March 1-5

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 and major revisions are needed now that GooglePages has been terminated and my work transferred to GoogleSites, which works differently.

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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, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Cool tech tip for Google searches. Did you know that Google allows you to search in a mind-map format -- with the standard search still showing in a sidebar on the right. Here is a quick introduction to Google's "Wonder Wheel" search.

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. 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 hold-back imposed on their supplies budget. As a result, I shall be handing out far fewer paper handouts in class than in the past. 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. Help me save money for the school and also preserve forests by using online material as much as possible.

History 12

Essay #1 is now due on March 1. The essay topic is published at the bottom of the Topic #1 plan. If you wish to submit it earlier, I will be quite happy to receive it. The Topic #2 Plan and Questions are both available. The Topic #3 Plan and Questions are also available.

Essay #2 is now posted.

Your Topic #2 test is on Monday, March 1. Expect the following mark breakdown: 60 multiple choice items (1 mark each), 10 map items (1 mark each), 5 definitiion items (2 marks each) and 2 long answer questions (10 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 110 marks.

In the future, to save paper, I will only publish copies of these for those who request them. Online copies should suffice for most people.

• Monday, March 1 - Unit Test, Topic #2. Topic #2 work due by 4:30 p.m. today
• Tuesday, March 2 - 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.
• Wednesday, March 3 - Origins of Socialism and Russia Before the Revolutions. (Base notes). See Susan Pojer's PowerPoint on the 1905 Russian Rebellion.
• Thursday, March 4 - 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.
• Friday, March 5 - 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

The Rome Package is due on Monday, March 15 - right after Spring Break. Expect a unit test on the Ancient World at this time.

The mark breakdown for the unit test is as follows: 25 slide identification items, 25 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 10 name the part on a diagram (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each), 1 essay (24 marks - 1 x 6 for composition and 3 x 6 for content). The total is, therefore, out of 94 marks. - there is a bonus possibility on the slide identification portion; there are three components for you to identify -- the creator, the name of the work, and the period that the work was completed in. Since the creator is often unknown in ancient works -- this part will be given as a bonus. Each component is worth 1/2 mark.

• Monday, March 1 - Roman Painting PowerPoint. Work on the package.
• Tuesday, March 2 - Episode 12 of The Western Tradition. "The Rise of the Church." Available online. Work on the package.
• Wednesday, March 3 - Watch Episode 14 of The Western Tradition; The Fall of Rome at http://www.learner.org/. Work on the Rome Package.
• Thursday, March 4 - Byzantine Architecture PowerPoint. Work on the Rome & Byzantium Package.
• Friday, March 5 - Byzantine Icons PowerPoint. Work on package. Prepare for the Ancient World Unit Test next Monday, March 15 - right after Spring Break.

Social Studies 11

Note: We have the pleasure of working with Mr. St. Laurent, a student teacher from UBC, this term. He completed his short first practicum in the Fall and is now with us for his long practicum. If the short practicum is anything to go by, you are in luck having him work with you.

I still have over-all responsibility for the class, but Mr. St. Laurent will do most of the teaching for the next couple of months. There is no shortage of extra help available to you between the two of us!

Find Mr. St. Laurent's lesson plans at:

http://mrstlaurent.blogspot.com/ .