Day 14: 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 p. 100: 2 - 7

Continue Byzantine empire preview, video clips

Inside Byzantium, we take summary notes in class

Byzantine architecture handout - discuss

Homework: p. 103:2, 3, 4 due Feb. 23

Social Studies 11

Hand in a list of all the cabinet ministers of the Canadian federal government, which shows the names of the ministers and the name of their portfolio (department).

Read “Constitutional Monarchy” on p. 223. Identify points for and against getting rid of the Queen and Governor General.

Introduction to the executive branch - roles of the Governor General, Prime Minister, Cabinet, and Bureacracy. Powerpoint. Class notes.

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.

Watch Yes, Minister episode.

Lobbying & Pressure Groups. Look at the list of institutionalized groups on p. 259 (Click here for an online list of federal lobby groups - interest groups and social movements). Explain what lobbying is and look at the activities of several lobby groups.

Homework #1: p. 240:4, 5, due Feb. 23

Homework #2: Read pp. 258-267. Do #1-2, p. 264. Do #1-3, p. 267. Due Feb. 23