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

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Rene Levesque

Complete Chapter 8.2 Activity Package.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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

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Activity Package 1.1 should be totally completed for Tuesday.

Social Studies 10

No homework is assigned for homework tonight.

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Complete Activity Package 1.2

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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.

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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.

Social Studies 10

Visit Chuck Davis site The History of Metropolitan Vancouver and briefly summarize what you consider to be the 20 most interesting stories of Vancouver.  Activity Package 6.5 needs to be finished for Friday.

Law 12

Activity Package 7.1/7.4 should be completed for Friday.

Social Studies 10

Chinese Construction Workers on the CPR

Complete Activity Package 6.5 parts 1 and 2. The readings for 6.5 can be found by clicking here. Visit the site Onderdonk's Way and check out early photographs of construction of the CPR in British Columbia.

Law 12

No homework assigned.  Make sure to check Twiducate for marks and missing task lists.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 6.4 for Tuesday.  The readings for 6.4 can be found by clicking here.  I will not be accepting Activity Package 6.4 as a late assignment.  All assignments will be collected at the beginning of class on Tuesday.  Any assignment not turned in will receive a score of zero with no opportunity to make up the missing work.  Students who are ill today can upload their assignments via DropItToMe.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 6.3 for Monday. The readings for this package can be found by clicking here. Please also read the Chapter 6.3 Supplementary Readings and highlight or underline important information.  If you own an iPhone, iPod or iPad you may wish to check out the App - Vancouver In Time.

Law 12

Chapter 6 Test is on Monday.  It is exactly the same format as all previous tests.  It will not be open book with the exception of the "Legal Problems."  There will be no use of study notes and no bonus marks will be given for preparation.  Students who are absent will be recorded as zero unless a legitimate absentee note is provided by your parent, guardian, physician, veterinarian or mortician.

Social Studies 10

Sir James Douglas

Visit the Fort Victoria Website.  Print a copy of the picture of the residence of Governor James Douglas and print a copy of a picture of the SS Beaver.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 6.3 for Wednesday. If you missed class today you can catch up by viewing the first hour of Deliver Us From Evil a documentary about the cover up of sexual abuse by a priest in California in the 1980s and 90s.  You can also check out Deliver Us From Evil in the IMDb database.

Social Studies 10

Fort Astoria, 1813

Activity Package 6.1 is to be completed for Wednesday.  Chapter 6.1 Readings can be found by clicking here. The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online can be accessed by clicking here.

Social Studies 10

No homework assigned.

Socials 10

Chapter 5 test on Monday. If you prepare a set of study notes you can use them during the test. Don't forget the essay outline.

Social Studies 10

The Chapter 5 test will be on Monday.  Activity Package 5.5 will be due on Friday.  That includes Part VI the 5 paragraph essay on the CPR. Essay outlines can be picked up in class or found by clicking here.

Law 12

Activity Package 5.4 is due for Monday.

Social Studies 10

Activity Package 5.3 needs to be completed for Monday. Read the document entitled The Origins of the RCMP from Chapter 5 of my website. Have a little fun by watching the movie The North West Mounted Police on YouTube.  The link here is to the first clip of the movie.  You will need to go to clips 2, 3 and 4 etc. in order to view the whole movie.

Law 12

No homework assigned for tonight.

Socials 10

No homework assigned for tonight.

Law 12

Activity Package 5.3 needs to be completed for Wednesday.

Social Studies 10

Activity Package 5.2 is assigned for homework. You will need to review the 4.6 Readings in order to complete Part V.  Chapter 5.2 readings can be found by clicking here.

Law 12

Begin following Gloria Taylor's challenge to the prohibition of assisted suicide in Canada.  Begin by doing a Google News search and taking a look at the articles and comments that are being published about this court case.  Listen to the CBC public affairs program The Current as it addresses many of the issues being argued in the Court case. 

Social Studies 10

Complete a detailed set of study notes for the Chapter 4.6 Readings.

Social Studies 10

Please ensure that you have completed the reading of The Adventurer: 1660-1720,
The Long Struggle with Montreal: 1713-1821, and Give Us Good Measure:1821-1870.  Complete Activity Package 4.5 Parts I, II, III, IV and V.  The Chapter 4.5 Readings can be found by clicking here.

Law 12

Raeside in the Times-Colonist

In Remembrance

The last Canadian casualty of the First World War was Private George Lawrence Price of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan- the 25-year-old farm labourer was shot in the right chest by a German sniper near the Belgian city of Mons at 10:58am. This was a mere two minutes before the Armistice came into effect at 11:00am on November 11, 1918.

Price was the last of 60 000 Canadians who paid the ultimate price in the service of our nation during World War I.

Social Studies 10

Read "The Long Struggle with Montreal -1713 -1821"  Complete Activity Package 4.3.   The readings for Activity Package 4.3 can be found by clicking here.

Law 12

The Chapter 4 Test is scheduled for Monday.  All Activity Packages for Chapter 4 must be completed and turned in by that date.

Social Studies 10

Activity Package 4.1 Parts I, II, III and IV should be turned in for marking.  We will complete Parts V and VI next week.   Activity Package 4.2 needs to be completed for Wednesday.  The readings for 4.2 can be found by clicking here. Use the readings Aboriginal Peoples of the Northwest - Backgrounder as the basis of the research needed to complete Part V.

Law 12

Read the article "That's So Gay"  Complete Activity Package 4.6/4.7  this includes the E-Activity David Milgaard.  The article entitled "Wrongful Conviction" can be found on Twiducate. Read article "Ottawa Man with HIV Charged with Attempted Murder."

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 4.1 Parts I, II, III and IV.  Readings for this activity package can be found by clicking here. Read Book 1 "The Adventurers" from the story of the Hudson Bay Company.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 4.6/4.7 Parts 1, 2, and 3. Leave the legal chart and Milgaard until Monday.

Socials 10

Bison reports are due Monday. Must include a bibliography. Title page must be separate. Must be a minimum of 500 words. Illustrations and pictures are optional.

Law 12

Friday is Marks Cut Off day for Term 1.  The last assignment that will be recorded for marks is Chapter 4.4/4.5.  I will accept missing assignments up until midnight if they are uploaded to DropIttoMe

Social Studies 10

Chapter 3 Multiple Choice Test must be complete by Friday.  Students arriving without a completed test and answer key will receive a zero for the Chapter 3 Test.  Friday is Marks Cut Off day for Term 1.  The last assignment that will be recorded for marks is Chapter 3.4.  I will accept missing assignments up until midnight if they are uploaded to DropIttoMe

Law 12

Please go over the Remind101 bulletin with your parents. Bring a signed copy back to class for confirmation. Give your parents the letter regarding Report Cards and Parent Interviews.

Socials 10

Please go over the Remind101 bulletin with your parents. Bring a signed copy back to class for confirmation. Give your parents the letter regarding Report Cards and Parent Interviews.

Law 12

Activity Package 4.4/4.5 is due for Thursday.

Social Studies 10

All students are to open an Account with bibme, the online bibliography service.  You will use this account to prepare the bibliography required in your buffalo research report from Activity Package 3.3.