Tuesday, February 2. 2021

Today's classes are:

9:15 - 11:50 D Block Legal Studies

12:30 - 3:05 A Block Physical Geography 

D Block Legal Studies - Today we'll jump back in to our Introduction to Law unit, by looking at the five functions of law and the divisions of Public (criminal, constitutional, and administrative) and Private law (tort, family, contract, property, and labour law). Lastly we'll take a look at the differences between Substantive and Procedural Law.

Next, we'll look at Hammurabi, Mosaic law, Common law, Precedent and Case law. Finally, we'll  work on understanding case citations (R. v. Kerr, 2004, and Grant v. Dempsey, 2001). 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
 

A Block Physical Geography -

No...we will not do this!

 Today we'll start with time to continue your observing as a geographer activity from yesterday's class. We'll share out what we found. After, we'll work on the foundations of Geography starting with the Five Themes. In order to understand the increasingly complex and interconnected world we live in we need to find a way to make sense of information in a way that doesn't overwhelm us. I will not show you a video of the 5 Themes of Geography using Fortnite, nor a really bad rap by J-Dub & The hip hop graphics...ugh! The Five Themes (Location, Place, Human-Environment Interactions, Movement, and Regions) are a framework for making sense of geographic data. It helps you to understand the holistic nature of geography of geography (emphasizing the organic or functional relation between parts and the whole, as each theme cannot be seen in isolation from the others). After this I'll give you time to work on your Geography ID assignment in your week 1 package.