December 19-January 4

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/ Please note: I am too busy to update this site right now as major revisions are needed now that GooglePages has been terminated and my work transferred to GoogleSites, which works differently.

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 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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.

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 Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by goingtohttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm. Use the passcode posted in the classroom. Please note that since renewing our licence, our starting access code for new users has changed and is no longer what was given on your course outline. I cannot post this online, but you can confirm the new number by looking at what is posted in the classroom.

Please note: North Vancouver schools have had a 50% hold-back imposed on their supplies budget. As a result, I shall be handing out far fewer paper handouts in class. Fortunately it is all available here, online. Paper copies will be made available for many items only to those students who specifically request them because they have difficulty accessing online material.

Classes are not in session until January 4 -- however, any students with missing assignments should be completing them to submit when we return.

Social Studies 11 and Social Studies 11 Honours both have the "Immigration/Family History Assignment" due the Friday of the week we return to classes (With additional options forInternational and First Nations students). Pedigree sheet. Map blank -- click to a resource on my Social Studies 11 History web page to locate an appropriate blank map to work with.

Social Studies 11 also has to complete watching Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Your job while watching this film is to: 1) Identify Gore's thesis in this film. 2) List the evidence he cites to prove his thesis. 3) Explain why Gore convinced you or did not convince you that we must take immediate action to deal with climate change. You will hand in your notes on the Monday when we return from the Christmas break -- they will be evaluated out of 10 marks for content (parts 1 & 2) and thoughtfulness (part 3).

Happy New Year to overyone.

December 14-18

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/ Please note: I am too busy to update this site right now as major revisions are needed now that GooglePages has been terminated and my work transferred to GoogleSites, which works differently.

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 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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.

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 Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by goingtohttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm. Use the passcode posted in the classroom. Please note that since renewing our licence, our starting access code for new users has changed and is no longer what was given on your course outline. I cannot post this online, but you can confirm the new number by looking at what is posted in the classroom.

Please note: North Vancouver schools have had a 50% hold-back imposed on their supplies budget. As a result, I shall be handing out far fewer paper handouts in class. Fortunately it is all available here, online. Paper copies will be made available for many items only to those students who specifically request them because they have difficulty accessing online material.

Social Studies 8

The next test on the Renaissance and Reformation will not be until after Christmas. I will post the week plan for the first week back during the Christmas holidays -- probably after Christmas itself.

• Monday, December 14 - Take up #1-5, p. 143. Introduction to Medieval Art -- Perspective. Video clip from The Story of Maths (Episode 3 - part 1 of 5 - just the first 3 minutes) - BBC Renaissance & the Frontiers of Space, then James Burke's The Day the Universe Changed; Point of View. Video: Sister Wendy's The Story of Painting. Homework: Pick one Renaissance painting and explain why you either really like it or really dislike it. If you do not have access to the Internet or to art history books, you could choose one from p.p. 134, 138, 140, 141, or 142 of Patterns of Civilization II. You might like the short video on Renaissance art History from historyofpainters.com. Interested in drawing or painting? Watch The Illusion of Depth to learn how to use a variety of techniques to show depth in a two dimensional image..
  
• Tuesday, December 15 - Take up homework. We took much longer than expected yesterday and had some technical problems at the end. Consequently we will see yesternday's videos today. If time, we will look at the 3 Davids - Donatello's, Verrochio's and Michelangelo's. Note that realism in sculpture had a powerful effect on realism in painting. Read pp. 143-147. Do #1-4, p. 147.
• Wednesday, December 16 - Take up homework. Begin watching Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12, part 13, part 14, part 15 - sorry - the link to part 14 is not present). Romeo & Juliet Assignment. Due Friday - If we do not finish the video in class Thursday, we will complete it Friday and the assignment will become an in-class project, with the Friday lesson material dropped to allow time for completion).
• Thursday, December 17 - Watch Romeo & Juliet (see links in Wednesday, above) and assignment.
• Friday, December 18 - If we did not complete the movie last class, we will do so today and you will have this time to complete the Romeo & Juliet assignment. If we finished the film yesterday, the assignment is due today and we will move on to the following material: Filmstrip(s) from the National Geographic Renaissance series and play around with the Shakesperian Insult Kit.
  

Social Studies 11

The test on Post-War Canada is on Tuesday this week. The test will be arranged roughly as follows: 43 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and a choice of 3 from 5 choices (6 marks each). The test is, therefore, out of 71 marks. 30 flash cards are needed to earn 5 marks.

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) Pedigree sheet. Map blank -- click to a resource on my Social Studies 11 History web page to locate an appropriate blank map to work with. 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 have just started the Geography portion of this course. We are using our in-house textbook, The 21st Century World. This book is available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11 . Click here to read chapter 1. It is a number of years since this was created, so I offer apologies in advance for dead links. Until a 36 hour day is available, I am unable to update it all unless I am offered significant help doing so.

To save precious class time, we will not test every chapter; chapters 1, 2 & 3, and 4 & 5 will be grouped into single tests after Christmas. I will post mark breakdowns after Christmas.

Read my Tips for Writing the Social Studies 11 Provincial Exam.

Over Christmas it is important to begin preparation for your Provincial Final Exam. Go to the Ministry website and look at the exam table of specifications, familiarize yourself with key exam terms, access past exams and answer keys, and look at the essay scoring criteria to see how your essays will be marked.

• Monday, December 14 - Complete the PowerPoint on Native Land Claims. Pick up Red Government text book. Sign out The Twenty-First Century World. Read pp. 6-11. Do #1-5, p. 11.
• Tuesday, December 15 - Unit Test on Canada since 1945.
• Wednesday, December 16 - Take up #1-5, p. 11. Introduce Geography portion of the course. PowerPoint for Ch. 1 - Geography. Read pp. 12-16. Do #1-9, p. 16 & #1-4, pp. 16-17.
  
• Thursday, December 17 - Complete to end of "Gloabal Warming" frames in One World PowerPoint. Begin watching Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Your job while watching this film is to: 1) Identify Gore's thesis in this film. 2) List the evidence he cites to prove his thesis. 3) Explain why Gore convinced you or did not convince you that we must take immediate action to deal with climate change. You will hand in your notes on the Monday when we return from the Christmas break as we will still be watching the film on Friday -- they will be evaluated out of 10 marks for content (parts 1 & 2) and thoughtfulness (part 3). Read pp. 17-20. Do #1-2, p. 17 & #1-4, p. 21.
  
• Friday, December 18 - Take up homework. Complete watching An Inconvenient Truth. Complete Thursday's assignment for the Monday when we return.

Social Studies 11 Honours

The unit test on the final History unit - Post-War Canada is Monday. The mark breakdown is as follows: 43 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and a choice of 3 from 5 choices (6 marks each). The test is, therefore, out of 71 marks. 30 flash cards are needed to earn 5 marks.

• Monday, December 14 - Unit Test on Post-War Canada. Complete the "Government" homework assigned on Friday: What is Government. Read pp. 2-6 in the Government text and do #1-4, p. 6.
  
• Tuesday, December 15 - Take up homework. Introduction to Ideologies. Origins and the Political Spectrum. Read pp. 7-15. Do #1-5, p. 11 & #1-6, pp. 15-16. To identify your own ideology, take the online Political Compass quiz.
• Wednesday, December 16 - Take up #1-5, p. 11 & #1-6, pp. 15-16 and the ideologies practice sheet. Survey of who took the Political Compass quiz - if you did not do this over the weekend, you must do so for Tuesday's class. Video clip. PowerPoint – “Ideologies”. Other ways to show political spectrum & Ideologies summary sheet. Practice with ideologies. Smith & Marx handout (online only due to paper restrictions). 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."
  
• Thursday, December 17 - Take up homework. Lecture/discussion – from ideologies to political parties – national parties in Canada. Read Counterpoints pp. 255-258. Do #3 & 4, p. 258. For homework over the last weekend, you took an online quiz to identify your political viewpoint. To see which Canadian political party comes closest to your views (2005 comparison - according to this organization), link here and see if this is what you expected. Interested in pursuing this further? Try some more tests -- mostly American -- to see where you stand.
• Friday, December 18 - Take up homework. Placing parties on the political spectrum. Ideologies video. More practice with ideologies. . Read Government pp. 88-97. Do #4, p. 97.

History 12

Remember, it is essential that you start preparing for the final exam -- whether you write the school or provincial exam, preparation is identical. The only real difference is that the provincial has twice as much weight. Design and composition of the tests are virtually identical.

Link to any grade 12 ministry exam material from here. Look at all of the material here. The more comfortable you are with the exam and its composition, the better you will do. Be sure to write the sample exams over the Christmas Break.

Be sure to look at some of the documentaries listed in my Googlevideo and Youtube Cold War directory.

• Monday, December 14 - Begin video Mr. Kennedy & Mr. Khrushchev (sorry, not available online). If time, Begin the Cuban Missile Crisis (base notes). Be sure to watch CNN's Cold War; Episode 10; Cuba 1959-1962.
• Tuesday, December 15 - The Cuban Missile Crisis (base notes). If you have almost two hours available, get in the mood for Wednesday's lecture on nuclear war by viewing Threads, a British docudrama from the 1980s about a nuclear war -- banned from British TV at the time, it is a highly praised production that gives a frightening, but important view of what such a war might be like. For a straight-forward documentary 0n what would happen to a city hit by a nuclear bomb, watch Nuclear War; A Guide to Armageddon - this links to the first episode, go to the sidebar to link to the other segments. You might also look at Defcon 2 - Cuban Missile Crisis (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6).
• Wednesday, December 16 - Deterrence & Nuclear War (base notes). See Robert McNamara's comments on nuclear war. Watch CNN's Cold War; M.A.D. to see terrific coverage of the nuclear conflict between 1960-1972.
• Thursday, December 17 - Complete material on Deterrence & Nuclear War. Begin British & French Decolonization in Africa & Asia (base notes).
• Friday, December 18 - Continue British & French Decolonization (base notes). Begin Indochina & Vietnam (base notes). Watch the first part of a video on Kwame Nkrumah -- which gives a 4 minute background to African decolonization. Watch the podcast of David Newsome of the University of Virginia on "The Imperial Mantle; Decolonization and the Third World" for excellent treatment of the subject by an extremely keen observer -- a talking head, but a clever one.

December 7-11

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/ Please note: I am too busy to update this site right now as major revisions are needed now that GooglePages has been terminated and my work transferred to GoogleSites, which works differently.

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 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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.

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

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by goingtohttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm. Use the passcode posted in the classroom. Please note that since renewing our licence, our starting access code for new users has changed and is no longer what was given on your course outline. I cannot post this online, but you can confirm the new number by looking at what is posted in the classroom.

Please note: North Vancouver schools have had a 50% hold-back imposed on their supplies budget. As a result, I shall be handing out far fewer paper handouts in class. Fortunately it is all available here, online. Paper copies will be made available for many items only to those students who specifically request them because they have difficulty accessing online material.



Social Studies 8

Well, the long unit is just about over, so expect a test on Friday, though we will start the next unit on Thursday -- this will allow for extra time if students need it as Social Studies 8 is the last class of the day. There will be 50 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 4 from a choice of 7 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, 74 marks. 40 flash cards are needed to generate 5 bonus marks.

The Medieval Research Assignment (Part 1, part 2) is due Monday.

• Monday, December 7 - Hand in Medieval Research Assignment. Take up #1-6, p. 87. Introduction to the Plague. Page 42 of Hosford Atlas. Pint Size History; the Black Death. Watch History's Turning Points; 1347 AD; The Black Death. 1. Where did the Plague originate? 3) What did Medieval Europeans think caused the disease? What really caused it? 4) How did the Plague spread throughout Europe? 5) How did Medieval people deal with the disease? 6. What were the lasting effects of the Plague? Interested in the Black Death -- watch the History of Britain; King Death (1 hour). We will watch just a 10 minute excerpt from the video. Assignment: Imagine that you are a witness to the Plague. Write an account of its coming and its effects. 10 marks. Due next class.
  
• Tuesday, December 8 - Hand in assignments. Introduction to the Hundred Years War - Hosford Atlas, page 43. We will watch Battles that Changed the World; Agincourt. 1) How did the Hundred Years' War damage both England and France? 2) How was it that a smallish English army defeated a much larger French force at Agincourt? 3) How did new weapons undermine the power of knights and lords? Introduction to heraldry - handout. Do watch again Terry Jones' intro to heraldry from his Crusade series. Design and produce on a sheet of blank paper a personal coat of arms. For vast amounts of information on heraldry, visit the Society for Creative Anachronism's website. See also a detailed description from Otis Norman Crandall. Time for a movie? Why not watch Joan of Arc - Part 1 and Part 2 (but with Asian subtitles) - You will need a few hours. If you have the time, watch Battlefield Detectives; Agincourt's Dark Secrets (You need to install Veoh for this).
• Wednesday, December 9 - Collect coats of arms. Look at Hosford Atlas, "Agents of Change" pp. 45-47. Watch The Western Tradition; Episode 23; the Late Middle Ages. (You will need to register to access this site, but don't worry -- it is American public television and you will not be pestered with junk mail after doing so). While watching, answer the following question: What changes were happening to life in the late Middle Ages? why? Introduction to the "Babylonian Captivity" when there were multiple popes at one time. See p. 44 of the Hosford Atlas. Read pp. 134-138. Do #1-7, p. 138.
• Thursday, December 10 - Take up homework. Filmstrip: The Renaissance; A Changing World and questions. Video: Sister Wendy on the early Renaissance painters. Study for test next day.
  
• Friday, December 11 - Unit Test on the Middle Ages in Western Europe. Read pp. 139-143. do #1-5, p. 143.

Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options forInternational and First Nationsstudents.) 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 your next unit test to be either Tuesdayor Wednesday of next week. It will be roughly as follows: 43 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and a choice of 3 from 5 choices (6 marks each). The test is, therefore, out of 71 marks. 30 flash cards are needed to earn 5 marks.

• Monday, December 7 - Take up #1-3, p. 155, #1-5, p. 156 & #2-4, p. 158. Finish any PowerPoint material not completed. Material from Canada; A People’s History ("Time for Change" & "Maitres Chez Nous" - questions). Read pp. 160-172. Do #2-5, p. 167 &n 1-5, p. 172.
• Tuesday, December 8 - PowerPoint The Quiet and Not-So-Quiet Revolution. Watch "Vive le Quebec Libre," "October Crisis", the "Choice" - questions. Read pp. 172-187. Do #1-4, p. 176, #2-4, p. 182, and 2-5, p. 187.
  
• Wednesday, December 9 - Complete the PowerPoint and questions and see remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." If time, watch material from CBC Archives on the 1995 referendum.Read pp. 191- 200. Do #1,2, 4 & 5, p. 194, #1,34 & 5, p. 197 and 1, 2 & 4, p. 200.
• Thursday, December 10 - Take up homework. Complete any PowerPoint or video material not finished on Wednesday. Begin PowerPoint: "Land Claims and the Indian Act." Read pp. 201-207. Do #1-5, p. 204 and 1-5, p. 206.
  
• Friday, December 11 - Take up homework. Video segments from Canada; A Peoples' History - the following episodes: "Taking Back the Past" and "Land and Nation" and questions. PowerPoint on Land Claims & the Indian Act.Read pp. 208-216. Do the sidebar on p. 211 & #1-2, p. 213 and #2-6, p. 216.

Social Studies 11 Honours

Note: I am a little unsure of how long it will take to complete this week's material and have tentatively set the exam for Monday, December 14.

The test will be arranged roughly as follows: 43 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and a choice of 3 from 5 choices (6 marks each). The test is, therefore, out of 71 marks. 30 flash cards are needed to earn 5 marks.

• Monday, December 7 - PowerPoint The Quiet and Not-So-Quiet Revolution. Watch "Vive le Quebec Libre," "October Crisis", the "Choice" - questions. Read pp. 172-187. Do #1-4, p. 176, #2-4, p. 182, and 2-5, p. 187.
  
• Tuesday, December 8 - Complete the PowerPoint and questions and see remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." If time, watch material from CBC Archives on the 1995 referendum.Read pp. 191- 200. Do #1,2, 4 & 5, p. 194, #1,34 & 5, p. 197 and 1, 2 & 4, p. 200.
• Wednesday, December 9 - Take up homework. Complete any PowerPoint or video material not finished on Wednesday. Begin PowerPoint: "Land Claims and the Indian Act." Read pp. 201-207. Do #1-5, p. 204 and 1-5, p. 206.
  
• Thursday, December 10 - Take up homework. Video segments from Canada; A Peoples' History - the following episodes: "Taking Back the Past" and "Land and Nation" and questions. PowerPoint on Land Claims & the Indian Act.Read pp. 208-216. Do the sidebar on p. 211 & #1-2, p. 213 and #2-6, p. 216.
• Friday, December 11 - Complete the PowerPoint on Native Land Claims. Pick up Red Government text book. Handout, What is Government. Read pp. 2-6 in the Government text and do #1-4, p. 6. Do the questions for homework - will take up on Tuesday. Study for the History unit test on Monday.

History 12

Topic #5 & 6 Plan is available here, as are the Topic #5 & 6 questions.

• Monday, December 7 - Begin the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe to 1956 (base notes).
• Tuesday, December 8 - Complete the Soviet lecture to 1956 . Video The Cold War; Episode 6; Reds (You can see CNN companion material online).
• Wednesday, December 9 - Video - India; The Brightest Jewel - from the 20th Century History series (Part 1, part 2). Decolonization India (base notes). Decolonization India (base notes). A nice short (under 10 minute) history of partition and the endless conflict that followed it can be found here. If you are prepared to install Veoh on your computer, you can see the entire BBC documentary The Day India Burned (I had to uninstall as it conflicted with another programme. You might not have this difficulty). The first 23 minutes of the documentary can be be found elsewhere. Another excellent, longish, documentary is The Last Days of the Raj (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9)Time for a movie? Watch Partition -- available in its entirity on Googlevideo.
• Thursday, December 10 - The Middle East to 1956 (base notes). Video clip from the 20th Century History series - if avalable. Click here to see what Arab leaders at the time said about Palestine. Watch the BBC documentary The Birth of Israel. For those really interested in the Middle East - try The 50 Years War; Israel and the Arabs (chunked into 29 parts, I just link to the Youtube directory for its parts). There is a nice BBC documentary on the 1956 war - The Other Side Of Suez 1956 (part 1, part 2, part 3).
• Friday, December 11 - Complete the Middle East to 1956. If time, begin video Mr. Kennedy & Mr. Khrushchev (sorry, not available online). If time, Begin the Cuban Missile Crisis (base notes). Be sure to watch CNN's Cold War; Episode 10; Cuba 1959-1962. Thirteen Days is a decent Hollywood treatment of the crisis, though it is a little loose in dealing with people and events -- not enough to worry about messing up your knowledge for the final exam though.

November 30 - December 4

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/ Please note: I am too busy to update this site right now as major revisions are needed now that GooglePages has been terminated and my work transferred to GoogleSites, which works differently.

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 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 too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.

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

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by goingtohttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm. Use the passcode posted in the classroom. Please note that since renewing our licence, our starting access code for new users has changed and is no longer what was given on your course outline. I cannot post this online, but you can confirm the new number by looking at what is posted in the classroom.

Please note: North Vancouver schools have had a 50% hold-back imposed on their supplies budget. As a result, I shall be handing out far fewer paper handouts in class. Fortunately it is all available here, online. Paper copies will be made available for many items only to those students who specifically request them because they have difficulty accessing online material.

Social Studies 8

The next test is almost upon us; we will finish the "Building National Monarchies" Chapter first. Expect it in another week.

The Medieval Research Assignment (Part 1, part 2. I need to make this change to a file on my home computer), your biggest assignment of the year, is now underway. I goofed in giving the due date as December 5 -- a Saturday, and not possible -- It wouldn't be fair to have it come in on Friday, so you have until Monday, December 7 now.

• Monday, November 30 - Take up #1-6, p. 74. Complete Terry Jones' The Crusades; Pilgrims in Arms. Questions: 1) What started the First Crusade? 2) What did crusader knights hope to gain? 3) Why did peasants join the crusade? 4) Why were Jews persecuted in Medieval Europe? 5) How did the "Peoples' Crusade" end? 6) What was the relationship between the crusaders and the Byzantines? Watch Episode 2: Jerusalem, and do the questions on the 2nd screeen (I will have to add them here Monday). *Note: I will be quizzing the material on the Terry Jones videos on Wednesday -- those not paying attention in class Friday and today will have to spend some time at home ensuring that they have answers to the questions ready!
• Tuesday, December 1 - Complete Jerusalem video, if not completed in class. Note: This is some of the most important material we will look at in History this year. It ties in the distant past with the world today. Video: Christianity; A History; The Crusades. Why does the word "crusade" upset Muslims in the Middle East? Do western leaders today seem to understand this view? Go online and read the Hosford Atlas Crusades material, pp. 27-28. Crusades Map Assignment, due next class; 10 marks.
• Wednesday, December 2 - Take up homework. Finish the video from last class if we did not do so. Introduction to the "Growth of Royal Power in England and France." Video clip; WilliamI of England. 1) Why did William of Normandy invade England? 2) How were 7,000 Normans able to control 2 million Anglo-Saxons? 3) How did this change life for England's inhabitants? Mr. Zoller's Video Podcasts; the Magna Carta. Questions: 1) How did English Kings after the Norman conquest centralize power in the King's hands. 2) How did Magna Carta change this? Sidebar on Magna Carta in Patterns of Civilization, p. 80 & handout questions for homework - pick up a paper copy after school if you cannot access online.
• Thursday, December 3 - Take up Magna Carta homework. Introduce unification of France. Look at map on p. 81 of Patterns of Civilization. Land was added to the Royal domain because nobles were decimated by the Hundred Years War (which we will study more later) - and having their land revert to the King, and the development of a distinctly French & English nationalism (See this summary of the end of the Hundred Years War) and French Kings gained much control over the Church in France. Introduction to the "Struggle Between Popes and Emperors." Hosford Atlas, pp. 25 and 30. Assignment: 10 marks, due Monday - Medieval Newspaper (See also the newspaper example) - after Medieval Research Assignment due (Alone or in pairs). Read p. 82-84. Do #1-6, p. 84. Be sure to complete your Medieval Research assignment to submit tomorrow.
  
• Friday, December 4- Collect assignments. Go over homework. Filmstrip: National Monarchies - Spain. 1) What factors led to the unification of Spain? Watch Part 5 of The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain(Click here for the full documentary, almost 2 hours.). Questions: 1) What happens to the reconquered people of Granada after the Christian reconquest? Read pp. 85-87. Do #1-6, p. 87. Interested in the Inquisition? Try these two documentaries: Secret Files of the Inquisition; Part 1, and Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. And now for something completely different -- Monty Python's "Spanish Inquisition" and here for another episode.
  

Social Studies 11

Your unit test on chapters 3-5 is on Monday of this week. We will combine the material on Canada between the wars and Canada in World War II. The mark breakdown is as follows: 45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and 3 from a choice of 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 73 marks. 5 bonus marks are available if you submit more than 25 flash cards done as required.

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options forInternational and First Nationsstudents.) 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.)

• Monday, November 30 - Unit Test on Chapters 3-5. Read pp. 130-135. Do sidebar questions p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135.
• Tuesday, December 1 - 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. 135-139. Do #1-5, p. 139.
• Wednesday, December 2 - 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. 140-146. Do sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146. Watch some anti-communist American propaganda from the 1950's He May Be a Communist, The Red Menace, and the ever popular film used in schools -- Communism.
• Thursday, December 3 - 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. 146-150. Do sidebars p. 146 & #1-4, p. 150. If you have the time, Watch the stunning British Documentary Nuclear War: A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) to understand the stakes of nuclar confrontation. Another rivetting show on nuclear war is Threads, a BBC production about what would happen to a community if nuclear war occurred. I link to these and other Cold War videos in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.
• Friday, December 4 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. ("Material from Canada; A People’s History (“A Question of Equality,” “A Changing Face,”and “The Computer Moves In” and questions). Read pp. 150-158. Do sidebar, #1-3, p. 155, #1-5, p. 156 & #2-4, p. 158.If you have the time, Watch the stunning British Documentary Nuclear War: A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) to understand the stakes of nuclar confrontation. Another rivetting show on nuclear war is Threads, a BBC production about what would happen to a community if nuclear war occurred. I link to these and other Cold War videos in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.

Social Studies 11 Honours

The next test is more than a week away and details will be posted next week.

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - ImmigrationAssignment (With additional options forInternational and First Nationsstudents.) 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.)

• Monday, November 30 - 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. 135-139. Do #1-5, p. 139.
• Tuesday, December 1 - 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. 140-146. Do sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146. Watch some anti-communist American propaganda from the 1950's He May Be a Communist, The Red Menace, and the ever popular film used in schools -- Communism.
• Wednesday, December 2 - 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. 146-150. Do sidebars p. 146 & #1-4, p. 150. If you have the time, Watch the stunning British Documentary Nuclear War: A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) to understand the stakes of nuclar confrontation. Another rivetting show on nuclear war is Threads, a BBC production about what would happen to a community if nuclear war occurred. I link to these and other Cold War videos in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.
• Thursday, December 3 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. segments from Canada; A Peoples’ History. Material from Canada; A People’s History (“A Question of Equality,” “A Changing Face,”and “The Computer Moves In” and questions. Read pp. 150-158. Do sidebar, #1-3, p. 155, #1-5, p. 156 & #2-4, p. 158.
• Friday, December 4 - Take up homework. Finish any PowerPoint material not completed. Material from Canada; A People’s History ("Time for Change" & "Maitres Chez Nous" - questions). Read pp. 160-172. Do #2-5, p. 167 &n 1-5, p. 172.

History 12

The unit test on Topic 4 is this Monday. The mark breakdown is as follows: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and answer 2 out of a choice of 4 long answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6 in each case -- the provincial exam marking system). The total is, therefore, out of 94 marks.


Topic #5 & 6 Plan is available here, as are the Topic #5 & 6 questions.

If you have time, watch some of the Cold War videos linked to in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory. You absolutely have to watchThreads, a 1984 British film on the likely effect of nuclear war - brilliant and terrifying.

• Monday, November 30 - Topic #4 Unit Test.
• Tuesday, December 1 - Introduction to the Cold War (base notes). If we complete this material, we will move on to the start of Tuesday's lecture material. Be sure to read Lecture 14 "The Origins of the Cold War" from The History Guide. If at all humanly possible, be sure to watch the recommended Cold War videos. The History 12 Provincial exam is heavily weighted toward the Cold War material and these videos are outstanding. See the CNN series on the Cold War, Episode 2 covers 1945 to 1947. Episode 3 covers the Marshall Plan, 1947 to 1952. You should watch both.
• Wednesday, December 2 - Video Twentieth Century History; One Man's Revolution; Mao Tse Tung - sorry, this is not available online. Mao and the Revolution in China (base notes). If you have the time, be sure to watch episode 15 of The Cold War; China (1949-1972).
• Thursday, December 3 - Finish Mao and the Revolution in China (base notes). Video on the early Cold War, from the 20th Century History series: Cold War Confrontation (sorry, unavailable online). If time, begin the United Nations (base notes). If you have time, watch China; Chairman Mao Declassified. A very good documentary of China from 1911 to 1949 is China - A Century of Revolution; Part 1. Watch Part 2 of the same series to see the Mao years, 1949-1976.
• Friday, December 4 - Complete the United Nations (base notes). If time, begin the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe to 1956 (base notes). See what people thought of the UN when it was first founded. Watch the NFB film Now the Peace.