Day 10: Handouts, classwork, and homework

*Note (1): Underlined words are links to downloadable pages.
*Note (2): Please be prepared for a possible pop quiz at the beginning of each class. It will be based on material presented in the previous class.
*Note (3): Blog details are subject to change.

Social Studies 8

Check Breakdown of Unity, questions 5 - 14

Roman Schoolboy handout

Map Guidelines sheet - hand out and go through

Hand out and Classwork - Roman Empire Map

Start Collapse of The Empire worksheet

Homework: Roman empire Map, due Feb. 16

Architecture Hunt Assignment, due Feb. 16

Social Studies 11

Check questions 2 & 3 on p. 231

Check 23 terms

Flashcard review time

Begin Legislative Branch, focus on the House of Commons, Filmstrip & note-taking.

Legislative Branch video with viewguide

Establish points for and against 3 options for the Senate

If time, 13 steps (bill - law) cartoon assignment

Be sure to look at the Parliament of Canada website. Download, read and study from the Guide to the House of Commons. 13 Steps handout Set-up of Parliament continued. Handout – “On the Job With a Member of Parliament.”

Read Senate – Pros and cons of present setup (Be sure to look at the Senate material at Mapleleafweb). Handout – newspaper article.

Essay Writing. There will be an essay question on what shall be done with the Canadian Senate on the next unit test.

If time, introduction to the executive branch. Role of the Queen, Governor General and Prime Minister. Reread “Constitutional Monarchy” on p. 223. Identify points for and against getting rid of the Queen and Governor General. Should Canada become a Republic? Why or why not? Identify 3 reasons for and 3 reasons against doing so. Look at the Monarchist League of Canada and the Canadian Monarchist Online websites for arguments supporting the monarch; see Citizens for a Canadian Republic for arguments against retaining the monarchy. There has also been an active debate in Australia and New Zealand on this topic. Web searches would yield useful information

Homework #1: Read pp. 47-54 in Red Government text. Do #1-4, p. 48 and #1-5 & 7 on p. 54, due Feb. 16.

Elections and Parties Quiz, Feb. 16