Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Social Studies 8

Activity Package 6.4 is due for Wednesday. This does not include the Review Package on the very last page. You do not need to compile study notes.

Monday, December 15, 2014

Law 12

All students need to get caught up to and including Activity Package 5.5

Socials 8

Students unable to upload "Ivan the Terrible" PowerPoint presentations please try again tonight.
DropItToMe can be accessed by clicking here.  Remember the password is nn11722

Friday, December 12, 2014

Law 12

Make sure you complete Activity Package 5.4 for Monday.

Social Studies 08

Make sure you complete your PowerPoint Presentation on the life of  "Ivan the Terrible" for Monday.

Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Law 12

All assignment up to and including Chapter 5.3 and including are due.

Social Studies 8

Finish viewing the video entitled Barbarians - The Mongols starting at the 10 minute mark

Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Law 12

Make sure you have completed 5 paragraph essay outlining your thoughts on the semestered vs linear timetable.  Make sure you have completed Chapter 4 Legal Problems.

Social Studies 08

Forty Question Review and Chapter 5 Practice Test need to be completed.  The Chapter 5 Test is scheduled for Friday.

Monday, December 01, 2014

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Social Studies 08

Finish viewing the video When the Moors Ruled in Europe from the 20 minute mark.

Make sure that you have completed Activity Package 5.3 including the study notes for Part II. Worksheet II: The Christian Reconquest of Spain can be found by clicking here.

Law 12

The Arrest Handbook Test you are preparing will be used as the test mark for Chapter 4.  You must be completed your test by Monday and exchange it when you come to class.  Failure to complete the test for Monday will entail receiving a zero for the Chapter 4 Test.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Law 12

You should be completed to the end of Activity Package 4.6/4.7 for Thursday.  The Arrest Handbook Activity is due for Monday.

Social Studies 08

Activity Package 5.2 with the exception of Part II must be completed for Thursday.

Monday, November 24, 2014

Social Studies 08

Complete Activity Package 5.1 with the
The Battle of Hastings from the Bayeux Tapestry








exception of Part II. for Tuesday. View the animated version of the Bayeux Tapestry

Law 12

Activity Package 4.4/4.5 Part I should be completed.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Social Studies 8

The Chapter 4 Test is scheduled for Wednesday.  Please make sure you have completed all Activity Packages for Chapter 4 plus the practice test.

Law 12



Chapter 3 Test is scheduled for Wednesday. Please ensure you have completed all Chapter 3 Activity Packages plus the Chapter 3 Interactive Quiz.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Socials 8/Law 12

No homework assigned for the weekend.  Use the time for catch up.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Law 12

Make sure you have completed Activity Package 3.4.  The link to the UNHCR Fact Sheet prepared in 2002 used in the E-Activity is no longer active you may complete the two charts by using Google search. Make sure you read the CBC story entitled: Canadian Attitudes Towards Immigrants Conflicted.

Social Studies 8

Complete Activity Package 4.2 Parts I and II.  Make sure you have turned in Activity Packages 4.1 and 4.1A.  Make sure you view the video entitled The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross Part 1 up to the 30 minute mark.


Thursday, November 06, 2014

Law 12

Examine the report entitled Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission prepared by The Ho9nourable Justice Wally Oppal . Please note the 63 recommendations provided by Oppal and determine which if any have been acted upon.

Friday, October 31, 2014

Social Studies 8

Chapter 3 Test is scheduled for Monday.  Make sure you complete Activity Package 3.4 and the Chapter 3 Practice Test

Law 12

No homework assigned for this weekend.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Law 12

The Chapter 2 Test is scheduled for Friday.  It will consist of True/False questions, Multiple Choice questions, Fill in the Blank questions and Matching questions.  You need to complete the Chapter 2 Interactive Quiz mark it and provide me with your score out of 10. http://www.law.nelson.com/quizzes/chapter_2_self-quiz.htm

Social Studies 8

Time will be provided in class on Friday for the completion of Activity Package 3.4.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Social Studies 8

Please complete the Chapter 3.3 Activity Package Parts I, II, and III. Finish viewing the video entitled Medieval Apocalypse - The Black Death from the 24 minute mark.

Law 12

Powerpoint presentations are due on Monday.  The PowerPoint must be a minimum of 10 slides outlining what you would have to do in order to make a complaint to the BC Human Rights Tribunal.  The presentation should address the issues outlined in the marking rubric distributed in class.  Please submit using DropItToMe or bring the completed presentation to class on a flash drive. Remember you have to develop a scenario where you think your rights have been violated and that the remedy is one that can be provided under the BC Human Rights Code.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Social Studies 8

Complete Activity Package 3.2 Parts I, II, III and IV for Tuesday. Complete watching the video Medieval Lives - The Monk from approximately the 8 minute mark

Law 12

The Chapter 2.4 Readings have been updated on my website.  If you were absent from class today please ensure that you watch the Video entitled The Suicide Tourist

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 2.1/2.2 for Friday.  Make sure you have finished reading the 2 articles on polygamy distributed in class and the one that was forwarded in a text message.

Social Studies 8

Make sure that Activity Package 1.4 is complete for Friday.  The library computer actiivty can be completed at home and submitted to Ms. Clark by Wednesday of next week.  The Chapter 1 Test is scheduled for Tuesday.

Monday, October 06, 2014

Law 12

Complete the Essay Questions distributed in class today.

Social Studies 8

Complete Activity Package 1.4 parts I, II, and III only. Finish viewing the video The Huns starting at the 16 minute mark.

Friday, October 03, 2014

Law 12

Should this man be charged with "crimes against humanity?"
Make sure you complete Actiivity Package 1.8/Test Prep for Monday.Make sure you complete the Interactive Quiz Online, mark it and bring a printed copy to class on Monday.  The Chapter 1 Take Home test must also be completed.

Constantine: Roman Emperor - History Documentary






Finish viewing the video Constantine starting at the 22 minute mark. Complete Activity Package 1.3 for Monday.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Law 12

Make sure you have completed and turned in Law 12 Activity Package 1.4.  This includes the e-Activity on the Code of Hammurabi.  Complete Activity Package 1.5 for Wednesday. View the video Medieval Realms - Magna Carta.

Social Studies 8

Please make sure that you and your partner return to the Library sometime between now and Friday to complete the Library Introduction assignment and submit it to Ms. Clark.

Medieval Realms - Magna Carta

Monday, September 29, 2014

Friday, September 26, 2014

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Law 12

Begin reading the Arrest Handbook distributed in class today.  Hi-light those sections of the book and information of which you had no previous knowledge.  This is the stuff where you say to yourself, "I didn't know that."

Complete Activity Package 1.1/1.2/1.3

Social Studies 8

Complete Activity Package 1.1 Parts III and IV. Finish watching the video Rome's Ancient People starrting at the 23 minute mark. Find and subscribe to my Social Studies magazine using the Flipboard app you downloaded last night

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Social Studies 8

Complete Activity Package 1.1 Part II notetaking only.  Do not complete Part III or Part IV. Use the sample to help you organize your notes.  The Chapter 1.1 Readings can be found by clicking here.

Law 12

Complete the Justice With Michael Sandel Discussion Guide questions 1 through 5.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Law 12

Please ensure that you go over the Remind text messaging service document with your parents.  Please return the signed copy on Wednesday to collect the 10 marks.

Social Studies 8

Bookmark my website, homework blog and the school website.  Set up a Twitter Account.  Review the Remind document with your parents and help them get set up on their mobile phone if they wish to get messages from me.  Remember this is purely voluntary.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Law 12

Once you have completed the activity packages for Chapter 13 the Chapter 13 Take Home Test is now available on my website

Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Law 12

No homework assigned for this evening. All assignments must be turned in by Wednesday June 18

Social Studies 11

View the video Introduction to Ideologies Lesson 1
  View the video Intro to Ideologies Lesson 2
  View the video Intro to Ideologies Lesson 3
View the video Intro to Ideologies Lesson 4

Complete Activity Packages 10.3 and 10.4 from my website.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Law 12

Make sure you complete Activity Package 12.4/12.5 for Monday.  If you did not get a chance to watch the Duty of Care video I have posted it here. The readings for 12.4/12.5 can be found by clicking here.

Law 12

The following is the video on Tort Negligence shown in class on Thursday.  If you were absent on Thursday make sure you view this video in order to stay current with what we are doing in class.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Social Studies 11

Activity Package 8.4 is expected to be completed for Friday morning.  The Review Questions for Chapter 8 should be completed by Monday.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 12.1/12.2/12.3 for Thursday.  Please note that page 345 from the readings is missing in the handout distributed in class but can be found by clicking here and viewing the readings from the Law 12 section of my websitge.

Monday, May 05, 2014

Law 12

There is no homework assigned for this evening.

Social Studies 11

View the PowerPoint presentation entitled Canada: Post 1945  
Complete Chapter 6 Review Package in preparation for the Chapter 6 Test on Wednesday.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Law 12

View  the video entitled Arrest Procedures.. Then complete Activity Package 7.1.



The readings for Chapter 7.1 can be found by clicking here.

Social Studies 11

View the video Crash Course: Capitalism and Socialism



< Complete Activity Package 6.1 for Thursday

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Law 12

The Arrest Handbook test must be completed by Wednesday.  Otherwise you will receive zero on a 100 mark assignment and I will not provide an opportunity to make up the marks. Activity Package 5.1.-5.2 version 2 must be completed.

Social Studies 11

View the video playlist The Liberators; D-Day to the Rhine.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Law 12

Arrest Handbook test assignment must be completed by Tuesday.

Friday, April 11, 2014

Law 12

Remember the Chapter 4 Test is on Monday.  Bring you 30 study cards to the testing session and you will receive the bonus.  Make sure you have completed the Chapter 4 Review Package and that you have developed the 40 Question test based on the Arrest Handbook.

Social Studies 11

View the following video playlist Canada Remembers: D-Day to the Rhine.  Make sure you complete Activity Package 5.2 and finish viewing the website Enemy Aliens.

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Law 12

Chapter 4 Test is scheduled for Monday.  Bring 30 completed study cards to the testing session and you will receive a 5% lift on your overall test score.  You may also refer to your study cards dujring the testing session. Chapter 4 Test Preparation package should be finished for Monday.

Social Studies 11

Start viewing the YouTube playlist Canada Remembers: Turning the Tide. Make sure you complete Activity Package 5.1 for Friday.  Begin your examination of the online exhibit developed by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre entitled Enemy Aliens:The Internment of Jewish Refugees in Canada 1940 -1943.

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Law 12

Complete the David Milgaard section of Activity Package 4.6/4.7  Click here to go the CBC Digital Archives feature The Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard.

Social Studies 11

The Chapter 4 Test is Wednesday.  Make sure you have completed both the Review Questions and the Five Paragraph Essay Outline.

Thursday, April 03, 2014

Law 12

Don't forget that your Child Poverty YouTube playlists are due tomorrow.  Otherwise there is no homework assigned.

Social Studies 11

Please ensute that you complete Activity Package 4.4 for Thursday.  If you were absent from class on Thursday make sure you view  The Seeds of War with Walter Cronkite parts 1 through 4

Monday, March 31, 2014

Social Studies 11 Why Shoot the Teacher?



It's the winter of 1935 and Max Brown is newly arrived in Willowgreen, Saskatchewan - a rural Canadian prairie town - on his first teaching job in a one room schoolhouse. He quickly realizes that this is not his dream situation: the winter is harsher than he's ever experienced, he's living in the basement of the school, the older of his students treat him poorly and his wages are paltry if and when he ever does get paid. He also feels physically and emotionally isolated. He would leave this position but he doesn't have the finances to do so. There, he bonds primarily with two townsfolk. Harris Montgomery sees Max as an obvious choice to espouse the politics of socialism. And Alice Field sees in Max a person like herself: being a British war bride, she is an alien in a harsh environment. Alice is in an unsatisfying marriage and turns to Max for emotional support. As Max goes through his first year in Willowgreen, he learns to understand life in a rural prairie town, both from the viewpoint of his students and for his own benefit. 
 
Viewing of this video is not required but if you are at all interested in this well done period piece, Why Shoot the Teacher? is an excellent portrayal of life on the Canadian Prairies during The Great Depression.

Law 12

Finish viewing the video by Stephen Fry - Out There Part 2. Make sure you have completed Activity Package 3.5-3.6   I mistakenly said the Chapter 3 Test will be on Wednesday. Rather it will be on Thursday. Please make sure you read the article on Aaron Webster from The Tyee

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 4.2 for Tuesday.  Complete the Effects of the Depression Activity Package found on my website.
Bennett Buggy

Friday, March 14, 2014

Social Studies 11

A number of students did not complete the Reading Guide for the Canada: A People's History episode "Hard Times."  The reading guide must consist of 25 Fill in the Blank style questions that cover the entire scope of the readings.  These can be submitted using DropItToMe.  The password for uploading is nn11722.   Students who have not completed their Emily Carr/Group of Seven PowerPoint presentations have until midnight tonight to submit them using DropItToMe. Make sure you complete Activity Package 4.1

Law 12

Please finish viewing the video Out There by Stephen Fry.  Make sure you complete Activity Package 3.5/3.6.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Law 12

Complete the practice Canadian Citizenship Test. Email may a statement of your score out of 100.
Complete Activity Package 3.4  View the CNN story on Glenn Ford the man who spent 30 years on Death Row in Louisiana only to have finally been proven innocent.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Social Studies 11

There will be a short multiple choice test on Chapter 3 on Thursday.  Make sure you completed the Chapter 3 Review Package.

Law 12

Helen Betty Osborne
If you are interested in examining the impact of residential schools on aboriginal culture and family take a look at this in depth narrative prepared by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada entitled, They Came for the Children. I would suggest that if you really want to read the report that you download the pdf and store it on your own computer or portable device.  Make sure to complete Activity Package 3.3 for Thursday.  You may wish to examine The Report of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba into the events surrounding the death of Helen Betty Osborne in 1971.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Law 12

Women's Mock Parliament
The Word Search and Crossword for The Famous Five can be found by clicking here. Complete Activity Package 3.1.  Read the article entitled Women's Suffrage.

Monday, March 10, 2014

Law 12

No homework assigned for this evening.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 3.3 for Tuesday.  Play the game entitled The Roaring Twenties.  Receive 10 bonus marks if you can identify the artist who produced the painting pictured on the left. 

Friday, March 07, 2014

Social Studies 11

You should begin work on your PowerPoint presentation about either The Group of Seven or Emily Carr.  The presentation needs to be a minimum of ten (10) slides long and must be submitted using DropItToMe.

Make sure you complete Activity Package 3.2 for Monday.

Make sure you finish viewing The Great Crash from the 28 minute mark.

Law 12

Chapter 2 Test on Monday.  Make sure you have completed and submitted Activity Package 2.7/Test Preparation. 

The test will be the exact same format as Chapter 1 but will not be open book.

Thursday, March 06, 2014

Law 12

The Chapter 2 Test is scheduled for Monday.  It is exactly the same format as the Chapter 1 Test.  Make sure you complete Activity Package 2.7/Test Preparation for Friday.  If you were absent from class today please view 12 Angry Men up to the 30 minute mark.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 3.1 for Friday.  View the video entitled The Roaring Twenties.

Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Law 12

The following announcement has been issued by the North Vancouver Detachment of the RCMP:

Marijuana - Federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

The North Vancouver RCMP Youth Intervention Unit would like to remind students of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act in Canada. The recent change to some laws in several American States regarding marijuana has caused some confusion in British Columbia.
Marijuana is illegal in Canada and is listed in Schedule 2 of the Federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. This means that unless you have authorization to use medical marijuana, you cannot possess, sell, or produce marijuana without risking a criminal penalty.
 
It is important to understand police powers of arrest and search. The sight of a marijuana pipe/bong and/or the smell of fresh/burnt marijuana can often provide police with the grounds to make an arrest and conduct a search.
 
School District #44 has a zero tolerance for students being under the influence of marijuana and/or being in possession of any marijuana and/or paraphernalia. In addition, the school has powers to search and seize drugs and drug related items based on their responsibility to provide a safe learning environment for all students.
 
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact your School Liaison Officer.
Youth Intervention UnitNorth Vancouver RCMP

Friday, February 28, 2014

Law 12

Make sure you complete Activity Package 2.4 for Monday.

Social Studies 11

Make sure you are prepared for the Chapter 2 Test on Monday.  It will be 30 questions multiple choice.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Social Studies 1

Complete Chapter 2 Test Preparation for Friday.  You will be expected to complete a test prepared by another classmate during class on Friday.  Students who do not have this package ready for Friday will not get a chance to make up the missing mark.

Law 12

Activity Package 2.3 is due for Friday.  The readings for this activity package can be found by clicking here.

Monday, February 24, 2014

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Law 12

Make sure you have completed your Chapter 1 Take Home Test for Thursday.  This includes the questions entitled Chapter 1 Legal Problems distributed in class.  If you have this complete you might want to start preparing your Magna Carta PowerPoint presentation which is due on Monday.

Scoring for the PowerPoint will be based on the 6 criteria and 4 point scale outlined on the Marking Rubric.  Your score out of 24 will be factored by 4 to give a total mark out of 96.  PowerPoints should be submitted using Dropbox.  Make sure you have your name included in the name of the file.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 2.3 for Thursday.  Finish viewing Battle of Vimy Ridge: Heaven to Hell


Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Social Studies 11

If you were absent from class today please view the following video to the 30 minute mark.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 1.5  The readings for this package can be found by clicking here.  If you were absent from class today please view the following video The Strange Case of the Law up untiol the 40 minute mark.


Monday, February 10, 2014

Social Studies 11

Complete the Chapter 1 Take Home Test. Make sure you use the bubble sheet.

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Social Studies 11

I distributed the wrong set of readings for completing Canada's Foreign Affairs: 1896-1914.  In order to properly complete the questions you will need to use Canada's Foreign Affairs 1896-1914 Readings which can be found clicking the highlighted title here or visiting my webpage.

Law 12

Please complete Activity Package 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 for Thursday   The readings can be found by clicking here.  Please remember that you need to establish Wedding Project partners by Thursday.

Social Studies 11

Finish viewing the PowerPoint presentation entitled "The Emergence of Modern Canada"   

Make sure you complete Canada's Foreign Affairs 1914-1921 

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Social Studies 10

Oral presentations on "The Story of Vancouver" will begin on Wednesday.  Make sure to refer to the marking rubric so that your presentation meets all the necessary criteria.  Activity Package 7.3 parts 1 through V are due for Wednesday. Readings for 7.3 can be found by clicking here.  View the PowerPoint Presentation entitled "The Laurier Years"  Posters for Part VI  of Activity Package 7.3 are due on Monday

Thursday, January 09, 2014

Social Studies 10

Prepare for a 15 question quiz based on the readings The Emergence of Modern Canada.  If you prepare a set of notes you may refer to them during the quiz.

Monday, January 06, 2014

Social Studies 10

Oral presentation topics on Vancouver History must be decide upon by Tuesday.  Please have 3 choices ready as you may not be able to use your first choice.

In class presentations will begin on Monday January 13.

Topics can be found by visiting The History of Metropolitan Vancouver.  In addition there is an iPad app produced by Historica entitled Vancouver In Time which contains a wealth of stories of Vancouver's history.

The Chapter 6 Take Home Test is to be turned in on Wednesday.  I will provide you with bubble sheets on Tuesday.