowledge is the foundation of modern building today. PowerPoint on Roman Architecture -- from Mr. Benoy's Comparative Civilizations 12 course. If we have time, we will watch What the Romans Did for Us; Arteries of the Empire (Part 1, Part 2). Read the handout and do questions for homework. Also complete the Architecture Hunt assignment -- value: 10 marks and due next Monday. Are you interested in learning more about Roman engineering? Check out the BBC's animation on the Roman Colosseum.

Social Studies 11 

The Plan for this week is now updated due to my planning mistake last week.  We still need to complete Judiciary material, so your test on the Legislative/Executive/ Judicial Branches is postponed to next Wednesday (when it is possible to have additional test writing time).  Expect the mark breakdown to be as follows:   35 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 2 from 4 long answer questions (6 marks each), and one essay question on what should be done with the Canadian Senate (12 marks - 2 x 6). The total is, therefore, most likely to be out of 59 marks.

• Monday, September 30 - Take up #1-3, p. 178 (red text). Comparison of Provincial and Federal government set-ups.  Go over material from Friday's film.  Video & questions on Provincial and Municipal Government. Read (red book) pp. 186-196. Do #1-6, p 196. Read (blue book) pp. 245-246. Do #2-4, p. 246.
• Tuesday, October 1 - Take up #1-6, p 196 (red book) and #2-4, p. 246 (blue book). Take up homework. Discuss Aboriginal self-government. Mayor Mussatto's PowerPoint on Municipal affairs.  Complete this fact-finding Internet worksheet on local government to help prepare you for Thursday's test - for next class.
• Wednesday, October 2 - Take up the fact-finding worksheet on municipal government.  We will finish anything not completed on Tuesday and regarding Municipal government.  Overview of the Judiciary - PowerPoint - go to the section on the Judiciary. Read pp. 270-275. Do #1-3, p. 275.
• Thursday, October 3 - Take up homework, #1-3, p. 275. Complete PowerPoint material from last class Comparison of Adversarial vs. Inquisitorial court systems. Videos on the court system.  Read pp. 277-288. Do #1-3, p. 280, & 1 & 4, p. 288. Please bring your red Government text to class next day -- along with your blue text.
• Friday, October 4 -  Take up #1-3, p. 280, and 1-4, p. 288. Complete the second video on our Court system. While watching the video, identify the positions of court officials and note the roles that they play. Introduce concept of Human rights – examine text p. 294. Students to list what they would expect fundamental rights to be in Canada - Think-Pair-Share. Use Government text p. 60 to list Schweitzer’s list of fundamental rights. Government text pp. 152-158. Read pp. 292-312. Do #1, p. 297, #2-3 sidebar p. 303, #1 & 3, p. 304, #3, p. 308 & #2, p. 312.

History 12 

Your unit test on Topic #2 is on Wednesday, though we will begin the next unit just before this. Topic #2 work is due by 4:30 p.m. on the same day.  Expect the mark breakdown to be: roughly as follows: 60 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 10 map items (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and 2 long answer questions (10 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of roughly 100 marks.

Click here for the Topic #2 plan.

Click here for the Topic #2 questions.

Click here for the Topic #3 plan.

Click here for the Topic #3 questions.

• Monday, September 30 - Introductory Music:  I Vow to The My Country.  The Paris Peace Conference PowerPoint (base notes).  If time - AV material - The War to End All Wars (but please note that the conference was held in Paris, not Versailles -- this is just where the treaty with Germany was signed.  This film is also from a US perspective -- something I do not always present effectively in class -- 5 minute video). World War One: 1914-1918 Map -- a multimedia summary of the war's main events.  If you can manage the time, watch Secrets of the Dead; Killer Flu, which deals with the flu pandemic that killed 20-30 million people at the end of the First World War.
• Tuesday, October 1 - The League of Nations (base notes).  For a good treatment of the League's dealings with a major dispute, see ITV Schools' TV The League of Nations and the Manchurian Dispute (20 minutes).  There is much fascinating material at the  League of Nations Homepage. M. Cliffe has a couple of online PowerPoints on the League:  The League of Nations and Failures of the League.
• Wednesday,October 2 -  The Origins of Socialism (base notes &PowerPoint).  Absolutely take the time to watch Mark Steel's brilliant comedic presentation of Marx's ideas and their relevance today. 
•  Thursday, October 3 -  Unit Test on Topic #2.  You may write into the lunch break time if you need extra time.  Please pick up copies of the Topic #3 plan and the Topic #3 questions.
• Friday, October 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 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4). 

Social Studies 11 Honours 

Important Notice:  We are a bit behind in our content and I have had a few requests to move the test to Friday for assorted reasons.  I think this is a reasonable request and will do so to ensure that we get through all of the material on time.  We may begin the next (Government) unit on Thursday, if time permits.

The test for chapters 4 and 5 (not 1-3 as first, mistakenly, posted) will  be on Thursday, October 3.  Expect the mark breakdown to be roughly as follows:  40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 3 from a choice of 8 long answer questions (6 marks each) for a grand total of 58 marks. 25 flash cards will earn 5 bonus marks.

• Monday, September 30 - Take up #1-6, p. 97, #1-7, p. 102 and #1-6, p. 105. Complete any remaining Chapter 4 PowerPoint.  Watch Gwynne Dyer being interviewed about his book Climate Wars on the effects of Climate Change on world conflict.  While watching, take notes on 1) Why is climate change likely to lead to conflict? and 2) Why is climate change more dangerous than most people realize?  Worldmapper animation. Read pp. 130-132. Do #1-2, p. 131, #1-4, p. 132 and Further Thought #1-6, p. 132.
• Tuesday, October 1 - Take up #1-2, p. 131, #1-4, p. 132 and Further Thought #1-6, p. 132.  Finish Chapter 4 Powerpoint.  Begin Chapter 5 PowerPoint.  Watch the amazing Dr. Hans Rosling's presentation at the 2006 TED Conference - The Seemingly Impossible is Possible. If you liked Hans Rosling, try William McDonough's TED lecture. 
• Wednesday, October 2 - Take up homework.  Finish the Chapter 5 PowerPoint.  Complete any video material not done on Tuesday.
• Thursday, October 3 - Video: Nova; The Fragile Mountains (sorry, this is not available online).  This is a very old video, but the intermediate technology solutions posed for Nepal's problems are still equally valid today.  While watching the documentary, identify Nepal's problems that the film identifies, and what is being done about them.  Learn how to reduce your own carbon footprint by watching Ethical Man episodes on BBC  -- search for and find episodes on Youtube or elsewhere.  Begin Government material -  Read the What is Government handout.  Do the questions for Monday.
• Friday, October 4 -  Unit test on chapters 3 and 4.  We will begin the Government unit next. Sign out new texts.  Read pp. 2-6.  Do #1-4, p. 6.

September 23-27

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.

Social Studies 8 

Your Geography unit test is coming soon.  Expect it on Monday, September 30.  It will be worth about 75 marks and will involve using your atlas to answer questions posed to you.  You will not be able to use your Geographical Essentials text.  Only a small amount of material must be memorized.  The main thing is to be able to do tasks assigned to you, just as you have done while answering the various skill worksheets we assigned during this unit.

• Monday, September 23 - take up the Longitude worksheet and Earth Grid worksheet.  Take up the Earth Grid worksheet.  Watch Longitude and Time Zones and The Remarkable Story of the Discovery of Longitude by Dr. Callahan.  (If you have the time and interest, you might also look at Cambridge University's video The Longitude Problem).  Introduction to Time Zones.  See Geographical Essentials, pp. 48 to 54 and watch this short clip on the International Time Zone.  Time Zones worksheet  Please note:  The time zone map is inside the front and back cover of your atlas -- not on p. 141 -- complete for homework. If you get a chance and want to be clearer about time zones, watch GEG-103-OL; Time Zones.  A helpful description of longitude and time zones can be found at this site from Iowa State University, which quizzes you as you work through it.
• Tuesday, September 24 -  Take up the Time Zone worksheet.  Watch Understanding Time Zones and Why We Have Time Zones.  Do the second time zone worksheet -- complete it for homework.
• Wednesday, September 25 - Library Orientation with Ms. Clark.  This is a break from our normal unit.
• Thursday, September 26 - Again, we have library orientation -- this time in the library computer lab.
• Friday, September 27 - Back to normal!  Take up the second time zone worksheet.   Geography Review materials. Do the first section and then any sections that gave you trouble as we worked through the unit. The Unit Test for Geography is next class.

Social Studies 11 

We just had a unit test, so the next test is a couple of weeks away.

• Monday, September 23 - Take up #1-3 in the sidebar on p. 233.   Reminder of the physical layout of Parliament.  Video:  Government in Canada; Citizenship in Action; Our National Parliament; the Inside Story (sorry, unavailable online) and questions.  Discuss the job of a Member of Parliament -- within and outside the House of Commons.  Go online to read On the Job With a Member of Parliament.  Read pp. 226-231 and do #1-3, p. 231.
• Tuesday, September 24 - Take up #1-3, p. 231.  Pros and cons of the current Senate setup.  Be sure to look at the Senate material atMapleleafweb.  Essay Writing tips.  Please note:  there will be an essay question on what should be done with the Canadian Senate on the next unit test.  Read pp. 47-54 in the Red Government text.  Do #1-4, p. 48 and #1-5 and #7 on p. 54.  For homework you must also come up with a three-column table listing reasons to:  keep the Senate as it is, reform (change) it, or keep it as it is now.
• Wednesday, September 25 - Take up #1-4, p. 48 and #1-5 & 7 p. 54.  Introduction to the Executive Branch.  Go over the role of the Queen, Governor General, Prime Minister, and Cabinet.  Read "constitutional Monarchy" on pp. 222-224 of Counterpoints.  Also read "The Governor General" on p. 234.  Identify points for and against getting rid of the monarchy (Queen and Governor General).  Should Canada become a republic?  Why or why not?  Identify at least 3 reasons for and 3 reasons against doing so.  Look at theMonarchist League of Canada and Canadian Monarchist Onlinewebsites for arguments supporting the monarch.  See Citizens for a Canadian Republic for arguments against.  There has also been an active debate on this topic in Australia and New Zealand.  Web searches about their debates would also prove useful.
• Thursday, September 26 -  Take up homework.  discuss the role of the P.M., Cabinet, and bureaucracy.  Watch Yes, Minister episode.  While watching, decide who really runs a government department -- the Minister?  or the Permanent Secretary (in Canada, the job is called the Deputy Minister)?  Read pp. 234-240.  Do #1-4, p. 240.  Assignment: value 5 marks.  Identify by name each member of the current federal (national) cabinet and be sure to give the name of each department.  This is an assignment -- not a homework check -- so accuracy is an important part of the mark.
• Friday, September 27 - Take up #1-4, p. 240 and hand in the Cabinet assignment.  Discuss lobbying and pressure groups.  Look at the list of institutionalized groups on p. 259 of Counterpoints.  Click here for an online list of federal lobby groups -- interest groups and social movements.  Divide into groups with printed or online background information.  Each group should discuss how to make the public buy into supporting their position.  How should the argument be "spun" to maximize public support for this position?  After discussing as a group, each individual should now work on the Poster Assignment  please note; this is an individual assignment and not a group one as indicated on the online version of the assignment.  It is also due next class and not at the end of this block as the online version says.  Please do this on regular (8.5 x 11 inch, blank) paper.  The assignment is valued at 10 marks and is due Monday.  Also read pp. 258-267.  Do #1-2, p. 264 and #1-3, p. 267 of Counterpoints.

History 12 

Please note.  In addition to keeping up with work, everyone should be working on Essay #1 on nationalism.  The assignment can be found on the bottom of the plan for Topic #1.

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

The next unit test is a long way off.  A mark breakdown will be published once we get closer to it.

Click here for the Topic #2 plan.

Click here for the Topic #2 questions.

• Monday, September 23 -  Introductory video & music.  Video:  Blackadder explains how WWI came about.  Begin lecture on WW1, The Opening Phases of the War (base notes) PowerPoint.  We will probably get into Stalemate - 1915-1916 (base notes) today too.
• Tuesday, September 24 -  Introductory music - The Corries; The Green Fields of France and Callin Doon the Line by Alan Brydon.    Complete any material from 1915-1916 (base notes) and look at Exhaustion; 1917 (base notes).  With any remaining time, look at Mr. Benoy's summer 2010 slides of the Western Front.
• Wednesday, September 25 - Introductory music:  On the Road to Passchendaele and Blue Puttees; Recruiting Sergeant. Complete 1917 (base notes)  if we did not do so Wednesday.  1918; War's End (base notes).  Be sure to look at the BBC's Animated Map; The Western Front 1914-1918.  Another tidy summary of the big events of the war can by found at World War One; 1914-1918 Map.
• Thursday, September 26 -  Introduction -- Mr. Benoy's slides of the World War I Western Front graves.  We completed the war chronology in this class.  We are 1 day behind what was planned
• Friday, September 27 -  Total War; The German Experience (base notes). 

Social Studies 11 Honours 

Your Geography textbook is also available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . 

The Chapter 1-3 test will be on Friday (Please note that this is a postponement from what was advertised when this blog was first posted.  We will begin the material for the next chapter on Wednesday and Thursday -- but the new material will not be on the test.).  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. We may or may not test chapters 4 & 5, depending on how our time goes -- but this material needs to be studied as it will be part of the material tested on the final examination.

I expect chapters 3 and 4 to be tested the following Thursday.  That test will likely have the following breakdown: 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 3 from a choice of 8 long answer questions (6 marks each) for a grand total of 58 marks. 25 flash cards will earn 5 bonus marks.

• Monday, September 23 - Take up  #1-8, p. 61, #1-5, p. 64 and #1-2, p. 70. Take up homework. Watch Hans Rosling's Chimpanzees Know Better, to see how countries and populations are and are not different around the world. Ch. 3 PowerPoint - be sure to do so yourself for homework if we cannot do so in class.   Read pp. 70-73. Do #1-8, p. 73 and 1, 2, 5 and 7, p. 74 in "Further Thought." 
• Tuesday, September 24 - Take up #1-8, p. 73 and 1, 2, 5 and 7, p. 74 in "Further Thought."   Watch Gwynne Dyer's Escaping From History (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4), & do the following questions: 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?  Consider the movement of jobs from rich countries to the poor through globalization today.  Is this what Gwynn Dyer predicted in the 1990's?  Study for the Chapter 1-3 test next class.  Read pp. 83-87. Do #1-3, p. 84, #1-4, p. 85, #1-2, p. 86 and #1-3, p. 87.
• Wednesday, September 25 -  Take up #1-3, p. 84, #1-4, p. 85, #1-2, p. 86 and #1-3, p. 87.  PowerPoint for Chapter 4 - Note -- we will move very quickly through this. Be sure to scan the PowerPoint again, on your own time, in order to take good notes.  Read pp. 88-93. Do #1-4, p. 89, #1-5, p. 91 and #1-5, p. 93.
• Thursday, September 26 -   Video: History’s Harvest (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) and do the viewing guide questions. If time we will look at more of theChapter 4 PowerPoint. Read pp. 93-106. Do #1-6, p. 97 (but note "1997" in #3 should read "1973" and the typographical error in #5, where "grater" should read "greater"), #1-7, p. 102, #1-6, p. 105 and Further Thought #1-4, p. 108. Be sure to investigate the CBC Archives material on the GMO debate. Identify arguments for and against producing genetically modified foods. Study for the test next class. Please note:  Because of the test tomorrow, the homework is not due until Monday's class.
• Friday, September 27 - Unit Test chapters 1-3 Geography.