April 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.

I take a few photos around the school, if you are interested, click here to see my Public Picassa photo albums.  Recent albums include the Centennnial Theater and Sutherland concerts of the Asahikawa High School Wind Orchestra, the Senior Girls' soccer games vs Howe Sound and Carson, the Junior Girls vs Windsor, and the Junior Boys' rugby game vs Seycove.

Social Studies 8 


We wrote the Rome Unit Test just before spring break.  Anyone who has not done so must come in after school to do so or the zero registered for you will remain in place. The Byzantine & E. Orthodox/Islamic Civilizations unit is a short one.  Expect our test on this unit to be on Wednesday, April 9.  Expect the mark breakdown to be as follows: 30 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions from a choice of 10 (2 marks each) and a choice of 3 from 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The test is out of a total of 58 marks. 25 flash cards -- done as I require them -- will result in 5 bonus marks. It is possible to score 63/58 on this test! 

• Monday, April 7 - Take up #1-5, p. 110.  Watch the video: What the Ancients Did for Us - The Islamic World and take notes on what exactly Islamic Civilization passed on to us. Complete PowerPoint on Islamic Architecture. Study for the test - be sure to make and use flash cards.  Read pp. 40-45. Do #1-6, p. 45. 
• Tuesday, April 8 - Take up #1-6, p. 45.  Video & Questions: Terry Jones'The Barbarians; The End of the World.  No homework today.  Study for the unit test tomorrow and be sure to bring flash cards to earn bonus marks on the test.
• Wednesday, April 9 - Unit Test on Byzantine and Islamic Civilizations.  If you need extra time, you may write into lunch break.  Bring reading to class in case you finish early -- or preview material on the early middle ages in your text book.
• Thursday, April 10 - Exam post-mortem.  Video:Europe After the Fall of Rome; 476-1066 AD (sorry, not available online). Focus Questions: What happened to Britain after the Romans left? How did life change? How did Christian missionaries change the Germans? Who were the Vikings and how did their threat affect Western Europe? Handout:Charlemagne. Do the questions on the handout for homework. Interested in watching a documentary on the Saxons? Try Barbarians; The Saxons. Interested in post-Roman Britain in the period called the Dark Ages? Find out why the whole concept of Dark Ages is "complete rubbish." See Britain AD (Episode 1, Episode 2,Episode 3). Do note that this is not the generally accepted view of British history.
• Friday, April 11 - Take up homework. Video: The Dark Ages; Part 8; The Greatest King . What made Charlemagne a great ruler? How did he keep tight control over his subjects? How did the Roman Catholic church help him? Why did his efforts eventually collapse? If you want to see the rest of this video, The Dark Ages, click here for the entire 1 1/2 hour show. Read pp. 45-48. Do #1-6, p. 48.   Interested in the Franks? Watch Barbarians; the Franks. Interested in the Vikings? Why not watch the following as a bonus: Ancient Warriors: The Vikings or Barbarians; the Vikings. Find out about the Viking discovery of North America by watching: The Vikings; Voyage to America.

Social Studies 11 

We wrote our last unit test on Thursday, before Spring Break.  If you have not written this test, be sure to get it out of the way quickly to get rid of the zero in your current mark.  Expect your next unit test, on everything up to the end of World War I, to be around Monday, April 14 -- though we may finish the unit before this time.   Expect the mark breakdown for the test to be as follows:  40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions or names (2 marks each) and 4 long answer questions (6 marks each) from a choice of 5. The total is, therefore, out of 74 marks. 5 bonus marks are available for a minimum of 25 flash cards. It is possible to earn 79/74.

• Monday, April 7 - Introductory music, Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag and The Recruiting Sergeant. I will also play a Frightful First World War segment: Trench Lice and Food in World War I.  Take up #1 and 3, p. 33 and the questions in figure 2-8, 2-9, and 2-10. Take up homework. Complete any of the PowerPoint and People's History material (Watch  part 2 andpart 3.). If we have time, we will look at wartime propaganda; if we don't get to this, be sure to look at these Posters (also click here for a Canadian exhibition from the Canadian War Museum),Postcards, Leaflets directed at the enemy, Film, and even music. Read this for a nice short treatment of First World War propaganda. An interesting World War I propaganda story is treated in the documentary The Crucified Soldier. II doubt that we can find time to show it in class, so if not, you can watch it by linking from here.  This is purely optional though.  Read pp. 34-42. Do #1-4, p. 39 and 1 & 3, p. 42.  
• Tuesday, April 8 - Introductory music: Callin Doon the Line, and The Green Fields of France. Take up #1 and 3, p. 42. Video segment on the Conscription Crisis from Canada; A Peoples' History; Ordeal By Fire;  and handout. While watching the episode answer the following board questions: 1) Why was opposition to the war strongest in Quebec? PowerPoint: Was Conscription the Right Choice? Assignment: Create a poster favouring or opposing conscription in Canada (please restrict yourself to regular paper size). Be sure to employ both text and images. On the back, be sure to identify yourself and provide a short written description of what your intentions are with the poster -- why do you write say what you say on the poster and what do you intend the graphic elements to convey? 10 marks. Due next class. If you have time, look at In the Trenches (part 1 and part 2).
• Wednesday, April 9 -  Hand in poster assignment.  Video -The 1917 Federal Election. Questions: 1. What key political issue divided Canadians in 1917. 2. What changes did Borden make to election laws before the next election? Video: The History of the Vote; Women's Right to Vote. 1. What arguments were made against women getting the vote? 2. How did Nellie McClung fight against these notions? 3. Why did some women get the vote in Federal elections in 1917? 4. How long did it take before all women had the same voting rights as men? Discuss whether our current voting rules are fair for all people. Literature of War Assignment.Handouts and library resources. 10 marks, due Friday, April 11. Read pp. 42-46. 1) Do you think that the the peace arrangement arrived at in 1919 was workable? Why or why not? 2) How serious was the flu epidemic of 1918-1920?
• Thursday, April 10 - Introductory Music:  Craonne, Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire, and Verdun; They Shall Not Pass; If time, I'll also show some colourized French footage of WWI -- mostly Verdun, with music in the background.  Video Clip fromCanada; A Peoples' History; Ordeal by Fire: A Painful Peace on the great influenza pandemic. Note pandemics are an ongoing concern and that they have had a huge influence on history. (Watch Patrick Blower's How Pandemics Spread if you get the chance. If there is time at the end of class I will show it, but I think time will run out before we can do so.) Discuss historical examples. Lecture: The End of World War I and the Paris Peace Conference. Video Make Germany Pay (Part 1, Part 2) Do board questions: 1) Who were the main participants in the Conference and what did they want? 2) What important powers were not invited to attend? 3) What were the key outcomes of the Conference? Do #1 sidebar, p. 44, 1. Explain how Canada’s role in the world was different in 1919 to 1914. 2. What limited the effectiveness of the League of Nations from its very start? Prepare for the unit test next class.
• Friday, April 11 -  Take up #1-3, p. 56. Take up homework. Introduction to Post-War Canada. The Winnipeg General Strike. Lecture and video,On Strike! - with questions. If time, begin PowerPoint -Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. Read pp. 57-65. Do sidebar questions, p. 57 & 59, #1-3, p. 61, #1-3, p. 65.

March 31 to April 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 

We wrote the Rome Unit Test just before spring break.  Anyone who has not done so must come in after school to do so or the zero registered for you will remain in place. The Byzantine & E. Orthodox/Islamic Civilizations unit is a short one.  Expect our test on this unit to be on Wednesday, April 9.  Expect the mark breakdown to be as follows: 30 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions from a choice of 10 (2 marks each) and a choice of 3 from 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The test is out of a total of 58 marks. 25 flash cards -- done as I require them -- will result in 5 bonus marks. It is possible to score 63/58 on this test! 

• Monday, March 31 - Take up #1-7, p. 100.  Examine Hosford Atlas, pp. 5-6 (To see scans, click here for p. 5 & click here for p.6). What made Constantinople an important trade crossroads (p. 5)? What evidence can you see on p. 6 that the Byzantines were great engineers and builders? Video: Engineering an Empire; the Byzantine Greeks.  Why is Justinian regarded as by historians as a Great Man?  Do you feel he is one?  Explain.   Make more flashcards to study this unit.
• Tuesday, April 1 - Complete the video from last class.  Watch Byzantium; the Lost Empire; For Ever and Ever and do these questions.   Byzantine Empire Notes handout;  do the questions at the end for homework.  If you want to know more about the Byzantine empire, you might want to watch the following documentaries, longer than what we watched in class:  Byzantium; A Tale of Three Cities  and 
• Wednesday, April 2 - Take up the questions from theByzantine Empire handout.  Handout, The Conversion of Kievan Rus.  Watch John Green's Crash Course; Russia, the Kievan Rus and the Mongols - no questions as you will need to concentrate to keep up with his rapid-fire presentation..  Video: Ivan the Terrible.  How did Ivan the terrible earn his terrible reputation? Read pp. 100-103.  Do #1-7, p. 103.
• Thursday, April 3 - Take up homework. Video: The World; A TV History and questions. Read pp. 103-107. Do #1-7, p. 107.  If you are interested in learning much more about Islam and have a couple of hours to spare, watch Islam; Empire of Faith - Prophet Mohammed and the Rise of the Faith. This is really good and quite detailed. For a good, detailed, PBS documentary on the life of Muhammad, watch Muhammad; Legacy of a Prophet. If you would prefer a cartoon version of the same thing, watch Muhammad; The Last Prophet.
• Friday, April 4 - Take up #1-7, p. 107. The religious background to Islamic culture. Handouts . Video - John Green'sCrash Course; Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar.  PowerPoint on Islamic Architecture (from Mr. Benoy's Comparative Civilizations 12 class). Read pp. 107-110. Do #1-5, p. 110. If you have the chance, go to the BBC's excellent web pages on Islam and explore. IslamiCity is another good web site for information on Muslim culture.  For a really, really bizarre but accurate History of early Islam (comined with a computer game background of FIFA 11 soccer), try John Green's Early Islamic History: The Miracle of Swindon Town #64.

Social Studies 11  

We wrote our last unit test on Thursday, before Spring Break.  If you have not written this test, be sure to get it out of the way quickly to get rid of the zero in your current mark.  Expect your next unit test, on everything up to the end of World War I, to be around Monday, April 14 -- though we may finish the unit before this time.   Expect the mark breakdown for the test to be as follows:  40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions or names (2 marks each) and 4 long answer questions (6 marks each) from a choice of 5. The total is, therefore, out of 74 marks. 5 bonus marks are available for a minimum of 25 flash cards. It is possible to earn 79/74.

• Monday, March 31 - Take up #1-3, p. 16.  Discuss the head tax and the issue of compensation. Video - Komagata Maru - sorry, unavailable online. Board questions - 1) What did the Canadian public think of Indian immigration in 1914? 2) How did government try to restrict Indian immigration? 3) What world event pushed news of the Komogata Maru into the background in the summer of 1914? Do the "Looking Back" questions #1, 2, 6 and 7 on p. 19. Excellent material on early immigration to Canada can be found at the Library and Archives of Canada site's Immigration page - see further pages too.
• Tuesday, April 1 - Take up homework. Canada and the Empire PowerPoint. Read pp. 20-24. Do #1,2, & 4 p. 24 and the cartoon interpretation on p. 23 - Be sure to do #1-5 "Applying the Skill." Watch EA's Origins of World War I, part 1 & part 2.
• Wednesday, April 2 - Take up #1,2, & 4 p. 24 and the cartoon interpretation on p. 23.  Complete PowerPoint material from Canada and the Empire. Watch, online, EAV's Origins of World War I -part 1 (9 minutes) and part 2 (8 minutes). List the causes of World War I for homework.
• Thursday, April 3 - Take up homework. Complete any material not covered last class on the origins of the war. Watch Blackadder's explanation of the war's origins. Begin PowerPoint on Canada & World War I. We will look at excepts from Canada; A People's History as we work through the PowerPoint (While watching these segments you need to make notes on the following 3 areas: 1) Describe attitudes toward the war. 2) Describe conditions at the front. 3) What changes did the war bring? Use the Acronym SPERMG to generate classes of ideas -- S=Social, P=Political, E=Economic, R=Religious.  If you get a chance, watch John Green's Archdukes, Cynicism and World War I.
• Friday, April 4 - Mr. Benoy's slides on the Western Front battlefield graves. Take up homework Continue the PowerPoint and People's History segment (part 1) (While watching these segments you need to make notes on the following 3 areas: 1) Describe attitudes toward the war. 2) Describe conditions at the front. 3) What changes did the war bring? Use the Acronym SPERMG to generate classes of ideas -- S=Social, P=Political, E=Economic, R=Religious, G=Geographic). Read pp. 28-33. Do #1 and 3, p. 33. Also answer the questions in figure 2-8, 2-9, and 2-10.

March 10 - - March 14

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 

We are testing the Rome unit this week -- on Friday, March 14  -- that is the last day of classes before Spring Break.  I know this is not ideal and it means that students will have to complete the test in class time, with at most 5 extra minutes during the break.  I will adjust the length of the test from previous years to cut it down a little in size.  The alternative is to write after Spring Break when you've had two weeks to forget everything; hence my decision. Your test on Rome will include the following: 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 3 out of 5 definition items (2 marks each) and 2 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 58 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, March 10 - Hand in the  Architecture Hunt 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.
• Tuesday, March 11 - Hand in the Conversion to Christianity assignment from last Friday.  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.
• Wednesday, March 12 - 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 next class.
• Thursday, March 13 - Hand in map assignments.  Watch Terry Jones' Surprising History of Rome and questions.  For homework, be sure to make more flash cards and spend a little time reviewing them.
• Friday, March 14 - Unit Test on Ancient Rome.  Read pp. 96-100.  Do #1-7, p. 100.

Social Studies 11 

Expect your next unit test to be Thursday, March 13.  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.  A minimum of 25 properly done flash cards will earn 5 bonus marks, which will be added to the test score.

• Monday, March 10 - 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, March 11 -  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, March 12 -  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, March 13 - Unit Test on the Legislative/Executive/Judicial Branches of government -- including Provincial and Municipal government.  
• Friday, March 14 -  Exam post-mortem. 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.  

March 3 - 7

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 

We just finished Geography and began our first History unit.  The next test is a couple of weeks away --  I will have to give it on Friday, March 14 -- that is the last day of classes before Spring Break.  I know this is not ideal and it means that students will have to complete the test in class time, with at most 5 extra minutes during the break.  I will adjust the length of the test from previous years to cut it down a little in size.  The alternative is to write after Spring Break when you've had two weeks to forget everything; hence my decision. Your test on Rome will include the following: 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 3 out of 5 definition items (2 marks each) and 2 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 58 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, March 3 - Hand in timeline assignment.   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.
• Tuesday, March 4 -  Take up #1-6, p. 6. Video - Roman City and questions.  No specific homework.  Be sure to work on making flash cards 
• Wednesday, March 5 -  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.
• Thursday, March 6 -  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.
• Friday, March 7 -  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 Tuesday -- note: this is a change from my original post.  Your architecture assignment comes in on Monday, so I would rather not collect both assignments on the same day. 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.

Social Studies 11 

Expect your next unit test to be Thursday, March 13.  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.  A minimum of 25 properly done flash cards will earn 5 bonus marks, which will be added to the test score.

• Monday, March 3 -  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  next Thursday's test - for next class.
• Tuesday, March 4 -  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.
• Wednesday, March 5 - 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.
• Thursday, March 6 -   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.
• Friday, March 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.