February 28

Social 10

You finished off taking notes on Western alienation today at the beginning of class. We were able to have a short discussion on Albertan independence based on the two articles that I sent you last night. Please remember to study for Thursday's Regionalism Unit Final. Also, don't forget that your French-English Relations timeline assignment is due on Monday, March 6th.

Social 20

You did an in-class skills assignment today on the French Revolution. Please remember to study for Friday's French Revolution Quiz. A study guide for this quiz was posted yesterday.

February 27

Social 10

At the beginning of class I collected your promotional brochure assignment. It looks like most of you handed it in on time. Please make sure that if you didn't hand it in during class time that you hand it in to my mailbox in the main office as soon as possible. I went over the French-English Relations Quiz as well today. This was very unusual for me, since I rarely, if ever, go over exams during class time (I would prefer to deal with it individually during tutorial times). I then had you do some reading and note-taking on the topic of Western Alienation. If you missed class today, you will have to come to tutorial times this week to finish this assignment. I will be giving you a little bit of class time tomorrow to finish off the reading and note-taking assignment. Please check your e-mail tonight, as I have sent to you two articles about Albertan independence. Please print off these articles and read them before you come to class tomorrow. Please remember to study and prepare for Thursday's Regionalism Unit Final!

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Regionalism Unit Final is on Thursday, March 2nd
• French-English Relations Timeline Project is due on Monday, March 6th
  
  

Social 20

I did a homework check for the word searches at the beginning of class today. The first ten students with completed word searches that showed them to me received a bonus homework check mark.
I then showed you a "History Bites" video on the French Revolution. Was it corny? Maybe. Hopefully, you got some of those corny jokes because you know something about the French Revolution now. I then had you do a reading entitled "The Terror". I'm sorry, but I don't have an electronic version of this article to send to you by e-mail, so if you missed class today, please get this reading from me. Additionally, I would like you to create a chart (yes, I know, another one) on the "Governments of the Revolution". Organize your chart as follows: create the following headings: Dates, Government Name, Government Type, Important Events. Under the "Government Names" column, please fill in the following government names (I've put them here in chronological order already): National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, National Convention, and the Directory. Other than the Directory (which had a Republic as its' "Type of Government") I did not give you any more information. Please complete this chart for homework for tomorrow. Also I told you that you will be having a quiz on the French Revolution this Friday. The format for the quiz will be matching and short answer questions. Please use the following study guide to help focus your studying.

French Revolution Quiz Study Guide:

1. Key Terms, Key Events, Key People of the French Revolution (the following list is a good start):

• Bastille
• cahiers
• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• Committee of Public Safety
• Danton
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• Directory
• the Three Estates
• Estates General
• Girondins
• "Great Fear"
• Jacobins
• Lafayette
• Law of Suspects
• Levee en Masse
• Louis XVI
• Marat
• Marie-Antoinette
• the "Mountain"
• National Assembly
• National Convention
• Necker
• Old Regime
• the "Plain"
• Reign of Terror
• Republic of Virtue
• Revolutionary Tribunal
• Robespierre
• Sans-culottes
• September Massacres
• Supreme Being
• Tennis Court Oath

*This list is alphabetically arranged from a glossary of key terms that I gave to you as a handout, so study from it.

2. Structure of French Society under the Old Regime

3. Causes of the French Revolution (intellectual, political, social, economic)

4. Declaration of the Rights of Man (major concepts/ideas in the Declaration)

5. Revolutionary Governments

6. Reign of Terror

7. Changes that the Jacobins introduced into French society

8. Key Figures/Leaders of the Revolution

9. Political Spectrum

10. Results of the French Revolution

Are you feeling feisty? Then you may want to play a couple of the games that I have set up hyperlinks to below (you might even learn something)

• French Revolution: Make the Teacher Walk the Plank!
• French Revolution: Fling the Teacher!

Don't throw me too far...

February 24

Sorry for the late posting tonight. I went to watch some basketball with my son at Western Canada after school today...

Social 10

Today I showed you a short video on the FLQ Crisis of October 1970 from the CBC News in Review. Then you wrote a quiz on French-English Relations. If you found this quiz difficult, you now have a better sense of how difficult quizzes and tests might be in Social 10. I also told you that on Thursday, March 2nd you will be having your Regionalism Unit Final. The format of the unit final is entirely multiple choice, with about 60-70 questions.

Regionalism Unit Final Study Guide:

1. Regions of Canada (review your notes/worksheets and the PowerPoint presentation)

• physiographic regions
• climatic regions
• physiographic regions (chart)
• basic Canadian geography (provinces, territories, capitals, rivers and bodies of water)

2. Regionalism (review your notes/worksheets and the PowerPoint presentation)

• what is regionalism?
• causes of regionalism in Canada

3. Regional Disparity (same as above)

• what is regional disparity?
• what causes regional disparity?
• "have" and "have not" provinces
• what does the government do to ease regional disparity?
• shared-cost programs
• personal transfers
• equalization payments
• indicators/signposts of regional disparity
• know the key concepts!!

4. French-English Relations (review notes from timeline assignment and the PowerPoint)

• Treaty of Paris (1763)
• Quebec Act
• Constitutional Act
• Act of Union
• Confederation
• Riel Rebellions
• WWI Conscription Crisis
• Quiet Revolution (1960-66)- Jean Lesage
• FLQ Crisis (1970)
• Parti Quebecois-Rene Levesque
• 1980 Referendum
• Meech Lake Accord
• Charlottetown Accord-referendum
• know the key concepts!!

5. Western Alienation (we'll be covering this topic next week)

• Causes of Western alienation (root causes)
• Development of Western alienation (Great Depression)
• formation of regional political parties (UFA, Social Credit, CCF/NDP, Reform, etc.)
• regional political party ideas/objectives

Here are some upcoming important dates for Social 10 students:

• Promotional Brochure is due Monday, February 27th
• Regionalism Unit Final is on Thursday, March 2nd
• French-English Relations Timeline Project is due Monday, March 6th (the extra credit assignment is due on the same day, please provide a "hard copy" of your website, in other words burn it on to a CD-R.)
  
  

Social 20

Today, I made sure that you understood the "political spectrum" during the French Revolution, and the revolutionary governments. I gave you two word search puzzles, which are due on Monday (if you missed today's class, please be sure that you get these puzzles from me on Monday, they are useful for review). The first 10 students on Monday that show me their completed word searches, with the answer to the puzzle's clue question written down will get a bonus homework check mark.

February 22

Social 20

Today we finished watching the video "The French Revolution", which culminated with the execution of Marie Antoinette and the downfall and execution of Danton and Robespierre. I gave you two homework assignments, which are due on Friday, one of them I have e-mailed you already. The other assignment is related to the political spectrum in revolutionary France. I also gave you a handout in class today, so if you missed class you'll need to get it from me on Friday. If you missed class today, you are still responsible for any missed work or assignments that I gave out in class today.

Social 10

At the beginning of class I showed you a short 15 minute video from CBC News in Review from 1995. The main topic of the video was the Quebec Referendum of 1995. Here are a couple of hyperlinks that I'd like you to check out on this topic:

• Wikipedia: Quebec Referendum 1995
• CBC Archives: Separation Anxiety (lots of great video clips from the campaign, watch them all, tell your friends!)

I also gave you the remaining class time to work on the research component of the French-English Relations Timeline Assignment. This assignment is due on March 6th.

February 21

Social 10

I gave you your next project today in class, an illustrated timeline of French-English Relations in Canada. This timeline is due on March 6th. If you missed today's class you'll have to get this assignment sheet from me tomorrow. You will only get a little bit more class time for this project tomorrow.

Social 20

We continued watching the movie on the "French Revolution" today in class. We'll be finishing the movie tomorrow.

February 15

Social 10

I showed you a PowerPoint presentation for a large portion of today's class on the history of French-English relations in Canada. I will be sending this presentation to you today after school, so please check your e-mail. Also, we had a brief discussion on the equalization payment program.

Social 20

I returned your Chapter 2 questions at the beginning of class today, and then I collected your Chapter 3 questions, which were due today. We continued watching "The French Revolution: Years of Hope".

To all my Social 10 and Social 20 students: please enjoy your extra long weekend!!

February 14

Social 10

I gave you a lot of class time to work on the "Regional Challenges" worksheet today, so hopefully, you were able to finish most of it in class. I will be taking it in tomorrow for homework check marks. You might have a little bit of time tomorrow to work on it. I would like you to read the three articles that I sent to you last night, making note of the following things:

• positives/negatives of the equalization payment program
• why the program exists
• interesting facts within the three articles

Also, I would like you to view/read the following online presentation: "Where Your Tax Dollar Goes".

Please visit this website to read more about the Equalization Program. Please feel to look around, since this the Finance Department's website, and it contains lots of other useful pieces of information.

Social 20

We continued watching "The French Revolution: Years of Hope" today in class. We picked it up where we left off yesterday with the people storming the Bastille. Please don't forget that the remainder of the Chapter 3 questions (Q17-22) are due tomorrow. I will be taking in all Chapter 3 questions (Q1-22) for homework check marks tomorrow in class.

February 13

Social 10

I delivered a presentation to you today entitled "Regional Disparity". I have sent this presentation to you via the e-mail distribution list, so let me know if you didn't get it. I also have sent you three Word documents that I want you to print off for class tomorrow. I will start taking in some of the in-class assignments from you starting this week. Here is the test to see if you are reading the blog: you may sit where you like tomorrow, we're going to set up a new seating plan.

Social 20

I showed you the first part of a movie about the French Revolution in class today. I think that studying this film will help enhance your understanding of key events in the French Revolution. Please finish the rest of the Chapter 3 questions by Wednesday.

February 10

Social 10

You wrote your Canadian Geography Quiz today at the start of class. You will get the results of this quiz on Monday. You do have some homework over the weekend: you must write a one page essay on the topic at the bottom of the Manufacturing/Population Distribution worksheet. Good luck!

Social 20

I gave you a "Glossary of Names" and "Timeline" at the beginning of the class. I don't have an electronic version of these handouts, so please see me on Monday if you weren't in class today. These two handouts are very easy to understand, and they cover the time period from the French Revolution to the Napoleonic Era, so it's a really excellent reference for the next few weeks, and for review purposes too.
As far as homework goes, I would like you to finish reading Chapter 3: Causes of the French Revolution for Monday, and complete the questions 9-16 at the end of the Chapter 3.

Have a great weekend!

February 9

Social 20

I have sent you a lot of information today through the e-mail distribution list. You should have received today's presentation on the Key Events of the French Revolution, as well as an answer key for the Declaration of the Rights of Man assignment, and the Timeline of the French Revolution (for those of you who like to type things out).

Social 10

Today was a library research period for the Promotional Brochure Assignment. This assignment is due on Monday, February 27th. The extra credit assignment (if you decide to do it) is due the same day. Today was your one and only class period to do some research for this project.

February 8 (Part 2)

Social 10 Links for Canadian Geography:

The following is not meant to be an exhaustive list of websites, however it may be useful to examine them as a starting point in your research.

• Canadian Landscapes Photo Collection (click on "Search by Physiographic Region")
• Canadian Tourism Commission Photo Gallery
• Images of Canada from VIA Rail (select a photo album to view)
• The Parliament of Canada Photo Gallery (only useful for St. Lawrence Lowlands region)
• Statistics Canada: Thematic Maps (may be useful)
• Travel Links: Canada (Travel Canada, most useful set of links. Includes links to provincial tourism websites)

February 8

Sorry for the late posting tonight...

Social 10

I gave you your first project in Social 10 today, a Promotional Brochure. We will be doing library research tomorrow. We will meet in the classroom, and then we'll go to the library. I will post hyperlinks here on the blog before tomorrow's class.

Social 20

I have sent you a homework assignment on the Declaration of the Rights of Man, so please check your e-mail messages. I also sent you today's PowerPoint presentation on the Causes of the French Revolution.

February 7

Social 10

Today was another work period in which you hopefully finished off Part "B". I think that most people have moved on to the Population Distribution worksheet. We'll pick up tomorrow where we left off today. Obviously, there's no homework, unless of course maybe if you haven't filled out the physiographic regions chart from the PowerPoint presentation that I sent out to you. Please make sure that you have filled out that chart, because we will be doing a project very soon on the physiographic regions of Canada.

Social 20

Today you had your pop quiz on the Enlightenment thinkers. I marked it in class and gave you your results back for it. We also did a brief review of French society in 1789. I then moved on to the remainder of the material in Chapter 2 from your textbook. I assigned the following questions for homework: p. 32 Q1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 13-17. These questions are due tomorrow.

February 6

Social 10

I returned your maps today in class. I also delivered a presentation today on the Regions of Canada. I will send this presentation out to you tonight. For those of you that didn't take notes on the Physiographic Regions of Canada chart during this presentation (probably because you haven't printed off the "Regionalism" PDF booklet that I sent to you), you should probably do that tonight. Please make sure that you print off the pages that you need from the PDF package that I sent to you on Saturday.

Social 20

I did a brief review of Enlightenment philosophers at the beginning of class today. I just wanted to make sure that you completely understood their main ideas and philosophies and how they differed from traditional European society. Please make sure that you review these Enlightenment thinkers, because you will be having a pop quiz on them this week. Also, please remember that your document based analysis assignment on Locke and Rousseau is due tomorrow. I also did a presentation today on French society and monarchy on the eve of the French Revolution. I will be sending this presentation to you tonight. I also gave you a chart to complete on the Three Estates in France. This chart is due tomorrow as well.

February 3

Social 10

Today we really started the Regionalism unit. I gave you a small booklet, this will hopefully be the last hard copy handout that I will give you this semester. I will begin sending you handouts and presentations by e-mail now. The only time that I will give you a handout is if it something that exists only as a hard copy (for example, something that I clipped out of a newspaper). Please check your e-mail over the weekend, as I will probably be sending you something via e-mail. For those of you who missed class today, I will try to send you what I handed out today in class by e-mail. The only sticking point are a couple of maps that I want you to do.
The maps that you started today in class, should be colored with a legend for Monday. You'll get a chance to finish them next week by adding full descriptions of the physical and climatic regions of Canada. I also collected your homework assignments today in class. This assignment will be returned to you on Monday. The maps were taken in for marks, and the "Basic Canadian Geographical Information" worksheet will be checked for completion and count towards homework completion.

Announcement (Saturday, February 4th): I have sent you an e-mail with an attachment. Please print off the pages that you need to from the attachment. It is a PDF file, and it covers many of the initial topics that we'll be covering in the Regionalism unit. Please print this off for Monday's class!! Please don't delete anything that I send to you. Please create a folder on your computer and save everything that I send out via the e-mail distribution list. If you didn't receive this e-mail message, let me know, otherwise I assume that everything was received.

Social 20

We did a brief review of the comparison between the upper class and the peasantry at the beginning of class today. Then I gave you some advice on how to complete the chart that is due on Monday, specifically, if you're not sure how to complete the last column ("How These Ideas Differed From the Feudal Society")please keep in mind that the philosophes were criticizing traditional institutions: the Church, feudal structure/social organization, the King/nobility/aristocracy. So keep in mind when you're reading ideas associated with the philosophes, "who (or what) are they criticizing with this idea?" I also gave you excerpts of Rousseau's The Social Contract and Locke's Two Treatises on Government to use in a document analysis assignment that is due on Tuesday.

Announcement (Saturday, February 4th): I have sent to you the PowerPoint presentation that I delivered on the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Please check your e-mail messages. My advice to you is to convert these PowerPoint presentations into Word documents and print them off. Please don't delete these presentations!! Create a folder on your computer at home and save everything that I send you this semester. Please let me know if you didn't receive this e-mail. If I don't hear from you, I assume that the message was received.

February 2

Social 20

I apologize for the technical difficulties at the beginning of class today. Technology can be fantastic when it works. I will be sending along those presentations as soon as I hear back from everyone on the e-mail list. I would like to send today's presentation out tomorrow, to help you finish the chart that I assigned for homework tonight. This is roughly what your chart should have the following horizontal headings:View of Nature of Human Beings, Main Ideas, How These Ideas Differed From Those of Feudal Society. You should also have the following listed vertically on your chart: John Locke, Philosophes as a group, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Deism, Rousseau, Francois Quesnay, Cesare Beccaria, Adam Smith. This chart is due on Monday. More detail is better on the chart than less!

Social 10

Please check your e-mail tonight and respond back, I'm still trying to get the e-mail distribution list working perfectly. Both maps are due tomorrow. Please check yesterday's posting for some helpful information. Here's a good hyperlink for learning about Canada's lakes and rivers: click here. When you're looking around the Internet tonight, maybe you should visit this site.

For those of you still not sure where Lake St. Clair is, perhaps this map will help:

February 1

Social 20

Today I collected your letters of introduction at the beginning of the period. I then went through a presentation on European History prior to the French Revolution. This was a whirlwind tour of history. I will be sending that presentation to you through the e-mail distribution list, once it's all up and operational. This brings me to my next point: please check your e-mail (including junk folder) for a message from me that I sent out yesterday. Please respond back with "pong". If you didn't get the message, please e-mail me directly and I will add you to the list. I also had to complete a short retrieval chart comparing life of the peasantry with that of the upper classes in Europe. Please remember to finish reading Chapter 1.

Social 10

At the start of class, I collected your letters of introduction. I would also like to remind you to check your junk e-mail folders for the message that I sent out yesterday. I would like everyone to respond, so that I can start sending out information via e-mail. I also gave you your first assignment that I will be collecting for marks. Everything that I handed out today in class is due on Friday. You have a political and a physical map due on Friday as well as a sheet on "Basic Canadian Geographical Information". I hope that you finish the maps tonight, so you can finish the worksheet in class tomorrow. Here are some sources to help you out tonight, just in case you don't have an atlas at home:

• Provincial and Territorial Maps