Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Today's schedule is D-C-Lunch-A-B

C - Criminology 12 - Today we'll try to make sense of homicide, mass and serial murder. On March 4th (before Spring Break) I posted the following: We'll discuss the divisions of murder in Canada (1st and 2nd degree and manslaughter), the extent of murder in Canada, and murderous relations (acquaintance and stranger homicide) and we'll take a few notes down about those topics. After, I'd like you to explain the types of serial and mass murderer along with the reasons why they commit these crimes. You can find the answers to this in the work of Jack Levin and James Alan Fox "Multiple Homicide: Patterns of Serial and Mass Murder". The summary of their work is on pages 234 and 235 of the textbook in the Criminological Enterprise section. For more info look at the work of John Douglas (former FBI profiler) on mindhunter.com (look in the article section and there is a great read entitled "So, you want to become a profiler...")

A - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today we'll continue with our Geological Timescale lab in class. You and your partners will need to record geologic events, epochs and eras on your 2.5 metre long roll of paper. Don't forget that your time line that has a scale of one millimetre = 2 times ten to the sixth power of years (1 million years). Make sure you've got a calculator and coloured pencils or felts with you.

B - Social Studies 10 - Today we are going to take a look at the characters involved in the Upper Canada rebellion of 1837. Newspaper editor William Lyon Mackenzie (the paper was called The Colonial Advocate) was a fiery reformer and was five times elected to parliament by the citizens of the colony. He was considered as a serious agitator by the Family Compact and at the time he led the rebellion he was mayor of Toronto. Robert Baldwin was a reformer who was also wealthy, well educated, and a member of the Anglican Church. He wished for the governor to do what the elected assembly advised him to do (known as a "responsible government"). Sir Francis Bond Head was the newly appointed governor of Upper Canada in 1836. He accused the Reformers and Radical Reformers of wanting a Republican style of government (like that in the U.S.A.) and being traitors to King William IV and Great Britain.

You'll need to answer the question "What were the causes of discontent in Lower Canada?" Next you'll need to answer question 5 from page 30 and questions 9, 10 and 11 from page 31 of the Challenge of the West textbook. Don't forget that your campaign poster is due tomorrow.

The Canadian Encyclopedia Rebellions of 1837
EduNet 1837 Rebellion
Canadian Library Archives 1837 Rebellion
Histor!CA Rebellions of 1837 page