Day 2 Thursday September 9. 2010

Today we begin the day with Advisory Group again so please make sure you bring your student fees ($25) and lock fee ($8). Don't forget that we'll also be collecting yearbook requests as well. Today and tomorrow will be the last extended advisory groups for the start up of the school year and next week we roll through the regular schedule. So today looks like:

8:55 - 9:25 Advisory Group
9:30 - 10:30 D Block (Geography 12)
10:35 - 11:35 C Block (Law 12)
11:35 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 1: 50 A Block (Introduction to Law 9/10)
1:55 - 3:10 B Block

D - Geography 12 - Today we'll work on learning to observe as a geographer would where we'll look beyond simple observations and try to see a larger picture with connections to the wider world. We'll practice an analysis of a photo in class and you'll start working on your first assignment for the course which is a geographic analysis of a photo from a Canadian Geographic magazine. You'll need to use the Observing as a Geographer Would questions (in your week 1 package that you'll get today) to help with your analysis.

C - Law 12 - Today we will continue our discussion on what crime is, why we have laws, and figure out the difference between what is legal what is moral and what is ethical. Next we'll come up with a list of laws that we know about and then identify things that we should have stronger or lighter penalties about. going through your ideas on laws that we should have stronger or lighter penalties about. We'll take down a few notes on 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.

A - Introduction to Law 9/10 - Welcome to Introduction to Law, also known as Law & Order: Vanier and sometimes known as CSI: Vanier. This term class is a very short but exciting look at criminal law in Canada. The course is organized much like an episode of Law & Order. The first two weeks of the course deal with criminological studies (the study of crime - we will focus on why crime is committed). The next month of the class deals with criminal forensics and detective investigation. The last three weeks of the class deal with the "order" component of Law & Order where we'll follow the process of arrest, trial, and sentencing for crimes committed. Each week we spend Monday in the Library either doing some research on a specific topic or preparing our major project. We also spend each Friday watching an episode of of CSI, Law & Order, Cold Case Files, Millennium, Criminal Minds, or Forensic Files (but there's always a question about what you watch). There are only 41 classes in the term so attendance and keeping on top of your work are crucial elements of a successful grade in the class. Today I want you to brainstorm a list of all the reasons you can think why someone would commit a crime and we'll collect all of your ideas on the board for a discussion.