February 22

Social 10

For almost the entire period you had time to do some research for your Regional Brochure assignment. This is the first and only class time that you will receive to do research for this project.
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)
Canada Infolink (lots of information, useful images)
Get2KnowCanada (looks pretty useful)

Whenever you do Internet based research, please keep in mind the following: anyone can post information on the Internet. Just because it's on the Internet does NOT mean that true. Approach any website with a healthy dose of skepticism. With any new piece of information that you encounter online always consider the following:

• Who is the source?
• What am I getting?
• When was it created?
• Where am I?
• Why am I there?
• How can I distinguish quality information from junk?

For more information on this topic you are STRONGLY encouraged to read the information at the following hyperlink: Media Awareness.When citing your sources for this project, and any other Social Studies assignment or project that you will do for me this year, please use the following citation format. The actual format guide is on pages 22-25 of this PDF document. It is recommended that you make a copy of this guide as this the accepted format for citing sources that I will use this year.

Social 33

I did a homework check on the remainder of the Chapter 4 booklet questions on American government at the beginning of class. We then broke into groups to brainstorm similarities and differences between the American and Canadian political systems. As a class we shared our answers. I gave you a reading Canadian and American government, I would like you to complete the chart for homework tonight. We will go over the answers tomorrow in class. I then showed you a video from the CBC News in Review series on the 2000 U.S. elections. Here's a very useful hyperlink to a website that will help you understand American government and politics even more, it's called Ben's Guide to U.S. Government. If you have time check it out. Here is the hyperlink to the study guide for tomorrow's Democracy Quiz.