Monday, January 30. 2012

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

A Block Social Studies 11 - Welcome to Social Studies 11. This class will be split between Ms. Alison Krahn from the University of British Columbia and I for the semester. Term three will be taught by Ms. Krahn and she will cover Canadian government along with Canadian history for the first half of the 20th Century. I will step in a little after Spring Break and cover the last half of the 20th Century and global social geography. Today you will go through the course outline package and become familiar with the routines and structures of room 611. We will take the class to orient ourselves to the curriculum and work through a small think-pair-share activity.

B Block Law 12 - Welcome to Law 12. Today we will go through the course outline package and then we'll talk about career paths that are available with Law. Next we'll get together in groups and discuss what crime is, why we have laws, and figure out the difference between what is legal what is moral and what is ethical. We'll put that together on some large sheets of paper and end with a class discussion on what we worked on in groups.

C Block Geography 12 - Welcome to Geography 12...the most important class you'll ever take in your life. Today we will go through the course outline package and become familiar with the routines and structures of room 611. We will take the class to orient ourselves to the curriculum and get ready to look at observing as a geographer would. Tomorrow, we'll head outside for some observational and analytical skill development. Be prepared to look beyond simple observations and try to see a larger picture with connections to the wider world. We'll practice an analysis of a photo in class and you'll start working on your first assignment for the course