Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Went over F.I.Blanks
CPR Assignment-





Thursday, November 20, 2008

Homework-History Frame Assignment-Red River Rebellion
Metis Journal

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Monday, November 3, 2008

Group Assignments: 6 provinces-To Enter or not Enter Confederation that is the question
Began Video on Confederation
Short Quiz tomorrow on Confederation

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Friday, October 31, 2008

72 RESOLUTIONS WORKSHEET-2-4 AND 2-5

Thursday, October 30, 2008

30 minutes to work on Fishbone
The plan of Confederation
Video: The Making of Confederation
Canadian Trivia


Monday, October 27, 2008

The Rebellions of 1837 (Go over Video worksheets)
The Rebellions of 1837 pp. 12-18 - Open Book Quiz
Rebellion in Upper / Lower Canada - Factfile
Lord Durham's Report (class time given - due tomorrow)
ch. 1 Review tomorrow, and quiz/test on Tuesday
Marks Cutoff this Friday.

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Thursday, October 23, 2008

Some important Definitions worksheet (as review)
The Rebellion of Upper and Lower Canada
Quiz on Monday (Open notes)
Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada Factfile (due on Monday)

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Review for Federal Level of Government
Powerpoint - how a bill becomes a law
2nd reading - debate tomorrow - for/against
Worksheet: How are laws made
Review Package: Government
Returned Government Quizzes

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Friday, October 10, 2008

Political Parties Project is due on Tuesday!
Bring it in on a cd rom, or flash drive

Don't forget your one page summary sheet





Friday, October 3, 2008

Conversion Scales - going from km to cm/cm to km
Test Geography
Government Intro. worksheet

Weekend homework-Think about how Government affects you (create a mind map to organize ideas)

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Tuesday, September 30, 2008

On Tuesday:
Went over 4 spheres handouts as a class
Looked at rough draft of 4 spheres assignment, which is due tomorrow
5 regions of Canada - group activity
Quiz tomorrow-Review package for bonus marks
Tomorrow:
Finish 4 spheres
Quiz on Geography-do review package for bonus.
Group assignments in - class
Review for Geog. Test
Friday Geog. Unit Test.

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


On Monday:
Collected Five Themes
Worked on four spheres
Looked at three ways that humans affect the four spheres through water pollution, oil spills, and air pollution
Went over 4 spheres handout (did examples on 4 spheres)
4 spheres assignment due on Wed.

Homework:
4 spheres assignment

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Thursday, September 25, 2008

Went over 5 themes for Surrey, BC - (Frank Hurt)
1 city - using 5 themes
At home: 5 Themes assignment-work on it in class
Handout with more information on 5 themes
4 spheres-introduction

Asked - What is Physical Geography
Looked at the 4 Spheres of Geography

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Canadian Trivia-Challenge
Finished Five Themes Powerpoint
Surrey, F.H. example
3 cities using Five Themes (choose one city for now)

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Tuesday, September 23, 2008

World  Map and World Political Map - Collected in-class
Terry Fox Map due tomorrow

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Monday, September 22, 2008

Collected Canada in North America Map
World Physical Map (In-class)
World Political Map (At Home)




Thursday, September 18, 2008

Collected Climographs
Thinking Geographically about Maps
Using the 4 Tools of Geography we examined two maps in the textbook
Basic Requirements for Map Drawing
Canada in North America Physical Map




Reviewed PSALMON
Collected PSALMON mind map
Went over Climates worksheet
Climograph Activity due tomorrow in-class       




Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Geography Quiz on Lat/Long - Altitude - Contours - Scale
Finished PSALMON
How to Draw a Climograph Activity (Read over)

At Home:
Finish Mind Map
Climates Activity in Atlas
Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Monday, September 15, 2008

In Class:
Table of Contents - Geography - Placed in front of binder
1. Scale worksheet - went over answers
2. Climatic Effects - PSALMON
3. MInd Map - up to PSALM

Bring pencil crayons to class this week!

Short Quiz on Lat/Long, Scale, Contours, Altitude

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Defined Latitude and Longitude
Intro Sheet on Lat/Long=Quiz tomorrow
Lat-Long online Animations:


Homework:
Exercises 7.2-7.3

Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Tuesday, September 9, 2008

In Class:
I Am Canadian Rant Performance
Video: Postcards from Canada-Video Worksheet
Current Events Assignment

At Home:
No homework


Vasilis Koutsonikas
Frank Hurt Secondary (BASES and Social Studies)


Monday, September 8, 2008

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Tomorrow's homework:


Quiz:
Who is Canada's current Prime Minister?
Which political party is in power currently?
What is Canada's capital?
What ice cream flavour do you like?
What is the correct spelling of my name?

Get the answers and hand them in tomorrow

For Monday:
Sign course outlines and course contract
Get materials for class


Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Welcome to Social Studies 10
Please remember to get two dividers for each unit covered in this course:

1)Geography
2) History

Also return your Contact Forms and Media Consent Forms, so that we can have some pizza (or be entered to win some pizza)