And the War Begins.....

Here are the plans for class until the start of Spring Break :)

February 28 - Causes of WWI (pg 26 to 30)

March 3 - Monday - Canada Responds to the War (pg 32 to 34)

Tuesday - I am away....go to room C235! You will be learning about the War in the Air and on the Sea (pg 42 to 44)

Wednesday - War on Land (pg 35 to 39)

Thursday - The Home Front (pg. 45-48)

Friday - Conscription (pg. 49 to 51)

March 10 - Monday - End of the War (pg 52 to 57)

Tuesday - Review/Multiple Choice/Booklet time

Wednesday to Friday - Create and publish an eBook (iPads :)
These are due on Friday March 14th BEFORE you leave for the break. Unless you want homework....then you can hand it in to me on March 31st!

Very Cool Government Site

Check out this site:

Government of Canada: Explore our Country

It's set up by the government of Canada. May be a useful review tool?

Welcome to Semester Two!

Welcome to SS 11! I look forward to teaching you all this semester.
We will be starting the semester off with Government and then moving on to History in about 3 weeks (or so).

This week we are going to start with Chapter 9.

Monday 3 - Democracy (290 to 296)

Tuesday 4 - Political Spectrum (297 to 302)

Wednesday 5 - Government of Canada Notes

Thursday 6 - Federal Government (Breakdown) - old text

Friday 7 - Passing a Bill into Law (308 to 309)

Next week and Beyond.... 

Monday 10 - Family Day! Spend some time with some family :-)

Tuesday 11 - Elections (313 to 317)

Wednesday 12 - Minority Govts (310 to 311) and Begin Project!

Thursday/Friday/Monday 13/14/17 - Project

Tuesday 18 - Presentations

Wednesday 19 - Human Rights (324 to 327) and the Charter (328 to 334)

Thursday 20 - Aboriginal Rights (339 to 340)

Friday 21 - PRO-D

Monday 24 - Gender and Children's Rights (341 to 347)

Tuesday 25 - Review Chapter 9 and 10

Wednesday 26 - GOVERNMENT UNIT TEST and Begin History Unit

Did somebody say NORAD?!?

They track SANTA now...forget the KGB

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/norad-tracks-santa-claus-on-journey-around-the-world-1

A Bit of Music....

I know that I probably had waaaayyyy more fun teaching about the 1980s and 1990s than you did learning about it - (although there were a few of you that were definitely trying not to burst out into dance during my lesson) - here are the videos to some of the songs that I shared in class! Enjoy them during your Christmas break while you work on your assignment :). 

Interestingly, the Backstreet Boys are the first on this list :-)....They beat "New Direction" any day :P

BSB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fndeDfaWCg

NSYNC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6gtilerPk

Nirvana

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

Whitney Houston

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGygGUfSwrs

Michael Jackson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRdxUFDoQe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi_XLOBDo_Y

Beastie Boys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBShN8qT4lk

Cyndy Lauper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A

New Kids on the Block

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbIEwIwYz-c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay6GjmiJTPM

Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY

Bon Jovi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrZHPOeOxQQ

The Plan Until Christmas!

Did I just say CHRISTMAS!!!?!??

Here's what we're going to be up to for the next 15 class days (THAT'S IT)!

December 2 - New Leadership (180-183)

3 - Post War Prosperity (184-189)

4 - Cold War (190-197)

5 - Planning for Peace (198-201)

6 - Chapter 7 - Social Change in the 1970s (206-210)

9 - Immigration and Aboriginals (211-214)

10 - Politics (215-221)

11 - HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SPEAKER. COME TO CLASS ON TIME. I know this is after the Holocaust and WWII but this is the only time that was available.

After lunch - Quebec Nationalism

12 - Economic Challenges (up to 227)

13 - International Policies (Cuba and Vietnam)

16 - Trudeaumania (234-237)

17 - Intro Chapter 8 (242-249)
17 - Aboriginal Rights (250-256)

18 - Constitution and Mulroney
Trudeau steps down

19 - International Action

20 - Economy

FYI - You will be getting some homework over the break as it is necessary for you to do some review over the break.

UNIT TEST (chapters 6, 7, 8) will be on JANUARY 8. That is the Wednesday of the week that you return back to school.

Jeopardy Study Sessions!

Click on the links below to study using a jeopardy format. Remember, the game includes a few things that you need to study...not all!

World War One (Ch. 2)
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/world-war-one109

The Roaring 20s and the Dirty 30s (Ch. 3 and 4)
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/canada-in-the-roaring-20s-and-the-dirty-30s