Socials 10

Activity Package 6.2 should be complete for Tuesday.

Law 12

Activity Package 12.6 should be complete for Tuesday

Social Studies 10

Complete the assignment about significant dates in BC history based on the article entitled BC History Supplementary Readings.  Activity Package 6.1 should also be complete. Don't forget that you can use Worldbook Online and the Encyclopedia of British Columbia.

Law 12

Activity Package 12.4/12.5 should be completed for Monday.  Please finish viewing the PowerPoint Presentation entitled Negligence and Other Torts.

Law 12

The Chapter 11 Test will be on Monday rather than this Friday.

Social Studies 10

Please ensure that you have completed Activity Package 5.2 for Wednesday.  Make sure you have read the document entitled Origins of the RCMP.

Law 12

Remember the Chapter 6 Test is scheduled for Wednesday.  It is the same format as all previous tests.  There will not be an essay question but the ten (10) legal problem questions must be completed.

Socials 10

The Chapter 4 Test is scheduled for Monday.  The test will be approximately 80 questions multiple choice.  You are to complete the Chapter 4 Test Essay from amongst the options before class on Monday and bring your completed essay and 5 Paragraph Essay Outline to class. Activity Package 4.6 should be completed for Thursday.

View the video "The Voyageurs"


The Voyageurs by ONFB , National Film Board of Canada

Socials 10

Please complete Chapter 4.6 Parts I, II, and III for Wednesday.

Socials 11

Bethune by Donald Brittain, National Film Board of Canada

Law 12

Complete the development of the 20 question quiz based on the readings supplied in regard to Drinking and Driving Laws in BC.  Students absent from class today without a valid excuse will receive zero on this assignment and zero for the Chapter 5 Test.

Socials 10

Dzenan has kindly sent me a photo of Yalda's timeline so everyone can see what it should look like.

Social Studies 10

The timeline based on the life of George Simpson is to be completed for Monday.  Use the readings Biography of George Simpson  as the basis for your timeline.  Please also ensure that you have completed the notetaking portion of Activity Package 4.5.

Law 12

The Chapter 5 Test is scheduled for Monday.  The Legal Problems for Chapter 5 must be turned in and you must bring a completed and marked copy of the Chapter 5 Interactive Quiz.  If you have prepared a set of study notes for Chapter 5 you may use them during the test.

Law 12

"Legal Problems" for Chapter 5 need to be completed for Thursday.  The Chapter 5 Test is scheduled for Monday.

Socials 10

Make sure you have identified significant dates in the life of George Simpson from the article "Biography of George Simpson". You will need to use these in the development of a timeline.

Law 12

Please ensure that you have completed Activity Package 5.5-5.6 including the e-activity regarding international conventions on terrorism. The UN website is no longer current for this activity, so Google the conventions directly using copy and paste. You need complete only 3 of the conventions not all twelve.

Socials 10

Please ensure that you have the articles entitled "The Hudson's Bay Company", "The Northwest Company" and "The Little Emperor" from my website.

Socials 10

Please ensure that you have the articles entitled "The Hudson's Bay Company", "The Northwest Company" and "The Little Emperor" from my website.

Law 12

Missing assignments can be turned in using DropItToMe until midnight.  Activity Package 5.3 should be completed for Friday

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 4.2 for Friday.  Make sure you have completed the reading of Pathfinders - Companion Readings.  Missing assignments can be turned in by using DropItToMe until midnight.

Law 12 and Socials 10

Click the following links in order to see your current Term 1 mark.   Missing assignments turned in before the end of Block 3 on Thursday will be included in the Term 1 mark.  Missing assignments for Term 1 can still be completed and turned after Thursday but they will not show on your report card until the end of the Semester.  The reports are done by student number so that the information is confidential.  Law 12 Period 1, Socials 10 Period 2, Law 12 Period 3.

Law 12

Complete the Criminal Code Scavenger Hunt for Friday.

Social Studies 10

Complete reading "Adventurers: Hudson Bay Company - The Epic Story"  Students who did not get a hard copy of the book can read it by visiting my website and viewing the four chapters of the book.

HBC Coat of Arms

Chapter 1 The Adventurer - 1670 -1720,   Chapter 2 The Long Struggle with Montreal - 1713-1821,   Chapter 3 Give us Good Measure - 1821-1870,   Chapter 4 Becoming a Business - 1870-2000

Socials 10

All Chapter 4 material with the exception of the "Bison Report" should be completed for Wednesday. Bison Report is due Friday.

Law 12

Chapter 4 Test will be on Thursday. You may use study notes. Turn in your completed Chapter 4 Interactive Quiz on Wednesday. "Legal Problems" also need to be completed

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 3.3 Parts I through IV for Monday.  Identify 5 websites  besides Wikipedia that you intend to use for you Bison Research Report.  Copy the names and URLs for the 5 websites into a Word Document and Upload the file to my DropItToMe Acccount.  The password for uploading is "nn11722"

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 4.6/4.7 Parts I through IV for Monday.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 4.4/4.5 for Thursday.

Social Studies 10

North American  Buffalo

Complete the notetaking from the article attached to Activity Package 3.3.  You may wish to view the video Fabulous Animals: Champion of the Prairie - The Bison for a second time.

Social Studies 10

Finish viewing Planet Earth - The Climate Puzzle starting at 29 minutes. Complete Activity Package 3.2 including the climographs for North Vancouver and White Rock.

Law 12

Ensure that Activity Package 4.1/4.2/4.3 is completed for Thursday.  View the PowerPoint presentation Introduction to Criminal Law.

Socials 10

Complete Activity Package 3.1 for Monday.  Students who were absent for the Chapter 2 Test for whatever reason will have one opportunity to rewrite the test.  That will be on Monday at 3pm in Room D200.  Failure to write the test at that time will result in a score of zero.

Law 12

No homework has been assigned for the weekend.  Essays from the Chapter 3 Test must however be completed and turned in on Monday.  Students who were absent from today's testing session will have one opportunity to rewrite the Chapter 3 Test.  That will be on Monday at 3:00pm in Room D200.  Failure to write the test at that time will result in a score of zero for the Chapter 3 Test.

Law 12

Please ensure that you are familiar with Canadian marriage law as outlined in Chapter 13 sections 1 through 4.  The Chapter 3 Test is scheduled for Thursday.  I will be providing you with essays topics and 5 paragraph outlines on Wednesday.

Social Studies 10

There will be a post test based on the video Canada: It's Land, Resources and Economy.   The Chapter 2 Test is scheduled for Thursday please bring your completed Essay outline.  Students who prepare a set of study notes will receive a 5% lift on their final score for the test.

Social Studies 10

Please complete Activity Package 2.4.  You will need to read the Document entitled Canadian and American Government.

Law 12

View Streets of Plenty Episode 6 and Episode 7.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 3.4 for Thursday.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 2.3a for Thursday.

Law 12

The Crossword and Word Searches for Activity Package 3.1-3.2 can be found by clicking here. Make sure you have viewed the Powerpoint Presentation Human Rights in Canada up to slide number 7.

Social Studies 10

Activity Package 2.3 will need to be turned in on Wednesday. View the PowerPoint presentation Confederation for Dummies

Law 12

The Chapter 2 Test is scheduled for Thursday.  Please ensure that you have turned in all activity packages for Chapter 2.  You can use a set of study notes for the test and please bring a completed 5 Paragraph Essay outline for the essay section of the test.  The esssay topic is available in class.

Social Studies 10

Queen Victoria

Complete Activity Package 2.1 for Wednesday. Begin reading The Great Enterprise - Companion Readings.

Law 12

No homework assigned this weekend.

Social Studies 10

Play the game "Who Wants To Be a Cotton Millionaire."

Socials 10

Activity Package 2.3b needs to be turned in on Friday.

Law 12

Please ensure that Activity Package 2.5-2.6 is complete for Friday.

Law 12

No homework has been assigned for this evening.  Make sure that PowerPoint presentations get uploaded to DropItToMe

Socials 10

Begin reading the Companion Readings entitled Rebellion and Reform.  Complete Activity Package 1.6  I will provide time in class on Wednesday for the completion of 2.3b. "Aftermath of the Rebellions."

Law 12

PowerPoint presentations on the Magna Carta are to be uploaded to DropItToMe.  Make sure that you complete Activity Package 2.4.

Social Studies 10

Please ensure that you complete Activity Package 1.4 for Monday.  In addition complete the viewing of the Underground Railroad - Part 2. 

Law 12

You need to complete the answers to the Legal Problems.  The Chapter 1 Five Paragraph Essay is due on Monday.  Students who were absent today need to see me first thing Monday morning.  Please ensure that you complete Activity Package 2.1-2.2 for Monday as well. Make sure your PowerPoint presentation on the Magna Carta is completed by September 25.  It needs to be turned in using DropItToMe

Law 12

Complete the Chapter 1 Take Home Test.

Social Studies 10

Please complete Activity Package 1.4 Parts I and II.  Finish viewing the video The Underground Railroad Part 1.

Law 12

Chapter 1.8 and Test Preparation package is due on Wednesday. 15 slide PowerPoint presentation on the Magna Carta must be turned in by September 25. It must be submitted using DropItToMe.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 1.3a. http://www.sabresocials.com/norm/Social%20Studies%2010/Social%20Studies%2010.3adoc.pdf

SS10 and Law 12

No homework posted tonight.

Social Studies 10

Visit the website 1812.gc.ca and become familiar with information put out by the Government of Canada about the War of 1812.  If you have an iPhone or an Android phone download the two apps 1812 and The War of 1812.  Both are free.  The first one is produced in Canada, the second in the United States.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 1.3 Parts IV and V.  Read "The Adventurers: 1670-1720"

Law 12 Periods 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 1.6-1.7 for Friday.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 1.3 parts 1, 2, and 3.

Law 12 Periods 1 and 3

Emperor Justinian

Complete Activity Package 1.5  This is assignment is due on Thursday.

Law 12

Hammurabi's Code

Complete Activity Package 1.4.  This includes the E-Activity on the Code of Hammurabi.  Please ensure that you get your parents to sign the letter regarding Remind101.

Social Studies 10

Read the first 10 pages of  "A Question of Loyalties: Companion Readings."  Complete Activity Package 1.2.

Social Studies 10

Please ensure that you complete Activity Package 1.1  Make sure that all questions are answered in complete sentences.

Law 12 Periods 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3   View the PowerPoint Presentation from Chapte3r 1 entitled An Introduction to Law.

Social Studies 10 Period 2

Complete the readings of Horizons: Canada Moves West pages 3 through 13.

Socials 11 Period 2

End of term marks have been posted.  You can access them by clicking here.  A list of missing assignments can be found by clicking here.  Missing assignments may be turned in using DropItToMe until 5:00pm on Sunday June 17.

Social Studies 11 Period 4

Term End Marks

Marks as they stand going into the Final Exam next week can be accessed by clicking here. Missing assignments can be found by clicking here.  I will be available in Room D200 all of next week prior to the exam to provide any additional help in preparing for the exam that you may need.

Social Studies 10

Term End Marks

Up to date Term Marks prior to the Final Exam can be found by clicking here.  Missing assignments can be found by clicking here.  Please report to Room D200 on Monday June 15 30 minutes prior to your scheduled exam at 11:15am.  You must turn in your text book and your completed Review Package.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 6.6.  You will need to ensure that you have a copy of History of Prejudice and Discrimination in Canada.

Social Studies 11

Don't worry about Activity Package 11.3 we will complete that one on Monday.  For the weekend completer Activity Package 11.4.   Make sure that you complete the reading of Backgrounder on Canada's Legal System.

Social Studies 11

City of North Vancouver

Don't forget that your geography groups need to complete the Activity Packages and complete tests for Unit 1 Population.  You should now be working on Unit 2. Complete Activity Package 10.4 for Wednesday.

Social Studies 10

Great Bluff on the Cariboo Wagon Road

Complete Activity Package 6.4 for Wednesday. Visit the website The Cariboo Gold Rush and copy and paste at least eight (8) archival photographs from the site. Print a copy of your photographs and bring the them to class on Wednesday.

Social Studies 10

SS Beaver in Victoria's Inner Harbour

Complete Activity Package 6.2 for Wednesday.  Visit and explore the website Hudson Bay Company at Fort Victoria.

Social Studies 11

You must view the PowerPoint presentation Population and Demographics before taking the Unit 1 Population test.

Social Studies 10

Activity Package 6.1 should be completed for Tuesday.

Social Studies 10

Complete the five paragraph essay outline that is Part VI of Activity Package 5.5

Social Studies 11

Parliament Buildings, Ottawa

Read Chapters 3, 4 and 5 of How Canadians Govern Themselves.  Complete Activity Package 9.2.

Social Studies 11

Complete the Activity Package 9.1  Read chapters 1, 2 and 3 of the article entitled How Canadians Govern Themselves 

Social Studies 10

View the PowerPoint presentation entitled The North-West Rebellion. Complete Activity Package 5.5 with the exception of Part VI.

Social Studies 11

Complete Chapter 8.5 Activity Package.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 5.4  Read The North West Mounted Police: A Tradition in Scarlet.

Social Studies 10 and 11

Social Studies marks for Mid Term have been updated.  You can check your mark by student number by clicking on the appropriate link. Socials Studies 10  Social Studies 11 Period 2  Social Studies 11 Period 4  Marks for the Final Term will be posted by Monday.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 5.1

Social Studies 11

Rene Levesque

Complete Chapter 8.2 Activity Package.

Social Studies 11

Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Complete the questions for Canada's Foreign Affairs: 1968-1984   The readings can be found by clicking here.

Social Studies 10

Please complete Activity Package 4.4 for Tuesday.

Wednesday April 18th, 2012

Enjoy no homework tonight!

Social Studies 10

Make sure you are an expert on one of the four tribal groups engaged in the fur trade with the HBC and the NWC.

Social Studies 11

Complete Canada's Foreign Affairs:1957-1968.  The readings can be found by clicking here.

Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson

Also complete Activity Package 6.4.

Social Studies 10

All assignments must be complete up to the end of Part IV of Activity Package 4.3.

Social Studies 11

You will be given time in class to finish Chapter 6.4 Activity Package.  Please view the following Powerpoint presentation Post 1945 Canada.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 6.3 Parts I through VII.  The video for Part VIII is no longer available.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 4.2 Parts I, II, III and Iv

Marks as of April 13

All marks have been posted by student number. Click the following for Socials 10 Marks.  Click the following for Socials 11 Block 2 Marks.  Click the following for Socials 11 Block 4 Marks.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 3.3 with the exception of the bison report. The collage from Activity Package 3.1 is also due on Tuesday.

Social Studies 11

Chapter 5 test on Wednesday. Closed book, no study notes.

Social Studies 11

View the PowerPoint presentation Canada's War: 1939- 1945   Complete the Activity Package 5.3.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 5.1 for Tuesday.

Social Studies 10

Make sure you have completed Activity Package 3.1 with the exception of Part 6, the collage.  The collage will be due on Friday.  You must also complete the resource package associated with the video Canada: Its Land, Resources and Economy.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 4.3

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 2.4.  The readings on Canadian and American Government can be found by clicking here.

Social Studies 11

The following assignments should be completed by Thursday March 8.  They can be turned in electronically by uploading to DropItToMe. 

1. Complete Activity Package 3.2 that was distributed on Friday.
2. View the PowerPoint presentation Canada Between the Wars: 1919 to 1939.
3. Read the documents entitled Chapter 3 Supplementary Readings and Chapter 3 Personalities
4. Read Canada's Foreign Relations: 1921 to 1939.
5, Complete Canada's Foreign Relations: 1921 to 1939 Questions.
6. Complete Activity Package 3.3.

The school building will be open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday so if you do not have your text at home you can stop by and pick it up.

Social Studies 11

Complete Canada's Foreign Affairs: 1914 to 1921 Questions.  The readings can be found by clicking here.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 1.6 parts I, II, and III.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 1.5 for Thursday. Reminders to Sophie Miko and Chris Butler that you owe me Activity Package 1.4.

Socials 11

Please complete Activity Package 2.2

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 2.2 parts I, II and III.

Social Studies 10

No homework is assigned for this evening.

Social Studies 10

Due to the fact that I assigned the wrong homework last night the completion of Activity Package 1.4 is not due until Wednesday.   Congratulations to those able to figure out the mistake.

Social Studies 11

Sir Sam Hughes

Complete Activity Package 2.1 to the end of Part IX. View the animation developed by the BBC that outlines WWI on the Western Front.

Social Studies 11

View the video For King and Empire: Storming the Ridge- The Canadians at Vimy 1916

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 2.1 right through to the end.  If you have forgotten your textbook at school you can find the readings by clicking here.

Social Studies 11

Please ensure that you completed the reading of The Great Transformation.  Activity Package 1.2 needs to be completed for Thursday.  The Chapter 1 Test well be held in class on Thursday.  It is worth only thirty marks and will be open book.

Social Studies 10

Harriet Tubman "The Black Moses"

Complete Activity Package 1.3 for Thursday.  Please make sure you have viewed the Underground Railroad Powerpoint Presentation.  Make sure that you have visited the National Geographic Interactive Site about the Underground Railroad.

Social Studies 11

Please complete Activity Package 1.2 excluding Part VIII for Thursday.

Social Studies 11

Please complete the survey for next years courses by clicking here. 

Social Studies 10

Routes on the Railroad

View the PowerPoint Presentation The Underground Railroad

Social Studies 11

View the video The Origins of World War 1 Part 1 and The Origins of World War 1 Part 2.

Social Studies 11

Activity Package 1.1 should be totally completed for Tuesday.

Social Studies 10

No homework is assigned for homework tonight.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 1.2

Social Studies 11

Complete the questions for Canada's Foreign Affairs: 1896-1914.  The readings for these questions can be found by clicking here.  View the tutorial The Peopling of Canada: 1891 - 1921

Social Studies 10

Complete the notetaking portion of Activity Package 1.2.

Social Studies 11

Chinese Head Tax Certificate

Complete Activity Package 1.1 Part VIII.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 1.1 parts 1 and 2.

Social Studies 10

Canada: 2012

Complete the reading of Chapter 1 Introductory Readings from Horizons:Canada Moves West pages 10 through 13.

Social Studies 10 and Social Studies 11

Please ensure that you set up a Twitter Account by clicking here and following the instructions.  Bookmark the following sites:  Norm's Notes Website  Norm's Notes Homework Blog and Sutherland Secondary  Make sure you go over Cell Phone Responsibility policy with your parents.  Show your parents the Remind101 sign up sheet.

Social Studies 10/Law 12 Semester 01

Final Course Marks for Law 12 students have been posted to your Report Cards.  Socials 10 students will not be receiving Report Cards and unfortunately I have not been able to post Final Course Marks to Twiducate because of issues of confidentiality.  I have a printed copy of your Final Marks available in Room D200.  Please come and see me between now and Friday at 1400hrs if you wish to know your Final Grade.  Students who have failed the course need to make an appointment with your Counsellor this week.  Parents may eMail a mark request to nnichols@nvsd44.bc.ca and I will forward you a copy of the Final Letter Grade for your child.

Law 12

Wedding Projects are due January 20.  The  Final Exam is scheduled in class on January 18.  The examination period will start at 1010hrs and continue through lunch until 1210hrs. Activity Package 8.1/8.2/8.3 is to be completed for Tuesday January 10.

Social Studies 10

Blocks 2 and 3 please ensure that you have filled in the bubble sheets for the Chapter 6 Test.  Please return them to class on Tuesday. Block 1 will be provided with bubble sheets and their completed Chapter 6 tests on Tuesday in class. Please complete Activity Package 7.1 for Tuesday. The readings for 7.1 can be found by clicking here.

Law 12

Activity Package 7.7 needs to be finished for Thursday January 5.

Social Studies 10

The Chapter 6 Test is a take home exam and can be found on my website or by clicking here.  The test is to be completed by Thursday January 5. The Chapter 6 Essay Outline and Essay are to be completed in class on Thursday.

Social Studies 10

Chart based on the article "The History of  Prejudice and Discrimination in Canada" must be completed for Wednesday. Activity Package 6.6 must also be completed for homework. The readings for 6.6 can be accessed by clicking here.