B - Social Studies 10 -To start the class today we'll take a look at the Metis, Louis Riel, William McDougall, Thomas Scott, the Metis Bill of Rights and the Red River Rebellion of 1869-1870. I'll give you a few notes on the background to the Rebellion and then I have five questions you need to answer:
- Who were the National Committee of the Metis and what were their goals?
- Who was William McDougall and what conflict did he get involved in at the Red River?
- What is a "provisional government" and why did Riel establish one?
- What was the Metis Bill of Rights (list out the 5 points the text addresses). Was this Bill reasonable? Why or why not?
- What was the Thomas Scott affair? How did it affect both the Metis and the the settlers in the Red River? How did the Canadian government respond?
A - Earth & Space Science 11 - Today you need to hand in your questions from yesterday (definitions on glaciers & "For Review" question 12 on page 332) and we will turn our focus on deserts. I will give you some notes on how deserts form and we'll take a diagram down on desert formations (butte, mesa, pediment, alluvial fan, & playa). Connected to this we'll look at how wind creates desert landscapes (deflation & abrasion) and creates dunes.
Lastly we'll try to understand desertification. You'll need to complete "For Review" questions 1, 2, 7, and 9 on page 350 of your Earth Science and the Environment text. While you do this we'll watch the Planet Earth video on deserts.
Great Sand Dune National Park Colorado, U.S.A.C - Criminology 12 - Today we will continue our focus on violent crime. I'll give you a few notes on rape and sexual assault in Canada. You'll take down a few notes on what a sexual assault is along with the three levels of sexual assault in Canadian Law. I would like to focus on Groth's typology of rapist and then examine the causes for sexual assault. We'll look at evolutionary and biological factors (remember Sigmund Freud's Thantos and Eros or instinctual drives that allowed species to be successful?) We'll look at modern male socialization (boys are taught to be aggressive, forceful, tough, and dominating...think about how boys play when they're young). We'll look at hypermasculinity (where some men have callous sexual attitudes and believe that violence is "manly"). We'll look at violent experiences (remember that those boys who were exposed to violence in the household are more likely to commit violent acts when they grow older) and we'll look at Sexual motivation (social, cultural, and psychological forces...think about the messages hidden in Axe body spray commercials).
For more info check out the following sites:
Teen Handbook on Sexual Assault (Sarnia Sexual Assault Survivor's Centre)
The Devastation of Sexual Assault (Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime)
Prevent Sexual Violence: Love Shouldn't Hurt Youth Zone
Alberta Association of Sexual Assault Centres
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