November 26 to 30

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e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/



Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.


Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.


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


Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Channel's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.


Social Studies 11

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


We just finished a unit test, so will not be testing again for about 3 weeks -- once we complete looking at Canada since World War II.

• Monday, November 26 - Hand in the Holocaust assignment. Take up p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135. Filmstrip & questions Middle Power Introduction to the Cold War. Read pp. 135-139. Do sidebar questions pp. 136 & 137 & #1-5, p. 139.


• Tuesday, November 27 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (Comfort & Fear, From Sea to Sea and Boom- questions). Read pp. 140-146. Do sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146.


• Wednesday, November 28 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (Seeing Red, On Guard for Thee and The Shadow of Nuclear War - questions). Read pp. 146-150. Do #1-4, p. 150.


• Thursday, November 29 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (First Tremors, A Prairie Storm & The Fight for Medicare - questions). Read pp. 150-156. Do #1-5, p. 156 & sidebar #1-4, p. 155.


• Friday, November 30 - Take up homework. Video segments from Canada; A Peoples’ History.” (Material not completed in the previous two classes). Read pp. 157-158. Do #1-4, p. 158.

Comparative Civilizations 12

We are a considerable time away from testing the Renaissance - at least 3 1/2 weeks.

Expect to hand in the Man the Measure of All Things package on Wednesday, December 5.

• Monday, November 26 - PowerPoint on Fra Angelico. Sister Wendy on Fra Angelico. Work on the Man the Measure of All Things package.


• Tuesday, November 27 - Video: Art of the Western World; The Early Renaissance. Work on the package.


• Wednesday, November 28 - Mantegna and Piero della Francesca. Work on package.


• Thursday, November 29 - Video - Bill Moyer's Florence.


• Friday, November 30 - Complete the Bill Moyer video. Van Eyck and Van der Weyden. Work on the package.

History 12

This unit is global in scope -- far more than previous units. I will tend to focus on one region or issue at a time, which will mean that we will jump around more in time order. We did a bit of this in the last unit, but expect far more from now on. It is, therefore, essential that you find a way to make sure that you get the chronology right. I strongly suggest that you create a time line, with years on one axis and a series of columns, labelled Europe, Asia, North America, and South America on the other axis. Put major events on this timeline in the appropriate location and time. This will help you see events graphically -- recognizing how they might influence other events, elsewhere in the world, in the Cold War era.

The good news is that there will be no more unit tests. I do not wish to lose further blocks to testing -- though there will be an in-class essay in early January. Topic 5 & 6 material will, however, be strongly present on the Provincial Final Exam.

The breakdown of marks for Tuesday's test is as follows: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items - countries (1 mark each), and two long answer questions from a choice of three, valued at 12 marks each (2 x 6 each). The total is therefore out of 99 marks.

• Monday, November 26 - Complete material on the war-time conferences (base notes) and begin the Introduction to the Cold War (base notes). Be sure to read Lecture 14 "The Origins of the Cold War" from The History Guide. Listen to a BBC programme on the defeat of Japan. See Churchill's "Iron Curtain Speech on Google video.


• Tuesday, November 27 - Unit Test on Topic 4; 1933-45.


• Wednesday, November 28 - Complete Origins of the Cold War (base notes). The Chinese Revolution (base notes). If you have time, check out the PBS Documentary China; A Century of Revolution (Note: The link is only to the first segment.)


• Thurday, November 29 - AV - 20th Century History; Mao - One Man's Revolution. Complete Chinese Revolution lecture material (base notes).


• Friday, November 30 - The United Nations (base notes).

November 19-23

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:

http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/


e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/


Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

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

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Channel's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

Social Studies 11

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

Expect the next unit test when we finish the interwar years and World War II -- this week. I expect it will include roughly the following (subject to revision): 40-45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definition questions (2 marks each) and 4 out of 6 long answer questions (6 marks each) -- for a grand total of roughly 74-79 marks.

• Monday, November 19 - Take up #1-3, p. 125. Complete video series & questions (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3). If time, begin The Valour & the Horror; Savage Christmas (note there is a website that accompanies this video - very useful) and viewing guide. Note assignment. Read pp. 125-128. Do sidebar question p. 128 & 1-4, p. 128.
• Tuesday, November 20 - Take up homework. Continue Savage Christmas & questions. Read the sidebar on pp. 126-127 & handouts. Do #1-2, p. 127. Complete the assignment (bottom of questions sheet )from Savage Christmas for FThursday.
• Wednesday, November 21 - Take up the homework. Complete Savage Christmas. Discuss Japanese Internment – compare to Japanese treatment of Allied prisoners. Complete Savage Christmas assignment - to submit next class. Test on chapters 3-5 Friday.
• Thursday, November 22 - Hand in Savage Christmas assignment. Lesson on The Holocaust/Shoah. Video on the Holocaust (Frontline; Memory of the Camps – Chapter 4. Available online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/camp/view/ .) Assignment: Holocaust deniers claim that this genocide never happened. In a short composition, after doing additional research, explain what evidence exists to prove that the Holocaust is a historical fact. 10 marks. Due Monday.
• Friday, November 23 - Unit Test on Chapters 3-5. Read pp. 130-135. Do sidebar questions p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The Unit Test on the Middle Ages material, is Monday of this week, as we have completed the following packages: Islamic Civilization, The Frozen World, The Great Thaw, and Romance and Reality.

The Romance & Reality package is due by4:30 p.m. on Monday. Expect the test to include the following: Image identification 10 items (20 marks for what? and where? - city for full mark or country for 1/2), Floorplan and interior elevation of a cathedral - 10 items (1 mark each), 40 multiple choice (1 mark each), 2 long answer - interpreting illustrations (6 marks each) and one essay from a choice of 7 topics (18 marks - 6 for composition and 12 for content). The total is, therefore, out of 100 marks. Pleae Note: The first two sections of the test are closed notebook. You may consult your notes for the remainder of the test.

The Man, the Measure of All Things package will likely be due on Wednesday, December 5.

• Monday, November 19 - Medieval Unit Test. Pick up new package - Man, the Measure of All Things. Romance & Reality package due by 4:30 p.m. today.
• Tuesday, November 20 - Sorry, Man, the Measure of all Things filmstrip is unavailable We will see the original video, that the filmstrip is a summary of - available online at Guba.com - requires registration. If it will not play at school, then we will watch Bill Moyers' video on Renaissance Florence - a terrific overview.
• Wednesday, November 21 - Complete the Bill Moyers video if time needed. Brunelleschi PowerPoint. Work on package.
• Thursday, November 22 - Ghiberti & Donatello - presentations & note-taking. Work on the package.
• Friday, November 23 - Massachio PowerPoint & Boticelli PowerPoint presentations. Work on the package. If you have 50 minutes to spare, watch The Private Life of a Masterpiece - La Primavera on a Guba stream.

History 12

We are pretty well on schedule according to the plan for topic #4. Keep working on the questions for topic #4 -- avoid procrastinating unless you enjoy multiple all-night sessions at the end of the unit.

The next test is next Monday, November 26. Expect roughly the following material on the Topic #4 Test: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items (1 mark each), and 2 from 4 Long Answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6). The total value will therefore be around 99 marks.

• Monday, November 19 - Video clip Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima. War Chronology (base notes). Pick up Essay #3 Assignment sheet.
• Tuesday, November 20 - Complete war chronology (base notes), if necessary. Total War; the British Experience (base notes).
• Wednesday, November 21 - Complete Total War; The British Experience (base notes), if necessary. Shoah/the Holocaust (base notes).
• Thursday, November 22 - AV - The World at War; the Holocaust.
• Friday, November 23 - The Wartime Conferences (base notes). The Unit test for this section will be on Monday, November 26.

November 13-16

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at: http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

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

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Channel's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

Social Studies 11

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

Expect the next unit test when we finish the interwar years and World War II -- probably in about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks. I expect it will include roughly the following (subject to revision): 40-45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definition questions (2 marks each) and 4 out of 6 long answer questions (6 marks each) -- for a grand total of roughly 74-79 marks.

• Tuesday, November 13 - Take up sidebars p. 92 both on 95 & 96, #1-5, p. 98. Complete King & Country video and questions. Introduction to World War II. Read pp. 100-110. Do 1-4, p. 105, sidebar questions p. 106, 107, 110 & #1-3, p. 110.
• Wednesday, November 14 - Take up homework. Begin video series & questions; Episode I; Canada Remembers; Turning the Tide). WWII series. Read pp. 111-115. Do #1-4, p. 115.
• Thursday, November 15 - Take up homework. Continue video series & questions, Episode 2; Canada Remembers; The Liberators - D-Day to the Rhine. Read 115-122. Do #1, 2 & 4, p. 122.
• Friday, November 16 - Take up homework. Continue video series & questions. Episode 3; Canada Remembers; Endings & Beginnings. Read pp. 122-125. Do #1-3, p. 125.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The next test, on the Middle Ages material, is about a week away, as we will first complete the following packages: Islamic Civilization, The Frozen World, The Great Thaw, and Romance and Reality.

The Romance & Reality package will be due on test day -- probably Monday. Expect the test to include the following: Image identification 10 items (20 marks for what? and where? - city for full mark or country for 1/2), Floorplan and interior elevation of a cathedral - 10 items (1 mark each), 40 multiple choice (1 mark each), 2 long answer - interpreting illustrations (6 marks each) and one essay from a choice of 7 topics (18 marks - 6 for composition and 12 for content). The total is, therefore, out of 100 marks. Pleae Note: The first two sections of the test are closed notebook. You may consult your notes for the remainder of the test.

• Tuesday, November 13 - Gothic Painting PowerPoint. Sister Wendy video segment. Work on Romance & Reality package. If you have the time and inclination, do watch Bill Moyer's interview of Sister Wendy -a humble genius of art analysis.
• Wednesday, November 14 - Begin with video introduction. Giotto. Sister Wendy video segment. Work on package. Click here for the Webmuseum description of Giotto.
• Thursday, November 15 - Gothic Sculpture PowerPoint.Work on package.
• Friday, November 16 - Video: The Western Tradition; The Late Middle Ages Romance & Reality package due Monday – along with Exam. Work on package.

History 12

We are running a little behind the originally published plan for topic #4 already, but should make up some of this as lecture material runs into blocks where we also show videos in the Road to War series. Keep working on the questions for topic #4 -- avoid procrastinating unless you enjoy multiple all-night sessions at the end of the unit.

The next test is quite a long way off, but expect it around November 26. Expect roughly the following material on the Topic #4 Test: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items (1 mark each), and 2 from 4 Long Answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6). The total value will therefore be around 99 marks.

Remember, Essay #2 is due by the end of this week!

• Tuesday, November 13 - World War II chronology (base notes).
• Wednesday, November 14 - World War II chronology (base notes).
• Thursday, November 15 - Grade 12 Assembly scheduled for this block. If there is any time at the end, we will continue the World War II chronology (base notes).
• Friday, November 16 - Completion of the World War II chronology (base notes). For a very brief summary of World War II, read The History Guide; Lecture 11; Hitler and World War II.

November 5-9

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at: http://kbenoy.googlepages.com/


e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Channel's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

Social Studies 11

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

Expect the next unit test when we finish the interwar years and World War II -- probably in about 2 1/2 to 3 weeks. I expect it will include roughly the following (subject to revision): 40-45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definition questions (2 marks each) and 4 out of 6 long answer questions (6 marks each) -- for a grand total of roughly 74-79 marks.

• Monday, November 5 - Take up homework. Filmstrip & questions: The Ecstatic 20’s. If time, begin PowerPoint - Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. Read pp. 57-67. Do sidebar questions, p. 57 & 59, #1-3, p. 61, #1-3, p. 65, & sidebar #1-2, p. 67.
• Tuesday, November 6 - Take up homework. Background to the Great Depression (including statistics) - Continue PowerPoint - Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. AV on the Depression - (From: Canada; A People’s History). Read pp. 68-79. Do sidebar questions p. 71 & 72 & #1-4, p. 72, sidebar questions p. 76, 78 & 79 & #1-2, p. 79.
• Wednesday, November 7 - Take up homework. Continue Canada; A People’s History; Hard Times and PowerPoint - Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. Read pp. 79-86. Do sidebar #1-4, p. 81, sidebar questions p. 82 & #3-4, p. 85 & #1-3, p. 86.
• Thursday, November 8 - Take up homework. Continue Canada; A People’s History; Hard Times and PowerPoint - Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. Political Cartoon Assignment. (10 marks, due Monday). Read pp. 86-90. Do #1-2 sidebar p. 89, #1-3, p. 90.
• Friday, November 9 - Take up homework. Video King & Country & questions. Read pp. 90-98. Do sidebars p. 92 both on 95 & 96, #1-5, p. 98.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The next test, on the Middle Ages material, is about two weeks or so away, as we will first complete the following packages: Islamic Civilization, The Frozen World, The Great Thaw, and Romance and Reality.

Your Great Thaw Package will come in on Wednesday.

• Monday, November 5 - Video - Medieval Help Desk. Gothic Architecture Slides. Work on Package.
• Tuesday, November 6 - James Burke's Connections; Faith in Numbers video. Work on package.
• Wednesday, November 7 -Video The Western Tradition; The Middle Ages. New Package - Romance & Reality assigned. The Great Thaw Package is due by 4:30 p.m. today.
• Thursday, November 8 - Romance & Reality filmstrip. Work on Package.
• Friday, November 9 - Video - The Western Tradition; The Feudal Order. Work on the package.

History 12

We are running a little behind the originally published plan for topic #4 already, but should make up some of this as lecture material runs into blocks where we also show videos in the Road to War series. Keep working on the questions for topic #4 -- avoid procrastinating unless you enjoy multiple all-night sessions at the end of the unit.

The next test is quite a long way off, but expect it around November 26. Expect roughly the following material on the Topic #4 Test: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items (1 mark each), and 2 from 4 Long Answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6). The total value will therefore be around 99 marks.

• Monday, November 4 - Complete Hitler's Germany (base notes). If time, supplementary AV material.
• Tuesday, November 5 - Appeasement (base notes).
• Wednesday, November 6 - Complete Appeasement & Causes of WWII. Video: The Road to War; Britain.
• Thursday, November 7 - Complete The Road to War; Britain and watch The Road to War; France.
• Friday, November 8 - The Spanish Civil War (base notes).