May 11 to 15

Things 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. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy -- 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 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 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 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.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

Your Family History Assignment (See also the International Students' Version and First Nations Students' Version ) is due next Monday - May 18 (See also the BBC's pedigree sheet - a rough form to serve as a starting point for your own pedigree).

Our next unit test will be on Post-War Canada and is a week or so away. We are also breaking into the History unit with some Government material, just before the provincial election on May 12.

• Monday, May 11 - Elections lesson – day 2. Various voting systems. BCSTV animation. Assignment: What electoral system do you feel is best? Why? (due Wednesday. About 1 page). Read pp. 172-181. Do #1-4, p. 176 and #2-4, p. 182.
• Tuesday, May 12 - Take up pp. 172-181. Do #1-4, p. 176 and #2-4, p. 182. Begin PowerPoint -- The Quiet and Not-So-Quiet Revolution and questions. Watch "Winners & Losers," "Time for Change" & "Maitres Chez Nous" from Canada; A Peoples' History. Read pp. 184-189. Do 1 sidebar, p. 1865; #1-4, p. 187; #1-3, p. 189. Make sure you have completed the electoral systems assignment from Monday.
• Wednesday, May 13 - Take up 1 sidebar, p. 1865; #1-4, p. 187; #1-3, p. 189. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History ("Vive le Quebec Libre," "Language Wars", the "Choice" - questions). Continue PowerPoint and questions. Read ppl 190-200. Do #1-5, p. 194, sidebars p. 192 & 194, #1-7, p. 200 and sidebars 8-4 and 8-5, p. 196.
• Thursday, May 14 - Take up #1-5, p. 194, sidebars p. 192 & 194, #1-7, p. 200 and sidebars 8-4 and 8-5, p. 196. Complete the PowerPoint and questions and, if time, see remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." Read pp. 201-206. Do #1-5, p. 206 & sidebars p. 205.
• Friday, May 15 - Take up #1-5, p. 206 & sidebars p. 205. (If we did not complete this yesterday, finish the PowerPoint and questions and see any remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, including the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." Begin PowerPoint: "Land Claims and the Indian Act." Read pp. 206-216. Do #1-6, p. 216.

History 12

The Plan for the final unit is available, as are the questions.

If you have time, watch some of the Cold War videos linked to in

my Googlevideo and Youtube directory. You absolutely have to watch Threads, a 1984 British film on the likely effect of nuclear war - brilliant and terrifying. Another equally frightening documentary on nuclear war is A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3), which documents the effects of a one megaton explosion over London, England. This is less than 30 minutes in length.

• Monday, May 11 - Video - India; The Brightest Jewel - from the 20th Century History series (sorry, not available online). Decolonization India (base notes). Decolonization India (base notes). A nice short (under 10 minute) history of partition and the endless conflict that followed it can be found here. If you are prepared to install Veoh on your computer, you can see the entire BBC documentary The Day India Burned (I had to uninstall as it conflicted with another programme. You might not have this difficulty). The first 23 minutes of the documentary can be be found elsewhere. Another excellent, longish, documentary is The Last Days of the Raj (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9)Time for a movie? Watch Partition -- available in its entirity on Googlevideo.
• Tuesday, May 12 - The Middle East to 1956 (base notes). Video clip from the 20th Century History series - if avalable. Click here to see what Arab leaders at the time said about Palestine. Watch the BBC documentary The Birth of Israel. For those really interested in the Middle East - try The 50 Years War; Israel and the Arabs (chunked into 29 parts, I just link to the Youtube directory for its parts). There is a nice BBC documentary on the 1956 war - The Other Side Of Suez 1956 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9).
• Wednesday, May 13 - Complete the Middle East to 1956. If time, begin video Mr. Kennedy & Mr. Khrushchev (sorry, not available online). If time, Begin the Cuban Missile Crisis (base notes). Be sure to watch CNN's Cold War; Episode 10; Cuba 1959-1962. Thirteen Days is a decent Hollywood treatment of the crisis, though it is a little loose in dealing with people and events -- not enough to worry about messing up your knowledge for the final exam though.
• Thursday, May 14 - The Cuban Missile Crisis - continued (base notes). If we get through this material in time, I will begin the nuclear war material. If you have almost two hours available, get in the mood for our lectures on nuclear war by viewing Threads, a British docudrama from the 1980s about a nuclear war -- banned from British TV at the time, it is a highly praised production that gives a frightening, but important view of what such a war might be like. For a straight-forward documentary 0n what would happen to a city hit by a nuclear bomb, watch Nuclear War; A Guide to Armageddon - this links to the first episode, go to the sidebar to link to the other segments.
• Friday, May 15 - Deterrence & Nuclear War (base notes). Watch a 1 1/2 minute film and animation sequence on the Hiroshima bombing -- from a BBC documentary (1 1/2 hours). A longer 9+ minute segment is also available on Youtube.

Comparative Civilizations 12

Work hard on your packages -- your next unit test is still several weeks off.

• Monday, May 11 - Durer (notes). Sister Wendy - The Northern Renaissance painters. Work on the package.
• Tuesday, May 12 - Hero as Artist Package assigned. Filmstrip or video (if filmstrip unavailable). Work on the new or old package. Hand in the Man the Measure of All Things package by 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
• Wednesday, May 13 - Begin the video: The Agony and the Ecstacy. Work on the package.
• Thursday, May 14 - Continue The Agony and the Ecstacy. Work on the package.
• Friday, May 15 - Introduction to High Renaissance Painting (notes). Michelangelo (notes) - painting,sculpture and architecture. Work on the Hero as Artist package. For a little levity, watch Monty Python's Pope & Michelangelo. See a Unitedstreaming video on Michelangelo (you will need to login). If you are interested in Michelangelo's sketches, watch this video from the British Museum (40 minutes). You might also look at a video about his sculptures (5 minutes).

May 4 - 8

Things 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. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy -- 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 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 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 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.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

There is an ongoing assignment. This is the Family History Assignment (See also the International Students' Version and First Nations Students' Version ) - which will not be due until mid May. (See also the BBC's pedigree sheet - a rough form to serve as a starting point for your own pedigree).

Our next unit test will be on Post-War Canada and is a couple of weeks away. We will also break into the History unit with some Government material, just before the provincial election on May 12.

Please note: I've changed the plan for this Friday and the following Monday and will insert material ordinarilly taught in the Government unit. With the Provincial election on May 12 -- I will handle elections at this time.

• Monday, May 4 - Take up sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. ("Boom," "Seeing Red," "On Guard for Thee" and "The Shadow of Nuclear War" - questions). Read pp. 146-150. Do #1-4, p. 150.
• Tuesday, May 5 - Take up #1-4, p. 150. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. ("First Tremors," "A Prairie Storm" & "The Fight for Medicare" - questions). Read pp. 150-156. Do #1-5, p. 156 & sidebar #1-4, p. 155. 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.
• Wednesday, May 6 - Take up #1-5, p. 156 & #1-4 in the sidebar, p.155. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. segments from Canada; A Peoples’ History. (Material not completed in the previous two classes). Read pp. 157-158. Do #1-4, p. 158.
• Thursday, May 7 - Take up #1-4, p. 158. Continue PowerPoint Post-War Canada. Read pp. 160-172. Do sidebar, p. 167, #2-6, p. 167, & #1-5, p. 172.
• Friday, May 8 - Elections handout. Elections in Canada – The first-by-the-post system. (If time; proportional representation too). Note: after we complete the 2nd elections lesson, you will write a 1 pagish, 10 mark assignment on what electoral system you think is best and why.

History 12

The Plan for the final unit is available, as are the questions.

If you have time, watch some of the Cold War videos linked to in

my Googlevideo and Youtube directory. You absolutely have to watch Threads, a 1984 British film on the likely effect of nuclear war - brilliant and terrifying. Another equally frightening documentary on nuclear war is A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3), which documents the effects of a one megaton explosion over London, England. This is less than 30 minutes in length.

Yipes -- a change in plan for the end of this week. I forgot about the Counterattack Assembly on Thursday. Mia culpa.

• Monday, May 4 - 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).
• Tuesday, May 5 - The United Nations (base notes).
• Wednesday, May 6 - Begin the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe to 1956 (base notes).
• Thursday, May 7 - We will continue with the lecture in any time that remains. We will also attend the Counterattack Assembly
• Friday, May 7 - Complete the Soviet lecture to 1956 . Video & Questions - The Cold War; Episode 6; Reds (You can see CNN companion material online). However, there is also an earthquake drill scheduled for this class -- "The Big One at One." Watch anything we miss online!

Comparative Civilizations 12

Our Medieval Unit Test completed, we are several weeks away from the next test on the Renaissance.

• Monday, May 4 - Video: Art of the Western World; The Early Renaissance. Work on the package.
• Tuesday, May 5 - Mantegna PowerPoint and Piero della Francesca PowerPoint. Work on package. Watch Great Artists; Pierro della Francesca and Great Artists 2; Pierro della Francesca (both with Greek subtitles). If you are interested in Pierro, also consider looking at The Pierro Project, which examines his fresco series, The Legend of the True Cross. If you speak Italian, see this 55 minute documentary on Pierro.
• Wednesday, May 6 - Brunelleschi PowerPoint. Work on the package.
• Thursday, May 7 - Van Eyck PowerPoint and Van der Weyden. Sister Wendy material on the Northern Renaissance. Work on the package. Did Flemish and Italian artists use optics in their paintings? See Charles Falco's The Tyrany of the Lens - a controversial view of art.
• Friday, May 8 - Grunewald (notes) & Bosch (notes). I highly recommend seeing Carol Gerten's pages on Grunewaldand Bosch - read the biographies and look at the images. Work on the package.

April 27-May 1

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 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)

There is an ongoing assignment. This is the Family History Assignment (See also the International Students' Version and First Nations Students' Version ) - which will not be due until mid May. (See also the BBC's pedigree sheet - a rough form to serve as a starting point for your own pedigree).

The Unit test for the period 1918-1945 is on Wednesday, April 29. Expect roughly the following mark breakdown: The minimum number of flash cards for 5 bonus marks is 30. Start making and using your flash cards now! Expect roughly the following breakdown for marks on the unit test: 45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each), 3 from a selection of 5 long answer questions (5 marks each). The total value of the test is, therefore, about 71 marks -- subject to last minute changes.

• Monday, April 27 - Take up #1-2, p. 127. Complete Savage Christmas video. Work on assignment, due Thursday. Study for Unit test on Wednesday.
• Tuesday, April 28 - Lesson on The Holocaust/Shoah. Video on the Holocaust (Frontline; Memory of the Camps – Chapter 4. Available online at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/camp/view/ .) Assignment: Holocaust deniers claim that this genocide never happened. In a short composition, after doing additional research, explain what evidence exists to prove that the Holocaust is a historical fact. 10 marks. Due Friday.
• Wednesday, April 29- Unit Test on Chapters 3-5. Read pp. 130-135. Do sidebar questions p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135.
• Thursday, April 30 - Hand in Savage Christmas assignment. Test post-mortem. Take up p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135. Filmstrip & questions Middle Power Introduction to the Cold War. Read pp. 135-139. Do sidebar questions pp. 136 & 137 & #1-5, p. 139.
• Friday, May 1 - Hand in Holocaust Assignment. 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. 140-146. Do sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146.
  

History 12

Yipes -- we are falling behind the plan. The Topic #4 Unit Test is on Wednesday, April 29. The mark breakdown is as follows: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items (1 mark each), and 2 from 4 Long Answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6). The total value will therefore be around 99 marks.

The Plan for the final unit is now available, as are the questions.

If you have time, watch some of the Cold War videos linked to in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory. You absolutely have to watch Threads, a 1984 British film on the likely effect of nuclear war - brilliant and terrifying.

• Monday, April 27 - The Wartime Conferences (base notes).
• Tuesday, April 28 - Finish the wartime conferences. Video: The Cold War; Comrades; 1917-1945.
• Wednesday, April 29 - Topic #4 Unit Test. Be sure to pick up the plan for Topics #5 & 6 and the questions for these topics.
• Thursday, April 230 - Introduction to the Cold War (base notes). 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 Churchill's "Iron Curtain Speech on Google video. An excellent introduction to the Cold War, that explains how it came about, is Episode 1 of The Cold War; Comrades 1917-1945. Episode 2 covers 1945 to 1947. Episode 3 covers the Marshall Plan, 1947 to 1952.
• Friday, May 1 - 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).

Comparative Civilizations 12

Expect a unit test on Monday, April 27 -- though the first Renaissance Package will be assigned on Thursday of this week -- the 23rd. The mark breakdown is as follows: 10 slide identification items (2 marks each), requiring you to name the work and say what city it can be found in - give the country for 1/2 a mark; Church Floorplan and nave elevation parts identification (1 mark each), 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each); 2 from a choice of 3 illustration interpretation questions (6 marks each) and one essay question from a selection of 7 questions (18 marks - 1 x 6 for composition and 2 x 6 for content). The total value of the test is, therefore, 100 marks. This unit test covers everything from Islamic Civilization to the end of the Gothic Age.

• Monday, April 27 - Medieval World Unit Test.
• Tuesday, April 28 - Watch Bill Moyers' video: Florence. Sorry, this is not available online. Work on the package.
• Wednesday, April 29 - Complete the Bill Moyers' video. Ghiberti & Donatello. Work on the package.
• Thursday, April 30 - Massachio PowerPoint & Boticelli PowerPoint presentations. Work on the package. Work on package.
• Friday, May 1 - PowerPoint on Fra Angelico. Sister Wendy on Fra Angelico. Work on the Man the Measure of All Things package.

April 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 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)

There is an ongoing assignment. This is the Family History Assignment (See also the International Students' Version and First Nations Students' Version ) - which will not be due until mid May. (See also the BBC's pedigree sheet - a rough form to serve as a starting point for your own pedigree).

The next unit test is a little way off right now -- a week or so -- and will cover both the interwar years and World War II.

• Monday, April 20 - Take up #1-4, p. 115. Episode 2; Canada Remembers; The Liberators; D-Day to the Rhine and questions. Read 115-122. Do #1, 2 & 4, p. 122.


• Tuesday, April 21 - Take up #1, 2 & 4, p. 122. View some of the Omaha Beach segment from Saving Private Ryan - You are not obligated to see this as it is extremely graphic and has been described as the closest approximation yet made on film of actual combat. Complete Episode 2; Canada Remembers; The Liberators - D-Day to the Rhine and questions. Begin Episode 3; Canada Remembers; Endings & Beginnings and questions. Read pp. 122-125. Do #1-3, p. 125.


• Wednesday, April 22- Take up #1-3, p. 125. Complete Episode 3; Canada Remembers; Endings & Beginnings and questions. If there is time, we will begin watching The Valour and the Horror; Savage Christmas. While watching it, do the questions and prepare for the assignment given at the end of the question sheet. Read pp. 125-128. Do sidebar question p. 128 & 1-4, p. 128.


• Thursday, April 23 - Take up sidebar question p. 128 & 1-4, p. 128. Continue (& probably finish The Valour & the Horror; Savage Christmas, the questions, and begin work on the assignment at the end of the questions. Complete the assignment for Monday - unless we do not finish the film in class today. Read the sidebar on pp. 126-127 & handouts. Do #1-2, p. 127. OK - we did not finish the video, so you will not have to hand in the assignment until after we complete 1) the film and 2) the unit test is out of the way. It will n ow be due on Wednesday.


• Friday, April 24 - No classes today. This is a school professional day. Use the extra time to review and preview final exam material at the government web site: Past Provincial Exams & Keys and Exam Specifications (along with other supporting materials). Learn Now BC is also a helpful site.

History 12

Topic #4 plan and Topic #4 questions are available. Do not procrastinate on the questions to this and further units. Completing them all at last minute will not produce your best results. Don't forget, graduation activities become increasing distractions as the year comes to a close!
Good online video material to supplement our studies can be found at Benoy'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 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 my Topic #4 webpage.

The Topic #4 Unit Test is rapidly approaching -- expect it on Monday, April 27. The mark breakdown is as follows: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 map items (1 mark each), and 2 from 4 Long Answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6). The total value will therefore be around 99 marks.

Note: An excellent series of short segments on World War II is available, starting with They Were There; War months WW2 - Prelude 2. We will use segments from this in class from time to time, replacing damaged 20th Century History segments. I highly recommend watching all of this online series if you have the time. Better still, but really time consuming, is the terrific British series The World at War. Start with The World At War - First segment - Episode 1 - A New Germany and carry on from there as many videos are available on Youtube.

• Monday, April 20 - Finish World War II chronology (base notes). World War II; the British Experience (base notes). Watch The World at War; Home Fires on the British Experience (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5).


• Tuesday, April 21 - Complete the British Experience if we did not do so on Monday. Shoah/the Holocaust (base notes). Note - We did not complete this material until Wednesday.


• Wednesday, April 22 - Note - this material moved to Thursday. AV - The World at War; Episode 20; the Holocaust. Available online in bits (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). You might also like to watch Hitler's Henchmen; Heinrich Himmler to get some insight into the head of the SS.


• Thursday, April 23 - Note - this material moved to Monday. The Wartime Conferences (base notes). The Unit test for this section will be on Tuesday, April 28.


• Friday, April 24 - No Classes - School Professional Day. Could the timing be better? Complete the topic #4 work and prepare for the unit test on Monday.

Comparative Civilizations 12

The Middle Ages is rapidly coming to a close for us. Expect a unit test on Monday, April 27 -- though the first Renaissance Package will be assigned on Thursday of this week -- the 23rd. The mark breakdown is as follows: 10 slide identification items (2 marks each), requiring you to name the work and say what city it can be found in - give the country for 1/2 a mark; Church Floorplan and nave elevation parts identification (1 mark each), 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each); 2 from a choice of 3 illustration interpretation questions (6 marks each) and one essay question from a selection of 7 questions (18 marks - 1 x 6 for composition and 2 x 6 for content). The total value of the test is, therefore, 100 marks. This unit test covers everything from Islamic Civilization to the end of the Gothic Age.

• Monday, April 20 - Gothic Sculpture PowerPoint.Work on package.


• Tuesday, April 21 - Video: The Western Tradition; The Late Middle Ages Romance & Reality package due Monday – along with Exam. Work on package.


• Wednesday, April 22 - Video - Mark Steel lecture on Chaucer. Work on Package - due Monday.


• Thursday, April 23 - New package assigned. Sorry, no filmstrip available for this unit. We will, instead, watch the original Kenneth Clarke video; Man; the Measure of All Things. Be sure to bring all of your Medieval packages (Islamic Civilization, A Frozen World, The Great Thaw, and Romance & Reality) to class on Monday; most of the unit test on the Medieval World is open notebook - only image identification is not.

April 13-17

Quasimodo - the Hunchback of Notre Dame -- or is it Sutherland?

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 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)

There is an ongoing assignment. This is the Family History Assignment (See also the International Students' Version and First Nations Students' Version ) - which will not be due until mid May. (See also the BBC's pedigree sheet - a rough form to serve as a starting point for your own pedigree).

The next unit test is a little way off right now -- a couple of weeks -- and will cover both the interwar years and World War II.

• Monday, April 13 - Easter Monday Holiday. Catch up if you are behind. Look ahead if you are caught up.
• Tuesday, April 14 - Take up sidebar #1-4, p. 81, sidebar questions p. 82 & #3-4, p. 85 & #1-3, p. 86. Lecture on political responses to the Great Depression. Video on Fascism in Canada - Why did fascism have particular appeal during the 1930's?. Continue Canada; A People’s History; Hard Times and PowerPoint - Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. Political Cartoon Assignment. (10 marks, due Thursday). Read pp. 86-90. Do #1-2 sidebar p. 89, #1-3, p. 90.
• Wednesday, April 15 - Take up homework. Video King & Country & questions. Read pp. 90-98. Do sidebars p. 92 both on 95 & 96, #1-5, p. 98. If you are interested and have the time, watch this British anti-war advertisement from the 1930s to understand the roots of appeasement. Watch the 20 minute 30's documentary: The European Arms Race 1935 - 1939 part 1 and part 2. To see Nazi Germany, watch this largely unnarrated documentary, Nazi Germany Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 & Part 9. How Were Decisions Made in Nazi Germany. Look at Hitler's art: Part 1, Part 2.
• Thursday, April 16 - Hand in Political Cartoon Assignment. Take up homework. Complete King & Country video and questions. Introduction to World War II. Read pp. 100-110. Do 1-4, p. 105, sidebar questions p. 106, 107, 110 & #1-3, p. 110.
• Friday, April 17 - Take up homework. Begin video series & questions; Episode I; Canada Remembers; Turning the Tide). WWII series. Read pp. 111-115. Do #1-4, p. 115.

History 12

We are just starting Topic #4, so your next unit test is a long way off.

Topic #4 plan and Topic #4 questions are available. Do not procrastinate on the questions to this and further units. Completing them all at last minute will not produce your best results. Don't forget, graduation activities become increasing distractions as the year comes to a close!

Good online video material to supplement our studies can be found at Benoy'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 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 my Topic #4 webpage.

Note: An excellent series of short segments on World War II is available, starting with They Were There; War months WW2 - Prelude 2. We will use segments from this in class from time to time, replacing damaged 20th Century History segments. I highly recommend watching all of this online series if you have the time. Better still, but really time consuming, is the terrific British series The World at War. Start with The World At War - First segment - Episode 1 - A New Germany and carry on from there as many videos are available on Youtube.

• Monday, April 13 - World War II chronology (base notes). To understand why France collapsed in 1940,be sure to watch Battlefield; Fall of France (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12) Shorter, and less specialized in dealing with military tactics, is The World at War; France Falls (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6).
• Tuesday, April 14 - If available, 20th Century History; Britain Alone. World War II chronology (base notes). Interested in the Battle of Britain? Watch 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). Also outstanding is The World at War; Alone; May 1940 to May 1941 (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)
• Wednesday, April 15 - We may begin with a video segment, time permitting. World War II chronology (base notes). Watch Battlefield; The Battle for Russia (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12) and Battlefield; Stalingrad (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12). The World at War; Red Star covers the Eastern Front from 1941-43 in a roughly one hour episode (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). Two major US engagements are also available in the same series: Battlefield; Pearl Harbour (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10) and Battlefield; Midway (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12). The World at War; Japan covers the whole of the Japanese war in one episode (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6).
• Thursday, April 16 - Again, we may begin with a video segment, time permitting. World War II chronology (base notes). One of the best treatments of the Normandy landings is: Battlefield; Normandy (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12). The last episode, The World at War;Reckoning (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5), is, of course, well worth watching.
• Friday, April 17 - World War II; the British Experience (base notes). Watch The World at War; Home Fires on the British Experience (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5).

Comparative Civilizations 12.

The Great Thaw package is due by 4:30 p.m. today. The last Medieval package, Romance & Reality will come out on Tuesday.

At the end of this final medieval package there will be a unit test -- I estimate on Wednesday, April 22 at this point. The mark breakdown is as follows: 10 slide identification items (2 marks each), requiring you to name the work and say what city it can be found in - give the country for 1/2 a mark; Church Floorplan and nave elevation parts identification (1 mark each), 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each); 2 from a choice of 3 illustration interpretation questions (6 marks each) and one essay question from a selection of 7 questions (18 marks - 1 x 6 for composition and 2 x 6 for content). The total value of the test is, therefore, 100 marks. This unit test covers everything from Islamic Civilization to the end of the Gothic Age.

• Monday, April 13 - Easter Monday holiday. Catch up. If caught up, get ahead or watch some of the fabulous video material available on this time period.
• Tuesday, April 14 - Video- Faith in Numbers (Available in parts on Youtube: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5). This is a quirky but fascinating film that covers far more than what we are looking at in this unit -- but, like all of the other films in James Burke's Connections series some of the best documentary viewing around. Burke sees History as moving forward because of strange and quirky connections being made between ideas, generating revolutionary changes. New Package, Romance & Reality assigned. Great Thaw package, is to be handed in by 4:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, April 15 - Romance & Reality filmstrip. Work on Package.
• Thursday, April 16 - Gothic Painting PowerPoint. Sister Wendy video segment. Work on Romance & Reality package. If you have the time and inclination, do watch Bill Moyer's interview of Sister Wendy -a humble genius of art analysis and a cult heroine in Sutherland's Comp. Civ. 12 class.
• Friday, April 17 - Begin with video introduction. Sister Wendy on Giotto and other Gothic painters. Work on package. Click here for the Webmuseum description of Giotto.

April 6-10

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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.
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Social Studies 11 (Honours)

There is an ongoing assignment. This is the Family History Assignment (See also the International Students' Version and First Nations Students' Version ) - which will not be due until mid May. (See also the BBC's pedigree sheet - a rough form to serve as a starting point for your own pedigree).

• Monday, April 6 - Take up #1-3, p. 51. Introduction to Post-War Canada. The Winnipeg General Strike. Lecture and video, On Strike! (Sorry, unavailable online) - with questions. If time we may also watch Canada; A People's History; The Winnipeg General strike. (Sorry, unavailable online). Read pp. 53-56. Do #1-3, p. 56. Find out more about the Winnipeg General Strike through an online visit to Canada's Museum of Civilization. Look through its online pages and activities on the subject.
• Tuesday, April 7 - Take up homework. Filmstrip & questions: The Ecstatic 20’s. If time, begin PowerPoint - Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. Read pp. 57-67. Do sidebar questions, p. 57 & 59, #1-3, p. 61, #1-3, p. 65, & sidebar #1-2, p. 67.
• Wednesday, April 8 - Take up homework. Background to the Great Depression (including statistics) - Continue PowerPoint - Canada Between the Wars; 1919-1939. AV on the Depression - (From: Canada; A People’s History). Read pp. 68-79. Do sidebar questions p. 71 & 72 & #1-4, p. 72, sidebar questions p. 76, 78 & 79 & #1-2, p. 79. If you have time, read the Vancouver Sun article by Roger Bootle on the economic theory of John Maynard Keynes. Want to find out more about economics? Consider looking at Discovery Education's Macroeconomic Concepts (You will need to login to the site -- see the header to this blog about this.) This is information everyone should be familiar with.
• Thursday, April 9 - Take up sidebar questions p. 71 & 72 & #1-4, p. 72, sidebar questions p. 76, 78 & 79 & #1-2, p. 79. Watch Canada; A People’s History; Hard Times and do the viewing guide questions. If time we will continue with the PowerPoint on the interwar years. Read pp. 79-86. Do sidebar #1-4, p. 81, sidebar questions p. 82 & #3-4, p. 85 & #1-3, p. 86. If you have time, watch Discovery Education's The Great Depression (login required). While this is really about the US, it is not possible to understand the Canadian situation without referring to what happened in our neighbour to the South.
• Friday, April 10 - Good Friday Holiday. Enjoy the time off, but don't forget about the ongoing Family History Assignment. At least gather some information as you see family.

History 12

We are just starting Topic #4, so your next unit test is a long way off. Topic #4 plan and Topic #4 questions are available. Do not procrastinate on the questions to this and further units. Completing them all at last minute will not produce your best results. Don't forget, graduation activities become increasing distractions as the year comes to a close!

Good online video material to supplement our studies can be found at Benoy'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 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 my Topic #4 webpage.

• Monday, April 6 - Complete Hitler & the Rise of the Nazis (base notes). Begin Hitler's Germany (base notes), and AV - probably from the 20th Century History series.
• Tuesday, April 7 - Complete Hitler's Germany (base notes). If time, supplementary AV material.
• Wednesday, April 8 - Appeasement (base notes) - this time also on PowerPoint.
• Thursday, April 9 - Complete the Appeasement lecture (base notes) if need be. The Spanish Civil War (base notes). Be sure to listen to some of the music of the Spanish Civil War - written at the time and inspired later.
• Friday, April 10 - Good Friday Holiday. Be sure to use some time this weekend to work ahead. Buy yourself some relaxation time at the end of the unit.

Comparative Civilizations 12

Don't worry about the next unit test yet; it is still a few weeks off as we have two new units to complete first. The Great Thaw package is due on the Tuesday after the Easter Weekend.

• Monday, April 6 - The Western Tradition; Episode 20; The Feudal Order video. Work on the Great Thaw package.
• Tuesday, April 7 - Video – Art of the Western World; A White Garment of Churches. Work on Great Thaw package.
• Wednesday, April 8 - Romanesque to Gothic Architecture. PowerPoint. (Slides & Demonstration next class). Work on Great Thaw package.
• Thursday, April 10 - The Human Cathedral - an analysis of Romaneque & Gothic engineering. Gothic Architecture Slides. Work on Package.
• Friday, April 11 - Good Friday Holiday. Use some of the time on the weekend to catch up.