Friday, March 30, 2012

Friday, March 30. 2012

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

Aaah...the last day before our two week Spring Break. Enjoy

C Block Geography 12 - If the weather holds, I'd like for us to take the class to walk down to the Tsolum River to look at fluvial processes and riparian environments. This field exploration connects to the topics we looked at last week (floods this past Wednesday, floodplains and stream profiles last Friday, along with fluvial transport and stream dynamics last Thursday). I hope that you brought some sturdy shoes with you for our exploration of the river. If the weather turns then we'll have the class to finish up and handing in all week 8 & 9 work as today is the last day of Term 3.

B Block Law 12 - Today we are back in the library to continue work on our Canadian Criminal Defense project. Don't forget that you need to find three recent (in the last two years) criminal cases where a defense we discussed this past week was used. The defenses are: Alibi, Non-Insane Automatism, Intoxication, Insane Automatism, Battered Woman Syndrome, Self-defense, Necessity, Duress, Ignorance of the law, Mistake of fact, Entrapment, Double jeopardy, and Provocation. Places to find cases - CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. Click through the databases on the side (provinces and territories) and search by year (2012-2011-2010)...anytime you see Supreme/Superior court or court of Queen's Bench you'll find serious criminal casesd (remember look for R. v. in the case citation). Canoe is is a leading Canadian internet portal offering news, sports and entertainment from Sun Media. Crime news stories can be found in the Crime portion of the News section.

A Block Social Studies 11 - Today with Ms. Krahn...Happy Friday Socials 11! You made it!

First up: Today is the last day of Term 3. SEND ME YOUR WORK if you haven’t turned in all of your assignments yet. Remember, you won’t be able to hand in any of your work from Term 3 after April 19th.

If you need to contact me over the break, do so through the blogsite

Ok, in today’s class we’ll finish off the four main causes of WWII (Hitler’s Leadership and Diplomatic Factors) and we’ll have a discussion about the League of Nation’s policy of appeasement. After this, we’ll watch the documentary Good Morning, Mr. Hitler.

Here’s links to the film if you want to watch it at home (in three parts)

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Other Stuff:

If you’re interested in watching some WWII documentaries over the break, here are links to stuff we’ve been talking about in class

Documentaries:

Triumph of the Will
The wonderful, horrible life of Leni Riefenstahl (Triumph of the Will filmmaker)
The Third Reich in Colour (In 6 parts; follow the links on youtube to see them all)
History of WWII: Hiroshima (BBC documentary/drama)
Nanking Massacre

Propaganda Cartoons (Remember WHO was making them and WHY!)

Stop that Tank! (made for Canada)
Donald Duck Gets Drafted
Der Furher’s Face (Donald Duck)
Wolf Blitz

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