Wednesday, December 15, 2010

All Classes

The "Canadian Citizenship Challenge" Test will now be administered on Thursday December 16.

Monday, December 06, 2010

Thursday, December 02, 2010

Law 12

Chapter 11 Test on Friday. Closed book.

Social Studies 10


Complete parts 1 and 2 from Activity Package 6.3. Readings can be found by clicking here. Develop a 10 question quiz based on the Supplementary Readings for Chapter 6.3.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Social Studies 10

Activity Package 5.5 is due for Wednesday. You do not need to complete Part VI. The Chapter 5 Test will be on Friday so start reviewing Chapter 5. The essay questions can be found by clicking here.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Law 12

No new homework assignment for tonight. Use the time for catch up.

Social Studies 10

Complete the Twenty Question Fill in the Blank activity based on the Railway History Article.

Friday, November 19, 2010

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Social Studies 10


Activity Package 5.3 must be complete for Friday. Work through the website The North West Mounted Police: A Tradition in Scarlet.

Law 12


Reminder that Criminal Harassment PowerPoint presentations must be eMailed to me by Monday. Please use nnichols@nvsd44.bc.ca. The Chapter 6 Test is also scheduled for Monday. Please ensure that you attach a copy of the Interactive Quiz from to your Chapter 6 Test Preparation package.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Social Studies 10


Complete the reading of The Origins of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Law 12

I have booked the Library Computer Lab for Thursday so that Criminal Harassment PowerPoints may be completed Chapter 6 Test Preparation Package should be completed for Friday. The Chapter 6 Test will be on Monday.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Law 12


Activity Package 6.1-6.2 is due for Tuesday. I will no longer be accepting "History of Civil Disobedience" essays. If you have not yet turned one in, the marks are now irretrievable. Reminder that PowerPoint presentations on Criminal Harassment are due on Monday November 22.

Social Studies 10


Please complete Activity Package 5.1. Chapter 5.1 Readings have been uploaded to my webpage.

Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Law 12

Chapter 5 Test on Monday. Study Cards will result in a 5% lift on your test score. PowerPoint on Criminal Harassment is due on Monday November 22.

Social Studies 10

Chapter 5 Test will be on Monday. You must complete an essay outline in order to write the essay portion of the test. Activity Package 4.6 is due on Wednesday.

Monday, November 08, 2010

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 4.6 Parts I, II and III. The Chapter 4 Test will be on Monday November 15. You will need to complete one of the Essay Questions for Chapter 4 as part of the test. In order to prepare yourself bring a completed Five Paragraph Essay Outline to the testing session.

Law 12

Complete Activity Package 5.5/5.6 Parts I, II, III and IV. Rodrigo, Connor, Alex, Katrina, Miranda, Sarah Parry, Sabrina, Fiona, and Sarah Stackhouse still owe me research reports on the history of rioting in Canada.

Friday, November 05, 2010

Law 12


Complete Activity Package 5.4 for Monday.

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 4.5 for Monday November 8. The readings can be found by clicking here. Students who were in attendance on Friday will not need to complete Part II. The notetaking has been replaced by the in class quiz you completed. If you were absent for the in class quiz you will need to complete Part II in order to get full credit for the activity.

Thursday, November 04, 2010

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

All Classes

Wednesday is the last day for turning in Term 1 Assignments.

Monday, November 01, 2010

Social Studies 10

The last day for submitting Term 1 assignments is Wednesday November 3. Read the articles entitled The Hudson Bay Company and The North West Company. Be prepared for a quiz on the two articles.

Law 12

Please ensure that you complete the Criminal Code Scavenger Hunt. Searchable copies of the Criminal Code can be found on line. Last day or acceptance of Term 1 assignments will be Wednesday November 3.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Law 12

Write a letter to the editor of The Province based on Friday's editorial. Send me a copy of your letter by eMail and I will approve the sending of the letter to the paper by eMail.

Social Studies 10

No new homework assigned. Use the weekend to catch up on missing assignments outlined in class today. Last day for turning in assignments will be Wednesday Nov 3. Marks cut off is Friday Nov 5.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Monday, October 25, 2010

Social Studies 10


Your research report on Bison, Activity Package 3.4 and your Five Paragraph Essay Outline should have been turned in today. Complete Activity Package 4.1 Parts I, II and III should be completed for Tuesday. Read The Adventurers: 1670-1720 and The Long Struggle with Montreal:1713 to 1821.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Law 12

Bibliography for the "Story of Rioting in Canada" research paper should be turned in. There is no additional computer time booked for working on the paper. The rest is up to you.

Social Studies 10

Complete "outline" notetaking for pages 115 through 121. Additional information on using outline notes can be found by clicking here.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Law 12


Complete Activity Package 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 for Monday October 18. If you have not viewed the video Mob Rule please do so by clicking here.

Social Studies 10


Complete Activity Package 3.3 parts I, II, III and IV for Monday October 18. Part V will be due on Monday October 25

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Law 12

Five paragraph essays must be completed for Thursday. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada? Write you answer on a piece of paper and bring it to class on Thursday.

Social Studies 10


Complete the Activity Package Canada: Its Land, Resources & Economy. On a piece of paper write down the name of the Canadian Prime Minister whose image appears on the Canadian $5 bill. Bring the note to class on Thursday. Print this letter for your parents and return the tear off to class on Thursday.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

Social Studies 10


View the video entitled Continents Adrift. View the video entitled Canada: It's Land, Resources and Economy .

Complete pages 3, 4, and 5 from the Canada: It's Land, Resources and Economy Activity Package.

Law 12


Read the Jonathan Manthorpe article Forty Years after the War Measures Act Be prepared to discuss the degree to which you are willing to give up your civil rights in exchange for safety.
Complete the five paragraph essay, "Are the Sons Responsible for the Sins of the Father?"
Make sure you fill out the Five Paragraph Essay Outline.
View the interview with former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau entitled Just Watch Me.

Monday, October 04, 2010

Social Studies 10

Complete Activity Package 2.4. The readings for 2.4 can be found by clicking here. The article for the completion of part 4 can be found by clicking Canadian and American Government.

Law 12


Read the article on native Residential Schools by clicking here. Visit the CBC Digital Archives and get a more in depth understanding of the residential schools question by going through A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools.

Be prepared to discuss the question, "Should the sons pay for the sins of the father?"

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

Social Studies 10

Blocks 1 and 4 are to complete Activity Package 2.2 Chapter 2.2 Readings can be found by clicking here.

Law 12

No homework assigned for this evening. Chapter 2 Test will be on Tuesday.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Social Studies 10

View the PowerPoint presentation on the Rebellions of 1837-1838. Make sure that Activity Package 1.5 is complete.

Law 12


Please ensure that you have all activity packages from Chapter 1 completed and turned in. Complete the Chapter 1 Take Home Test over the weekend. View the video The International Criminal Court.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Monday, September 13, 2010

Thursday, September 09, 2010

Social Studies 10 Block 4

Create a Twitter Account by clicking here. Bookmark this homework blog and your Twitter Account. Visit my website. eMail me a copy of essay question 5 from the Chapter 6 essay questions.

Law 12 Block 3

Complete Activity Package 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3. Please ensure that you bookmark this blog page. Visit my website and eMail me the name of the artist who sang "Daddy's Little Girl" on the "Wedding Project" page of Law 12. Make sure you include your name on the eMail.

Social Studies 10 Block 1


Bookmark this blog. Set up a Twitter account by clicking here. Search for and follow nnichols52. Bookmark your Twitter Account. Go to my website by clicking here. Find the Chapter 4 Essay questions for Social Studies 10 and eMail me a copy of question 4. eMail to nnichols@nvsd44.bc.ca

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Social Studies 10


Complete Activity Package 6.4 For five bonus marks identify the individual on the right.

Social Studies 11


Complete Activity Package 6.3 For five bonus marks identify the individual pictured on the left.

Law 12


Complete Activity Package 12.1/12.2/12.3. The following students still owe me Powerpoint Presentations on Criminal Harassment. Liora Antone, Hee Seon Hwang, Nak Khem, Anthony Trinetti, Joanna Balois, Vahag Bobloyan, Pam Chavarria, Chris Davis, Lucy Ferries, Diane Ha, Katie Hamner, Charanjit Hundal, Melissa Kyllo, Tyler Marshall, Daniel May, Todd Parish, Jin Pinon, Rami Rigi, Daniel Schildknecht, Nikki Sirett.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Socials Studies 10

Reminder that the Chapter 5 Test is scheduled for Tuesday. Please bring your 5 Paragraph Essay Outline or you will not be able to write the essay portion of the test. A good set of study note will result in 5% bonus on your final test score.

Social Studies 11


Complete reading Canada's Foreign Relations: 1945-1957. Complete the Canada's Foreign Relations: 1945-1957 Questions

Law 12 Blocks 1 and 2


Complete Activity Package 11.1/11.2/11.3 for Tuesday.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Social Studies 11


Do not forget that Chapter 5 Essays are due on Monday. Please read the document entitled Canada's Foreign Affairs: 1939-1945. Complete the activity sheet entitled Canada's Foreign Affairs: 1939-1945 Questions Sheet.
Check out what landing on the beaches of Normandy was like for the men who were actually. This scene from Saving Private Ryan has been described by those who landed on that morning as the most realistic movie portrayal of what they actually experienced as they have ever seen.

Law 12

Complete Chapter 6 Test Preparation. Part 1 should refer to page 184 rather than BLM 6-4

Social Studies 10


Complete Activity Package 5.5 for Monday April 19. The Chapter 5 Test will be on Tuesday April 20. There will be 80 questions and an essay. The essays topics can be found by clicking here. In order to write the essay you must complete and bring a 5 Paragraph Essay Outline to the testing session. The marking criteria for the essay can be found by clicking here.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Social Studies 10


Complete Activity Package 5.5 Part III

Social Studies 11


The Chapter 5 Test will be an essay due on Monday.

Essay Topic: Canadian author Barry Broadfoot has described the Second World War as a "good war" for Canada. To what extent can any war be considered to be a "good war?" Focus your essay particularly on Broadfoot's assertion as it relates to Canada and World War II.

Please ensure that you use the 5 Paragraph Essay Outline form.

Law 12


The Test for Chapter 6 will be on Monday. You should be well along in the preparation of your Wedding Project.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Homework

Socials 10 and Socials 11 have no assigned homework this evening. Use the time for catch up.
Law 12 blocks have a Chapter 3 Test on Thursday. Same format as Chapters 1 and 2. The test will be closed book.

Friday, March 05, 2010

Social Studies 10


The Activity Package for Canada: Its Land, Resources and Economy must be completed. The package is worth 50 marks so please ensure that you have it done. The video can be viewed a second time by clicking here. Please also ensure that you completed Activity Package 3.1. This includes the collage based on one of the three physiographic regions that make up Western Canada.

Monday, March 01, 2010

Social Studies 10

Complete the "Similarities-Differences Chart" based on your readings of the document entitled,"Canadian and American Government."

Social Studies 11

There will be a Chapter 2 Test on Tuesday. Please ensure that you have completed Test Preparation Package .

Law 12


Complete the 5 Paragraph Essay: "Should public officials resign when charged with impaired driving?"started on Friday. They are due on Tuesday. Click here to find the essay outline sheet.