Day 12: 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 Collapse of The Empire worksheet , questions 1 - 15

Unit I - Roman Empire review (terms, concepts) activity

Byzantine empire preview, connection to chapter 1, video clips

Unit I Roman empire test, Feb. 18


Social Studies 11


Legislative Branch video with viewguide

Classwork - organizing a thesis statement for the senate essay (on next unit test). In-class work.
Establish points for and against - 3 options for the Senate

Be sure to look at the Parliament of Canada website.

Download, read and study from the Guide to the House of Commons.

Set-up of Parliament handout.

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: Questions p. 240:2 & 3, due Feb. 18
Homework #2: Cartoon assignment (13 steps), due Feb. 18