Canada & Australia Poster Project Due
April 1, 2008 |
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| The Canada & Australia poster is due today. Please note 5 marks will be taken off for each day that it is late. |
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Canada & Australia Poster Project Assigned
March 11, 2008 |
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Students have been assigned a research project in which they will gather information on Canada and Australia and present it in a poster. Further instructions can be found on the attached handout.
Please note this project is due April 1st, 2008 (with 5 marks being taken off for each day it's late). |
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 Canada & Australia Instruction Sheet (26.07 KB)
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Chap 3 Test Signed
February 12, 2008 |
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| Please get your Chapter 3 test signed and bring it back tomorrow for a bonus point. You can also read the first 6 pages of chapter 4. |
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Growing and Declining Settlements
January 10, 2008 |
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| Today in class, students used the Stats Canada website to research which of a dozen Island communities were growing and which ones were declining in terms of their populations. They will complete this activity tomorrow. No homework assigned. |
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Growth and Decline of Settlements pgs. 46-49
January 8, 2008 |
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Today students took notes from pages 46 and 47. For homework, they are to find the definitions of the following terms on pages 48-49:
village
city
corridor
rural settlement
urbansettlement
industrial revolution
rural to urban drift |
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First Nations Settlement Quiz
December 13, 2007 |
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| Quiz today on all material on First Nations settlement of early Canada. |
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First Nations Settlement of Canada
December 12, 2007 |
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| Today students reviewed information on First Nations settlement of early Canada in preparation for a quiz tomorrow. For homework, they should study for this quiz. |
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First Nations Settlement Quiz
December 11, 2007 |
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| Students will be having a test on Thursday that will cover the material on First Nations settlement in early Canada. They are encouraged to study for this test for homework. |
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First Nations Settlement Map (homework)
Due Date: December 5, 2007 |
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| Today, students learned about the settlement patterns of First Nations in early Canada. For homework, students should finish coloring their settlement maps and create legends for these maps. |
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First Nations Settlement Map (homework)
Due Date: December 4, 2007 |
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| Today students learned about early settlement patterns of First Nations in Canada. For homework, students are asked to finish coloring their maps of First Nations settlements and to create a legend for the map. |
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Canada's Human Landscape (homework)
Due Date: November 27, 2007 |
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| Today students began exploring the reasons why people choose to live in different places in Canada. For homework, they are asked to read pgs. 40-42 and answer the six questions that they copied from the board. |
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Canada's Landforms and Climate (homework)
Due Date: November 20, 2007 |
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| Students are nearing the end of their learning stations on Canada's landforms and climates. Only two more classes will be devoted to these activities. What isn't complete will be done for homework by week's end. |
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Canada's Landforms and Climate (homework)
Due Date: November 1, 2007 |
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| Tomorrow students will be working on independent activities to learn about landforms and climates. They will work with partners and be expected to complete one activity per day. Activities that are not completed in class will be finished for homework. There are nine activities in total and should take nine classes. |
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Latitude/Longitude Map Activity (homework)
Due Date: October 29, 2007 |
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| Today students completed a map activity in class. No homework was assigned. |
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Chapter 1 Take Home Assignment (homework)
Due Date: October 15, 2007 |
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| Today students worked on the take-home assignment to review chapter 1. This assignment is due on Wednesday and will be equivalent to a test for this chapter. |
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Chapter 1 Take Home Assignment (4.4 KB)
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Writer's Reflect Canadian Identity (homework)
Due Date: October 11, 2007 |
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| Today students learned how Canadian author's relfect Canadian identity in their writing. For homework, students are asked to read pages 13-16 and come prepared to discuss them tomorrow. |
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Musicians Reflect Canadian Identity (homework)
Due Date: October 9, 2007 |
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| For homework, students are asked to read pgs. 10-11 and jot down their answers to questions contained within each section. |
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Group of Seven Research Assignment (homework)
Due Date: October 2, 2007 |
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| Student continued working on their research assignment on one of the members of the Group of Seven. Tomorrow will be the last day they will have to complete it. No homework assigned, however if they have Internet access at home, they can finish their research on their artist. |
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Artists Reflect Canadian Identity (homework)
Due Date: September 27, 2007 |
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| Today students read pgs. 5-8 in their textbooks and copied notes which highlight the ways in which artists help us to understand what it means to be Canadian. No homework assigned. |
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Artists Reflect Canadian Identity (11.33 KB)
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Anaylzing "Winter Woods" by Lawren Harris (homework)
Due Date: September 26, 2007 |
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| Today students reviewed and shared their analysis of the painting "Winter Woods" by Lawren Harris. No homework assigned. |
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No homework assigned. (homework)
Due Date: September 20, 2007 |
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| Today students compared the Historic Minute "Rural Teacher" to Robert Harris' painting "Meeting of the School Trustees". This was a group activity and no homework was assigned. |
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No homework assigned. (homework)
Due Date: September 19, 2007 |
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Analyzing an Image (homework)
Due Date: September 18, 2007 |
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| Today students were analyzing a painting on page 4 of their textbook using the "Analyzing an Image" sheet. For homework, they are asked to complete the sheet and write a half-page summary of the "story" being told by the painting. |
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Library Orientation (homework)
Due Date: September 17, 2007 |
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| During today's social studies class we went to the library for an orientation session. No homework was assigned. |
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