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    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 10 (off-week sessions)

    Homework Reading Check

    Studying History

    • Time/Years
    • Historical accuracy and Anachronisms
      • “Forrest Gump” Anachronism Assignment (BLOG POST) Due no later Friday May 14
        • Place yourself visually into an historical moment/scene
        • Include a caption for the scene

    Studying Civilizations

    Homework

    • Classroom Map Assignment now due
    • Blog Post – Anachronism Post by Friday May 14
    • Comparing Civilizations Assignment Due week of May 17

    HISTORY 12

    May 10

    *Anti-Racism Video by South Okanagan Immigrant & Community Services

    Interwar Years 1919-1939 Unit

    • Intro to Assignment 2 – focus on Continuity vs. Change
      • USA
        • Video:  “The Roaring 20s”
      • Russia
      • Italy
      • Germany
    • Homework Readings for this week due Wednesday:
      • Global Forces p.45 “The Great Depression”
      • “Age of Excess” Moodle PDF
      • “Great Depression in the USA”  Moodle PDF
      • *other PDF Articles optional

    HISTORY 12

    May 7 – Off Week/Secondary Session

    • Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
    • Homework:  Assignment 1 – Applying the Historical Inquiry Model to WWI due week of Monday May 10th

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 7

    • Students Council Elections
    • GEO Unit
      • Time Zones
      • Scale
      • Contour Lines
    • HOMEWORK Due Dates:
      1. Five Themes of GEO Assignment Due week of May 3 (this week)
      2. Classroom Map Assignment (see Powerpoint for Specifics) Due week of May 10
      3. Blog Posts – GEO VOCAB, Topographic Maps – Location Activity PDF – post by Friday, May 7
      4. Due Monday May 10:  Read Pathways Chapter 1 PDF (see MOODLE)

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 6

    • GEO Unit
      • Time Zones
      • Scale
      • Contour Lines
    • HOMEWORK Due Dates:
      1. Five Themes of GEO Assignment Due week of May 3 (this week)
      2. Classroom Map Assignment (see Powerpoint for Specifics) Due week of May 10
      3. Blog Posts – GEO VOCAB, Topographic Maps – Location Activity PDF – post by Friday, May 7

    HISTORY 12

    May 5 – Off Week/Secondary Session

    • Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
      • the Lusitania (Ethical Dimensions, Historical Perspective)
    • 1917
      • Naval Blockade (Ethical Dimensions, Historical Perspective, Cause & Consequence)
      • Zimmerman Telegram & US entry into war (Ethical Dimensions, Historical Perspective, Cause & Consequence)
      • Russia
        • role of Tsar Nicholas II vs. Lenin (Continuity vs. Change, Historical Perspective, Cause & Consequence)
          • “Peace, Land & Bread”
          • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918
          • Russian Civil War (pp.72-75 Global Forces)
    • Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
    • Recommended Reading/Homework (from MOODLE):
      • *Map History Post WWI PDF
      • “Chapter 5 – Treaty of Versailles”
      • *”The World Remade”
      • Was the League Successful?”

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 5

    • GEO Unit
      • Grid Systems
      • Time Zones
      • Scale
      • Contour Lines
    • HOMEWORK Due Dates:
      1. Five Themes of GEO Assignment Due week of May 3 (this week)
      2. Classroom Map Assignment (see Powerpoint for Specifics) Due week of May 10
      3. Blog Posts – GEO VOCAB, Topographic Maps – Location Activity PDF – post by Friday, May 7

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 4

    Yoda May The 4th Be With You | May the 4th be with you, May the fourth be  with you, May the fourth

    • Intro to GEO Unit
      1. GEO VOCAB
      2. Blog Post:  Pick THREE (3) Geo vocab terms and post in Blog
        • Term + Definition + Image of a BC example (cite source of image)
      3. Topographic Maps – Location Activity (See Moodle)
        • Post finished PDF in Blog
      4. Grid Systems
    • HOMEWORK Due next period:
      1. Five Themes of GEO Assignment Due week of May 3 (this week)
      2. Classroom Map Assignment (see Powerpoint for Specifics) Due week of May 10
      3. Blog Posts – GEO VOCAB, Topographic Maps – Location Activity PDF

    The Best May the 4th Memes to Celebrate Star Wars Day!

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 3

    • Intro to GEO Unit
      1. Geography Basics – Powerpoint Notes
      2. GEO VOCAB
    • HOMEWORK Due next period:
      1. Five Themes of GEO Assignment Due week of May 3 (this week)
      2. Classroom Map Assignment (see Powerpoint for Specifics) Due week of May 10

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8

    April 30

    • Intro to course & Q4
      • Setting up MOODLE
      • Course Outline & Modifications
        • Assessment – 4 point scale: Emerging/Developing/Proficient/Exceptional
      • JO DI Mini School Experience and Expectations
        • Digital Skills & Communications
        • Leadership
    • Intro to GEO Unit
      1. Five Themes of GEOGRAPHY
        1. Assignment 1  (see Moodle)
        2. Follow up: Individual or Partner?  Choice of Focus?
      2. Geography Basics – Powerpoint
    • HOMEWORK Due next period:
      1. View NAT GEO video on maps
      2. GEO VOCAB