We had some time to work on our prep work for the election. We are creating a bulletin board for the school to use for school election day
Lessons:
1. We finished up with major political ideologies
We had some time to work on our prep work for the election. We are creating a bulletin board for the school to use for school election day
Lessons:
1. We finished up with major political ideologies
We continued with our Government unit by working on the following lessons ( handouts on moodle)
1. notes on the political spectrum, left, centre, and right ideology
2. we began to take notes on the MAIN ideologies
3. we began planning our Mock School Election. THE DATE is set for October 13-14
This week we began our first Unit which will examine Our Canadian Government. We will start with this unit because we have an election coming our way in October
Monday Sept.14:
Wednesday Sept. 16th:
Friday Sept. 18th:
- we talked about what identity, beliefs, and values meant first by watching and listening to the Ramones ( Something to Believe in). Then we worked through the terms and finally I reviewed the assignment itself.
See MOODLE for all handouts
Sept. 17th:
Unit One: Roles and Responsibilities of Citizens ( Active Citizenship)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIKPE_urY8A
Focus: Aborignal Rights Unit
here is the answer key for the booklet we finished today: firstnations issues answers
Next Section: Canada’s Participation in International Human Rights
Hw: work through the “peacekeeping” booklet. Here are extra copies: peacekeeping review questions
Here are the powerpoints to get most of the INFO from:
Suez crisis: The Suez Canal; Suez Crisis Wendi and Jessica
Congo: Congo; congo.Michelle
Cyprus: link to prezi: http://prezi.com/p_nykseedjde/cyprus/?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=shareprezi&utm_medium=email
Yugoslavia: Yugoslavia
Somalia: The Somalia Affair (1)
Rwandà:
Rwanda
Focus: Rights and Freedoms Unit
Hw:
impact of the Charter powerpoint
Focus: Rights and Freedoms Unit
1. First page on sentencing
2. list and explain the fundamental freedoms we have . You can leave the box with limitations ( last box). This is a chart worksheet in the package
3. Fill in the sheet on the charter starting with Section 3-5 and ending with section 15( just do this page)
rights and freedoms booklet.Charter ( the booklet in case you did not visit)
Focus: Ideologies, Parties, and Elections Unit
We have a unit test on Monday. Here are some answer keys to review from:
answer key ideologies and elections
Any answer keys not included are located in the appropriate pages of the workbook. If you are stuck on anything particular, email me to get the answer
Focus: Government ( executive branch)