November 23

Social 30-1

I did a homework check today on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you a handout today that looks something like this:

You were to take notes on some specifics of the Canadian government structure as I lectured. You were introduced to a lot of new concepts today, but most it should have been review for you since it was in Chapter 10. We talked about re-casting the November 2008 Canadian Federal election with a proportional representation system, and what political parties might be in favour of P.R. and what parties might be opposed to the idea of introducing this system to Canada. We also talked about general problems of P.R. in the Canadian political landscape, namely the difficulty of winning a majority government, and the susceptibility of minority governments to votes of non-confidence. I gave you the remaining time to do some small group brainstorming on tomorrow's Unit 2 Written Response Assignment II. I gave you the essay question sheet today. Remember, you are allowed to prepare for the essay, but you can't write it ahead of time. You're allowed to bring in point form notes on the essay question sheet as long as they are hand-written notes, and all of the notes are on the front side of the sheet under the line. DO NOT write on the back side of the essay question sheet. This is the last time that you get the text-based source in advance. You will be writing your Unit 2 WRA II in the Blenheim Room tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We went over the Word document that I sent you by e-mail over the weekend which gives you some idea of what the Written Response Assignment II will be like on your 30-1 Diploma Exam. You will be writing a Unit 2 WRA II on December 7th in the Blenheim Room. We started watching "Globalisation is Good" today and completing a film study. We'll finish this off tomorrow. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday.