December 7-11

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/ Please note: I am too busy to update this site right now as major revisions are needed now that GooglePages has been terminated and my work transferred to GoogleSites, which works differently.

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, downloadPowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by goingtohttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm. Use the passcode posted in the classroom. Please note that since renewing our licence, our starting access code for new users has changed and is no longer what was given on your course outline. I cannot post this online, but you can confirm the new number by looking at what is posted in the classroom.

Please note: North Vancouver schools have had a 50% hold-back imposed on their supplies budget. As a result, I shall be handing out far fewer paper handouts in class. Fortunately it is all available here, online. Paper copies will be made available for many items only to those students who specifically request them because they have difficulty accessing online material.



Social Studies 8

Well, the long unit is just about over, so expect a test on Friday, though we will start the next unit on Thursday -- this will allow for extra time if students need it as Social Studies 8 is the last class of the day. There will be 50 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 4 from a choice of 7 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, 74 marks. 40 flash cards are needed to generate 5 bonus marks.

The Medieval Research Assignment (Part 1, part 2) is due Monday.

• Monday, December 7 - Hand in Medieval Research Assignment. Take up #1-6, p. 87. Introduction to the Plague. Page 42 of Hosford Atlas. Pint Size History; the Black Death. Watch History's Turning Points; 1347 AD; The Black Death. 1. Where did the Plague originate? 3) What did Medieval Europeans think caused the disease? What really caused it? 4) How did the Plague spread throughout Europe? 5) How did Medieval people deal with the disease? 6. What were the lasting effects of the Plague? Interested in the Black Death -- watch the History of Britain; King Death (1 hour). We will watch just a 10 minute excerpt from the video. Assignment: Imagine that you are a witness to the Plague. Write an account of its coming and its effects. 10 marks. Due next class.
  
• Tuesday, December 8 - Hand in assignments. Introduction to the Hundred Years War - Hosford Atlas, page 43. We will watch Battles that Changed the World; Agincourt. 1) How did the Hundred Years' War damage both England and France? 2) How was it that a smallish English army defeated a much larger French force at Agincourt? 3) How did new weapons undermine the power of knights and lords? Introduction to heraldry - handout. Do watch again Terry Jones' intro to heraldry from his Crusade series. Design and produce on a sheet of blank paper a personal coat of arms. For vast amounts of information on heraldry, visit the Society for Creative Anachronism's website. See also a detailed description from Otis Norman Crandall. Time for a movie? Why not watch Joan of Arc - Part 1 and Part 2 (but with Asian subtitles) - You will need a few hours. If you have the time, watch Battlefield Detectives; Agincourt's Dark Secrets (You need to install Veoh for this).
• Wednesday, December 9 - Collect coats of arms. Look at Hosford Atlas, "Agents of Change" pp. 45-47. Watch The Western Tradition; Episode 23; the Late Middle Ages. (You will need to register to access this site, but don't worry -- it is American public television and you will not be pestered with junk mail after doing so). While watching, answer the following question: What changes were happening to life in the late Middle Ages? why? Introduction to the "Babylonian Captivity" when there were multiple popes at one time. See p. 44 of the Hosford Atlas. Read pp. 134-138. Do #1-7, p. 138.
• Thursday, December 10 - Take up homework. Filmstrip: The Renaissance; A Changing World and questions. Video: Sister Wendy on the early Renaissance painters. Study for test next day.
  
• Friday, December 11 - Unit Test on the Middle Ages in Western Europe. Read pp. 139-143. do #1-5, p. 143.

Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options forInternational and First Nationsstudents.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

Expect your next unit test to be either Tuesdayor Wednesday of next week. It will be roughly as follows: 43 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and a choice of 3 from 5 choices (6 marks each). The test is, therefore, out of 71 marks. 30 flash cards are needed to earn 5 marks.

• Monday, December 7 - Take up #1-3, p. 155, #1-5, p. 156 & #2-4, p. 158. Finish any PowerPoint material not completed. Material from Canada; A People’s History ("Time for Change" & "Maitres Chez Nous" - questions). Read pp. 160-172. Do #2-5, p. 167 &n 1-5, p. 172.
• Tuesday, December 8 - PowerPoint The Quiet and Not-So-Quiet Revolution. Watch "Vive le Quebec Libre," "October Crisis", the "Choice" - questions. Read pp. 172-187. Do #1-4, p. 176, #2-4, p. 182, and 2-5, p. 187.
  
• Wednesday, December 9 - Complete the PowerPoint and questions and see remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." If time, watch material from CBC Archives on the 1995 referendum.Read pp. 191- 200. Do #1,2, 4 & 5, p. 194, #1,34 & 5, p. 197 and 1, 2 & 4, p. 200.
• Thursday, December 10 - Take up homework. Complete any PowerPoint or video material not finished on Wednesday. Begin PowerPoint: "Land Claims and the Indian Act." Read pp. 201-207. Do #1-5, p. 204 and 1-5, p. 206.
  
• Friday, December 11 - Take up homework. Video segments from Canada; A Peoples' History - the following episodes: "Taking Back the Past" and "Land and Nation" and questions. PowerPoint on Land Claims & the Indian Act.Read pp. 208-216. Do the sidebar on p. 211 & #1-2, p. 213 and #2-6, p. 216.

Social Studies 11 Honours

Note: I am a little unsure of how long it will take to complete this week's material and have tentatively set the exam for Monday, December 14.

The test will be arranged roughly as follows: 43 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and a choice of 3 from 5 choices (6 marks each). The test is, therefore, out of 71 marks. 30 flash cards are needed to earn 5 marks.

• Monday, December 7 - PowerPoint The Quiet and Not-So-Quiet Revolution. Watch "Vive le Quebec Libre," "October Crisis", the "Choice" - questions. Read pp. 172-187. Do #1-4, p. 176, #2-4, p. 182, and 2-5, p. 187.
  
• Tuesday, December 8 - Complete the PowerPoint and questions and see remaining material from Canada; A Peoples’ History, the final segment: "Night of the Long Knives." If time, watch material from CBC Archives on the 1995 referendum.Read pp. 191- 200. Do #1,2, 4 & 5, p. 194, #1,34 & 5, p. 197 and 1, 2 & 4, p. 200.
• Wednesday, December 9 - Take up homework. Complete any PowerPoint or video material not finished on Wednesday. Begin PowerPoint: "Land Claims and the Indian Act." Read pp. 201-207. Do #1-5, p. 204 and 1-5, p. 206.
  
• Thursday, December 10 - Take up homework. Video segments from Canada; A Peoples' History - the following episodes: "Taking Back the Past" and "Land and Nation" and questions. PowerPoint on Land Claims & the Indian Act.Read pp. 208-216. Do the sidebar on p. 211 & #1-2, p. 213 and #2-6, p. 216.
• Friday, December 11 - Complete the PowerPoint on Native Land Claims. Pick up Red Government text book. Handout, What is Government. Read pp. 2-6 in the Government text and do #1-4, p. 6. Do the questions for homework - will take up on Tuesday. Study for the History unit test on Monday.

History 12

Topic #5 & 6 Plan is available here, as are the Topic #5 & 6 questions.

• Monday, December 7 - Begin the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe to 1956 (base notes).
• Tuesday, December 8 - Complete the Soviet lecture to 1956 . Video The Cold War; Episode 6; Reds (You can see CNN companion material online).
• Wednesday, December 9 - Video - India; The Brightest Jewel - from the 20th Century History series (Part 1, part 2). 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.
• Thursday, December 10 - 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).
• Friday, December 11 - 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.

November 30 - December 4

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/ Please note: I am too busy to update this site right now as major revisions are needed now that GooglePages has been terminated and my work transferred to GoogleSites, which works differently.

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, downloadPowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by goingtohttp://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm. Use the passcode posted in the classroom. Please note that since renewing our licence, our starting access code for new users has changed and is no longer what was given on your course outline. I cannot post this online, but you can confirm the new number by looking at what is posted in the classroom.

Please note: North Vancouver schools have had a 50% hold-back imposed on their supplies budget. As a result, I shall be handing out far fewer paper handouts in class. Fortunately it is all available here, online. Paper copies will be made available for many items only to those students who specifically request them because they have difficulty accessing online material.

Social Studies 8

The next test is almost upon us; we will finish the "Building National Monarchies" Chapter first. Expect it in another week.

The Medieval Research Assignment (Part 1, part 2. I need to make this change to a file on my home computer), your biggest assignment of the year, is now underway. I goofed in giving the due date as December 5 -- a Saturday, and not possible -- It wouldn't be fair to have it come in on Friday, so you have until Monday, December 7 now.

• Monday, November 30 - Take up #1-6, p. 74. Complete Terry Jones' The Crusades; Pilgrims in Arms. Questions: 1) What started the First Crusade? 2) What did crusader knights hope to gain? 3) Why did peasants join the crusade? 4) Why were Jews persecuted in Medieval Europe? 5) How did the "Peoples' Crusade" end? 6) What was the relationship between the crusaders and the Byzantines? Watch Episode 2: Jerusalem, and do the questions on the 2nd screeen (I will have to add them here Monday). *Note: I will be quizzing the material on the Terry Jones videos on Wednesday -- those not paying attention in class Friday and today will have to spend some time at home ensuring that they have answers to the questions ready!
• Tuesday, December 1 - Complete Jerusalem video, if not completed in class. Note: This is some of the most important material we will look at in History this year. It ties in the distant past with the world today. Video: Christianity; A History; The Crusades. Why does the word "crusade" upset Muslims in the Middle East? Do western leaders today seem to understand this view? Go online and read the Hosford Atlas Crusades material, pp. 27-28. Crusades Map Assignment, due next class; 10 marks.
• Wednesday, December 2 - Take up homework. Finish the video from last class if we did not do so. Introduction to the "Growth of Royal Power in England and France." Video clip; WilliamI of England. 1) Why did William of Normandy invade England? 2) How were 7,000 Normans able to control 2 million Anglo-Saxons? 3) How did this change life for England's inhabitants? Mr. Zoller's Video Podcasts; the Magna Carta. Questions: 1) How did English Kings after the Norman conquest centralize power in the King's hands. 2) How did Magna Carta change this? Sidebar on Magna Carta in Patterns of Civilization, p. 80 & handout questions for homework - pick up a paper copy after school if you cannot access online.
• Thursday, December 3 - Take up Magna Carta homework. Introduce unification of France. Look at map on p. 81 of Patterns of Civilization. Land was added to the Royal domain because nobles were decimated by the Hundred Years War (which we will study more later) - and having their land revert to the King, and the development of a distinctly French & English nationalism (See this summary of the end of the Hundred Years War) and French Kings gained much control over the Church in France. Introduction to the "Struggle Between Popes and Emperors." Hosford Atlas, pp. 25 and 30. Assignment: 10 marks, due Monday - Medieval Newspaper (See also the newspaper example) - after Medieval Research Assignment due (Alone or in pairs). Read p. 82-84. Do #1-6, p. 84. Be sure to complete your Medieval Research assignment to submit tomorrow.
  
• Friday, December 4- Collect assignments. Go over homework. Filmstrip: National Monarchies - Spain. 1) What factors led to the unification of Spain? Watch Part 5 of The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain(Click here for the full documentary, almost 2 hours.). Questions: 1) What happens to the reconquered people of Granada after the Christian reconquest? Read pp. 85-87. Do #1-6, p. 87. Interested in the Inquisition? Try these two documentaries: Secret Files of the Inquisition; Part 1, and Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. And now for something completely different -- Monty Python's "Spanish Inquisition" and here for another episode.
  

Social Studies 11

Your unit test on chapters 3-5 is on Monday of this week. We will combine the material on Canada between the wars and Canada in World War II. The mark breakdown is as follows: 45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and 3 from a choice of 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 73 marks. 5 bonus marks are available if you submit more than 25 flash cards done as required.

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options forInternational and First Nationsstudents.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

• Monday, November 30 - Unit Test on Chapters 3-5. Read pp. 130-135. Do sidebar questions p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135.
• Tuesday, December 1 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (Comfort & Fear, From Sea to Sea and Boom- questions). Read pp. 135-139. Do #1-5, p. 139.
• Wednesday, December 2 - PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (Seeing Red, On Guard for Thee and The Shadow of Nuclear War - questions). Read pp. 140-146. Do sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146. Watch some anti-communist American propaganda from the 1950's He May Be a Communist, The Red Menace, and the ever popular film used in schools -- Communism.
• Thursday, December 3 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. ("First Tremors," "A Prairie Storm" & "The Fight for Medicare" - questions). Read pp. 146-150. Do sidebars p. 146 & #1-4, p. 150. If you have the time, Watch the stunning British Documentary Nuclear War: A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) to understand the stakes of nuclar confrontation. Another rivetting show on nuclear war is Threads, a BBC production about what would happen to a community if nuclear war occurred. I link to these and other Cold War videos in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.
• Friday, December 4 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. ("Material from Canada; A People’s History (“A Question of Equality,” “A Changing Face,”and “The Computer Moves In” and questions). Read pp. 150-158. Do sidebar, #1-3, p. 155, #1-5, p. 156 & #2-4, p. 158.If you have the time, Watch the stunning British Documentary Nuclear War: A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) to understand the stakes of nuclar confrontation. Another rivetting show on nuclear war is Threads, a BBC production about what would happen to a community if nuclear war occurred. I link to these and other Cold War videos in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.

Social Studies 11 Honours

The next test is more than a week away and details will be posted next week.

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - ImmigrationAssignment (With additional options forInternational and First Nationsstudents.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

• Monday, November 30 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (Comfort & Fear, From Sea to Sea and Boom- questions). Read pp. 135-139. Do #1-5, p. 139.
• Tuesday, December 1 - PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (Seeing Red, On Guard for Thee and The Shadow of Nuclear War - questions). Read pp. 140-146. Do sidebar questions pp. 140, 141 #1-2, 143 #3, 145 & #1-6, p. 146. Watch some anti-communist American propaganda from the 1950's He May Be a Communist, The Red Menace, and the ever popular film used in schools -- Communism.
• Wednesday, December 2 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. ("First Tremors," "A Prairie Storm" & "The Fight for Medicare" - questions). Read pp. 146-150. Do sidebars p. 146 & #1-4, p. 150. If you have the time, Watch the stunning British Documentary Nuclear War: A Guide to Armageddon (Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3) to understand the stakes of nuclar confrontation. Another rivetting show on nuclear war is Threads, a BBC production about what would happen to a community if nuclear war occurred. I link to these and other Cold War videos in my Googlevideo and Youtube directory.
• Thursday, December 3 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Post 1945 Canada. segments from Canada; A Peoples’ History. Material from Canada; A People’s History (“A Question of Equality,” “A Changing Face,”and “The Computer Moves In” and questions. Read pp. 150-158. Do sidebar, #1-3, p. 155, #1-5, p. 156 & #2-4, p. 158.
• Friday, December 4 - Take up homework. Finish any PowerPoint material not completed. Material from Canada; A People’s History ("Time for Change" & "Maitres Chez Nous" - questions). Read pp. 160-172. Do #2-5, p. 167 &n 1-5, p. 172.

History 12

The unit test on Topic 4 is this Monday. The mark breakdown is as follows: 70 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and answer 2 out of a choice of 4 long answer questions (12 marks each - based on 2 x 6 in each case -- the provincial exam marking system). The total is, therefore, out of 94 marks.


Topic #5 & 6 Plan is available here, as are the Topic #5 & 6 questions.

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

• Monday, November 30 - Topic #4 Unit Test.
• Tuesday, December 1 - Introduction to the Cold War (base notes). If we complete this material, we will move on to the start of Tuesday's lecture material. Be sure to read Lecture 14 "The Origins of the Cold War" from The History Guide. If at all humanly possible, be sure to watch the recommended Cold War videos. The History 12 Provincial exam is heavily weighted toward the Cold War material and these videos are outstanding. See the CNN series on the Cold War, Episode 2 covers 1945 to 1947. Episode 3 covers the Marshall Plan, 1947 to 1952. You should watch both.
• Wednesday, December 2 - Video Twentieth Century History; One Man's Revolution; Mao Tse Tung - sorry, this is not available online. Mao and the Revolution in China (base notes). If you have the time, be sure to watch episode 15 of The Cold War; China (1949-1972).
• Thursday, December 3 - Finish Mao and the Revolution in China (base notes). Video on the early Cold War, from the 20th Century History series: Cold War Confrontation (sorry, unavailable online). If time, begin the United Nations (base notes). If you have time, watch China; Chairman Mao Declassified. A very good documentary of China from 1911 to 1949 is China - A Century of Revolution; Part 1. Watch Part 2 of the same series to see the Mao years, 1949-1976.
• Friday, December 4 - Complete the United Nations (base notes). If time, begin the Soviet Union & Eastern Europe to 1956 (base notes). See what people thought of the UN when it was first founded. Watch the NFB film Now the Peace.
  
  
  

November 23 - 27

For those of you new to my blogsite, it is intended to work alongside my website at:http://sites.google.com/site/kbenoy/ Please note: I am too busy to update this site right now as major revisions are needed now that GooglePages has been terminated and my work transferred to GoogleSites, which works differently.

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, downloadPowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by goingto http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm. Use the passcode posted in the classroom. Please note that since renewing our licence, our starting access code for new users has changed and is no longer what was given on your course outline. I cannot post this online, but you can confirm the new number by looking at what is posted in the classroom.

Please note: North Vancouver schools have had a 50% hold-back imposed on their supplies budget. As a result, I shall be handing out far fewer paper handouts in class. Fortunately it is all available here, online. Paper copies will be made available for many items only to those students who specifically request them because they have difficulty accessing online material.

Social Studies 8

The next unit is a long one. Do not expect another unit test for around 1-2 weeks -- however, be sure to keep doing your flash cards as surprise quizzes are a distinct possibility every now and then. I will post the test mark breakdown when we are closer to it.

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

• Monday, November 23 - Take up Medieval Guild Regulations. Introduction to Medieval Church architecture - Romanesque to Gothic. PowerPoint - Romanesque to Gothic Architecture. Super-deluxe Benoy field trip and demonstration of Medieval engineering. Handouts: Romanesque to Gothic Architecture - online only - unless you request a copy. If time: Mr. Benoy's slides of Medieval European churches. Read pp. 63-69. Do #1-6, p. 69.
• Tuesday, November 24 - Take up homework. Video: David Macauley's Cathedral and questions - on screen - no longer a handout. Work on Research assignment for homework.
• Wednesday, November 25 - Video: Illuminations; Treasures of the Middle Ages. Questions (will be posted on the 2nd screen in class): 1. Who wrote medieval books? 2. What were books written on before the Middle Ages? What were medieval books written on? 3. How were medieval books like modern comic books? 4. What kinds of illustrations were found in medieval books? 5. What was a “Book of Hours?” How was it a display of wealth? 6. What kinds of non-religious books were produced in the late Middle Ages? From Old English to Modern English - including the following video examples: Lord’s Prayer in Old English, "The General Prologue" to the Canterbury Tales in Middle English, and this version in modern English. If we have time we will watch a few short samples from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales in modern English: "The Host's Speech" from "the General Prologue," the start of the "Pardoner's Tale," "the Sermon" from "the Pardoner's Tale," and "Chanticleer Escapes" from the Nun's Priest's Tale." Work on your research project.
• Thursday, November 26 - Library research block -- if the library is available. If not, we move on to the next material below.
• Friday, November 27 - Introduction to the Crusades. Watch Terry Jones' The Crusades; Pilgrims in Arms. Questions: 1) What started the First Crusade? 2) What did crusader knights hope to gain? 3) Why did peasants join the crusade? 4) Why were Jews persecuted in Medieval Europe? 5) How did the "Peoples' Crusade" end? 6) What was the relationship between the crusaders and the Byzantines? Read pp. 69-74. Do #1-6, p. 74. We will not get a chance to watch his following two documentaries, but if you can, be sure to watch them yourself: Jerusalem, Jihad, and Destruction. I'd love to screen all of these in class, but they take too long. A great documentary on the Crusades is The Crescent and the Cross (1 hour 30 minutes).

Social Studies 11


Expect your next unit test to be early next week. We will combine the material on Canada between the wars and Canada in World War II. The mark breakdown is as follows: 45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and 3 from a choice of 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 73 marks. 5 bonus marks are available if you submit more than 25 flash cards done as required.


There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options forInternational and First Nationsstudents.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

• Monday, November 23 - Take up sidebar 5-21, p. 123 & #1-3, p. 125. Continue Endings & Beginnings & do questions. Japanese internment. Show CBC Archives video clip on compensation. Read the sidebar, pp. 126-127 & do #1-3, p. 127.
• Tuesday, November 24 - Take up homework. Video: The Valour & the Horror; Savage Christmas; Hong Kong 1941 and questions (posted on the 2nd screen). Read p. 128 & do #1-4, p. 128.
• Wednesday, November 25 - Take up homework. Complete The Valour & the Horror; Savage Christmas; Hong Kong 1941 and questions (posted on the 2nd screen). Do "Looking Back" #2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 14, p.129. We also began the PowerPoint on Shoah/The Holocaust -- scheduled for Thursday.
• Thursday, November 26 - Please note the change in this and Friday's class -- we are ahead of where I planned to be on Saturday. Complete the assignment on the film for next class. Shoah/Holocaust - PowerPoint. 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 Monday.
• Friday, November 27 - Hand in Savage Christmas assignment. Note: the rest of today's class is different to what was posted earlier in the week. Filmstrip & questions A Middle Power (1. What international organization was formed in the Spring of 1945 to promote world peace? 2) What was the "Cold War?" 3) Who was Igor Gouzenko and why was he an important figure in Canadian History? 4) Why did Canada join NATO? 5) What 1950-53 conflict did Canada take part in? 6) How was Canada's post-war foreign policy different to the one it pursued in the 1920's and 1930's?) Introduction to the Cold War. Prepare for test Monday.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

Expect your next unit test to be this Friday. We will combine the material on Canada between the wars and Canada in World War II. The mark breakdown is as follows: 45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and 3 from a choice of 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 73 marks. 5 bonus marks are available if you submit more than 25 flash cards done as required.

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - ImmigrationAssignment (With additional options forInternational and First Nationsstudents.) The due date for this work is not until right after the Christmas holidays, to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)

• Monday, November 23 - Take up #1-3, p. 127.. Video: The Valour & the Horror; Savage Christmas; Hong Kong 1941 and questions (posted on the 2nd screen). Read p. 128 & do #1-4, p. 128.
• Tuesday, November 24 - Take up homework. Complete The Valour & the Horror; Savage Christmas; Hong Kong 1941 and questions (posted on the 2nd screen). Do "Looking Back" #2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, & 14, p.129.
• Wednesday, November 25 - Take up homework. Introduction to the Holocaust - PowerPoint. Complete the assignment on the film for next class. 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 Monday.Complete the POW assignment for next class.
• Thursday, November 26 - Hand in Savage Christmas assignment. Filmstrip & questions A Middle Power (1. What international organization was formed in the Spring of 1945 to promote world peace? 2) What was the "Cold War?" 3) Who was Igor Gouzenko and why was he an important figure in Canadian History? 4) Why did Canada join NATO? 5) What 1950-53 conflict did Canada take part in? 6) How was Canada's post-war foreign policy different to the one it pursued in the 1920's and 1930's?) Introduction to the Cold War. Prepare for Unit Test Friday.
• Friday, November 27 - Unit Test on Chapters 3-5. Read pp. 130-135. Do sidebar questions p. 133 & 134 & #1-4, p. 135.

History 12

The unit test will be put forward to next Monday because of the shortened classes on Thursday and Friday. We will begin the Cold War on Thursday.

Topic #4 questions are available here.

The Topic #4 plan.

Essay #3 is underway and is due in the last school week of December.

Topic #5 & 6 Plan is available here, as are the Topic #5 & 6 questions.

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

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

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

• Monday, November 23 - Complete World War II; the British Experience (base notes). If time, begin Shoah/the Holocaust (base notes).
• Tuesday, November 24 - Complete the lecture from last class. Shoah/the Holocaust (base notes). Be sure to watch History Helper's 10 minute podcast: Beveridge & the Five Giants Revision Guide. Do look at other History Helper items.
• Wednesday, November 25 - Watch: The World At War; Genocide, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5.
• Thursday, November 26 - Watch: The Cold War; Comrades 1917-1945. This is an outstanding introduction to the Cold War.
• Friday, November 27 - 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.