February 1

Social 20-1

I gave you your Social 20-1 study booklets, and the course outline in class today. I went over classroom rules and expectations along with the main units of study for the course. I will try to get you all on the Social 20-1 wiki tomorrow. If you miss class tomorrow, you can go to the link on the blog for the Social 20-1 and request access. When you request access, it will look something like this:

Click on the request access button, and set up an account. (Send me a message too, so I know that you're in my class). I will be giving you a small homework assignment in tomorrow's class. I will also start teaching the course content.

Social 10-1

I went through a self-introduction, the course outline, and got the class on the Social 10-1 wiki. You have a friendly letter of introduction which is due on Monday, February 6th. Please make sure that you organize your writing in a friendly letter format, covering the following topics: 

• family
• interests
• academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?)
• academic goals (what are your goals for Social Studies/ academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations)
• what other classes are you taking this semester?
• hobbies
• sports,
• favorite movies
• favorite TV shows
• favorite music
• favorite books

These are just suggestions to get you started, if you can think of other topics to cover, please do so. You will hand in this assignment on Monday, February 6th at the beginning of class. It can be typed if you choose, or hand written. It doesn't matter to me if it's double-spaced or not. Please respond back to the e-mail test message that I sent today.