September 29 to October 3

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

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does. If too ill to work while away, be sure to attach a note from home to any overdue work when you hand it in and I will most likely waive any late deduction.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

Social Studies 11

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

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

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

Comparative Civilizations 12

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

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

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

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

History 12

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

September 22 to 26

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

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

Social Studies 11

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

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

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

Comparative Civilizations 12

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

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

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

History 12

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 15 to 19

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








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

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

Social Studies 11

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

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

Comparative Civilizations 12

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

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

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

package.

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

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

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

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

History 12

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

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

September 8-12

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Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

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

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

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

Social Studies 11

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

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

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

• Monday, September 8 - Take up #1-5, p. 11. 1-6, pp. 15-16. Origins of the Political Spectrum - including summary handout sheet. Ideology identification practice. Smith & Marx handout. The following reading is completely optional: For an interesting American article on the difference between Lefties and Righties, see Patricia Cohen's New York Times Article: "Across the Great Divide; Investigating Links Between Personality and Politics."


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


• Wednesday, September 10 - Take up homework. Lecture/discussion – from ideologies to political parties – national parties in Canada. Read Counterpoints pp. 255-258. Do #3 & 4, p. 258. For homework over the last weekend, you took an online quiz to identify your political viewpoint. To see which Canadian political party comes closest to your views (2005 comparison - according to this organization), link here and see if this is what you expected. Interested in pursuing this further? Try some more tests -- mostly American -- to see where you stand.


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


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

Comparative Civilizations 12

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

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

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


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


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


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


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

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

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

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

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

September 3-5

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

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

Social Studies 11

• Wednesday, September 3 - Course Outline & Expectations. Course Outline. Final Exam Table of Specifications. Handout: What is Government?. Complete the questions for Tuesday.
• Thursday, September 4 - - Take up responses. Why government? 3 branches of government. Sign out texts. Read pp. 2-6 in Government. Do #1-4, p. 6.
• Friday, September 5 - Take up homework. Introduction to Ideologies. Origins and the Political Spectrum. Read pp. 7-15. Do #1-5, p. 11 & #1-6, pp. 15-16. To identify your own ideology, take the online Political Compass quiz.
  

History 12

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

Comparative Civilizations 12

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

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

June 16-20

Classes have finished and the provincial exam is on Friday.

The Social Studies 11 exam is on Friday, June 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Math rooms. You are placed alphabetically, so arrive early and get to the right location.

Some of you are writing in an alternate setting. You will be in room D107. I have talked to you each on two occassions now about this, so you know who you are. Go right to the alternate room. Your exam will come to you.

Remember, this is a provincial exam. If you miss it or are late, there is no chance of getting an extension or of writing it at another time -- unless you are prepared to wait months for the next set sitting time.

The exam is worth 20% of your mark in this course. This means you need to move roughly 5% on the exam to move 1% in your over-all mark.

Bring your text books to the exam. I will collect them from you in the hallway there. If you do not hand back your text, you will receive a bill at your exam.

Study Ning:

I have a social network site dedicated to preparing for the Social Studies 11 final. It is closed to the outside world to allow open discussion within it. You need an invitation to join. Just send me an e-mail at kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca and I will reply to it with your invitation.

Study Skills on My Website:

I also have a study skills page on my open website.

Open Exam Preparation Workshop:

I will hold an exam prep. workshop from 1:00 to 4:00 pm on Wednesday, June 18, in my room - D208. This is purely optional and all are welcome to attend -- including students in Mr. Nichols' classes.

The focus of this workshop is on how to write the test, rather than how to prepare for it. The workshop that Mr. Aw Yong and I presented at the end of first semester seemed to be helpful, so this will be similarly organized.

The handouts used in the workshop are as follows:

Sample Examination

Sample Response Booklet

Multiple Choice Answer Key

Written Response Marker's Guide to Question #1

Written Response Marker's Guide to Question #2

Marking Rubric - criteria for evaluation

Command Terms for Long Answer Questions

Good Luck on Friday!

June 9 to 13

As of Monday, there are 5classes left. Now is the time to begin preparing for the final examination.
1) Be sure all assignments are complete.
2) Start studying for the final. Use this blogsite to see what work we will be doing and note homework assignments. I will give advance warning about tests here and inform you of their mark breakdown.
3) E-mail me for an invitation to my "Study-Ning for the Socials 11 Final" social networking site. This is a closed site, requiring a password. People in the outside world cannot access its content. An invitation is required to enter the site. In the site you will find tips for studying and writing exams, example questions, and also discussion forums where you can share ideas with others about how to attack questions and otherwise prepare for the final. Please keep your comments appropriate to a school environment.

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

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

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

Social Studies 11 (Regular)

The next unit test will be on Monday, June 13. There will be 70 multiple choice questions and a choce of two from 6 long answer questions. It will take 40 flash cards to earn the maximum of 5 bonus marks for this test -- which will cover chapters 1-3 of the Geography text.

The final test is on Friday, June 13. 20 flash cards are needed to earn the maximum of 5 bonus marks. The mark breakdown is as follows: 40 multiple choice questions (1 mark each) and 3 from a choice of 8 long answer questions (6 each). The total is therefore out of 58 marks.

• Monday, June 9 - Unit Test on Chapters 1-3. Introduction, Population & Standards of Living. Read pp. 84-91. Do #1-4, p. 85, #1-2, p. 86. #1-3, p. 87, #1-4, p. 89, & #1-5, p. 91.
• Tuesday, June 10 - Take up homework. Video: History’s Harvest and questions. Read pp. 91-97. Do #1-5, p. 93 and #1-6, p. 97. Begin PowerPoint for ch. 4. 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).
• Wednesday, June 11 - Take up homework. Video: Conservation of Natural Resources (access at http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ ) and questions. PowerPoint for ch. 5 (Anything we do not complete in class must be seen for homework.) Read pp. 97-108, and 116-119. Do #1-7, p. 102, #1-6, p. 105, #1-4, & #1 p. 118 and #1-3, p. 120.
• Thursday, June 12 - Take up #1-7, p. 102 & #1-6, p. 105. Intruduction: Worldmapper animation. Take up homework. Hans Rosling's TED Lecture, The Seemingly Impossible is possible. Watch Gapcast #4, Globalization. Read pp. 120-132. Do #1-5, p. 123, 1-3, p. 129 and #1-3, p. 130, #1-2, p. 131 & #1-4, p. 132.
• Friday, June 13 - Test of Chapters 4 & 5. Study for the final.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

I am hoping to be able to give the final test unit around Thursday, June 12. This gives us a day for review on Friday, the 13th. However, I cannot guarantee this. The mark breakdown for the test is as follows: 43 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and 3 from a choice of 4 long answer questions (6 marks each). The test is therefore out of 71 marks. 25 flash cards are the minimum to earn the 5 bonus marks alloted.

• Monday, June 9 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Aboriginal Canadians and focus questions. Read pp. 204-216. Do #1-5, p. 206 and 1-6, p. 216. Also answer the question in figure 8-17 on p. 211. Interested in Native affairs? Be sure to look at the material at the CBC Archives.
• Tuesday, June 10 - Take up homework. PowerPoint Aboriginal Canadians. Canada; A Peoples' History episodes. "Taking Back the Past" and "Land and Nation," with questions. Prepare for the Post War Canada unit test next class. If you have time, you might watch the following: Dancing Around the Table; Part 1. National Film Board Documentary on Aboriginal Land Claims.
• Wednesday, June 11 - PowerPoint Aboriginal Canadians. If time, AV on aboriginal issues. Prepare for the unit test on Thursday.
• Thursday, June 12 - Unit Test on Post-War Canada. Begin preparation for the final exam.
• Friday, June 13 - Preparing for the final exam.

June 2-6

Grad Weekend is over, so life returns to normal. Tutorial times are back in place again and I won't bite your head off if you need some of my time.

Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.


As of Monday, there are 10 classes left. Now is the time to begin preparing for the final examination.
1) Be sure all assignments are complete.
2) Start studying for the final.Use this blogsite to see what work we will be doing and note homework assignments. I will give advance warning about tests here and inform you of their mark breakdown.
3) E-mail me for an invitation to my "Study-Ning for the Socials 11 Final" social networking site. This is a closed site, requiring a password. People in the outside world cannot access its content. An invitation is required to enter the site. In the site you will find tips for studying and writing exams, example questions, and also discussion forums where you can share ideas with others about how to attack questions and otherwise prepare for the final. Please keep your comments appropriate to a school environment.

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

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

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

Social Studies 11 (Regular)

The next unit test will be on Monday, June 13. There will be 70 multiple choice questions and a choce of two from 6 long answer questions. It will take 40 flash cards to earn the maximum of 5 bonus marks for this test -- which will cover chapters 1-3 of the Geography text.

• Monday, June 2. Take up #1-5, p. 45. Streaming video of Stewart Brand at Google --"City Planet" -- with questions. If time, watch PowerPoint Population “Urbanization” – or watch this for homework if we don’t get to it. Read pp. 54-57. Do #1-4, p. 55-56, #1-4, p. 56 and #1-4, p. 57. Video Sidebar: Hans Rosling's Gapcast #2 on Urbanization is a must-see. Find out about life in slums by watching Hans Rosling's "A Slum Insight." This video integrates parts of Gapcast #2.
• Tuesday, June 3. Take up homework. Begin chapter 3 PowerPoint. You will need to look at anything we do not finish for homework. Read pp. 57-61. Do #1-8, p. 61. Video sidebar: Watch Staffan Landin's Gapcast #3 for a look at Human Development changes between 1960-2001.
• Wednesday, June 4. Take up homework. Video - Gwynne Dyer's Escaping From History. (Sorry, this one is not available on the Internet). 1) What are living conditions like in Mexico City? 2) Why are people abandoning the countryside? 3) What does Dyer believe must happen for the developing world to get their fair share of consumer goods? Read pp. 62-64. Do #1-5, p. 64. Video sidebar: For a look at what Mexico is doing to sort out air pollution watch the World Resources Institute's "Retrofit Mexico City." (The link is to part 1).
• Thursday, June 5. Take up homework. Take up homework, continue PowerPoint on chapter 3. If we do not finish this in class, be sure to download and work through the remainder. Read pp. 64-73. Do #1-3, p. 70, #1-8, p. 73. Sidebar: See Gapminder World 2006 for a comparison of the countries of the world.
• Friday, June 6. Introduction video: "Consumerism; the Musical." Take up homework. Video: Gwynne Dyer's The Bomb Under the World. (Sorry, it is not available on the Internet). While watching this video, answer the questions: How is consumerism changing India? What are the positive and negative consequences for this developing country and for the world? Prepare for chapter 2 & 3 unit test next class. Video sidebar: Watch the video "Big Ideas That Changed the World: Consumerism." (link is to the first segment). This will get you thinking.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

I am hoping to be able to give the final unit test around Thursday, June 12. This gives us a day for review on Friday, the 13th. However, I cannot guarantee this. I will post the breakdown for the test as soon as possible. 25 flash cards are the minimum to earn the 5 bonus marks alloted.

• Monday, June 2 - Take up homework. PowerPoint from 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. 135-145. Do #1-5, p. 139 & #1-4 & #6, p. 146. 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 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13), a BBC production about what would happen to a community if nuclear war occurred.
• Tuesday, June 3 - Take up homework. Colntinue PowerPoint material from Post 1945 Canada ("Diefenbaker and the United States" & "Trudeau and the World"). Material from Canada; A Peoples’ History; Comfort & Fear. (First Tremors, A Prairie Storm & The Fight for Medicare - questions). Read p. 146-156. Do #1-4, p. 150 & #1-5, p. 156 and #1-4, sidebar, p. 155.
• Wednesday, June 4 - Take up homework. PowerPoint material from Post 1945 Canada ("Immigration," "Louis St. Laurent, "The End of Liberal Power" & "The Canadian Economy"). If time, watch the following episodes from Canada; A People's History -- Boom, Affluence for Almost All, & First Tremors & questions. Read pp. 157- 167. Do #1-4, p. 158 & #1-6, p. 167.
• Thursday, June 5 - Introductory music video - Mes Aïeux - Dégénération. Take up homework. Watch Canada; A People's History -- Time for Change, Maitres Chez Nous, & Vive le Quebec Libre & questions. PowerPoint The Quiet and Not So Quiet Revolution. Read pp. 177-187 & 190-194. Do #2 & 3, p. 182, #1-4, p. 187, and #1-3, 4a and 5 on p. 194. Watch and listen to material from the CBC archives -- on Maurice Dupplessis and Jean Lesage on the Quiet Revolution - Masters of Our Own House.
• Friday, June 6- Take up #2 & 3, p. 182, #1-4, p. 187, and #1-3, 4 and 5 on p. 194. Watch Canada; A People's History "October, 1970," "The Choice" and "The Night of the Long Knives" and do the questions. PowerPoint The Quiet and Not So Quiet Revolution. Read pp. 194-204. Do #1-5 & 7, p. 200 and #1-5, p. 204 also figure 8-4, p. 195 & 8-7, p. 198.

May 26 to May 30

Please excuse me if I seem edgy and irritable this week. I'm busy with ceremony preparation -- and of course every day work must also still carry on. Once the graduation ceremony is over, life can return to normal.

I am not available for extra help at all othis week as I will spend every available moment working Scholarship Committee work and on the script for scholarship presentations for Friday night.

As of Monday, there are 15 classes left.

Now is the time to begin preparing for the final examination.
1) Be sure all assignments are complete.
2) Start studying for the final.Use this blogsite to see what work we will be doing and note homework assignments. I will give advance warning about tests here and inform you of their mark breakdown.
3) E-mail me for an invitation to my "Study-Ning for the Socials 11 Final" social networking site. This is a closed site, requiring a password. People in the outside world cannot access its content. An invitation is required to enter the site. In the site you will find tips for studying and writing exams, example questions, and also discussion forums where you can share ideas with others about how to attack questions and otherwise prepare for the final. Please keep your comments appropriate to a school environment.

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

e-mail me at http://kbenoy@nvsd44.bc.ca/

Things that are static -- not requiring regular change -- will be posted on the website. This blogsite will have the changing material -- lesson plans and links to particular assignments. I will try to ensure that all assignments are made available on the Internet in this way. If something is underlined on the blog, it means that you can click on it to see a copy of the particular item -- this could be a pdf document, powerpoint, music or a video.

Use this blog to see what is coming up each week. I will usually post it on Saturdays for the following week. If you are away, you can check up on what you are missing. There really is no reason for you not to know what is happening. If you do not have an Internet connection, you certainly know someone who does.

If you can't read the PowerPoint material on your computer, download PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft. It is free.

Sutherland has a license to access Discovery Education's United Streaming video collection. Students may download or stream videos from the collection by going to http://www.unitedstreaming.com/ . Use the passcode posted in the classroom to register. If you have lost it, see me, or e-mail me, for this information. Students are licensed to include this content within their own creations.

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

Social Studies 11 (Regular)

My plan is to have only 2 tests in the final, Geography unit. The first will be for units 1, 2 & 3 from the text. The second, on the last day of classes, will cover units 4 & 5. These tests are not yet written; I will post the breakdown when I have done so.

Please note: You can access the Geography text 21st Century World online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11/ . Note, however, that there are many dead links as this was published in September, 2000.

• Monday, May 26. Begin PowerPoint for chapter 1. Read pp. 17-22. Do #1-2, p. 17. #1-4, p. 21.Video sidebar: For an excellent treatment of how technology is changing our world, see Tom Friedman's address at MIT, following up on his book, The World is Flat.
• Tuesday, May 27. Homework taken up. Continue PowerPoint (Chapter 1) . On Monday it became apparrent that most students have seen Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. (Questions) I therefore decided to switch to watching The Eleventh Hour and complete the questions. Watch Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth if you have not already done so. (Available online: Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10.
• Wednesday, May 28. Take up homework. Complete The Eleventh Hour– Anything we do not see you will have to watch online to complete the video. Read p. 22 and do the "Further Thought questions, #1-2, on p. 22. Video sidebar: For an alternative view, see The Great Global Warming Swindle (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7. You might also be interested in a follow up to this, a follow-up debate from Australian ABC television: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9. Read pp. 29-37. Do both #1-3 on p. 31 and Do #2, p. 36 - but use 2006 data from US Census Bureau's International Data Base - Canada Population pyramid, #1-2, p. 37 (Click on the following for a Nigeria population pyramid and a Japan population pyramid).
• Thursday, May 29. Take up homework. Chapter 2 PowerPoint – Population. Read pp. 37-41. Do #1-6, p. 39 & #1-6, pp. 41-42. Video sidebar: This year's United Nations Human Devlopment Report takes as its over-arching theme Climate Change. You will find the report's accompanying video interesting (choose your download speed and language). If numbers interest you, watch professor Malcolm S. Forbes, Arithmetic, Population and Energy.
• Friday, May 30. Take up homework. PowerPoint (Demographic Transition Model) - continued. Population theories – Malthus, Catton, Boserup & Demographic transition model.. Read pp. 42-45. Do #1-5, p. 45. Sidebars: Doom and gloom video. For a cheerer look at the world - Hans Rosling's Gapcast: Bangladesh Miracle. Doom and gloom text at DieOff.Org - read p. 15, an excerpt from William Catton's Overshoot; The Ecological Base of Revolutionary Change. Read a brief synopsis of Boserup's ideas from York University. Julian Simon was another writer who felt population growth is a good thing. His book Population Matters: People, Resources.

Social Studies 11 (Honours)

The next unit test will be on Friday. Expect 45 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), 5 definitions (2 marks each) and 3 from 5 long answer questions (6 marks each). The test is, therefore, out of 71 marks. 30 properly constructed flash cards will earn 5 bonus marks.

If you have an interest in World War II, check out the contents of my directory of World War II documentaries uploaded to Google video and Youtube - all 19 pages.

• Monday, May 26. Take up #1-3, p. 121. Continue watching The Liberators; D-Day to the Rhine (sorry - unavailable over the Internet) and complete the questions.
  Begin Endings & Beginnings & do questions. Read pp. 121-127. Do #1-4, p. 127. Read the sidebar, pp. 115-116. Do #1-2, sidebar, p. 116.
• Tuesday, May 27. Take up #1-4, p. 127 & #1-2, p. 116 sidebar. Continue Endings & Beginnings & do questions. Japanese internment. Show CBC Archives video clip on compensation. Read pp. 127-132. Do #1-4, p. 132 & sidebar #1-2, p. 129.
• Wednesday, May 28. Take up #1-4, p. 132 & sidebar #1-2, p. 129. Introduce the Holocaust/Shoah. Watch Frontline; Memory of the Camps - without questions. Complete “In Review” and “Applying Your Knowledge” questions, p. 133. If you are interested in what Nazi anti-Jewish propeganda was like, watch The Eternal Jew (with English dubbing), Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 & Part 7. Other online material includes: Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered (abour an hour) a lecture by a Holocaust survivor. A documentary, Hitler's Henchmen; Heinrich Himmler (about an hour) is quite interesting. The BBC's Auschwitz: The Final Solution is also available on YouTube (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 - these are 10 minute or so segments.) Another 60 minute documentary is Children Remember the Holocaust. A wealth of material on the Holocaust can be found at The Holocaust History Project - their material on Holocaust denial is of particular interest. Bear this material in mind if you watch Holocaust denial material, like Judea Declares War on Germany; A Critical Look at the Holocaust
• Thursday, May 29. Take up "In Review" and "Applying Your Knowledge" questions on p. 133. Filmstrip & questions Middle Power Introduction to the Cold War. Prepare for unit test next class on the Interwar Years & World War II. Sign out CounterPoints textbooks. 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. Watch Winston Churchill's famous "Iron Curtain" speech, in which he calls on Americans to note that a conflict with the USSR was brewing (5 minutes).
• Friday, May 30. Unit Test. Read pp. 130-135. Do figure 6-2, p. 133, figure 6-3, p. 134, and #1-4, p. 135 in Counterpoints.

The first version of my Cold War videos available online document is 5 pages long and links to some fabulous Cold War material. If you have time, it is well worth a look.