B Block Social Studies 11 - Yesterday we looked at the stereotypes we hold of other regions in Canada. Today we'll spend some time finishing our look at the regions of Canada (there'll be some quick notes here). This relates to "regionalism" and how it causes challenges to Canada as a country (NOTE: This will be a common and recurring theme throughout the course and we'll first identify it in the "rep by pop" section in our government unit). Next we'll get our textbooks for the course and then we'll begin our look at the government structure we have here in Canada. We'll make sense of Democracy (direct and representative) and see what a Constitutional Monarchy is (these are the building blocks of understanding our government structure). I'll have a question on regionalism, diversity and Canadian identity for you to answer for Monday on tomorrow's blogsite entry.
A Block Law 9/10 - So yesterday we clustered your reasons why people commit crime into categories. You looked at biological factors and sociological factors that may contribute to crime. Yesterday, you got a handout on Crime Theories. The first part was be on Economic exclusion and Social exclusion. Today I'll ask you to read a fictional story about "Suzanne" and identify the factors that led her to a life of crime (economic and social exculsions). The second part of the handout is on Classical, Biological, Sociological and Interactionist crime theory where you will need to evaluate them (what you like about them and what you disagree with them about)...don't worry we'll go through them together in class today. After, you'll have to complete part two of today's assignment - this means you need to create your own theory of why crime happens. Remember you need to use the brainstormed list we did in class along with part one of the assignment (analysis of classical, biological, sociological, and interactionist 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.
C Block Social Studies 10 - Today we'll look at latitude, longitude, and time zones. We'll finish some notes on the topic and get our textbooks for the course today. We'll also spend some time on Google Earth (right now I'm sitting at 49 degrees 42 minutes 32.62 seconds North and 124 degrees 59 minutes 51.09 seconds west). After this we will work in the Geographic Understandings book (they're the green geography books in the class). You'll need to complete the following questions on latitude & longitude, map grids, direction, and distance:
1.Page 3 and 4 questions 2, 3, 4, & 5a
2.Page 7 questions 1, 2, 3 and 4
Take a look at the following websites for help with time zones:
Time for Time
Time and Date
From Stargazers to Starships
NOVA: The Search for Longitude
Royal Astronomical Society Calgary: Latitude and Longitude
US National Atlas - Latitude and Longitude
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