Thursday, November 13 Socials 10-2

  Today in Socials we had a chance at the end of the class to work on our final Journal Assignments.  We had a sketchnote on Durham and Elgin and a power point on the path to Confederation.

Monday, November 10, Socials 10-2

Today we wrote an in-class paragraph. Our topic was to describe the factors leading up to the Rebellion  in Upper and/or Lower Canada.  For the most part, everyone worked quietly and respectfully on their paragraph. Thank you! 

After the test students received the outline of their final project. I suggested to begin research by watching, My Peoples History (link here)  checking in the Canadian encyclopedia (link here).

Your project is due Nov 17. There will only be some time in class allotted for this project. Please do it as homework and manage your time well. No late work can be accepted. 

Socials 10-2

Socials today we discussed the paragraph assignment. I encourage students to write a topic and second sentence in preparation for their paragraph assignment Monday. The topic is to describe the factors that caused tension and need for reform in Upper and/ or Lower Canada.

We the took notes on the tensions of Upper and Lower Canada and the Factors that caused the Rebellion to occur.  Here are the Power  Point frames:

Socials 10-2: Monday, Nov 3

 Today in Socials, a handful of you handed in your sketchnote and were involved in assessing your own work and that of your peer. I very much appreciate those of you who adhered to the due date.

After that, we reviewed two previous lessons: Upper and Lower Canada and the Great Migration. We watched a 10 minutes of our peoples history (link is here) . We debriefed what we heard and took some notes. We then had a lesson on Paragraph writing, Here are the notes. I asked you to write a topic sentence and 2nd sentence  and finish of the summary sentences for homework, We are practicing our paragraph writing for an in class paragraph on Monday, Nov 10.

Wednesday, Socials 10-2

Today in Socials 10-2 we talked about Push and Pull factors.  To make it relative, we discussed the reasons why someone would choose to move to the Sunshine Coast.  We found there were several aspects that pulled people to move here as well as others that pushed them to leave.  The students felt that the Coast did not offer a lot of opportunity for youth which we decided was a push factor.

We then looked at push-pull factors for Vancouver and Canada.  Finally we discussed what were the attractions (pull factors) for those people living in the early 1800 to come to Canada and what may have been the push factors. We watched a power point on the first wave of Canadian immigration and took notes.  The students then had a chance to work on their sketchnotes.

Sketchnotes are due Monday, Nov 3.

Socials 10 Tuesday

Today in Socials we discussed Upper and Lower Canada and the reasons why Canada was attractive to immigrants.We discussed how the early population mimicked Britain. We discovered that the government was top down rather than bottom up and was considered an oligarchy. We learned about the Family Compact and the Château Clique. We then spent a little time on sketchnoting. Project is due Tuesday, Nov 4.

Wednesday's Socials Class 10-2

Today we looked at some photos from the Victorian Era and I explained how the Victorians were very sure of themselves and put high value on personal modesty and on gravity. I also discussed how the Queen was a model of her era and that the British saw themselves as the center of the known world.

We then watched a  film called the Crystal palace (link here). The palace was built to contain an exhibition similar to a modern day EXPO. The exhibition demonstrated the ingenuity and achievement of the British Empire. The film also discussed how imperialism brought great riches to Britain, as well as, increased its power.

I gave you notes on the film so that you would have plenty of information for your sketchnote.

Your first assignment :

Today, in Socials we began by talking about the Victorian Era. We noted that Queen Victoria greatly influenced this period and that her influence extended outside of Britain, to Canada and the United States.
We then switched gears and learned a skill called sketch-noting, which is a form of visual note taking. It can be used to help us to take information and think more deeply about what we have read. Instead of basic note taking, sketch-noting requires us to use higher order thinking and analysis to synthesize  information into an image.

We looked at different narratives, text boxes, types of text and images to help emphasize our work. To try out our new skill, we started a quick sketch-note of "how we get to school ."

Homework:  read pages 59-63. Make notes under each heading. 

Socials 10-2

There was no class today. Students went to CAP instead.

For those of you who did not finish there presentations...Monday !

Friday's Class

Today we discussed how events can  change a country. We looked at some of the most powerful images that captured  some of the most powerful moments in Canadian history and we discussed how many of theses pictures evoke different reactions from different viewers. We then worked on a group task. Each of the groups were given four photos to identify and explain there significance to Canadian history. You were then asked to think about what stories were not taken into account. Then you were asked how these photos represent our nation. And finally you will present the information next class. Looking forward to hearing your presentations.

There is no homework. 

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