Thursday, April 28, 2011

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1 QUIZ AS SEEN IN PREVIOUS BLOG.
2 BBC SIMULATION ON THE INVASION OF FRANCE
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/launch_ani_fall_france_campaign.shtml

3 2 JEOPARDY REVIEW GAMES WERE PLAYED
4 WORKSHEET ON THE MIRACLE/DISASTER OF DUNKIRK.
5 WE READ PAGES 103-105 AND STARTED WATCHING A VIDEO ON CANADA'S ROLE IN WW II.
6 TEST TOMORROW 60 MARKS

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HERE IS YOUR TEST OUT LINE FOR FRIDAY:


1 MATCHING 8 MARKS
2 MULTIPLE CHOICE 24 MARKS
3 CARTOON ANALYSIS 3 MARKS
4 PICK 11 TERMS DEFINE (VOCAB IF YOU LIKE) 11 MARKS
5 SHORT ANSWER SECTION 12 MARKS
6 PARAGRAPH SECTION 10 MARKS

PP TOPICS--PICK 2 FROM 4 OPTIONS:

1 TECHNOLOGY AND THE SPEAD OF AMERICANISM.
2 THE WINNIPEG GENERAL STRIKE.
3 DEPRESSION--CAUSES AND FACTORS THAT MADE IT WORSE
4 POLITICAL PARTIES OF CANADA IN TEH 1930'S (NEW ONES --3)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

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1 WE LOOKED AT CURRENT EVENTS AND THE IDEA OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY VIA FAST FOOD.
2 WE WATCHED EPISODES 45 OF NAPOLEON.
3 WORKSHEET BASED ON STUDENTS READING PAGES 114-118-NAPOLEONS RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.
4 WATCHED PART 4 NAPOLEON EPISODES 1 AND 2.
5 WE READ PAGES 118-121 AND FINISHED THE CHAPTER ON THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA AND NAPOLEON'S FINAL DOWNFALL.
6 WE WATCHED PART 4 EPISODES 345.

NEXT CLASS--WATERLOO--ABBA---NAPOLEON AT ZIGGY PIGGY/BOWLING ALLEY AND WATERLOO FROM BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE.

TEST ON TUESDAY

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1 WE WROTE OUR CHAPTER 2 TEST
2 CURRENT EVENTS
3 WE WORKED IN THE LIBRARY LAB ON OUR WANTED POSTERS--DUE NEXT THURSDAY MAY 4, 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

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1 WE WORKED IN THE LIBLAB ONO OUR PROJECTS

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1 WE TOOK SOME NOTES ON EUROPE RE-WAR.
2 READ PAGES 94-97--QUIZ ON THURSDAY

1 THE POLICY OF GIVING IN TO AVOID A WAR IS CALLED?
2 PEOPLE WHO REMAIN UNINTERESTED IN THE AFFAIRS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTRY ARE CALLED?
3 WHO WAS PRIME MINISTER IN 1939?
4 WHAT WAS KRISTALLNACHT?
5 FRED BLAIR SAID THIS IN REGARDS TO JEWISH IMMIGRANTS' 4 WORD ANSWER
6 THIS SHIP WAS SENT BACK TO EUROPE WITH OVER 900 JEWISH REFUGEES ON BOARD.
7 WHOM DID KING SAY "TRULY LOVES HIS FELLOW MAN?

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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1 LISTENED TO "BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME"
2 LISTENED TO "BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN"
3 LISTENED TO "WE'RE IN THE MONEY"
4 WATCHED A DVD ON VERSAILLES.
5 LOOKED AT HITLER AND HIS RISE TO POWER AND ORATORY SKILLS.
6 LOOKED AT "TRIUMPH OF THE WILL"
7 LOOKED AT A DISNY CARTOON OF GERMAN PROPAGANDA.
8 READ ABOUT NAZI SCHOOL EDUCATION.
9 TOOK SOME BRIEF NOTES ON THE RISE OF DICTATORS

Monday, April 18, 2011

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1 WE FINISHED MASTER AND COMMANDER.
2 WE TOOK SOME BRIEF NOTES ON NAPOLEON AND THE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM.
3 TEST NEXT FRIDAY APRIL 29

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1 WE READ PAGE 62 AND DISCUSSED.
2 WE REVIEWED THE CHAPTER.
3 TEST TUESDAY APRIL 26--50-70 MARKS
4 WE WATCHED A DVD ON THE CHURCH.

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1 WE READ PAGES86-90 AND DISCUSSED.
2 QUESTIONS 1 AND 3 ON PAGE 90 TO BE COLLECETED.
3 TEST FRIDAY APRIL 29 ON TEH 2030'S 70 MARKS.

Friday, April 15, 2011

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1 In class discussion of Keynesian economics and deficit spending and why it is so tough to balance budgets (provincial and federal) today.
2 we looked a the 1934 Disney film Grasshopper and the Ants as it relates to the Depresssion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAd0jOuQg8o

3 We read some stories about life in the DEpression--did you know you can add ketchup to water and you have tomato juice? that you can grab food off someone's table once they leave and eat it?

Thursday, April 14, 2011

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1 WE PLAYED THE DEPRESSION GAME AS A WARM UP
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/walk/walk_depression.html
2 WE LOOKED AT THE IDEA OF BUYING ON MARGIN.
3 WE READ 75-78 AND LOOKED AT GRASSHOPPERS AND SUCH-SEE LINKS
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=11177

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxHOxCmbs-8&feature=fvwrel
4 WE WATCHED DEPRESSION ERA COOLING WITH 94 YEAR OLD CLARA---THE RECIPE WAS EGG DROP SOUP AND POOR MAN'S MEAL--SEE LINKS BELOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPQqH3YlHA&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yREFkmrrYiw&feature=relmfu

5 WE READ 84-85 AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS 1234 ON PAGE 85

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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1 WE STARTED WATCHING KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

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1 WE WATCHED A BRIEF SLIDE ON OLANDAUH EQUIANO.
2 WE READ PAGES 100-101.
3 STUDENTS WERE TO READ PAGES 97-99.
4 STUDENTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 123 ON PAGE 99.

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1 WE LOKKED AT INVESTMENT IN CANADA BY THE USA
2 WE PICKED 4 STOCKS TO SEE WHERE THEY WILL BE IN 2 WEEKS--STUDENTS HAD $10,000-$100,000 TO PLAY WITH.
3 STUDENTS ASSIGNED PAGES 69-72 AND QUESTION NUMBER 1 ON PAGE 72.

Monday, April 11, 2011

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1 WE READ PAGES 53-56 AND WORKED ON A WORKSHEET.
2 WE DISCUSSED HOW THE STOCK MARKET WORKS.
3 QUIZ ON PAGES 53-60.
4 WE READ PAGES 61-65
5 QUESTIONS 1, 2 AND 3 ON PAGE 65.

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1 WE WATCHED EPISODES 23 OF NAPOLEON-MASTERING LUCK.
2 WE DISCUSSED ASPECTS OF NAPOLEON'S LIFE.

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1 We read pages 62-65
2 Answer questions 123 on page 64

Thursday, April 7, 2011

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1 TEST
2 CURRENT EVENTS
3 READ PAGES 94-97
4 WATCHED 10 MINUTES ON NAPOLEON.

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1 CURRENT EVENTS
2 READ 56-58
3 WORK ON HERALD SHIELDS


QUIZ:

1 WHY USE TRIAL BY ORDEAL?
2 WHICH COURT SETTLED FARMING DISPUTES?
3 WHICH COURT DEALT WITH MURDER?
4 2 THNIGS THAT COULD BE CHARGED OTHER THAN HUMANS.
5 TYPES OF TRIAL BY ORDEAL.
6 HENRY II WAS FLOGGED

Monday, April 4, 2011

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1 STUDENTS CREATED 5 REVIEW QUESTIONS.
2 WE FINISHED OUR NOTES ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
3 STUDENTS ANSWERED A PP QUESTION ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND IF IT WAS WORTH THE COST.

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1 WE WATCHED A VIDEO ON MEDIEVAL LIFE AND COMPLETED A WORKSHEET.
2 WE DID A SATISFACTION SURVEY IN THE LIBRARY.
3 WE STARTED WORK ON OUR HERALD SHIELDS.
4 TEST ON THURSDAY.

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1 We watched a DVD about the Winnipeg general strike.
2 Students read pages 49-51 and answer questions 123 on page 51.
3 Test on Wed on World War One.