Day 17: Human rights abuse

Computer lab:  a look on human rights abuses.

1. Tiananmen Square Massacre
2. Dalai Lama
3. Aung San Suu Kyi
4. Nelson Mandela
5. Cambodian Genocide (Khmer Rouge.  1975-79)
6. Rwandan or Darfur genocide
7. Human Trafficking

Government Chapter 9 test on MONDAY

Day 16: Human Rights

What are human rights?
What do human rights violations look like?

Video clip: Brief history of Human Rights

Pg. 348/349.  Critical thinking.  Q#8 a-I

Video: Who is Malala Yousefzai?  Shot by the Taliban for fighting for girls right to an education

Pg 346 Q#3 and 4
Read Pg 327.  Do you think universal standards for human rights are possible in a world with cultural and religious beliefs?

Day 15: Government responsibilities.

Government responsibilities (Federal/Provincial/Shared)
Municipal government. 
Review of 3 branches of government (Legislative, Judicial, Executive)

Voter apathy.  Causes.  Would compulsory voting be effective in Canada?

Create Test/Review questions.

Time for Review mindmap question.

Chapter 9 test on MONDAY, Sept 30th.

Bring field trip money and forms.

Day 14: Election process

Victoria Field trip forms distributed.  All $ needs to be handed in by Monday, September 30th (bus and Victoria locations need to be reserved and paid for).

Steps to an election.  Pages 313 - 317.
First-past-the-post (FPTP) vs. Single Transferable Vote
Voter apathy - would electronic voting help increase voting %?

Handout: Review mindmap for Thursday. 
Due before the start of the test

TEST on Thursday, Sept 26th.

Meet the teacher on Thursday, Sept 26th in the evening.

Day 13: Minority/majority gov't. Election

Current events:  Vancouver Island teen charged in sexting case (CTV).  Read a CBC article analyzing this growing trend among teen culture.

Journal write:  At what age should a person be responsible for the content on their technology?

Pg 310 - Minority Gov't.  Advantage/disadvantage
Coalitions and Mergers\Prorogue parliament
Dissolution (pg. 311 Q#1-3)

Begin to look at steps to an election.

Chapter 9 test on THURSDAY, Sept 26

Day 12: Private members bill

Wonderful presentations.  Way to go!

Day 11: Is the senate worth keeping?

Victoria Field Trip:  Thursday, October 10th.  7am - 7pm.  Approximately $45.

Read pg. 303 - "The Ideal Senator"

Handout: Is the Senate worth Keeping.
Journal Rubric handout (5 marks scale). 
Collect in class journal write.

Learning to analyze political cartoons.

Prep for private members bill tomorrow (1 minute to present).
Write up will be collected immediately after your speech.

Have fun.

Day 10: Passing legislation

Quiz: Political ideologies

Pg 308/309
How a bill becomes a law
Party loyalty and Party discipline/solidarity
Free votes and Private members bill.

Time to write your bill proposal.  Presentations on Thursday

Day 9: Branches of Government

Review for Quiz tomorrow.  Any information we have covered (Pg 288-302)

Review government DVD from last week

A Guide to Government:
3 branches: Legislative, Executive, Judicial.
What government does.
Taxes and Spending
How Government Works: civil service/bureaucracy
The Executive Branch: Consolidating Power
The Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council Office
Orders-in-Council
A look at the House of Commons (Youtube clips)

Day 8: Political parties and our government

Powerpoint presentation: federal parties and leaders

What issues are important to you?  Canadians?
Read Pg 290 together.

OH notes: Ways to influence government

Read: Court and Democracy/Role of media (pg 294).

Civil disobedience: clips of Gandhi and MLK

DVD: Our Parliament

QUIZ on Tuesday.  Have a fantastic weekend. 

Day 7: Political ideologies and parties

Review of the political spectrum.

Handout - Political Thoughts/Beliefs

Pg 299 - 302 (Canadian Politics and Ideology, Party platforms, Party membership, Party politics and accountability, Patronage, BC Politics)

Day 6: Political spectrum

Current events: Latest events in Syria (Obama's address to the American people).

Finish notes on Ideologies.
Handout: World's smallest quiz - discovering your likely political ideology/beliefs

Text: Begin Ch 9 (pg. 288).

Brainstorm: What does active citizenship look like in Canadian politics?

Pg 297/98: Political spectrum (make notes on the different ideologies)
a) Major political and social beliefs
b) Founders/major thinkers
c) Posive/negative factors of the ideology (your beliefs).

In class essay: finish in class by the end of this week.  Come in at lunch if necessary.

Day 5: Shipwrecked

Groups: Shipwrecked assignment.

Great energy and discussion in your groups today!

Related the topics discussed to the role of government in our everyday lives.

New textbooks handed out.

Begin notes on Ideologies.

Day 4: Monday, Sept 9

Current events: Syria dilemma.  Trouble with UBC students.

Work on essays. 

Handouts to be included with the final copy:
1) Self-editing essay checklist
2) Evaluating your writing

Day 3: Friday, Sept 6

In class essay: What does it mean to be Canadian?

Day 2: What does it mean to be Canadian, eh?

If interested in the optional workbook, please bring in $30 ASAP.

Canadian stereotypes/symbols/people
What does it mean to be Canadian?

Watched clips on Canadian/American stereotypes.

Assignment: What  does it mean to be Canadian.

In class write tomorrow.

Day 1: Social Studies 11

Class introduction.  Handout and expectations.

Powerpoint: Current events over the summer
Baby George Alexander Louis.  Chemical weapons on Syria?  Senate scandal.  Calgary floods.

Handout: personal profile "All about me"

Brainstorm: symbols.

Homework:  What do you think it means to be Canadian???