November 30 - December 4

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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.