SS+9+Spring+2011+Schedule

=Monday, June 20, 2011=

1.) Midterm - 139 multiple choice questions

2.) Hand in notebooks, timelines, and missing work for me to mark - students embedding timerime timelines, please use the project page - Timelines of North America

3.) Make sure textbooks are handed back to the library

4.) Tomorrow is make-up day - anyone not passing right now must come to class tomorrow to work on and hand in missing assignments.

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=Thursday, June 16, 2011= Rm 113 - Computer Lab

1.) Work on timelines

2.) Finish any missing work & hand it in

3.) Study for your midterm exam by creating flashcards on Quizlet from your vocabulary lists

- check out the study games

4.) Here's the study guide for the midterm (remember it is only on chapter 6 to 10 - On Monday from 12:30 to 2:30)



- remember: you can bring a regular-sized piece of paper with notes on it, back-to-back

=Wednesday, June 15, 2011=

1.) __**Reminders:**__

- Thursday, June 16th is the last day of regular classes. - __**Unit 2 Midterm**__ is on Monday, June 20th, from 12:30 - 2:30 pm.

1.) Handout Progress Reports

- hand in any missing or late work - You have till Tuesday, June 21st to hand in work from term 4

2.) Web 2.0 version of North America Timeline

- use @http://timerime.com/ - register and make a good copy of your Working North America Timeline - include all the dates from unit 2 (chapter 7-10) discussed in class - add images

= = =Tuesday, June 14, 2011=

Topic - Western Exploration & The War of 1812

1.) Add dates and events to the Working Timeline of North America - western exploration (Mackenzie, Fraser, Thompson), Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark, Fort Astoria

2.) The Columbia - video from Canada: A People's History

3.) The War of 1812 notes - Causes

4.) Rick Mercer

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Review of 1812:

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=Monday, June 13, 2011=

Topic - British North America

1.) Review of dates of our Timeline

2.) BNA notes:

- Constitutional Act of 1791 - John Graves Simcoe

3.) The Selkirk Settlers & Upper Country videos from Canada: A People's History

=Thursday, June 2, 2011=

1.) work on outlines & vocab

2.) HBC - notes (chapter 9)

3.) video = = =Wednesday, June 1, 2011=

1.) Chapter 9 & 10 Outlines

2.) Chapter 9 & 10 Vocabularies - on the board - If you missed it, check in with me

3.) Quebec under British rule (after Seven Years War) - notes (chapter 10)

3.) Big Sugar - documentary = = =Tuesday, May 31. 2011=

1.) Seven Years War notes

2.) Who Shot Wolfe? video

=Monday, May 30, 2011=

1.) Homework Check - last time for chapter 8 vocab

2.) Time line - start a working copy of the events in North America

3.) British vs French - wars

=Friday, May 27, 2011=

1.) Homework Check - chapter 8 vocab

2.) Who's Who in New France - videos on Jesuit Missionaries and The King's Daughters

3.) Worktime

=Thursday, May 26th, 2011=

1.) Finish video from yesterday

2.) French and Huron alliance in New France videos

3.) Who's Who in New France - Jig Saw

=Wednesday, May 25th, 2011=

1.) Finished Fur Trade, Mercantilism, Gov't in New France notes

2.) Worktime:

- Chapter 8 vocab - due Friday

3.) Canada: A People's History video - episode 2, New France sections

=Tuesday, May 24th, 2011=

1.) Projects? - only 8 are embedded on the project page

2.) Chapter 8 outline & vocab

3.) Canada: A People's History Videos - New Lands, The Land God Gave to Cain, Hochelaga - French Arrival in NA

4.) Notes - English Exploration, Start of Fur Trade

=Thursday, May 19th, 2011=

1.) Arrival in Canada notes - Vikings, French, English - powerpoint

2.) work time: - chapter 8 outline & vocab

Have a Great Long Weekend!!

=Wednesday, May 18th, 2011=

In the library - work on your Explorer Biography project

Due: Tuesday, May 24th - embedded on the wiki (in the Explorers' Biographies page) = = =Tuesday, May 17th, 2011=

1.) Introduction to research in the library

2.) Explorers' names handed out

3.) Work on your project

- Marking rubric for the project:



=Monday, May 16th, 2011=

1.) Hand back Chap 6 quizes

- Where does knowledge come from? Discussion

2.) Guns Germs & Steel video - part 2: Pizarro vs Incas

- start of chapter 7 - meeting of nations

How is it possible for Pizarro to conquer the Inca Empire?

- create a 'T' chart in your notebooks and write down the differences between the two cultures

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3.) Introduction of Explorer Biography project

- find the medium that you would like to use from the Web 2.0 tools on the handout:



- be ready to go to the library tomorrow to work on your project - you will pull the name of an explorer from a hat - you can switch with someone, if they want to.

=Reminder:=

- First Nations Charts due tomorrow - Cananda Map is overdue

= = =Friday, May 13th, 2011=

1.) Finish First Nations Peoples Charts

=Thursday, May 12th, 2011=

1.) Finish When the World Began video & worksheet

2.) First Nations Peoples Charts

- Each group will fill out one part of the charts

= = =Wednesday, May 11th, 2011=

1.) Worktime:

- Finish Canada Map - due today - Chapter 7 outline in notebook - Chapter 7 vocabulary - from Tuesday's homework (words below)

2.) Mark Chapter 6 Quizes

3.)Canada: A People's History - Volume 1 - When the World Began

- answer questions from the worksheets handed out

== = = =Tuesday, May 10th, 2011=

1.) Chapter 6 Quiz - open book

2.) Canada Map

3.) Chapter 7 Outline - in your notebooks

Chapter 7 Vocabulary:
Anthropology Subsistence Domesticated Social Organization Shamanism Kinship Matrilocal Patrilocal Patriarchal Ethnography Nuclear family Extended family Bilateral kinship

= = =Monday, May 9th, 2011=

In the Computer Lab:

1.) Work Physical Regions group project

2.) When finished:

- try this game, The Traveler IQ Challenger - Start the Canada Map

Reminder:
Chapter 6 Quiz tomorrow - it is open-book.

= = =Friday, May 6th, 2011=

1.) Review "Green Cities" video from yesterday - Sudbury and Halifax

2.) Green Cities Video - Toronto and Okotoks

3.) Partner Brainstorm:

A.) If you were Victoria City Councillors, what are some of the environmental issues you would focus on?

B.) What would you do about these issues?

4.) Back to the video - Calgary

Reminder: - Monday is the last day to work on your Physical Regions project - Physical Regions project due on Tuesday - Chapter 6 open-book Quiz on Tuesday = = =Thursday, May 5th, 2011=

1.) - Students who haven't written their midterm - write it in rm 202 - Everyone else - Fill out your Physical Regions Map using p. 163 in your textbook

2.) Current Events: Cinco de Mayo

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3.) Arctic Region Notes -Topography, Climate, and Vegetation

4.) Global Warming topic from the project - examples of what cities are doing to deal with climate change. Videos from CBC "Green Cities"

=Wednesday, May 4th, 2011=

In the Classroom: 1.) Computer Skills - how to organize documents - Wiki - how to's - Google Docs

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2.) Intro of Physical Regions Group Project - Criteria - Meet and organize with your group

In the Computer Lab: 3.) Research and work in groups

**Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011**

In the Computer Lab:

- Finish Federal Election Essays - Due tomorrow (email it or print it) - Physical Regions of North America Map (8 regions to outline, colour, and make a legend)

Student Vote Results:
Reynolds:

total votes cast - 450 rejected votes - 3

Elizabeth May - Green Party - 167 Edith Loring-Kuhanga - New Democratic Party - 148 Renée Hetherington - Liberal Party of Canada - 74 Gary Lunn - Conservative Party of Canada - 58

In the Canada-wide vote:

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,'Trebuchet MS',Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There were 512,175 ballots from 3,416 schools in 299 electoral districts across Canada. Here are the results:

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Federal Election Day!!

Computer Lab (rm 111)

1.) Current Events - Election update, Bin Laden, 10k

2.) Announcements - Make up tests - TLC room

3.) Federal Election Essays -

Read the following:

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