English 12: Notes from Monday, 14 March

Today we read "The Shining Houses" by Alice Munro.  Please read it and answer question 1 a-f.

SS 11: Notes from Monday, 14 March

Today we discussed the creation of the UN and Canada's role in it.  Please complete the second worksheet in the package - you may choose to do the next two.  We will finish the peacekeeper section of the UN PPT next class.

I have posted the PPT to Slideshare.

History 12: Notes from Monday, 14 March

Today we discussed Stalin and the process he employed to implement collectivization and the five year plans - sorry, I put the notes on the whiteboard.  We also looked at two handouts and were reminded that we must be cautious about how we accept statistical information reported from a totalitarian state (any state?).

We ended up with a look at the structure of Russian classes and the evolution of the names of the secret police under the Tsar and then the Bolsheviks.

We looked at the structure of tomorrow's exam.  You can expect the following:

a) a timeline with key events
b) a fill-in-the-blank summary of events associated with the revolutions
c) give the what and so-what of vocab terms
d) multiple-choice questions
e) one short paragraph question associated with a graphic source
f) one long paragraph question (from a choice of two topics)

I have posted the political groups PPT slides you made to Slideshare.

En 11: check-in

Remember that last week we read the short stories associated with the "garrison mentality" worksheet and did the four or five questions ("response question - #1a-d") from each story.  I need you to come to class with that done in order for you to be able to participate in Tuesday's writing assignment - please be responsible.

SS 11: check-in

On Thursday we continued to discuss the Cold War era after we did a short quiz.  The results from the quiz were for the most part not inspiring.  I recognize that we're all ready for a rest, but we've got three classes this week and we can't afford to coast.  I will likely give a Cold War test on Friday (that's better than having it after the break, believe me).

English 12: check-in

We completed the 1984 unit on Friday when we finished watching the movie.  Many of you are missing writing assignments.  We will be starting our short fiction unit on Monday; those of you who are leaving early can take the assignments for Wed - Fri and complete them when you return from your trip.

History 12: Check-in

Okay, so I really missed this one - no post since Wednesday and you've got a test on Tuesday.  On Monday we will finish covering Stalin regarding collectivization and the purges.  We also need to remind ourselves of the notion of "Socialism in One Country" but be aware of the place of the USSR in the world at large.

If you have your worksheets complete and you've read the rest of DeMarco on Stalin I'll be happy.  We'll be doing a summarizing activity to get all the details structured in an easy-to-study table.