Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Day 80 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:

Scale worksheet #21 - 22

Direction worksheet #18 - 21

Latitude #1 worksheet #12 - 15

Scale Quiz

Complete Longitude video with view guide

Hand out Longitude worksheet

Hand out Latitude #2 worksheet

Homework #1: Latitude #2 worksheet #11 - 15, due Jan. 14


Social Studies 11

Chapters 2 & 3 will be tested together on Thursday, January 15. The test breakdown is as follows: 65 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), and 3 choices from 10 options of long answer questions (worth 6 marks each). The total value of the test is 81 marks.

You should be preparing for the final examination. Read Tips for Writing the Social Studies 11 Provincial Exam. Go to the Ministry website and look at the exam table of specifications, familiarize yourself with key exam terms, access past exams and answer keys, and look at the essay scoring criteria to see how your essays will be marked.

Check homework: Page 61:1 - 8

Continue chapter 3 PowerPoint

Video: Gwynne Dyer's Escaping From History. Answer the following questions:

1. What are living conditions like in Mexico City?

2. Why are people abandoning the countryside?

3. What does Dyer believe must happen for the developing world to get their fair share of consumer goods?

Homework: Read pp. 62 - 64. Answer questions #1-5 on p. 64, due Jan. 14

Monday, January 12, 2009

Day 79 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

Review Atlas worksheet #26 -28

Review Scale worksheet #18 - 20

Review Direction worksheet #1 - 17

Quick review of scale concepts

Complete Latitude video with view guide

Intro to latitude (using Geographic Essentials)

Latitude #1 worksheet

Longitude intro, using Geographic Essentials

Begin Longitude video with view guide

Homework #1: Scale worksheet #21 - 22 , due Jan. 13

Homework #2: Direction worksheet #18 - 21 , due Jan. 13

Homework #3: Latitude #1 worksheet #12 - 15 , due Jan. 13

Scale Quiz, Tuesday, Jan. 13


Social Studies 11

Chapters 2 & 3 will be tested together next week on Thursday, January 15. The test breakdown is as follows: 65 multiple choice questions (1 mark each), and 3 choices from 10 options of long answer questions (worth 6 marks each). The total value of the test is 81 marks.

You should be preparing for the final examination. Read Tips for Writing the Social Studies 11 Provincial Exam. Go to the Ministry website and look at the exam table of specifications, familiarize yourself with key exam terms, access past exams and answer keys, and look at the essay scoring criteria to see how your essays will be marked.

Check homework: Further Thought assignment #1-5, on p. 46,
and the scattergram assignment on Fertility and Education, #1-3 on p. 48

Begin chapter 3 PowerPoint

Homework: Read pp. 57-61. Answer questions #1-8 on p. 61, due Jan. 13

Friday, January 9, 2009

Day 78 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

Review Atlas worksheet #24 & 25

Review Scale worksheet #10 - #17

Quiz on Canada and Continents maps

Quick review of scale concepts

Introduction to direction (using the globe)

Hand out Direction worksheet

Intro to latitude (using Geographic Essentials)

Start Latitude video with view guide

Latitude #1 worksheet

Homework #1: Atlas worksheet #26 - 28, due Jan. 12

Homework #2: Scale worksheet #18 - #22, due Jan. 12

Homework #3: Direction worksheet # 1 - 17 , due Jan. 12


Social Studies 11

Chapters 2 & 3 will be tested together next week on Thursday, January 15. I will post information about the test when we get a little closer.

Hand in Family History Assignment

Check homework: pp. 45:4, 5

Streaming video of Stewart Brand at Google --"City Planet" -- with questions. Do the scattergram assignment on Fertility and Education, #$1-3 on p. 48.

If time, A Slum Insight & questions

Homework: Further Thought assignment #1-5, on p. 46,
and the scattergram assignment on Fertility and Education, #1-3 on p. 48. due January 12

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Day 77 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

Hand in symbol assignment

Review atlas worksheet #15 - 23

Scale presentation continued - review types and define sizes, RF conversion

Classwork: Scale worksheet

Classwork: Scale worksheet6

If time, introduction to direction

If time, hand out Direction worksheet

Homework #1: Atlas worksheet #24 & 25, due Jan. 9
Homework #2: Scale worksheet #10 - #17, due Jan. 9
Quiz on Canada and Continents maps, Jan. 9

Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) Pedigree sheet. Map blank -- click to a resource on my Social Studies 11 History web page to locate an appropriate blank map to work with. The due date for this work is January 9 (to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.) We have just started the Geography portion of this course. We are using our in-house textbook, The 21st Century World. This book is available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11 . Please be aware there are some dead links. Chapters 2 & 3 will be tested together in about a week and a half or so. I will post information about the test when we get a little closer.

Hand in Population Pressure worksheet

Check homework: pp. 45:1, 2, 3

Continuation of Powerpoint - Urbanization

Population Transition in Italy & questions

Watch Hans Rosling's Gapcast #5; Bangladesh Miracle.

If time, Video segment and questions on Shanghai, Changing China - Urbanization

Homework: p. 45: 4, 5, due January 9

Family History Assignment, due January 9

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Day 76 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

Hand in 2 maps, full colour

Scale discussion/presentation, video, worksheet

Introduction of symbols using Geographic Essentials text

Classwork: Atlas worksheet, questions 15 - 23.

Homework #1: Atlas worksheet #15 - 23, due Jan. 8
Homework #2: Symbol, due Jan. 8
Quiz on 2 maps, Jan. 9

Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) Pedigree sheet. Map blank -- click to a resource on my Social Studies 11 History web page to locate an appropriate blank map to work with. The due date for this work is January 9 (to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.) We have just started the Geography portion of this course. We are using our in-house textbook, The 21st Century World. This book is available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11 . Please be aware there are some dead links. Chapters 2 & 3 will be tested together in about a week and a half or so. I will post information about the test when we get a little closer.

Check homework: pp. 41-42:5 & 6

Continue: Tips for Writing the Social Studies 11 Final Exam

Review of the Demographic Transition Model

Continuation of Powerpoint - Complete population theories and their originators

Continmue Population Pressure video with assignment sheet - an example of urbanization

Homework: p. 45:1, 2, 3, due January 8 , 2009
and Population Pressure video worksheet, due Jan. 8

Family History Assignment, due January 9

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Day 75 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

Review Atlas worksheet, questions 8 - 14

Geographic Essentials text - hand out and introduction to text

Thematic and General Reference maps - definitions, examples

Mind map - concept and assignment

Map guidelines - discuss

Canada and Continents maps

Homework #1: Color Canada and Cintents maps, due Jan. 7
Homework #2: Symbol, due Jan. 8
Quiz on 2 maps, Jan. 9


Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) Pedigree sheet. Map blank -- click to a resource on my Social Studies 11 History web page to locate an appropriate blank map to work with. The due date for this work is January 9 (to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.) We have just started the Geography portion of this course. We are using our in-house textbook, The 21st Century World. This book is available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11 . Please be aware there are some dead links. Chapters 2 & 3 will be tested together in about a week and a half or so. I will post information about the test when we get a little closer.

Check homework: pp. 41-42:1 - 4

Start: Tips for Writing the Social Studies 11 Final Exam

Review of the Demographic Transition Model

Completion of Demography terms

Continuation of Powerpoint - Begin population theories and their originators

Start Population Pressure video with assignment sheet - an example of urbanization

Homework: pp. 41 - 42: 5, 6, due January 7, 2009

Family History Assignment, due January 9

Monday, January 5, 2009

Day 74 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

Brief summary (review) of India, China, Japan

Atlas hand out/sign out

Introduction to Geography and the atlas

Classwork: Atlas worksheet

Homework #1: Atlas worksheet, questions 8 - 14, due Jan. 6



Social Studies 11

There is a major research assignment currently underway, the Family History - Immigration Assignment (With additional options for International and First Nations students.) Pedigree sheet. Map blank -- click to a resource on my Social Studies 11 History web page to locate an appropriate blank map to work with. The due date for this work is January 9 (to allow plenty of time for research and discussion with family members.)
We have just started the Geography portion of this course. We are using our in-house textbook, The 21st Century World. This book is available online at http://www.design4effect.com/soc11 . Click here to read chapter 1. Please be aware there are some dead links. Chapters 2 & 3 will be tested together in about a week and a half or so. I will post information about the test when we get a little closer.

Check homework: p. 39:1 - 6

Demography terms continued (notes)

Powerpoint continued

Population Pyramids and the DMT continued - overheads, discussion

Homework: Inconvenient Truth assignment, due January 6, 2009

Family History Assignment, due January 9