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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 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 going to http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm . Use the passcode posted in the classroom and given to you on your course outline 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.
My tutorial times are officially 2:55-3:15 every Monday and Friday. However, I am available most days before school, at noon and after school. Drop by or make an appointment if you need guaranteed time.
Social Studies 11 (Honours)
Your Geography textbook is also available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Though we will use some material from the other text, most will be from this e-text. Be aware that this text is now a few years old and many hyperlinks are broken. Rewriting is a massive job that I have not had time to take on yet.
Our chapter 2 & 3 test was set for Friday, but we posponed until Monday, March 2 because of the lockdown drill in this class on Friday. Chapters 2 & 3 will be tested together. The test breakdown is as follows: 65 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), and 3 choices from 10 options of long answer questions (worth 6 marks each). The total value of the test is, therefore 81 marks. To earn the maximum of 5 bonus marks, 30 good flash cards are required.
- Monday, March 2 - Unit Test, Chapters 2 & 3. Read pp. 83-86. Do #1-3, p. 84, #1-4, p. 85 & 1-2, p. 86.
- Tuesday, March 3 - Continue Chapter 4 PowerPoint. Read pp. 86- 93. Do #1-3, p. 87, #1-4, p. 89, #1-5, p. 91 and #1-5, p. 93.
- Wednesday, March 4 - Take up homework. Video: History’s Harvest and do the viewing guide questions. If time we will look at more of the Chapter 4 PowerPoint. Read pp. 93-102. Do #1-6, p. 97 (but note "1997" in #3 should read "1973" and the typographical error in #5, where "grater" should read "greater"), #1-7, p. 102. Be sure to investigate the CBC Archives material on the GMO debate. Identify arguments for and against producing genetically modified foods. See Genetically Modified Food; Panacea or Poison? for an anti-GMO presentation (54 minute documentary).
- Thursday, March 5 - Take up homework. Note: Our video from last class ran over into this block. Video: Resources & Conservation and questions. If time we will look at more of the Chapter 4 PowerPoint. This video wasn not completed, and runs into Friday. You must watch any unfinished Chapter 4 PowerPoint on your own time, for homework. Read pp. 102-106. Do #1-6, p. 105 and Further Thought #1-4, p. 108.
- Friday, March 6 - Take up homework. Complete the video from last class. Chapter 5 PowerPoint. Read pp. 116-129. Do #1, p. 118, #1-3, p. 120, #1-5, p. 123, #1-3, p. 129.
History 12
The unit test for this unit is now scheduled for Monday, March 2. The mark breakdown is as follows: 60 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 10 map items (1 mark each), 5 definition questions where I give you the term and you define in complete sentences (2 marks each) and 2 long answer questions where you answer in complete paragraphs (10 marks each) -- essay format is not required. The total value of the test is, therefore 100 marks.
Plenty of great documentary films are available on World War I. You can find a sampling of these on my Topic #2 Googlevideo and Youtube Directory.
Be sure to pick up the plan for Topic #3 and the questions that go with it at the end of the test on Monday. Also pick up the Essay #2 assignment sheet.
- Monday, March 2 - Topic #2 Unit Test. Be sure to pick up the Topic #3 plan, and the questions for Topic #3.
- Tuesday, March 3 - The League of Nations. Base lecture notes. For a good treatment of the League's dealing with a major dispute, see ITV Schools' TV's The League of Nations and the Manchurian Dispute (20 minutes). There is much fascinating material at the League of Nations Homepage. M. Cliffe has a couple of online PowerPoints on the League: The League of Nations and Failures of the League.
- Wednesday, March 4 - The Origins of Socialism. Base lecture notes. A great comedic presentation of Marx' ideas and their releveance today can be had in British Socialist Mark Steel's talk The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx - warning: there is some strong language used.
- Thursday, March 5 - Origins of Socialism and Russia Before the Revolutions. (Base notes). See Susan Pojer's PowerPoint on the 1905 Russian Rebellion.
- Friday, March 6 - Russia Before the Revolutions and The Russian Revolutions. (Base notes). Be sure to look at the excellent resources at The History Guide's Russian Revolution Resources. Spartacus Schoolnet's Russian Revolutionaries page has links to great material. Scott Masters has a decent PowerPoint on the revolution.
Comparative Civilizations 12
Be sure to check out Benoy's directory of web-base videos on Ancient Rome if you have the time.
Your Test on the Ancient World is a week away, on March 9, once we complete this unit. Expect the test to include: 25 image identification (give the name of the item, the creator and the period -- 2 marks are assigned per item and as in many cases all three are unknown, any third item identified earns a bonus mark - the total is therefore 50 for this section);25 multiple choice (1 mark each); 10 term identification from diagrams (1 mark each); 5 definitions (I give you the term and you explain in complete sentences -- 2 marks each); 1 essay question (24 marks with 6 for composition and 3 x 6 for content). The total value of the exam is, therefore 119 marks.
- Monday, March 2 - Roman Painting PowerPoint. Work on the package.
- Tuesday, March 3 - Episode 12 of The Western Tradition. "The Rise of the Church." Available online. Work on the package.
- Wednesday, March 4 - Watch Episode 14 of The Western Tradition; The Fall of Rome at http://www.learner.org/. Work on the Rome Package.
- Thursday, March 5 - Byzantine Architecture PowerPoint. Work on the Rome & Byzantium Package.
- Friday, March 6 - Icons PowerPoint. Work on package. Prepare for the Ancient World Unit Test next Monday, March 9.