SS+11+Fall+2014+Daily+Schedule

=Tuesday, Sept 23, 2014=

Day 1!!

1.) In the Library - Sign out SS 11 textbooks

2.) In the Library - Log in to a computer

3.) Click the link below to read the instructions, take the quiz, and record any statements that you strongly agreed or disagreed with in your notebook:

Political Compass quiz

4.) After the quiz is completed read the concluding page and recreate the Political Compass in your notebook

5.) Answer the following in your notebook:

- What were your scores from the quiz? - Were you surprised? - Which international leaders relate to you on the Political Compass?

6.) When finished we will go back to our classroom if there is enough time left in class

=Wednesday, Sept 24, 2014=

1.) Political Spectrum Quiz -

2.) Origin of Government Notes

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3.) Political Ideologies Assignment

=Thursday, Sept 25, 2014=

1.) Notes - Finish notes from yesterday

2.) Work on Political Ideologies Assignment - groups of 3

=Friday, Sept 26, 2014=

1.) A State of Mind - North Korea documentary

2.) In your notebooks divide your page in half. On one half record North Korea's government policies and on the other side record peoples' living conditions, emotions, and feelings towards how they are governed.

3.) finish watching the video this weekend to discuss on Monday

See the link - A State of Mind (we left of at 5:00 in part 4) - sorry, I could only find the film in parts.

4.) For homework:

- Finish the Political Ideologies Assignment chart - hand in on Monday

=Monday, Sept 29, 2014=

1.) Wrap up State of Mind video - What did we learn about North Korea?

2.) Political Ideologies Assignment - see new handout to help fill in the chart

3.) Government notes

=Tuesday, Sept 30, 2014=

1.) Capitalism vs Socialism articles - create a T chart in your notebook and fill out the differences of these ideologies from the articles

2.) Bovine Econnomics

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3.) Government notes continued from yesterday

4.) Chapter 9 questions

From the board:

- Read from P.220 to 226

- p.226 #3,5 in your textbook

- Also these questions:

a.) What are the 3 main parts of Canada's Constitution? b.) In our federal system, which responsibilities are associated with the federal and provincial governments?

__I will continue updating this page now that I am back from my medical leave...__

=Monday, Nov 3, 2014=

1.) Government Unit Test

- Chance to rewrite on Thursday

2.) US Midterm Elections article - @http://o.canada.com/news/world/u-s-midterms-are-empty-vessel-for-most-voters

- Similarities between the American & Canadian political systems?

3.) Colbert Reaction to Ottawa Shooting

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=Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014=

1.) Chapter 1 powerpoint

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=Wednesday, Nov 5, 2014=

1.) Pop Quiz - Map of Europe

2.) Alliences in WWI

3.) Causes of WWI - notes (slides #1-12)

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=Thursday, Nov 6, 2014=

1.) Government Unit Test - Retake

2.) Canada's Response to War

Textbook Questions - p. 28 #1-4

3.) John McCrae video clip from Canada: A Peoples History

- Biography & "In Flanders Fields" poem

=Friday, Nov 7, 2014=

1.) Trench Warfare

- Clip from the film "A Very Long Engagement"

2.) Homework:

- WWI notes from the Powerpoint above (from Wednesday) - Chapter 2 Study Cards - On recipe cards or on Quizlet.com - Due next Thursday

3.) Reminders:

- Chapter 2 Study Cards due next Thursday - Chapter 2 (WWI) Test next Friday

=Wednesday, Nov 12, 2014=

1.) Battles of WWI Timeline

- Take a long sheet of paper and create a timeline of the major battles Canadians were involved in during WWI. Use the textbook and also include "Hundred Days" as the last battle. - Include dates, key events during the battle, casualties, Canadian involvement, outcomes, and significance of the battle (Why is the battle important / remembered today)

2.) Canada's Response to War - notes from the powerpoint above

=Thursday, Nov 13, 2014=

1.) Worktime:

- finish Battles Timeline - Chap 2 Study Cards

2.) Conscription Questions

- From the powerpoint

=Friday, Nov 14, 2014=

World War I Test (Chap 2)

=Monday, Nov 17, 2014=

1.) Amalgamation

- What is it? - What are the issues in South Vancouver Island's 13 municipalities? - Municipal Elections on the weekend? - Referendum question - Jack Knox article

2.) The Roaring Twenties (Chap 3)

- Why is the 1920s called the Roaring Twenties? Look for examples in your textbook

3.) Post WWI - Canada's Adjoustment

- Notes:

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=Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014=

1.) Winnipeg General Strike - Review - Segment of Canada: A People's History

2.) Worktime: - Chapter 3 Study Cards

3.) The Rise of Rural Power Article

=Wednesday, Nov 19, 2014=

1.) Video Reviews - Canada: A People's History segments:

- Agnes Macphail - Neighbours to the South

2.) Chapter 4 notes - The Dirty Thirties

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3.) Work Time - Chapter 3 & 4 Study Cards

=Monday, Nov 24, 2014=

Chapter 3 & 4 In-class Essay - open textbook - Choose one of the three questions

=Tuesday, Nov 25, 2014=

1.) What factors between the World Wars contributed to Canada's emerging autonomy?

- In groups of 5, take a factor each and find an explanation from the textbook or the internet - Share the 5 factors with your group

2.) Work on Study Cards when finished

Reminder: - Chapter 3 & 4 study cards were due yesterday

=Wednesday, Nov 26, 2014=

1.) Current Events:

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2.) End of WWI - powerpoint

- Treaty of Versailles

3.) WWII Timeline

- worktime

=Thursday, Nov 27, 2014=

1.) Worktime:

- WWII Timeline - CHapter Study Cards for Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5

2.) WWII notes:

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=Friday, Nov 28, 2014=

1.) William Lyon Mackenzie King Article

- Use the Reading Bookmark to make notes on the article

2.) The Crucible video

- Answer the questions as you view the videos - 1937-1940

3.) Worktime:

- Timeline - Study cards

=Tuesday, Dec 2, 2014=

1.) Worktime: - Timelines - Study cards

2.) Battle of Hong Kong - Article

3) Canada: A People's History video series - The Crucible Episode: The War Machine & The War Comes Home sections

=Wednesday, Dec 3, 2014=

1.) Worktime:

- WWII timeline - Study Cards

2.) Review the notes below:

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Reminder:

- WWII test on Friday - Chapter 5 and last section of Chapter 4

=Wednesday, Dec 10, 2014=

1.) Canada: A People's History video series

- Seeing Red - On Guard for Thee

Canadian & Global politics in the 1950s - Cold War, NATO, Korean War, Red Scare, Suez Crisis 1956, United Nations

2.) Worktime:

- Study Cards for Chapter 6

=Thursday, Dec 11, 2014=

1.) Review of Yesterday

2.) Canada: A People's History video series

- Affluence for Almost All - First Tremors

Canadian Social Aspects of the 1950s - New jobs, Suburbs, Women in the Workplace, American Dream

3.) Structure of the United Nations & Canadian Involvement - Article & Worksheet

=Monday, Jan 5, 2015=

1.) Pop Quiz:

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2.) Canada's Leaders from 1948 - 1984:

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3.) Review of the 1970s:

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Reminders:

- **SS 11 Provincial Exam i**s on __Monday, Feb 2, 2015__ in the gym from 1-3 pm

=Tuesday, Jan 6, 2015=

1.) Reminders:

- Chapter 6, 7, 8 Test next Monday, Jan 12th, 2015 - Multiple choice, matching, 1 essay to write out of these 3 Questions:

I will pick one to put on the test: a.) What was the Cold War, and what was Canada's role in it? b.) What was the economic relationship between Canada and the United States from 1945 to 2000? c.) How has Canadian Identity been shaped since the 1950s?

2.) Finish the immigration section of the 1970s notes from yesterday

3.) Canada in the 1980s & 1990s notes

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4.) Cold War on Ice Documentary - LINK

=Wednesday, Jan 7, 2014=

1.) Finish Canada in the 1980s & 90s notes from yesterday

2.) Canada & the World notes

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4.) Yugoslavian conflict - video:

ESPN 30 for 30 episode - Once Brothers - LINK

=Thursday, Jan 8, 2015=

Intro - Current Events:

- Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris explained - Political cartoons

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1.) Worktime - work on Chapter 6-8 Study Cards, due Tuesday

2.) Class Activity - Canadian Peacekeeping Missions

3.) Canadian Identity - Chapter 8

- Quebec Relations:

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=Friday, Jan 9, 2015=

1.) Language Wars & October Crisis (1970) videos

2.) Worktime:

- Study Cards

3.) Reminders:

- Chapter 6,7, 8 Test on Tuesday, Jan 13

4.) Notes for Monday:

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=Mon, Jan 12, 2015=

Worktime:

- Study Cards - Chapter 6-8

Reminder: - Chapter 6-8 test tomorrow

=Wedn, Jan 14, 2015=

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=Thurs, Jan 15, 2015=

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=Friday, Jan 16, 2015=

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=Mon, Jan 19, 2015=

1.) Kenya Article from Chapter 14

- Read and answer the questions

2.) Canada's First Nations Reserves Article

- Read and answer the questions

3.) Continue working on Study Cards

=Tues, Jan 20, 2015=

1.) Work time:

- Finish the 2 articles and questions in the textbook from yesterday (chapter 14) - Kenya & First Nations Reserves - Chapter 13, 14, 17, 12 Study Cards

2.) Nature of Things episode - See the link:

- The Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands

(the CBC media player sometimes works better on Safari or Explorer better than on Google Chrome)

=Wedn, Jan 21, 2015=

1.) Review:

- The Poverty Cycle

2.) Village of 100 - PPT

3.) Standard of Living - Crash Course - Are we better off today? Pros and Cons

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4.) Living Standards handout

5.) Cost of Living Around the World

- PPT

6.) Worktime:

- Check your mark and any NHIs you may have - Study Cards

=Thursday, Jan 22, 2015=

1.) Progress Reports - lots of NHIs!!!

2.) Worktime:

- Work on any NHIs & current Study Cards

3.) The Environment notes

=Friday, Jan 23, 2015=

1.) Guest Speaker - Ms. Walsh

- Working for an NGO in Africa

2.) Review for the Environment section:

- The Nature of Things: Arctic Passages video

3.) Course Reviews:

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=Monday, Jan 26, 2015=

1.) Human Geography Test (Chapters 12, 13, 14, 17)

2.) Hand in Study Cards

3.) Study using Quizlet.com

=Tuesday, Jan 27, 2015=

1.) Sample Provincial Exam Test

=Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015=

1.) Work with a group of 3 and go through a provincial exam

2.) Work on Quizlet to study

3.) Finish Study Cards and hand them in

4.) Course Review Documents:









__Reminder:__
1.) My room is available for you to study and to ask questions on:

- Wednesday After School - Thursday & Friday from 11:15 to 1pm

=2.) SS 11 Provincial Exam - Monday, Feb 2, 2015 from 1- 4pm in the gym=