Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Chapter 6 Test will be on Monday. Please ensure that you have completed the 5 Paragraph Essay Outline Form in order that you will be able to write the essay question on the test. Complete the Chapter 7 Introductory Activity entitled "Lure of the Yukon.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

The Chapter 6 Test is scheduled for Monday May 11. Please choose one of the Chapter 6 Essay Questions and complete a Five Paragraph Essay Outline Sheet in preparation. Activity Package 6.7 is due for Friday May 8.

Social Studies 08 Blocks 2 and 4

Complete Activity Package 8.1 including Worksheet 18 for Friday.

Social Studies 08 Blocks 2 and 4

If you were absent from class today view the video Exploring the Renaissance. Complete the Quiz section of the Exploring the Renaissance Viewing Guide. If you were in attendance during class today finish the Crosswork Puzzle found in the Exploring the Renaissance Viewing Guide.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 6.6 for Thursday.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 6.5 for Wednesday.

Social Studies 08 Blocks 2 and 4

No homework assigned.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 6.4 for Tuesday. This includes the poster from Activity #4 on page 227 of Horizons.

Social Studies 08 Blocks 2 and 4

The Chapter 6 Test on the Byzantine Empire and Islamic Civilization will be on Tuesday May 5. It will be similar in format to the Practice Test you completed in class today. Please remember that a complete set of study notes prepared and brought to class will give you a 5 mark bonus on your test score.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 6.2 for Wednesday April 30. You will need to visit the Fort Victoria Website.

Social Studies 10 Block 3

Complete Activity Package 6.1 for Thursday April 23. Please ensure that when you research the Canadian Dictionary of Biography Online that you focus on the parts of the individual's career that impact upon the development of British Columbia.

View the Fraser River at Hell's Gate as it flows today.

Socials 10 Blocks 1 and 3

The Chapter 5 Test is scheduled for Monday April 20. In order to write the Essay Question you must arrive with a completed Five Paragraph Essay Outline. Students preparing a complete set of study notes for Chapter 5 will receive a 5 mark bonus on their final score.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 5.4 for Wednesday April 15. You will need to read "The National Dream Backgrounder."

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 4.5 for Tuesday. The Chapter 4 Test will be on Wednesday. Preparing a set of study notes will earn you a five mark bonus on the test. Please prepare one of the following essay questions. Use the 5 paragraph essay outline form. In order to score any points for your essay on Wednesday you must bring a completed essay outline to the exam.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 4.4.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 4.3 for Friday March 13. You will need to read The Hudson's Bay Company and The North West Company in order to complete this activity.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Activity Package 4.2 needs to be completed for Thursday March 12. You will need to read Aboriginal Peoples of the Northwest - A Backgrounder as a starting point for your research on one of the identified aboriginal groups.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 4.1 for Wednesday. Continue reading The Pathfinders - Companion Readings.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Students who missed the Chapter 3 Test today are to report to Room D200 on Tuesday in order to complete the test. All students should begin reading The Pathfinders - Companion Readings.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

The Chapter 3 has been moved to Monday March 9. Please ensure that you bring a complete set of study notes for Chapter 3 if you wish to receive the 5 mark bonus. Activity Package 3.4 is also due.

Social Studies 08 Blocks 2 and 4.

Activity Package 3.1 is due on Monday March 9. Students who missed the video Living in Medieval Europe can view it by clicking here. The True/False and Crossword for the video are available in class. The Age of Charlemagne and Video Guide are due on Monday.

Social Studies 08 Blocks 2 and 4

Complete Video Quiz and Crossword Puzzle for the video Living in Medieval Europe. Activity Package 3.1 is due on Monday March 9. The Video Quiz and Crossword Puzzle are due on Friday March 6.

Socials 10 Blocks 1 and 3

The Chapter 3 Test will occur on Friday March 6. You can prepare for the essay question by visiting Chapter 3 Essay Question.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Package 3.1 for Tuesday March 3.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Review the PowerPoint presentation Confederation in preparation for Thursday's Chapter 2 Test.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete reading Rebellion and Reform - Companion Readings. Ensure that Chapter 2.3 Activity Package is completed for Monday February 23.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

View video "Stand by Me" Complete Chapter 2.3 Activity Package for Monday February 23. Please include a set of study notes. Even though the Activity Package does not demand them I do.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

View the Powerpoint Presentation "Mercantilism to Adam Smith"

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Chapter 2.1 Activity Sheet. This includes viewing the Powerpoint, "Victorian Era." Activity packages are to be turned in Monday February 16 with cover sheets attached.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

No homework assigned tonight. Students who were absent for the take home exam must complete it by Friday.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

Complete the Chapter 1 Take Home Exam. This multiple choice test must be turned in on Thursday. All answers can be found in Horizons Chapter 1.

Social Studies 10 Blocks 1 and 3

View the powerpoint presentation The Rebellions of 1837-1838.

Social Studies 10

Blocks 1 and 3

Complete Activity Sheet 1.1 for Wednesday

Social Studies 10

Homework for Day 1 of Social Studies 10

On a blank piece of paper write your name, email address and the answer to the following question: Who said, "History will be kind to me because I intend to write it."

Turn this piece of paper in on Wednesday for a five mark bonus.

Do not forget your agenda books.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 2.4.

Law 12 Blocks 3 and 4

Complete Activity Package 3.5-3.6. Reminder that the Chapter 3 Test will be on Tuesday. You may produce a set of study notes for use during the test.

Law 12

Blocks 3 and 4. Visit the CBC Archives and explore the feature The Oka Crisis. Complete Activity Package 3.3

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 2.3 for Friday. View the Power Point presentation Road to Confederation found on my Social Studies 10 Webpage.

Social Studies 10

Activity Package Chapter 2.2 should be completed for Monday September 29.

Law 12

Blocks 3 and 4. Chapter 2.7 and Test Preparation Activity Package, including Chapter 2 Interactive Quiz should be completed. The Chapter 2 Test will be on Monday September 29. It is exactly the same format as that for Chapter 1 Test. There will be no bonus marks for the preparation of a set of study notes but students who prepare will be allowed to refer to them during the test

Law 12

Blocks 3 and 4.

Complete Chapter 2.5-2.6 Activity Package. Do not complete parts D and E. Visit The Centre for Constitutional Studies and in point form outline the significance of Vriend v. Alberta

Law 12

Blocks 3 and 4. Complete Chapter 2.3 Activity Package for Monday September 22.

Law 12

Blocks 3 and 4 complete Activity Package 2.1/2.2

Social Studies 10

Complete assignment from Monday.

Social Studies 10

Review Master R-1 and Crosswords Chapter 1 #1 and #2 will need to be completed by the end of class on Tuesday. It would be a wise idea to get part of it completed this evening since the class time provided will not likely be enough to complete the activities in class.

Law 12

Blocks 3 and 4 complete reading "All About Law" pages 38 through 44 sections 2.1 and 2.2

Law 12 Blocks 3 and 4

Chapter 1 Test on Monday. Complete set of study notes will earn a 5% lift on final score.

Social Studies 10

Complete reading Horizons: Canada Moves West pages 37 through 45.

Social Studies 10

Complete notetaking exercise based on Chapter 1 Supplementary Readings.

Law 12 Blocks 3 and 4

Complete Chapter 1.8 Canada and International Law and Chapter 1 Test Preparation for Friday.
Be sure to include the Interactive Quiz from Chapter 1 of www.law.nelson.com. The Chapter 1 Test will be on Monday. It is closed book but if you bring a thoughtfully prepared set of study notes you will receive a 5% bonus on your final score./

Social Studies 10

If necessary, re-work Using Opinion as a Primary Source from page 36 of Horizons. Complete the notetaking activity started in class based on Colonies in the Wilderness, 1814-1840 Supplementary Readings.

Law 12 Blocks 3 and 4

Complete Chapter 1.6/1.7 Activity Package.

Social Studies 10

Read pages 33 through36 of Horizons: Canada Moves West and then complete Using Opinion as a Primary Source. What Do You Think? questions 1, 2 and 4.

Law 12 Blocks 3 and 4

Complete Chapter 1.5 Activity Package. Due for Wednesday, September 10.

Law 12 Blocks 3 and 4

Complete Chapter 1.4 Activity Package.

Social Studies 10

No homework assigned for this evening.

Law 12

Complete BLM 1-1 Icebreaker: The Law Around You and BLM Textbook Scavenger Hunt.

Social Studies 11 Final Exam Preparation

The Provincial Final Exam for Social Studies 11 is scheduled for Friday June 20 from 0900 to 1200hrs. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early with necessary materials such as pencils and water bottles. Students should report to Room D200 to return textbooks at 0830hrs.
Students with last names beginning A through Gill will write their exam in Room B200, Gio through Mil will write in Rooms B201 and B202, Min through Shi will write in Room B203 and Sho through Ze will write in Room B205. The following websites will be beneficial in preparing for the exam: LearnNowBC, BC Ed Sample Exams, Grade 10, 11 and 12 eExams-Practice and Grade 11 Provincial Exam Specifications. Definitions for the Key Verbs are available online, as are the essay question Scoring Criteria.

Law 12

Complete E-Activity from Chapter 9: Parole. Complete Activity Package 9.7 and Test Preparation

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 6.3 for Friday. Begin to check out Cold War Videos from YouTube

Law 12

Begin working on developing your Journal concerning the use of TASERs by law enforcement officers in British Columbia. A backgrounder entitled The Braidwood Inquiry is available.

Social Studies 11 Blocks A and B

Activity Package 5.4 should be completed for Tuesday May 6. Canada's Foreign Affairs:1939-1945 readings and the associated questions need to be completed by Wednesday May 7.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 8.5 for Friday May 2.

Social Studies 11

Both blocks A and B should complete Activity Package 5.3 for Friday May 2. View the Powerpoint presentation Canada's War: 1939-1945

Law 12

No homework assigned tonight. Use the time to catch up on missing assignments.

Social Studies 11

Those students who have not done the Chapter 4 Test should report to Room D200 at lunch on Wednesday. Activity package 5.1 should be complete and turned in.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 4.4 for Thursday April 24. If you were absent view the video The Rise of Adolph Hitler.

Law 12

No homework assigned for this evening. Students absent on Wednesday will have Chapter 7 tests on Thursday.

Law 12

Complete Chapter 7 Test Preparation for Tuesday. Chapter 7 Test will be on Wednesday April 23. In preparation for the test please complete Chapter 7 Self-Quiz and attach it to the Test Preparation package.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 4.3 for Tuesday April 22.

Law 12

View the Peter Jennings video Ecstasy Rising. Complete Activity Package 7.7 for Monday.

Please note that the techies are still working on retrieving your marks from the Provincial marks program.

Social Studies 11

Complete Activity Package 4.2. View the Power Point presentation Canada Between the Wars. Please note that the techies are still working on attempting to retrieve your marks data.

Social Studies 11

View the Power Point Presentation The Treaty of Versailles. Complete Activity Package 2.5 for Monday. Chapter 2 Test will be on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Social Studies 11

Activity Package 2.4 will be due on Friday April 4.

Law 12

Complete Chapter 5.5-5.6 Activity Package sections I through V for Thursday April 3. For the eActivity oulined in Part V you only need to complete 1 and 2.

Social Studies 11

Blocks A and B complete Activity Package 2.3. The link for the video on the Halifax Explosion has been changed from the NFB to YouTube.

Law 12

Powerpoint Presentation on Criminal Harassment from Activity Package 5.5-5.6 is due Monday April 7. Please eMail your presentation to me as an attachment to nnichols@nvsd44.bc.ca

Law 12

Ensure that Activity Package 5.1-5.2 is complete.

Social Studies 11 Blocks A and B

No homework assigned for this evening.

Social Studies 11 Blocks A and B

Complete supplementary readings Canada and World War I.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 5.1-5.2 parts I and II. You do not need to complete section C of Part II.

Social Studies 11 Blocks A and B

There will be a Chapter 1 Test on Wednesday. You may use study notes that you have prepared. Activity Packages 1.1 and 1.2 will be collected as well as the questions on Canada's Foreign Affairs 1896 to 1914.