Wednesday, January 30. 2019

Today's schedule is BADC

B Block Human Geography - Today we'll finish up out themes of geography and take a look at our key question Why is each point on Earth unique? We'll figure out the difference between place and region (hint think scale) and talk about toponyms, (Check out the first two names on this Mental Floss article) site and situation and look at the differences between formal, functional and vernacular regions.

A Block Physical Geography - Today we'll continue our work on the foundations of Geography by finishing up the Five Themes (today focusing on Place, Human-Environment Interactions, Movement, and Regions). Next we'll work on our Geography I.D. assignment and you'll end up with time to continue your OSAE - Observing as a Geographer assignment. Remember:

O - Observe. What do you see? What's going on? Work from obvious to complex. Be precise!

S - Speculate. Why is something there or not there? Write open ended Qs and make sense of your observations.

A - Analyse. How come? What is the real reason why it's here or not here? Find answers to your questions.

E - Evaluate. In what ways could this landscape change? Consider social values here. Justify your opinions.​

D Block Law - Today we'll jump back in to our Introduction to Law unit, first by quickly reviewing the five functions of law along with the divisions of Public (criminal, constitutional, and administrative) and Private law (tort, family, contract, property, and labour law). Next, we'll look at Hammurabi, Mosaic law, Common law, Precedent and Case law. Finally, we'll look at Precedent and Case law. We'll work on understanding case citations (R. v. Kerr, 2004, and Grant v. Dempsey, 2001). We'll discuss the "rule of law" and quickly review the Social Studies 11 topics of our constitution and how laws are made.

I'll have you work on questions from page 21 of the All About Law textbook:

• Question 2 How did the English common law system develop? 
• Question 3 How is the rule of precedent used in today’s system of law? and 
• Question 5 Explain the significance of statute law as a source of law? 

For more on how to read case studies check out:
Reading a Legal Citation Queens University
Legal Citation Guide UBC
Scroll down to Case Citation on this PowerPoint from New Learner
Duhaime.org Legal Citations Guide

C Block Criminology - Today we'll start our brief history of criminology (from B.C.E up to and including the current theories).

 For Monday, you need to create your own theory of why crime happens. You can use the handouts I've given you and the following sites for help:
Theories and causes of crime (Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research)
Theories of the Causes of Crime (New Zealand Ministry of Justice)
Criminology Theories (Criminal Justice)
Criminological Theories: Introduction, Evaluation, Application (Oxford University Press Student Study Guide)