Today's schedule is B-AG-A-D-C
B Block Law 12 - Today is your Criminal Law mid-unit test. Your first order of business is to
relax, then settle in and then dazzle me with what you know. The test should
take the main portion of the class today but if you do finish early then you can
work on questions 3 & 5 from page 149 and questions 2 & 4 on page 154 of
the All About Law text (the role of the police and the extent of their
powers). If you prepared then I'm certain that you'll do fine on the test today.
There are about two and a half weeks left in the Criminal Law unit (finishing
pre-trial and then moving into trial procedures and sentencing options) and
after we'll begin our focus on Civil Law in Canada.
A & C Blocks Social Studies 10 - Today we'll take a look at the Metis, Bison and the Red River Valley,
which introduces us to the settlement of Manitoba and the conflict that
developed between the European worldview of the Red River settlers and the
worldview of the Metis that lived in the area (who depended upon the Buffalo
there). From the Manitoba Metis Federation website:
Blue and White are the colours of the
National Metis Flag. It has a white infinity symbol with a blue background. This
flag was flown on June 19, 1816 at the “Battle of Seven Oaks” under the
leadership of Cuthbert Grant. He led a Metis brigade on the Assiniboine River
and seized the Company post at Brandon House. They then set off to the Red River
Fough, the skirmish of Seven Oaks, in which Governor Semple and twenty-one of
his men were killed for the cost of one Metis life.
We'll discuss Seven
Oaks and look at how the geography of the Red River valley led to conflict
between settlers, fur companies, and settlers. If we get to it, you'll need to
complete questions 1 & 2 on page 142 as well as questions 1-4 on page 149 of
the Horizons text.
D Block Law 9/10 - Today, you'll get another handout on Crime Theories; this one is on
Economic exclusion and Social exclusion where you'll read a fictional story
about "Suzanne" and will need to identify the factors that led her to a life of
crime. This will help you with your crime theory that you are creating. Remember, you need to create your own theory of why crime happens.
Use the brainstormed list we did in class along with the handout I gave you yesterday on crime
theories.
I'll place more info on the blog tomorrow but for more help check out the Crime Theory Web Site found on this
link. After some time, we'll share your own theories of why crime happens
(yes I'd like to have volunteers rather than voluntolds). We'll see if there are
any similarities amongst the different theories we made and try to understand
just what that may mean. Lastly (and in Friday's class as well) I'll ask you
to create an interview where you are a famous Canadian criminologist being
interviewed by George Stroumboulopoulos on his CBC
television show. What you'll need to do is come up with some crazy,
creepy or absurdly normal crime that gained huge notoriety in Canada (murder,
treason, assault, embezzlement, kidnapping, criminal harassment - AKA stalking,
drug trafficking, gang related activities or some minor crime perpetrated by a
major Canadian celebrity - oh just imagine Justin Bieber being charged with
what). After you create a crime story idea, you'll need to have five
questions that George will ask you (no "what's your name" doesn't count as one).
Try to come up with questions that you can reasonably answer within three to
four sentences..."So what do you think motivated (person X) to commit (action
Y)"?
What should this look like? A brief paragraph that introduces the
crime and gives a brief biography of you is the start. Next write out the five
questions George will ask you about the crime, the perpetrator, the kind of
person who commits that crime, the motives of that person, an explanation of
your personal crime theory and then try to answer them using your theory.
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