Saturday, November 14, 2009

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

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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 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.

Social Studies 8

The next unit is a long one. Do not expect another unit test for around 3 weeks -- however, be sure to keep doing your flash cards as surprise quizzes are a distinct possibility every now and then. I will post the test mark breakdown when we are closer to it.

The Medieval Research Assignment(Part 1, part 2 -- please note: part 1 instructions should include having to include at least 3 print resources and World Book online - I need to make this change to a file on my home computer), your biggest assignment of the year, is now underway. I'm afraid I will have to load it here when I get back to school on Monday as the file is on my school computer and I cannot access it from home.

We saw two episodes of Terry Jones' Medieval Lives in class. If you want to see about the lives of other medieval people, here are links to other episodes: The Monk, The Damsel, The Minstrel, The Philosopher, The Outlaw, The King.

A terrific documentary about medieval life is Michael Woods' Christina; A Medieval Life.
Be sure to watch this if you get the chance. It gives real insight into 14th Century peasant life.


Watch Battlefield Britain; Hastings about the Norman conquest of Britain.

Social Studies 11

We have just started a new unit, so I do not anticipate a test for another week or more. We will combine the material on Canada between the wars and Canada in World War II. I will post the test breakdown as we get closer to the test date.

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.)

Social Studies 11 Honours

We have just started a new unit, so I do not anticipate a test for another week or more. We will combine the material on Canada between the wars and Canada in World War II. I will post the test breakdown as we get closer to the test date.

There is a major research assignment starting, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options forInternational 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.)

History 12

We are quite a way away from the next unit test -- still likely to be Wednesday, Nov. 25. I will post test details as we get closer to it.

Topic #4 questions are now available.
Essay #3 gets underway this week and is due in the last school week of December.

Good online video material to supplement our studies can be found atBenoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube videos of or about Nazi Germany, Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube Songs of and about the Spanish Civil War. Benoy's Directory of Googlevideo & Youtube World War II Documentaries (I realize many links are now dead because those uploading them violated copywrite regulations) and Frontline's Memories of the Camps video.- Outstanding footage of liberated SS concentration camps. Don't forget to look at the resources available on myTopic #4 webpage.

Note: I've just found an Internet source for The Road to War; Britain. Find time to watch it! Also The Road to War; Italy, The Road to War; Japan, The Road to War: USA.

  • Monday, November 16 - Video: Twentieth Century History: Britain Alone (If available) . World War II chronology (base notes). Interested in the Battle of Britain? Be sure to watch the 1969 movie by the same name. Aircraft used were surviving models from the time - watch the climax scenes here; watch the whole movie on Youku. Probably the best documentary on the subject is Battlefield; The Battle of Britain - (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12). A much shorter documentary is Battlefield Britain; The Battle of Britain. For a Canadian viewpoint on the battle, watch the 20 minute nfb film Churchill's Island. A US wartime perspective can be found at Why We Fight; The Battle of Britain.
  • Tuesday, November 17 - Introductory slideshow - Coventry Cathedral. Video: Twentieth Century History; Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima (if available). World War II chronology (base notes). 2/3 of the land fighting of WWII took place on the Eastern Front. Be sure to watch some video material on this important area. One of the best documentary series on World War II is The World at War. Watch Operation Barbarossa (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). A dramatized documentary of the German experience on the Eastern Front is: Timewatch; Through Hell for Hitler World War II (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). Of course, if you can, watch the movie Enemy at the Gates, set in the battle for Stalingrad.
  • Wednesday, November 18 - World War II chronology (base notes). Don't bother with the movie Pearl Harbour as it is historically poor; do watch Tora! Tora! Tora! however. Watch World War II; War in the Pacific, from the World at War series.
  • Thursday, November 19 - Video: Twentieth Century History; The Road to Berlin (if available). Complete the World War II chronology (base notes). Hopefully, begin World War II; the British Experience (base notes). Most of the film we see of World War II is in black and white if it isn't from Hollywood. World War II; The Lost Colour Archives (part 1, part 2 - note: this one is missing from this series, but can be had at Veoh, requiring registration and download, part 3) is interesting footage. Interested in technological change in war? Watch a 23 minute documentary on tanks: Weapons of World War II; Tanks on Veoh (requires downloading software to see their videos), also watch Aircraft Carriers,
  • Friday, November 20 - Complete World War II; the British Experience (base notes).



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