October 19-23

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, 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.

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 8

The "Rome" unit test is likely to be next Monday, October 26. However, be sure to be making and using your flash cards every day to master vocabulary and names. Your test on Rome will include the following: 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definition items (2 marks each) and 3 long answer questions (6 marks each). The total is, therefore, out of 68 marks. You can earn up to 5 bonus marks for submitting at least 25 correctly made flash cards (term or name only on the front and definition or why the person is important on the back) at the time of the exam. You may not hand these in late to earn marks; they must be submitted when you write the test.

Be sure to visit the BBC's Roman Empire pages. There is plenty of fascinating material to interest anyone interested in this ancient empire.

• Monday, October 19 - Take up #1-6, p. 12. Look at the sidebar on p. 11. Video: Constantine and questions. Read pp. 12-16. Do #1-6, p. 16. Bring coloured pencils to next class for map work.
• Tuesday, October 20 - Take up #1-6, p. 16. Hosford Atlas, pp. 3 & 4. Small group work with Hosford Atlas. Screencast on the Decline of Rome. Also look at this video of the changing map of Europe during this time. Map Assignment: The "Barbarian Invasions." 10 marks. Complete for next class.
• Wednesday, October 21 - Hand in map assignments. Video & Questions: Terry Jones' The Barbarians; The End of the World. Homework: Explain why the Roman Empire collapsed. Give your reasons in a point-form list. Be sure to mention Social, Political and Economic reasons.
• Thursday, October 22 - Take up homework and create a master list. Video: The Roman Arena and questions (1. What happened at the Colosseum and other Roman arenas? List the events that were staged. 2. Why do you suppose the Romans were so interested in "blood-sports." Check out the BBC's animation on the Colosseum. Study for the Unit test on Rome on Monday.
• Friday, October 23 - Lucky you! Today is a provincial professional day. While I am off in Coquitlam meeting other Social Studies teachers, you can be home, preparing for your unit test on Monday.

Social Studies 11

Your take-home test on Provincial and Municipal Government is due on Monday. Our next unit test will include material from chapters 1 & 2 of Counterpoints and is more than a week away.

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options forInternational 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 19 - Hand in take-home tests. Take up #1-4, p. 16 and #1-6, pp. 19-20. I made an error in assigning this first and should have gone to the first few pages of text. We will fix this today. 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? Introduction to the Family History/Immigration Assignment (see links above). Read pp. 4-10. Do #1-3, p. 9 and the questions in figure 1-2 and 1-5, p. 8
• Tuesday, October 20 - Take up homework. Immigration filmstrips: Dekasegi (same routine as Wednesday) & Toronto the Good - with assigned questions. Homework: Talk to someone who immigrated to Canada in their lifetime. What difficulties have they faced in coming to a new land?
• Wednesday, October 21 - Take up homework. Canada and the Empire. PowerPoint. Do #1-2 in "Develop an Understanding" on p. 19. 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.
• Thursday, October 22 - 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?
• Friday, October 23 - Provincial Professional Day. If you are behind at all on work, be sure to catch up today.

Social Studies 11H

You have an ongoing project -- the Geography research essay on a geographical topic of your choice that relates to our current curriculum. Monday, October 26 will be the due date, as it follows the October 23 province-wide professional day.

• Monday, October 19 - I'm afraid I made a bit of a hash of assigning the homwork last Friday -- jumping ahead too much - call it a "senior's moment." We will sort it out this week. Take up #1-4, p. 16 and #1-6, pp. 19-20. Filmstrips on immigration. The Shaws of Midnapore (questions) and A New Homeland (questions). Read pp. 4-10. Do #1-3, p. 9 and the questions in figure 1-2 and 1-5, p. 8.
• Tuesday, October 20 - Take up homework. Immigration filmstrips: Dekasegi (questions) & Toronto the Good - (questions). Homework: Talk to someone who immigrated to Canada in their lifetime. What difficulties have they faced in coming to a new land?
• Wednesday, October 21 - Take up homework. Canada and the Empire. PowerPoint. Do #1-2 in "Develop an Understanding" on p. 19. 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.
• Thursday, October 22 - 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?
• Friday, October 23 - Provincial Professional Day. If you are behind at all on work, be sure to catch up today.

History 12

Topic #3's plan and questions are also now available. The next unit test is still a little way off.

You should be well-underway with Essay #2.

• Monday, October 19 - Complete The Great Purge (base notes) - includes a video clip on the Show Trials. Video, probably Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia (sorry, unavailable on the Internet) or a substitution - which you could watch as optional enrichment if we do not use it: also Stalin and the Modernisation of Russia but not the same video. Other good supplemental videos include: Stalin; The Myth (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5)
• Tuesday, October 20 - Italy & Fascism (base notes). If you have time, watch Fascism in Colour: Mussolini in Power - with early colour (and colourized) footage.
• Wednesday, October 21 - Germany, France & Britain (maybe) in the 1920's (base notes).
• Thursday, October 22 - Germany & Britain in the 1920s (base notes) - anything not covered Wednesday. If time, we will continue with the British Empire in the 20s (base notes). Please read over anything we do not have time to complete.
• Friday, October 23 - Provincial Professional Day - work on essay and questions.
  
  

October 12-16

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, 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 going tohttp://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.

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 8

With the Geography unit completed, we are now moving into the History portion of the course. Your next unit test is a couple of weeks away and will cover the "Rome" unit.

Be sure to visit the BBC's Roman Empire pages. There is plenty of fascinating material to interest anyone interested in this ancient empire.

• Monday, October 12 - Eat Turkey and relax. Enjoy the Thanksgiving break -- unless you are one of those who have not handed in all of their work -- you should catch up!
• Tuesday, October 13 - Take up homework -- the questions on the Roman Towns handout. We will also go over the answers to the video questions on David Macauley's Roman City. Introduction to Classical Architecture -- how the Romans built and how this knowledge is the foundation of modern building today. PowerPoint on Roman Architecture -- from Mr. Benoy's Comparative Civilizations 12 course. If we have time, we will watch What the Ancients Knew; The Romans. Read the handout and do questions for homework. Also complete the Architecture Hunt assignment -- value: 10 marks and due Thursday. Are you interested in learning more about Roman engineering? Watch Rome; Engineering an Empire (Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9) -- great stuff. Check out the BBC's animation on the Roman Colosseum.
• Wednesday, October 14 - Take up handout questions. Introduction to Ancient Religions: Paganism, Judaism, Mystery Cults and Christianity. Watch this tongue-in-cheek account of Roman Religion - History With a Twist of Lime; The Early Roman Religion. You might not get all the jokes, or you might find them cheesy, but the information about Roman religion is good and at 7:00 minutes, it is timely. Read pp. 6-10. Do #1-6, p. 10 for homework. Don't forget to complete the Architecture Hunt assignment.
• Thursday, October 15 - Hand in the Architecture Hunt assignment. Take up #1-6, p. 10. Watch The Western Tradition; Early Christianity and do the questions. You might be interested in this documentary comparing early Christianity with the Cult of Mithras. This is part of a bigger video The Hidden Story of Jesus -- which looks at elements of many ancient religions that parallel Christianity. Do a Googlevideo or a Youtube search to find the rest of this video online. Assignment: Conversion to Christianity -- Imagine that you are a young Greek person living in the city of Rome. Write a letter to your parents in Athens explaining why you have decided to give up worshiping the old Greek Gods and become a Christian. You will have to find out something about both Ancient Greek religion and early Christianity to do this. The assignment will be marked out of 10 and will be marked on both content and composition. It is due next class. Note: When we deal with religion in this course it is not with the intention of supporting one religious view over another. What we want to do is to understand basic beliefs of each religion and know something about the impact that any particular religion has had on the world. We do this using an historical approach.
• Friday, October 16 - Hand in the Conversion to Christianity assignment. Video Legions of Rome (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) and questions. Read pp. 10-12. Do #1-6, p. 12. You might enjoy playing a small game from the BBC - Romans vs. Britons.

Social Studies 11

We just completed a big unit test and we will now finish our last Government unit - a short one on Provincial and Municipal government. You will receive a take-home test on Wednesday -- to be returned on Thursday.

There is a major research assignment cstarting now, 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 12 - Eat turkey and relax -- unless you have incomplete work to submit!
• Tuesday, October 13 - 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).
• Wednesday, October 14 - Take up homework, #1-3, p. 178. 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.
• Thursday, October 15 - 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. Write a paragraph to a page explaining why we should study History. 10 marks. Due in two classes.
• Friday, October 16 - Introduction to History. Family History and Immigration Assignment or alternative (see above) assigned and explained. Take home test assigned. Read pp. 10-20. Do #1-4, p. 16 & #1-6, pp. 19-20.

Social Studies 11H

You have an ongoing project -- the Geography research essay on a geographical topic of your choice that relates to our current curriculum. This will be due in about a month and we will set the precise due date after discussing the options in class. I rather expect that Monday, October 26 would be good, as it follows the October 23 province-wide professional day.

Your Geography textbook is also available online athttp://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Though we will use some material from the other text, most will be from this e-text. Be aware that this text is now a few years old and many hyperlinks are broken. Rewriting is a massive job that I have not had time to take on yet.

Your next test is on Thursday, October 15. Expect the following mark breakdown: 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 3 from a choice of 8 long answer questions (6 marks each) for a grand total of 58 marks. 25 flash cards will earn 5 bonus marks.

• Monday, October 12 - If you aren't Kendall, Eat Turkey today.
• Tuesday, October 13 - Take up #1, p. 118, #1-3, p. 120, #1-5, p. 123, #1-3, p. 129. Introduction: Worldmapper animation. Watch the amazing Dr. Hans Rosling's presentation at the 2006 TED Conference - The Seemingly Impossible is Possible. We will also complete the chapter 5 PowerPoint. Read pp. 130-132. Do #1-2, p. 131, #1-4, p. 132 and Further Thought #1-6, p. 132. Prepare for Unit Test on chapters 4 (Resources) and 5 (Aid) on Wednesday. If you liked Hans Rosling, try William McDonough's TED lecture(the sustainable architecture fellow from our recent conservation video from Discovery Education.
• Wednesday, October 14 - Take up homework. Video: Nova; The Fragile Mountains (sorry, unavailable online). Do note: This is a very old video, but the intermediate technology solutions posed for Nepal's problems are still valid today. While watching the video, identify the problems the film identifies as being faced by Nepal and what is being done about them. Learn how to reduce your carbon footprint by watching Ethical Man on BBC's Panorama Programme - the stream is low quality but the content is outstanding.
• Thursday, October 15 - Unit Test on chapters 4 & 5. Sign outCounterpoints textbook. Look it over. Assignment: Why do we study history? 10 marks. Answer in a paragraph to a page and a half.
• Friday, October 16 - Hand in assignment. Introduction to the study of history. PowerPoint from History 12: Historiography & Historical Interpretation. Read pp. 10-20. Do #1-4, p. 16 & #1-6, pp. 19-20.

History 12

Topic #3's plan and questions are also now available. The next unit test is still a little way off.

• Monday, October 12 - Eat turkey and relax -- or work on your essay, or questions, or anything you might have not yet submitted from earlier work. (Don't spend too much time eating!)
• Tuesday, October 13 - The Russian Revolutions. (Base notes). Be sure to look at the excellent resources at The History Guide's Russian Revolution Resources.Spartacus Schoolnet's Russian Revolutionaries page has links to great material. Scott Masters has a decent PowerPoint on the revolution.
• Wednesday, October 14 - The USSR From Lenin to Stalin (Base notes). WatchThe Russian Revolution: Freedom & Hope (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3,Part 4, Part 5) and the next part: The Russian Revolution; Fear and Paranoia (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5).
• Thursday, October 15 - Complete From Lenin to Stalin (base notes) and do The Stalin Revolution; Industrialization & Collectivization (base notes). If you have an hour and a half, watch Stalin; Man of Steel , a critical treatment of the Soviet leader.
• Friday, October 16 - The Great Purge (base notes).

October 5-9

Please forgive the formatting problems below: line spacing does not want to cooperate this week - I've fixed the problem a half a dozen times, only to have it come back.

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, 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 going tohttp://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 8

Expect a unit test on Tuesday, October 6 - it will be based on map reading and the use of your Canadian Oxford World Atlas. You will write answers into blanks on the test and there will be around 75 items on the test.

• Monday, October 5 - Take up last worksheet on time zones. Thematic maps introduced. Work on the Thematic Maps worksheet. Review any problems for the Unit Test on Tuesday.
• Tuesday, October 6 - Geography Unit Test. If extra time is needed, you may write into noon break.
• Wednesday, October 7 - Test post-mortem (discussion of how the class did and how things can be improved in the future). Sign out new texts and return old ones. Introduction to History text and to SQ3R study method. 3 Timeline assignment - personal/family/world - 10 marks, due next class.
• Thursday, October 8 - Time Line Field Trip. Introduction to the Greco-Roman world. Read Patterns of Civilization, pp. 2-6. Do #1-6, p. 6.
• Friday, October 9 - Take up homework. Video - Roman City and questions. Handout and questions for homework.

Social Studies 11

Our next exam is Friday, October 9. Expect the test to be roughly as follows: 35 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 2 from 4 long answer questions (6 marks each), and one essay question on what should be done with the Canadian Senate (12 marks - 2 x 6). The total is, therefore, most likely to be out of 59 marks. Create and use flashcards now to master terms and names. This not only helps you with subject content, but it ensures that you know what test questions are asking. At least 25 flash flash cards are needed to earn the 5 bonus marks.

• Monday, October 5 - Take up #1-4, p. 240 and hand in the Cabinet assignment. 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 -- also describe Pressure Groups and their purpose. Divide into groups (with printed - or online --background information) Each group is to come up with a poster to make their group's case to the public. 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.

Tuesday, October 6 - Take up homework. Overview of the Judiciary - PowerPoint - go to the section on the Judiciary. Read pp. 270-275. Do #1-3, p. 275.

• Wednesday, October 7 - 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.
• Thursday, October 8 - 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 Monday''s class. Remember to bring 30+ flashcards to the test tomorrow to earn 5 bonus marks.
• Friday, October 9 - 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.

Social Studies 11H

You have an ongoing project -- the Geography research essay on a geographical topic of your choice that relates to our current curriculum. This will be due in about a month and we will set the precise due date after discussing the options in class. I rather expect that Monday, October 26 would be good, as it follows the October 23 province-wide professional day.

Your Geography textbook is also available online athttp://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Though we will use some material from the other text, most will be from this e-text. Be aware that this text is now a few years old and many hyperlinks are broken. Rewriting is a massive job that I have not had time to take on yet.

To save a little time in the course, we will join chapters 2 & 3 together for testing purposes. Expect your next unit test to be on Monday, October 5. The following breakdown of marks for the next unit test is by no means final, but should be a good rough guide: 65 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 3 from a choice of 10 long answer questions (6 marks each). The test total will be out of roughly 83 marks. I would expect at least 30 flash cards to generate the full 5 bonus marks available.

• Monday, October 5 - Take up #1-3, p. 70, #1-8, p. 73 & 1-4 & 7 in "Further Thought", p. 74. Unit Test, Chapters 2 & 3. Read pp. 83-86. Do #1-3, p. 84, #1-4, p. 85 & 1-2, p. 86.
• Tuesday, October 6 - Chapter 4 PowerPoint. Read pp. 86- 93. Do #1-3, p. 87, #1-4, p. 89, #1-5, p. 91 and #1-5, p. 93.
• Wednesday, October 7 - Take up homework. Video: History’s Harvest and do the viewing guide questions. If time we will look at more of the Chapter 4 PowerPoint. Read pp. 93-102. Do #1-6, p. 97 (but note "1997" in #3 should read "1973" and the typographical error in #5, where "grater" should read "greater"), #1-7, p. 102. Be sure to investigate the CBC Archives material on the GMO debate. Identify arguments for and against producing genetically modified foods. See Genetically Modified Food; Panacea or Poison? for an anti-GMO presentation (54 minute documentary).
• Thursday, October 8 - Take up homework. Note: Our video from last class ran over into this block. Video: Resources & Conservation and questions. If time we will look at more of the Chapter 4 PowerPoint. This video wasn not completed, and runs into Friday. You must watch any unfinished Chapter 4 PowerPoint on your own time, for homework. Read pp. 102-106. Do #1-6, p. 105 and Further Thought #1-4, p. 108.
• Friday, October 9 - Take up homework. Complete the video from last class. Chapter 5 PowerPoint. Read pp. 116-129. Do #1, p. 118, #1-3, p. 120, #1-5, p. 123, #1-3, p. 129.
  

History 12

Topic #2's plan and questions.

Topic #3's plan and questions are also now available.

Ongoing Essay #2 is due: ______________________________

Topic #2 will be tested on Tuesday, October6 - depending on our progress. The following is a very rough guestimation of the mark breakdown of the multiple choice items. 60 multiple choice items (1 mark each), 10 map items (1 mark each), 5 definitions and names (I give you the term and you define it or say why the person is important - valued at 2 marks each), and 2 long answer questions (10 marks each). The total value of the test is, therefore, likely to be 100 marks.

Plenty of great documentary films are available on World War I. You can find a sampling of these on my Topic #2 Googlevideo and Youtube Directory.

• Monday, October 5 - The Paris Peace Conference. Video - Make Germany Pay - if available.
• Tuesday, October 6 - Topic #2 Unit Test. Pick up the plan for Topic #3 and Topic #3 questions.
• Wednesday, October 7- The League of Nations. Base lecture notes.For a good treatment of the League's dealing with a major dispute, see ITV Schools' TV's The League of Nations and the Manchurian Dispute (20 minutes). There is much fascinating material at theLeague of Nations Homepage. M. Cliffe has a couple of online PowerPoints on the League: The League of Nations and Failures of the League.
• Thursday, October 8 - The Origins of Socialism. Base lecture notes. A great comedic presentation of Marx' ideas and their releveance today can be had in British Socialist Mark Steel's talk The Revolutionary Ideas of Karl Marx - warning: there is some strong language used.
• Friday, October 9 - Origins of Socialism and Russia Before the Revolutions. (Base notes). See Susan Pojer's PowerPoint on the 1905 Russian Rebellion.
• Friday, October 9 - Russia Before the Revolutions and The Russian Revolutions. (Base notes). Be sure to look at the excellent resources at The History Guide's Russian Revolution Resources.Spartacus Schoolnet's Russian Revolutionaries page has links to great material. Scott Masters has a decent PowerPoint on the revolution.