October 20-24

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

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 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://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom 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

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International 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.)

The next unit test will be Tuesday of next week and will include the introduction to History, and Canada from 1900 to 1919. The mark breakdown is roughly as follows (subject to last-minute changes): 38 multiple choice questions (1 mark each); 5 definition questions (2 marks each); 4 from a selection of 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total value of the test is, therefore, around 72 marks. 5 Bonus marks are available for completing a minimum of 30 good flash cards (terms & names only on one side; definitions or why the person is important on the other).

• Monday, October 20 - Hand in Pre-War Alliances Map, take up #1-4, p. 28. Continue The Killing Ground & viewing guide questions. Read pp. 28-33. Do sidebar questions p. 30 & 31 & 1 & 3, p. 33.
• Tuesday, October 21 - Take up homework. Go over video questions (if not done so in the previous class). Trench Warfare – handouts & overheads. Canada & World War I PowerPoint on – Life on the Western Front and The Home Front parts. Read pp. 34-38. Do #1-4, p. 39 & sidebar #1, p. 34.
• Wednesday, October 22 - Take up homework - discuss the social changes brought by World War I. PowerPoint The Conscription Crisis segment from Canada and World War I. (If Available) Video segment from Canada; A Peoples' History; Ordeal By Fire; Turmoil on the Homefront and handout. While watching the episode answer the following board questions: 1) Why was opposition to the war strongest in Quebec? 2) What did people do to express their disapproval? Read pp. 38- 41 and do #1, 4 & 5 on p. 41. Also answer the question in figure 2-21 on p. 42.
• Thursday, October 23 - Take up homework. Literature of War Assignment. Using computers (if available) or handouts and library resources. 10 marks, due Monday. Read pp. 42-46. 1) Do you think that the the peace arrangement arrived at in 1919 was workable? Why or why not? 2) How serious was the flu epidemic of 1918-1920?
• Friday, October 24 - Provincial Professional Day - While I am off in Coquitlam meeting with Social Studies teachers from across the province, take the time to catch up and prepare for the test on the material we have covered in history so far -- essentially chapters 1 & 2 in the textbook. You might consider looking at other World War I videos - see my online video directory for World War I. Pick something that looks interesting to you.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The next unit test will not be for several weeks, as we will test Islamic Civilization and the Western Middle Ages together.

The Islam package is due Monday by 4:30 p.m.

The Frozen World package is due next Monday, by 4:30 p.m.

See Mr. Benoy's online video directory of films on the Early Middle Ages.

• Monday, October 20 - PowerPoint: Early Medieval Art. Work on packages.
• Tuesday, October 21 - PowerPoint: Carolingian & Ottonian Architecture. Work on package.
• Wednesday, October 22 - Episode 17 of The Western Tradition. The Dark Ages episode. Access this on the Internet at http://www.learner.org/ Work on the package.
• Thursday, October 23 - Music of the Troubadours. Notes on Medieval Music. Work on package.
• Friday, October 24 - While I am off gallavanting around in Coquitlam with other BC Social Studies teachers at the Provincial Professional Day, you should be catching up - or, if you are caught up, relaxing. Why not take in an early middle ages video from Mr. Benoy's Online Video Directory - try Terry Gilliam for a laugh.

History 12

Ensure that you have both the Topic #3 outline and the Topic #3 questions. The test for this unit is a week off at this point - likely Monday, October 27ish. We are running a bit behind schedule at the moment. Don't forget that Essay #2 is underway and we need to firm up the end due date for this this week -- avoiding major conflict assignments with other courses if possible.

Expect your topic #3 unit test to have roughly the following breakdown (subject to last minute changes): 50 multiple choice questions (1 mark each); 10 map items (1 mark each); 10 definitions (2 marks each); and 3 from 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The test is therefore likely to be out of about 98 marks. Your topic 3 questions are due by 4:30 p.m. on Monday -- unless you are in Civ. 12 or have a due date conflict with another course, in which case you may hand in your work on Tuesday in class. If you have a conflict with a course other than Civ. 12, you need to see me before Monday.

• Monday, October 20 - Complete the USA in the 1920's lecture (base notes). USA in the 1930s (base notes) -- we will also look at the video 20th Century History; Roosevelt and the New Deal. Watch two narrated PowerPoint presentations on Youtube: Melinda Klein's Interwar Years - segment 2 and segment 3 deal with the USA in the 1930's.
• Tuesday, October 21 - US foreign policy between the wars (base notes).
• Wednesday, October 22 - Japan between the wars (base notes).
• Thursday, October 23 - We will finish anything not completed on unit 3, and begin the first lecture material on unit 4 (I am running the Europe and the coming of the Great Depression material into the next unit instead of this one in order to recover some lost time.) Video: The Road to War; Japan or The Road to War; the Soviet Union (provided I can get this video series to track on the new vcr -- or can patch in via an older device with a tracking control. Otherwise, it is likely to be another video on the period.
• Friday, October 24 - Provincial Professional Day - a chance to catch up or get ahead. Prepare for the test on Monday. If you do have the chance, take in a historical film on the period -- see Mr. Benoy's Historical videos page.

October 14-17

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Breaking News: In Tuesday's mock election in Mr. Benoy's classes, the following results were tallied:

Tunya Audain (Libertarian) 3, Don Bell (Liberal) 25, Michael Charrois (NDP) 15, Andrew Saxton (Conservative) 27, and Jim Stephenson (Green) 26. Were this to be the real vote, Andrew Saxton would be elected with his total of 27 of 96 ballots cast - this amounts to 28% of the popular vote.

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://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom 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

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International 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.)

The next unit test will not be for at least another week and will include the introduction to History, and Canada from 1900 to 1919. The mark breakdown will be posted when I have the test written and have a clearer idea of what we will have covered.

• Monday, October 13 - Thanksgiving Holiday. Eat turkey, unless you are vegetarian, in which case substitute tofu or the like.
• Tuesday, October 14 - Take up homework - #1-3, p. 16. Canada and the Empire. PowerPoint. Read pp. 17-19. #1-7, pp. 18-19 sidebar. Excellent material on early immigration to Canada can be found at the Library and Archives of Canada site's Immigration page - see further pages too.
• Wednesday, October 15 - Take up homework. (*Sorry - lab not available for both blocks, so we will go with plan B- the video. Photography as historical evidence. Assignment Computer Lab Historical Photograph Assignment (if computers available - Completed work due on Friday). If not – Komogata Maru video and board questions - 1) What did the Canadian public think of Indian immigration in 1914? 2) How did government try to restrict Indian immigration? 3) What world event pushed news of the Komogata Maru into the background in the summer of 1914? Do “Looking Back” questions #1,2 & 5-7, p. 19.
• Thursday, October 16 - Take up homework. Complete Canada & the Empire PowerPoint (and video) if necessary. Begin background to World War I. (PowerPoint - the origins material in Canada and World War I). If time, filmstrip or video on the origins of the war. Read the sidebar on p. 23 & do #1-5. Watch, online, EAV's Origins of World War I - part 1 (9 minutes) and part 2 (8 minutes). An excellent BBC documentary The First World War: To Arms looks at the period around the outbreak of war - excellent viewing and available online in segments - Begin with Part 1, then 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6.
• Friday, October 17 - Take up #1-5, p. 23. Complete introduction to World War I. Begin video & questions The Killing Ground. Handout - Maps regarding the origins of World War I. Read pp. 24-28. Do #1-4, p. 28. Pre-war alliances map - 10 marks, based on completion, accuracy and appearance.

Comparative Civilizations 12

For additional video material on Islam, see Mr. Benoy's online video directory.
The next unit test will not be for several weeks, as we will test Islamic Civilization and the Western Middle Ages together.

• Monday, October 13 - Eat Turkey, or substitute with a soy product if vegetarian. We will not get a chance to look specifically at Mughal art videos later in the week, so take the time out (8 minute) to watch Taj Mahal Mughals. Learn about the Mughal dynasty in The Mughals 1526-1707 (31 minutes) or The Mughals (91 minutes). Michael Woods The Story of India; Part 5; The Meeting of Two Oceans (59 minutes) is a terrific telling of the story of the Moslem age of domination in Inda.
• Tuesday, October 14 - Islamic Decorative Arts PowerPoint. Work on package.
• Wednesday, October 15 - Video: What the Ancients Did for Us; The Islamic World. Islamic Civilization Package is due next Monday.
• Thursday, October 16 - video: Islamic Art and Culture in History. Work on package.
• Friday, October 17 - Begin Frozen World package. Read Janson's Introduction to the Middle Ages. Kenneth Clark, Civilisation text assigned. If you have the chance, watch the full video of Kenneth Clark's Civilisation; The Skin of Our Teeth. Hand in Islam package on Monday in class.

History 12

Ensure that you have both the Topic #3 outline and the Topic #3 questions. The test for this unit is a few weeks off at this point - possibly Monday, October 27ish, if not the class before this. We seem to be running a day or two behind schedule at the moment.

If you have time to watch some documentaries on Russian and Soviet History, pick some from PBS' Commanding Heights video clips on the Soviet Union and Mr. Benoy's Video Directory on Russia and the USSR to 1939. See also some of the PowerPoint presentations from other sources, linked to from Mr. Benoy's Topic 3 Webpage.

• Monday, October 13 - Eat Turkey -- or not. Get a start on Essay #2 or watch a historical movie -- do you need suggestions?
• Tuesday, October 14 - Complete the Stalin Revolution; the Great Purge (base notes). Italy & Fascism (base notes). If you have time, watch Fascism in Colour; Mussolini in Power, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5.
• Wednesday, October 15 - Germany, France & Britain (maybe) in the 1920's (base notes).
• Thursday, October 16 - Britain in the 1920s. (UK segment within the base notes.) and The British Empire in the Interwar Years (base notes).
• Friday, October 17 - The USA in the 1920s (base notes). Includes video segment from 20th Century History series.

October 6 to 10

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

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 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://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom 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

The test on Provincial and Municipal Government will be a take-home test, assigned on Monday, October 7. This is to be handed in the following day. Students who have work or other commitments on Tuesday night must see Mr. Benoy to arrange to write an alternate test earlier or later in the week. The next test of the first part of our History unit will not be for several weeks as we will combine the introduction to history, the pre-World War I material, and the World War I material into a single test.

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International 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.)

• Monday, October 6 - Take up #1-6, p 196 (red book) and #2-4, p. 246 (blue book). Take up homework. Discuss Aboriginal self-government. Mayor Mussatto's PowerPoint on Municipal affairs. Take home test on Provincial and Municipal government. Write a paragraph to a page explaining why we should study History. 10 marks. Due next class.
  
• Tuesday, October 7 - Introduction to History. Family History and Immigration Assignment or alternative (see above) assigned and explained. Take home test assigned. (Note: students with out of school schedules that make this difficult can take the test on either Monday or Wednesday -- see Mr. Benoy personally to make this arrangement.


• Wednesday, October 8 - Take up assignment. Introduction to History. Filmstrip: Opening the Canadian West & questions. Read pp. 2-9 & do #1-3, p. 9.


• Thursday, October 9 - The Laurier Boom. Filmstrips on immigration. The Shaws of Midnapore and A New Homeland. For each filmstrip, answer the following: 1. Why did this group decide to come to Canada? What pushed them out of their old homes or lured them to Canada? 2. How did this group of immigrants fit into Canadian society at the time? How did other Canadians treat them? Read pp. 9-13. Do#1-4, p. 13 & sidebar #1-2, p. 11.


• Friday, October 10 - Take up homework. . Immigration filmstrips: Dekasegi (same routine as Wednesday) & Toronto the Good - with assigned questions. Read pp. 13-16. Do #13, p. 16.

Comparative Civilizations 12

For additional video material on Islam, see Mr. Benoy's online video directory.

The next unit test will not be for several weeks, as we will test Islamic Civilization and the Western Middle Ages together.

• Monday, October6 - Byzantine Architecture PowerPoint. Work on the Rome & Byzantium Package.


• Tuesday, October 7 - Icons PowerPoint. Work on package.


• Wednesday, October8 - Ancient World Unit Test. See above for details on what to expect on this test. Rome & Byzantium package due next class.


• Thursday, October 9 - Roman & Byzantine Civilizations package due by 4:30 p.m. today. Islamic Civilizations Package introduced. Video: The World; A TV History; Islam. Handouts - basic beliefs of Islam (Sorry, not online yet - but will be soon -- perhaps Tuesday. Until then, go to this University of Calgary site.) Be sure to visit the BBC's Religions & Ethics Site - Islam. Work on package.


• Friday, October 10 - Islamic Architecture PowerPoint. Work on package.

History 12

Ensure that you have both the Topic #3 outline and the Topic #3 questions. The test for this unit is a few weeks off at this point.

If you have time to watch some documentaries on Russian and Soviet History, pick some from PBS' Commanding Heights video clips on the Soviet Union and Mr. Benoy's Video Directory on Russia and the USSR to 1939. See also some of the PowerPoint presentations from other sources, linked to from Mr. Benoy's Topic 3 Webpage.

• Monday, October 6 - The Russian Revolutions. (Base notes).


• Tuesday, October 7 - AV on the Russian Revolutions.


• Wednesday, October 8 - From Lenin to Stalin. (Base notes).


• Thursday, October 9 - Complete From Lenin to Stalin (base notes) and do The Stalin Revolution; Industrialization & Collectivization (base notes).


• Friday, October 10 - The Great Purge (base notes).

September 29 to October 3

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

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 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://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom 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.

Social Studies 11

Expect to write the unit test on the Legislative/Executive/Judicial branches of the Federal government on Wednesday. The mark breakdown is most likely to be as follows: 30 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 4 definitions - where I give you the term and you define it in a sentence or more (2 marks each), 2 from a choice of 6 long answer questions -- to be answered in long paragraphs (6 marks each), and 1 essay question (6 marks for composition and 18 marks for content = 24 marks total. Please note: An essay must be at least 5 paragraphs long and contain an introduction with a clear thesis statement, at least three supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph). The test total is, therefore, 74 marks. 30 or more flash cards will earn up to 5 bonus marks on this test.

Please bring your red Government text to class this week. I have decided to use parts of it to examine BC's provincial government. It may be an old book but it does nicely summarize some of the course content.

• Monday, September 29 - Take up homework, #1-3, p. 275. Video’s on the court system. Comparison of Adversarial vs. Inquisitorial court systems. If time, we will go over how to write an analytical essay. Read pp. 277-288. Do #1-3, p. 280, & 1 & 4, p. 288. Please bring your red Government text to class next day -- along with your blue text.
• Tuesday, September 30 - Take up homework. Introduce concept of Human rights – examine text p. 294. Students to list what they would expect fundamental rights to be in Canada - Think-Pair-Share. Use Government text p. 60 to list Schweitzer’s list of fundamental rights. Government text pp. 152-158. Examine the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedomes - see PowerPoint; The Constitution. Summarize each of the key sections in your notes. Effect of passing the Charter on Canadian law -- all laws in Canada must conform unless passed using the notwithstanding clause or if they can withstand a challenge based on their being within reasonable limits. If we did not go over essay writing last class, we will do so today. Read pp. 292-312. Do #1, p. 297, #2-3 sidebar p. 303, #1 & 3, p. 304, #3, p. 308 & #2, p. 312. We will not take up the homework until Thursday's class. Remember to bring 30+ flashcards to the test tomorrow to earn 5 bonus marks.
• Wednesday, October 1 - Hand in flashcards. Unit Test - Legislative Executive and Judicial branches. Read pp. 240-246. Do #1-3, p. 246, & sidebar #1, p. 244. Bring red Government text to next class if you did not do so today.
• Thursday, October 2 - Take up homework. Filmstrip -- Provincial Government. Government (red) texts. Read pp. 170-178. Do #1-3, p. 178. Note: Municipal Government will be tested using a take home test next Tuesday (October 9).
• Friday, October 3 - Take up homework, #1-3, p. 178. New BC Lieutenant Governor. Federal and Provincial governments compared. Municipal government introduced. Video & questions on Provincial and Municipal Government. Read (red book) pp. 186-196. Do #1-6, p 196. Read (blue book) pp. 245-246. Do #2-4, p. 246.

Comparative Civilizations 12

It looks very likely that your Ancient World Unit Test will be next Wednesday, October 8. Your Roman/Byzantine Package will be due the following day.

Expect approximately the following on the unit test: 25 slide identification items (the only closed notes portion of the test) - these have three blanks to fill for each item, though many items only have two possibilities, so the third will be a bonus mark when all three can be identified -- you need to identify the name of the item, the creator, and the historic period the item was created in -- the period options are listed for you to choose from. You must hand in Part 1 before starting part 2; Parts 2-5 are open notebook. Part 2 consists of 25 multiple choice questions (1 mark each). Part 3 is diagram label identification (1 mark each), where you are given 10 diagram items and have to identify the name of the indicated parts; Part 4 consists of 5 name/definition questions (2 marks each), where you are given the name/term and you must define it or say why the person was important in a sentence or three; Part 5 is an essay question (24 marks - 1 x 6 for composition and 2 x 6 for content -- marked according to the provincial examination 6 point grading system. The total value of the test is 119 marks. Given the bonus opportunity it is possible to score over this total.

Don't forget the bonus assignment opportunities for this course (one in the first term and one in the second). Attend a cultural event and explain its cultural significance or create an art analysis for an interesting cultural item. These do not have to be covered within the units we study in the course. They can be of any culture at any time. 10 marks, with the marks assigned to the most recent unit test written.

• Monday, September 29 - Roman Sculpture PowerPoint. Work on Rome Package.
• Tuesday, September 30 - Video: What the Ancients Knew; The Romans. Access this online in segments on Youtube - Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7. Work on the Rome Package. If you have the time, watch Episode 10 of The Western Tradition - Roman Engineering, available at http://www.learner.org/ .
• Wednesday, October 1 - Roman Painting PowerPoint. Work on the package.
• Thursday, October 2 - Episode 12 of The Western Tradition. "The Rise of the Church." Available online. Work on the package.
• Friday, October 3 - Watch Episode 14 of The Western Tradition; The Fall of Rome at http://www.learner.org/. Work on the Rome Package.

History 12

• Monday, September 29 - Complete The Paris Peace Conference. Base lecture notes. If time - AV material - The War to End All Wars - but note, the conference was held in Paris, not Versailles as the film indicates - this film is from a US perspective -- something I do not always present effectively in class (5 minutes), World War One: 1914-1918 Map - a multimedia summary of the war's main events. If you can manage the time, watch Secrets of the Dead; Killer Flu - which deals with the dangers of the flu pandemic that killed up to 30 million people at the end of the First World War.
• Tuesday, September 30- Topic #2 Unit Test. Be sure to pick up the Topic #3 plan, and the questions for Topic #3.
• Wednesday, October 1 - The League of Nations. Base lecture notes.
• Thursday, October 2 - The Origins of Socialism. Base lecture notes.
• Friday, October 3 - Russia Before the Revolutions. (Base notes).

September 22 to 26

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

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 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 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://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom 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.

Social Studies 11

Students who have not yet written the first unit test must make immediate arrangements to do so. Zero scores are recorded until they are replaced with what is earned on the test. Those who want to look at their papers can do so outside of class time when Mr. Benoy is present.

We have only just started our new unit on the Legislative/Executive/Judicial branches of government, so you can expect the new test in a little more than a week from now. Expect a test of similar size to the first one. The mark breakdown will be posted when we are a little closer to test day.

• Monday, September 22 - Take up homework - what to do with the Canadian Senate. Review handout - How a Bill becomes a Law. Video - Government in Canada; Citizenship in Action; Our National Parliament; the Inside Story and questions. Read pp. 47-54 in Red Government text. Do #1-4, p. 48 and #1-5 and 7 on p. 54.
• Tuesday, September 23 - Introduction to the executive branch. Role of the Queen, Governor General and Prime Minister. Read “Constitutional Monarchy” on p. 222-224 & "The Governor General" on p. 234. Identify points for and against getting rid of the Queen and Governor General. Should Canada become a Republic? Why or why not? Identify 3 reasons for and 3 reasons against doing so. Look at the Monarchist League of Canada and the Canadian Monarchist Online websites for arguments supporting the monarch; see Citizens for a Canadian Republic for arguments against retaining the monarchy. There has also been an active debate in Australia and New Zealand on this topic. Web searches would yield useful information.
• Wednesday, September 24 - Take up homework. Discuss the role of the PM., Cabinet & the bureaucracy. Watch Yes, Minister episode. Read pp. 234-240. Do #1-4, p. 240. Assignment: Value 5 marks, Identify by name each member of the federal (national) cabinet and their department. This is an assignment, not a homework check, so accuracy is part of the mark.
• Thursday, September 25 - Take up #1-4, p. 240. Lobbying & Pressure Groups. Look at the list of institutionalized groups on p. 259 (Click here for an online list of federal lobby groups - interest groups and social movements). Explain what lobbying is and look at the activities of several lobby groups (not used in group exercise). Divide into groups (with printed - or online --background information) Each group is to come up with a strategy for influencing our present federal government. Report back to class. Poster Assignment - on a regular size sheet of paper -- 8 1/" by 11" is fine (due Monday) . Read pp. 258-267. Do #1-2, p. 264. Do #1-3, p. 267.
• Friday, September 26 - Take up homework. Complete group presentations. Overview of the Judiciary - PowerPoint - go to the section on the Judiciary. Read pp. 270-275. Do #1-3, p. 275.

Comparative Civilizations 12

***Your Greece package is to be handed in on Thursday, September 25 (note: this date is an extension). The unit test is still a couple of weeks away and it will cover all of the Ancient World, including: Egypt, Greece, Rome & Byzantium.

If you have some time and would like to check out some additional video material, check Mr. Benoy's Online Video Directory.

• Monday, September 22 - Greek Architecture PowerPoint - overhead notes. Be sure to read Greek Architecture: Pursuing Perfection Adapted From: Architecture For Dummies. Work on the package - due Tuesday.
• Tuesday, September 23 - Video: The Western Tradition: Episode 8; The Hellenistic Age. Available at http://www.learner.org/ . Work on Package.
• Wednesday, September 24 - Greece package due by 4:00 p.m. Thursday. Rome Package assigned. Video: Art of the Western World; The Classical Ideal - Part 2. Available at http://www.learner.org/. Work on package.
• Thursday, September 25 - Video: The Western Tradition; Episode 9; The Rise of Rome. Available at http://www.learner.org/. Work on packages. Hand in Greece package by 4:30 p.m.
• Friday, September 26 - Roman Architecture PowerPoint. Work on Rome Package.

History 12

***Please note: The Terry Fox run and a short class Friday derailed us somewhat. We need another class to complete the material on the vital Paris Peace Conference and the treaties that came out of it. Your test is, therefore, pushed to Tuesday, and with it, the due date for your Topic #2 questions. I apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Your nationalism essay is due on Friday, September 26 ( See the bottom of the Topic #1 Plan). It is valued at 20 marks (note: this is evaluated using a 5 point scale, with 1 x 5 marks for composition and 3 x 5 marks for content. Later essays will be marked on a multiple of the 6 point scale -- like provincial exam essays.

Here at last is the Unit Test breakdown for Tuesday. 60 multiple choice questions @ 1 mark each; 10 map items -- identifying countries on a 1914 map @ 1 mark each; 5 definition items (I give you the term and you define it) @ 2 marks each; and 2 long answer questions @ 10 marks each. The total value of the test is, therefore, 100 marks.

Topic #2 Questions are currently underway -- follow the plan as handed out in class -- or modify. However, be ready for a unit test and to hand in your work on Tuesday, September 30. Click here for a blank map of Europe in 1919.

If you have a little time to do so this week, have a look at the online videos I list in my online video directory. The visuals are quite wonderful in bringing to life the lecture material and I wish I had unlimited class time to show them too.

Be sure to look at World War One: 1914-1918 Map - a multimedia map presentation on Youtube that very nicely summarizes the main events of the war.

I suspect the plan below is a little over-ambitious. We are likely to have to insert another lecture to complete the War. Note that the AV day on Friday may have to be put to other use.

• Monday, September 22 - World War I; 1914-1916ish. (Base notes - section 1 & section 2).
• Tuesday, September 23 - World War I; 1916ish to 1917ish) (Base notes - 1916, 1917).
• Wednesday, September 24 - The War concluded. (Base notes to 1917 and 1918).
• Thursday, September 25 - Total War; the German Experience (base notes).
• Friday, September 26 - World War I AV (TBA - depending on availability. This will most likely be segments from The Guns of August or something listed on my online video directory).

September 15 to 19

Friday, September 19 is a professional day. Classes will not be in session.








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

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 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 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://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom 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.

Social Studies 11

The test for Ideologies/Parties/Elections is on Wednesday because I don't want to test on photo day when the exam might be interrupted. This means we will start the new unit one day before testing the old one. The mark breakdown is as follows: 30 multiple choice questions at one mark each; 10 identify the ideology of a statement questions at one mark each; four items to identify on a graphic element at one mark each; 5 definitions - write a sentence or two about terms or names that you are given - at two marks apiece; and two long answer questions from four options at six marks each. The test total is, therefore, out of 66 marks.

• Monday, September 15 - Take up #1-3, p. 257 & #4, p. 97. Elections lesson – day 2. Various voting systems. BCSTV animation. Assignment: What electoral system do you feel is best? Why? (due next class. About 1 page).
• Tuesday, September 17 - Hand in elections paragraphs. Begin Legislative Branch - focus on the House of Commons. Filmstrip & note-taking. Be sure to look at the Parliament of Canada website. Download, read and study from the Guide to the House of Commons. Read pp. 231-233 sidebar. Do #1-3 in the sidebar on p. 233.
• Wednesday, September 17 - Unit Test on Ideologies/Parties/Electoral systems. Handout – The Work of MPs (See also On the Job With a Member of Parliament) and questions. Read 226-231. Do #1-3, p. 231.
• Thursday, September 18 - Filmstrip or video & questions or note-taking on Parliament. Complete material from last class. Take up homework, #1-3, p. 233. The Senate – Pros and cons of present setup (Be sure to look at the Senate material at Mapleleafweb). Handout – newspaper article. Essay Writing. There will be an essay question on what shall be done with the Canadian Senate on the next unit test.
• Friday, September 19 - Professional Day; classes are not in session.

Comparative Civilizations 12

***Your Greece package is to be handed in on Wednesday, September 24. The unit test is still a couple of weeks away and it will cover all of the Ancient World, including: Egypt, Greece, Rome & Byzantium.

If you have some time and would like to check out some additional video material, check Mr. Benoy's Online Video Directory.

• Monday, September 15 - Filmstrip & questions, Ancient Greece; The Age and its Art (sorry - questions are not online yet). Look past the anti-Egypt bias of the writers! Work on the

package.

Tuesday, September 16 - Complete any unfinished filmstrips. Ancient Greek Sculpture. Lecture (PowerPoint). Be sure to see the short video clip on lost-wax bronze casting. Work on Ancient Greece package.

Wednesday, September 17 - Greek pottery (PowerPoint). Work on package.

Thursday, September 18 - See episode 6 of The Western Tradition; Greek Thought (Available online). Work on package.

Friday, September 19 - This is a Professional Day. Classes are not in session.

History 12

Your nationalism essay is due on Friday, September 26. It is valued at 20 marks (note: this is evaluated using a 5 point scale, with 1 x 5 marks for composition and 3 x 5 marks for content. Later essays will be marked on a multiple of the 6 point scale -- like provincial exam essays.

• Monday, September 15 - Imperialism & Social Darwinism (base notes) - from Friday, as we did not get a chance to start this. If we have time we will move on to Europe Before World War I - part 1. Be sure to write your own notes during the lecture. Afterwards, check them against my base notes. Remember, my notes are always supplemented with impromptu stories and responses to student questions -- so don't just rely on my notes. If you get the chance, watch Racism – A History: Part 1 - The Colour of Money, Part 2 - Fatal Impacts, and Part 3. Each are a little under an hour long.
• Tuesday, September 16 - Europe Before World War I - part 2. Base notes.
• Wednesday, September 17 - Complete part 2, Causes of War; Reasons for Peace material (base notes).
• Thursday, September 18 - World War I; 1914-1916ish. (Base notes - section 1 & section 2).
• Friday, September 19 - Professional Day. Classes are not in session.

September 8-12

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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 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://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom 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.

I do not read comments posted by readers on this blog -- not through lack of interest, just lack of time. Sorry.

Note: Thursday after school will be a busy time. The Clubs Fair begins right after school and there will be many guests in the school because Sutherland's official opening will take place after that. Socials 11 types who want a glimpse of our local political figures should think about sticking around and checking out city mayor Darrel Mussato and our local Member of Parliament, Don Bell.

This would not be a good afternoon to seek after school extra help. E-mail me if there is something that cannot wait!

Social Studies 11

Note: Block 3 is a little behind because we lost time to the assembly last week. My plan is to catch you up on Monday. It will mean that block 4 will have class time to work on the homework assignment that block 3 will not. This way we will keept the classes parallel. The reverse will likely happen later in the term.

Rather than quiz ideologies, political parties and elections separately -- taking much more time out of class for testing -- we will test these bits together. Expect a quiz on the introduction to government, ideologies, Canadian political parties and elections, probably next Wednesday (September 19). We might complete the material before this, but I do not want to risk testing on Tuesday, which is photo day and likely to have some disruption.

Political junkies should have a look at Steven Kreis' lectures on ideologies, published on his website: The History Guide; Lectures on Modern Intellectual History. This is pretty advanced stuff, but well worth the reading.

• Monday, September 8 - Take up #1-5, p. 11. 1-6, pp. 15-16. Origins of the Political Spectrum - including summary handout sheet. Ideology identification practice. Smith & Marx handout. 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."


• Tuesday, September 9 - Video clip. PowerPoint – “Ideologies”. Other ways to show political spectrum & Ideologies summary sheet. More practice with ideologies.


• Wednesday, September 10 - 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.


• Thursday, September 11 - Take up homework. Placing parties on the political spectrum. PowerPoint. BC & Canadian political parties. Read Counterpoints pp. 249-258. Do #1-5, p. 253, #4, p. 258 & sidebar #1-3, p. 257.


• Friday, September 12 - Take up #4, p. 258 & sidebar #1-3, p. 257. Elections handout. Elections in Canada – The first-by-the-post system. (If time; proportional representation too). Read sidebar in Counterpoints pp. 256-257. Do #1-3, p. 257. Read Government pp. 88-97. Do #4, p. 97. Research Canadian federal political parties. Which party would you support in the next federal election? Why? About a half page or so of writing is needed to adequately answer this question. Find political party information at Elections Canada's registered political parties page.
  

Comparative Civilizations 12

***Your Egypt package is to be handed in on Friday of this week. The Greek package will be distributed on Thursday. You can either begin it, or use the class time to work on finishing Egypt. The unit test is still a couple of weeks away and it will cover all of the Ancient World, including: Egypt, Greece, Rome & Byzantium.

Yipes! Your package does not have values assigned on it. Total value: 40 marks, broken down as follows: Introduction and conclusion 5, Architecture 5, Painting and Low Relief Carving 5, Sculpture 5, Pyramid Art Analysis 10, Nefertiti Art Analysis 10.

• Monday, September 8 - Introduction to Architecture. Ancient Egyptian Architecture Powerpoint and Handout. Work on package.


• Tuesday, September 9 - Egyptian Sculpture Powerpoint presentation. Work on package.


• Wednesday, September 10 - Egyptian painting and low relief sculpture PowerPoint. Work on package.


• Thursday, September 11 - Work block (note: In later units we will not assign one of these at the end of a unit) and Greek package assigned.Work on either package. Egypt due in class Friday.


• Friday, September 12 - Hand in Egypt package by 4:30 p.m. Video – Art of the Western World; The Classical Ideal – part 1. Work on either package. Egypt due in class Friday. Note: Video is available from CPB/Annenberg http://www.learner.org/ go to Video on Demand/Programs. Search for Art of the Western World; The Classical Ideal. Work on Greek Package.
  History 12

Note: Normally I would have all of the class work come in the day of the test, but because I blew it and did not have your topic 1 questions ready for you on time, I will give you a day of grace and have this work handed in by 4:00 p.m. on Friday.

Here's a bonus for all you bloggers -- the mark breakdown for the first test. The test for unit 1 is on the introduction to History, the content we covered in class and the readings that were assigned. I've just finished getting the exam ready and the mark break-down is as follows: 15 multiple choice, 10 terms(I give you the definition and you provide the term or name), 5 definitions (I give you the term or name and you explain what it is or why the person is important in a sentence or two), and one essay (6 marks for composition and 2 x6 for content). The total is therefore out of 53 marks. Your assigned work is out of 10 for the written material -- this must be done quite thoroughly, with paragraphs for all answers. The map is also valued at 10 -- so be thorough and accurate.

Topic #1 Quiz is this Thursday. All topic #1 work is due by 4:30 p.m. on this day. Essay #1 is a couple of weeks after the first unit ends -- somewhere around the end of September.

Monday, September 10 - Complete Theories of History. Writing History essays. Work on Topic 1 questions.
Tuesday, September 11 - Complete Writing History essays & MLA style. (If time) Begin Themes and Topics in History 12. Work on Topic 1 questions.
Wednesday, September 12 - Themes and Topics in History 12. KWork on Topic 1 questions.
Thursday, September 13 - Quiz on Topic #1. Topic #2 assigned. Be sure to pick up topic plan and questions. Work on topic 1 questions.
Friday, September 14 - Imperialism & Social Darwinism. Work on Topic 1 questions.

September 3-5

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 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 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://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom 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.

I do not read comments posted by readers on this blog -- not through lack of interest, just lack of time. Sorry.

Social Studies 11

• Wednesday, September 3 - Course Outline & Expectations. Course Outline. Final Exam Table of Specifications. Handout: What is Government?. Complete the questions for Tuesday.
• Thursday, September 4 - - Take up responses. Why government? 3 branches of government. Sign out texts. Read pp. 2-6 in Government. Do #1-4, p. 6.
• Friday, September 5 - 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.
  

History 12

• Wednesday, September 3 - Introduction. Expectations. Outline. Exam Specifications. Unit 1 Plan.
• Thursday, September 4 - Historiography and Historical Interpretation
• Friday, September 5 - Theories of History.

Comparative Civilizations 12

Expect to hand in this package next week -- probably Thursday or Friday. Click on my Egypt Video Directory to find links to online video resources on this Ancient land.

• Wednesday, September 3 - Introduction. Expectations. Handouts: Course Outline, Why Study Art. Principles of Design. Terms. Intro to Civilization. If you get the chance, watch the 51 minute video by Michael Wood - Legacy; Origins of Civilization on Iraq.
• Thursday, September 4 - Art Analysis format and example. Egypt Package Assigned. Video – Legacy; Egypt; The Habit of Civilization. Work on package.
• Friday, September 5 - Episode 2 – The Western Tradition (register with PBS - free -- to access this and many other videos.) Introduction to Ancient Egypt handout. Work on package.