September 28

Social 10

I did a homework check of your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. We also did a Wesbite Evaluation Assignment that is a requirement of all Social 10 students coming into Churchill. Have a great weekend!

Social 20

Today I collected four homework assignments that were due today and gave you homework check credit on them. I also gave you a homework assignment: you must send me by e-mail 10 Jeopardy! style questions to my CBE mail account (krgilchrist@cbe.ab.ca) before Sunday at 8 p.m. This will be a homework check as well. Please check the list of upcoming important dates below:

• 10 Jeopardy! Questions (with answers) due before Sunday at 8 p.m.
• Napoleonic Europe Map is due Monday, October 1st
• Chapter 5 Questions (Q1-5, 12) are due Tuesday, October 2nd
• Nationalism Test (which covers Chapters 2-5) is on Thursday, October 4th (here is the study guide)
  
  

This is a modern map of Europe, however, it will be useful if you haven't labeled the latitude and longitude on your Napoleonic Europe Maps yet.

Here's another map that might be helpful, it's from 1815, but it'll still be useful.

September 27

Social 20

I delivered a presentation/lecture on "The Congress of Vienna". I will be sending this presentation to you today. I will also be sending you some documents as well, so please check your e-mail and print off these notes. Please check the upcoming important dates to keep straight when certain homework assignments are due.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Napoleon's Domestic Policy (chart) is due tomorrow
• Napoleon's Conquests (chart) is due tomorrow
• Napoleon Wordsearch and Crossword puzzle are due tomorrow
• Napoleonic Europe Map is due Monday, October 1st
• Chapter 5 Questions (Q1-5, 12) are due Tuesday, October 2nd
• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 4th (please check the study guide here)
  

This might be helpful for dealing with the Congress of Vienna questions about the political spectrum:

Social 10

I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. While I was doing the homework check I had you copy out the web (Figure 4-1 on page 70 in your text). I had you answer the question: How can these relationships be explained? The expectation was that you went "deep" with your answers and that you didn't just stick with a surface-level answer.
Next, I broke you into brainstorming groups to complete the Skill Path on page 71. Essentially, you brainstormed what impacts globalization has on individual and collective identities. Hopefully, you were able to brainstorm some specific examples. Next, in your groups you were to choose the Top 5 items that had an impact on individual and collective identities, and be able to provide a justification for your ranking.
I assigned the Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions for homework tonight.

September 26

Social 10

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Quiz today for the better part of the period. For homework tonight, if you didn't finish it already, is the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet. I would also like to recommend that you read Chapter 4 tonight, since we're starting it tomorrow.

Social 20

Today I gave you the "Napoleon Package". It consists of a crossword puzzle, a word search, and a mapping assignment. You had all class period to work on these worksheets. Please remember that DBA #2 is due tomorrow.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• DBA #2 is due Thursday, September 27th
• Napoleon's Conquests (chart) is due on Friday, September 28th
• Napoleon's Domestic Policy (chart) is due on Friday, September 28th
• Napoleon Crossword Puzzle is due on Friday, September 28th
• Napoleon Wordsearch is due on Friday, September 28th
• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 4th (please see the study guide here)

500th post on the blog...

September 25

Social 10

We went over some important concepts in Chapter 3 today in class. We looked at the roots of official bilingualism, language preservation, the CRTC and CAVCO, and we talked about how media and communications technologies could be used to preserve and promote culture and identity. Please don't forget to review Chapters 1-2 in your textbook for your quiz tomorrow.

Social 20

I gave you class time to work on the two charts that I sent you by e-mail last night: Napoleon's Domestic Policy and Napoleon's Conquests. You could have also used the time to work on your DBA #2. I will be giving you a Nationalism Test (which covers topics in Chapters 2-5) on Thursday, October 4th. The study guide is below.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• DBA #2 is due Thursday, September 27th
• Napoleon's Domestic Policy (chart) and Napoleon's Conquests (chart) are due on Friday, September 27th
• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 4th (please see the study guide below)
  

Nationalism Test Study Guide

This test will cover materials in Chapters 2-5 in Century of Change. In other words it covers the following topics: the French Revolution, Napoleon, Reaction to Revolution (Congress of Vienna and Revolutions of 1830 and 1848).

• Divine right of kings
• Class System/Social Structure in the Old Regime
• Governments in France (Estates General, National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, National Convention, the Directory)
• Causes of the French Revolution (why did it happen in France? fundamental causes, etc.
• Tennis Court Oath
• Declaration of the Rights of Man (concepts, major changes)
• Fall of the Bastille (why did it happen? why is it important?)
• Radicals and Moderates
• Reign of Terror (what was it? why did it happen? key figures/leaders)
• Results of the French Revolution
• Napoleon (accomplishments, what he did he rule/not rule-countries, where was he exiled)
• Napoleon's Domestic Policies
• Napoleonic Code (what is it? significance of the Napoleonic Code)
• French Nationalism (how did this help France? how did this affect Europe?)
• Napoleon's Foreign Policy
• Battle of Trafalgar (what is it? why did it happen? what were the results? implications for France and Britain)
• Battle of Austerlitz
• Battle of Leipzig
• Continental System/blockade (what is it? why did Napoleon implement it? what were the results?)
• Napoleon's Defeats (Russia, Leipzig, Waterloo-results?)
• Congress of Vienna (what is it? purpose? major powers at the Congress, who were the representatives?)
• balance of power/congress system (what is it? how did it work? was it successful?)
  

September 24

Social 10

I collected your Illustrated Concept Map Assignments at the beginning of class today. I also returned your writing assignments. We looked briefly today at the CBC/SRC, and the role that national public broadcasters have in a globalizing world. Please note the change in your Chapter 1-2 Quiz below. You must study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms, as well as be prepared to answer any the questions for inquiry. It would also be a good idea to make sure you really understand the case studies in those chapters, specifically: the Metis, the Hmong, Francophones, and the Maori.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 1-2 Quiz is now on Wednesday, September 26th
  
  

Social 20

You wrote your French Revolution Quiz today. I will try to get those marked as quickly as possible, so you can know the results this week. I took in your Chapter 4 questions for homework check credit, and I returned your DBA #1. We also watched a video on Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia. Please check your e-mail for a couple of charts that I am sending to you, one is on Napoleon's domestic policy, and the other chart covers the Napoleonic Wars. Please print them off and bring them to class tomorrow.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• DBA #2 is due on Thursday, September 27th
• Napoleon's Domestic Policy chart and Napoleon's Conquests chart are due on Friday, September 28th (please check your e-mail)
  

September 21

Social 10

I did a homework check on your Chapter 2 key terms and questions at the beginning of class. I gave you some notes on media transnationals, specifically on the Walt Disney Company, Viacom, and News Corporation. We then talked about some potential advantages and disadvantages of the large concentration of media ownership with so few transnational corporations.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Monday, September 24th
• Ch. 1-2 Quiz is on Tuesday, September 25th
  

Social 20

Today was essentially a work period designed to allow you to try a clear up some homework assignments and lessen your workload over the weekend. Most students worked on the Chapter 4 questions that are due on Monday, while others worked on preparing/studying for the French Revolution Quiz which is also on Monday.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• French Revolution Quiz is on Monday, September 24th (here is the study guide)
• Chapter 4 Questions (Q1-8, Q9, 11, 12, 14, 16) are due on Monday, September 24th
• DBA #2 is due on Thursday, September 27th
  
  

September 20

Social 20

I quickly went over the Declaration of the Rights of Man assignment. I then delivered a presentation on "The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte" today in class. I will be sending that presentation to you today, so please check your e-mail, and print it off. I assigned some questions from Chapter 4 (Q1-8, Q9, 11, 12, 14, 16) in the textbook which are due on Monday. I also gave you DBA #2, which is due a week from today.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• French Revolution Quiz is on Monday, September 24th
• Chapter 4 Questions (Q1-8, Q9, 11, 12, 14, 16) are due Monday, September 24th
• DBA #2 is due Thursday, September 27th
  
  

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Whale Rider" today in class, and then we discussed the film. I assigned Chapter 2 key terms, and the Chapter 2 questions for homework tonight, I will be checking them in class tomorrow. I also told you that I will be giving you a quiz on Chapters 1-2 in the text.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet are due tomorrow
• Illustrated Concept Maps are due Monday, September 24th
• Chapters 1-2 Quiz is on Tuesday, September 25th
  

Chapter 1-2 Quiz Study Guide

• Quiz date: Tuesday, September 28th
• Format: Matching Section, Short Answer Section
• Study ALL key terms from Chapters 1-2
• Pay special attention to Case Studies/Investigations in Chapters 1-2
• Study "Questions for Inquiry"/ be able to provide examples/case studies from the text
  

September 19

Social 10-1

We started watching a film today in class called "Whale Rider". We'll be finishing up our film study of this film tomorrow in class, and we'll be discussing in class as well. Don't forget your Illustrated Concept Map is due on Monday, tonight would be a good night to work on it because you don't have any homework assignment from me tonight.

Social 20

Today I showed a Biography video of Napoleon Bonaparte. While you were watching the video you were to fill out a timeline of key events in the life of Napoleon. It would be a good idea to read Chapter 4 tonight in your textbooks so you'll further understand tomorrow's lecture/presentation on "The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte". It would also be a good idea to maybe fill in some gaps in your timeline using the textbook as a guide. I collected your DBA #1 assignment today. The French Revolution word search puzzles are due tomorrow, there is one homework credit at stake for both of the word searches, so make sure that they are both complete, and that you have written out the solution to the word searches.

September 17

Social 10-1

I gave you a major assignment today, an Illustrated Concept Map. This assignment is due next Monday. If you missed today's class, you will need to get this handout from me, and you'll also need it to be explained to you. I also gave you a worksheet that covers Unit 1 (Chapters 1-5 in your textbook). I assigned homework from this worksheet. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 2 for tomorrow, and that you have added the five terms from Chapter 2 to your glossary of key terms.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• World Geography Test is tomorrow
• Chapter 2 Key Terms are due tomorrow as well
• Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Monday, September 24th

Social 20

You wrote your Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz today. After you completed the quiz I started a video called "The French Revolution", which you will complete tomorrow. I collected your Chapter 3 questions (Q1-16), and I returned your Chapter 2 questions. Please remember that the Declaration of the Rights of Man assignment is due tomorrow, and make sure you have your DBA #1 ready for Wednesday. I also announced that the French Revolution Test is next Monday, please see the study guide below.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Declaration of the Rights of Man assignment is due tomorrow
• DBA #1 is due on Wednesday, September 19th
• French Revolution Test is on Monday, September 24th
  

French Revolution Test 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!
Early French Revolution: Penalty Shootout (hopefully, you'll have better luck than England did at the last World Cup)
Don't throw me too far...

September 14

Social 10-1

We talked today about the influence that TV, movies and music have on our personal identity. I would like to start making a glossary of key terms in your textbook. Here is a list of the important key terms from Chapter 1 of Perspectives on Globalization:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• "the global village"
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
  
  

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Define Chapter 1 key terms, due Monday, September 17th
• First Written Assignment is due on Monday, September 17th
• World Geography Test is on Tuesday, September 18th
  
  

Social 20

I gave you class time today to work on your Chapter 3 questions (Q1-16). I also collected your French Revolution Timeline assignment for homework check credit marks. Please read over the upcoming important dates.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Ch.3 Questions (Q1-16) are due on Monday, September 17th
• Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz is on Monday, September 17th
• Declaration of the Rights of Man assignment is due on Tuesday, September 18th
• DBA #1 is due on Wednesday, September 19th
  
  
  

September 13

Social 20

I collected your Chapter 2 questions at the beginning of class today. I assigned Q 1-8 from Chapter 3 today. It would be a good idea to make sure that you have finished these eight questions as soon as possible, as more questions will be assigned tomorrow. I will be sending you an assignment related to the Declaration of the Rights of Man by e-mail tonight, so please check your e-mail accounts and read the e-mail message carefully.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• French Revolution Timeline Assignment is due Friday, September 14th
• Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz is on Monday, September 17th
• Declaration of the Rights of Man assignment is due on Monday, September 17th
• DBA #1 is due on Wednesday, September 19th
  

Social 10-1

I will be handing back your maps tomorrow. I told you at the beginning of class that you will be writing a world geography test on Tuesday, September 18th. I gave you a list of world capitals and countries that will likely appear on this test. I would like my Social 10-3 class to add the following cities to your lists: Baghdad and New Delhi. I also went over a basic essay structure with you today for your first writing assignment (an informative essay). I gave you some time to write your introductory paragraphs and to have them edited by a classmate. This written assignment is due on Monday, September 17th. I have sent you the rubric for this essay, and I would really like you to use that rubric to improve your writing. Look at how you are being assessed and use that information to improve your writing. Here is a link to a geography game that might help you in preparing for your world geography test:

• Geography Games
  
  

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Writing Assignment is due Monday, September 17th
• World Geography Test is on Tuesday, September 18th
  

September 12

Social 10-1

I collected your maps today, but before I did this, I had you answer some discussion questions and then work in small groups. We had a brief class discussion about the questions. I then assigned your first writing assignment, centered upon the following question: What are some of my effects on the rest of the world? I had you start by brainstorming the advantages and disadvantages of your various global connections. I really want you to think about the economic, social/cultural, and political connections that you have with the rest of the world and incorporate that in your writing. The good copy for this writing assignment will be on Friday (September 14th).

Social 20

I went through a presentation/lecture on the "Key Events of the French Revolution". I will be sending this presentation to you this afternoon, so please check your e-mail inboxes (you don't have to respond back to this e-mail message, I'm just assuming that you are getting my e-mail messages now). I gave you a handout to help you organize a timeline of the key events in the French Revolution, this is due on Friday. Please have a look at the important dates below.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Ch. 2 Questions (Q1, 3, 5-7, 13-17) are due tomorrow (September 13th)
• French Revolution Timeline Assignment is due Friday, September 14th
• Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz is on Monday, September 17th
• DBA #1 is due on Wednesday, September 19th
  
  

September 11

Social 10-1

You had the entire period to work on your map, it is due tomorrow. Please make sure that you have it completed! Here are some reminder instructions for the map:

• People on the map should be represented by circles, color the circles and make sure there is a number beside each circle
• Make sure that you have colored the 25 different countries (color the entire country), these countries represent the 25 items that you found for homework last night
• Make sure that you have labeled every country that you or a classmate has a connection to
• Choose different colors to represent your different categories (food, clothing, electronics, entertainment)
• Make sure that you have a detailed key on the back of your map
• Make sure that you have a title for your map
• Make sure that you have a simplified key on the front of your map
  
  

Social 20

I delivered a presentation/lecture on the causes of the French Revolution today in class. I have already sent that presentation to you, so please check your e-mail accounts today, and print off the slides from this presentation and put them in your notebooks/binders. I have also sent you your first document-based analysis assignment, please print off and bring it to class tomorrow. I will be doing a homework check on this tomorrow. It is really important that you attend class tomorrow, because I will be explaining how to complete DBA #1 in class. I also assigned the following questions from Chapter 2 as homework: Q1, 3, 5-7, 13-17.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students

• Chapter 2 Questions (Q1, 3, 5-7, 13-17) are due Thursday, September 13th
• Print off DBA #1 and bring it to class, due tomorrow
• Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz is on Monday, September 17th
• DBA #1 (completion due date) is on Tuesday, September 18th
  
  
  

September 10

Social 10-1

For part of today's class we played "Global Bingo", in which you circulated around the room to find classmates that had global connections. You were supposed to plot those names on a world map that I gave to each of you. Your homework assignment tonight is very straightforward: find 25 items in your house from 25 different countries. Try to think of finding items from the following broad categories: food, clothing, electronics, and entertainment. If you find something in your home that you want to include in your list of items but it doesn't fit into one of these categories, then by all means, create a new category. For example, let's say that you have Egyptian cotton sheets for your bed, you could create a category called household goods. Please put all of this information into an easy to read chart, it will make creating your map easier. Please DO NOT start filling out your maps tonight! Resist the urge to start coloring!! Please check your e-mail inboxes, I'm sending out another test message! Please check your junk mail folders, my first messages tend to go there first.

Social 20

I went over the Enlightenment Thinkers chart very quickly at the start of class, and I did a homework check on it. I then delivered a presentation/lecture on "France: A Setting for the Revolution", which I will send to you. I gave you a chart to fill out as I delivered this presentation. Please make sure that your read Chapter 2, p.23-31 tonight, it will help you to further understand the content. Please check your e-mail inboxes, and your junk mail folders. Please respond back to my e-mail messages, if you haven't already.

September 7

Social 10-1

Today we looked at individual identity and collective identities. We defined what individual identity meant, and we looked at the characteristics of your junior high schools with regard to collective identities. I also had you read a little bit more in Perspectives on Globalization (p.9-10). Have a great weekend!

Social 20

I delivered a presentation/lecture today on the Renaissance and Enlightenment. I will be sending this presentation to you today. You do have a homework assignment this weekend: please complete the Enlightenment Thinkers chart that I gave you today in class.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Enlightenment Thinkers chart is due Monday, September 10th
• Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz is on Monday, September 17th
  

September 6

Social 20

I took in your friendly letters today at the beginning of class. I went through an presentation/lecture on "An Overview of Europe Before the French Revolution". I will be sending that presentation to you today before 7 p.m., so please check your e-mail inboxes. You also completed a chart on a comparison of the peasantry and upper classes in European society. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at some of the major thinkers of the Enlightenment period, so it's a good idea to do some reading in Century of Change (p.5-12) in preparation for tomorrow's lecture. Please let me know if don't receive today's presentation before 7 p.m.

Social 10-1

I collected your letters today, and I started to pass around the e-mail lists. I'll pass the e-mail lists around again tomorrow to make sure that I have every one's e-mail address. For most of the class period we examined different definitions of globalization. As you could tell from this activity, there are many different perspectives about globalization, and whether it is a beneficial or detrimental force in our world today. We also looked at some visual examples of globalization and tried to make connections to globalization. We'll be looking at how globalization has an impact on our individual identity in our next class together. Please read the following pages in Perspectives on Globalization (assuming that you didn't finish this in class): pages 2-4, page 6 for tomorrow.

September 4

I thought that I would post some of my classroom rules and expectations of behavior on the blog this year. Also, I will also lay down some ground rules for using the blog this year.

Classroom Rules/Expectations of Behavior:

I think that I have very simple, straight-forward classroom rules and expectations. I will be discussing these in class tomorrow, but here's a quick recap:

• Please be on-task during classroom time (visit later).


• No cell phones (as per school policy); if your parents really need to get in touch with you, they should call the office. Please don't bring cell phones to class!!


• Please don't listen to music on MP3 players or iPods during class time.


• Be polite. You should be listening during class lectures or when your classmates have questions to ask (you might have some of the same questions).


• Be on time. If you are late, please enter the classroom quietly and apologize for being late. If the door is locked, I have started the lecture or there is a class presentation in progress; I will open the door and let you in as soon as possible.


• Clean up after yourselves. Please don't leave garbage on the floor. I like my classroom fairly neat and tidy.


• Don't bring junk food to class. Healthy snacks only. Or you could always wait until lunchtime.


• You may chew gum in class on the following conditions: don't chew like a cow, I don't want to see the gum or hear you chewing it, that's just gross. Put it in the garbage when you're done with it.


• Late assignments: 10% is deducted for every day an assignment is late. If you have an excused absence, then there is some flexibility with this rule.


• Please make sure that a parent or guardian calls the school to have absences excused. If you miss a test due to an unexcused absence you will be assigned a mark of "zero".
  I will be contacting parent/guardians if you have unexcused absences.


• Please adhere to the school's academic honesty policy which is on the back of your course outlines.


• If you are going away on holidays (please do not schedule holidays during examination periods in January and June), please let me know in advance. I can prepare materials for you, let you know what you'll be missing, and even give you handouts in advance. This way you won't feel "lost" when you come back from holidays.

Posting on the Blog:

Here are some simple rules that I have established for using the blog, and some other informational items:

• Please post on the blog anonymously.


• If you feel the need to identify yourself, or clarify which grade you're in, please use your initials and your class and section (for example, K.G. in Social 20-4).


• Some of you may have your own Blogger accounts. Please don't post on this blog using your Blogger ID, otherwise you may have people visiting your blog that you may not want to see what you're posting.


• Please be courteous, polite and respectful when posting comments on the blog. Don't be rude to your classmates on the blog.


• Please be patient with my response time.


• Please post comments and questions on the blog prior to 10 p.m.


• Between 6-8 p.m. I am usually not online.


• Please do not post links to questionable materials.


• Inappropriate comments will be deleted. Please don't do this, it's a waste of my time, I could be doing more productive things, like answering questions that you may have.