Apply Your Knowledge:

You will receive a letter from a relative/friend back home in Canada. You will write a letter back which includes:

1. A response to the letter you received.
   • Give them a mark out of 6 (War Measures Act, Enlistment/CEF, Propaganda, Women’s Roles, Economy, Opinion)
   • –Bonus if you work it into your letter creatively
   • Take a picture of the letter you received and post it with your response.
2. Conditions on the war front (land, sea, and air)
3. BONUS: Events of ONE battle (Ypres, Somme, Vimy, Passchendaele)

Review pages: 36,40-42, 44

WWI Airsealandnotes

Attain Your Knowledge:

Discussion/presentation questions:

1. Summarize what they write about and to who.
2. Provide quotes to show how happy they were being in the war.
3. What evidence do they provide that shows why they are fighting or what they are fighting for?
4. What seems to be the morale of the soldiers at this point in the war? Provide evidence.

Ypres:

• William John Howe
• Walter Thomas Robus
• New Liskeard Speaker Letter: 1915 May 26th

Somme:

• Sudbury, John P. Letter: 1916 July 13th
• Kempling, George Hedley Diary (1)
• Kempling, George Hedley Diary (2)
• Winterbottom, Sydney Amyas Letter: 1916 September 16th

Vimy:

• Bell, William Henry Letter: 1917 April 7th
• Cobourg World Letter: 1917 May 11th
• Cobourg World Letter: 1915 April 9th

Passchendaele:

• Armstrong, Roy Clarence Letter: 1917 October 24th
• Decoteau, Alexander Letter: 1917 September 10th

Extra Practice:

WWI – BattlesChart

• Ypres
• Somme
• Vimy
• Passchendaele

Apply Your Knowledge:

Canada in the Great Warnotes

Robb and Matt

Review pg: 26-31 Counterpoints

Apply Your Knowledge:

Link to above Slideshow

WWI-causesnotes

Human Geography Unit Review

Apply Your Knowledge:

Key Question: Does Canada Deserve a “Green” reputation?

•  In your answer, use a knowledge of the Montreal Protocol (p437), Rio Earth Summit, Kyoto Protocol (p444 & 446) and Copenhagen Summit (p447), Paris Climate Conference

Bonus:

Include an analysis (state the name of the article) of 1 Environment Canada news article as evidence of your argument above

•  Summarize the news article and analyze their sincerity to environmental sustainability
•  Think critically about the policies, are they really being environmentally friendly?

http://news.gc.ca/web/index-en.do

Chapters 11-13 Unit Review Vocab:

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Review pages 432-436

Apply Your Knowledge:

1.Explain why water conservation is necessary in Canada.

2.Go to: http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/water/conservation-reservoir-levels/water-conservation-home/Pages/default.aspx to get some water saving ideas and record a video of:

a)something you already do to conserve water

b)you trying to implement something new in your house.

Post the above to your blog with the tag “SS11B” or “SS11D”

What is PowerEx?

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of these fossil fuel alternatives:

Apply Your Knowledge:

Video Discussion

1. Summarize the pros and cons of each energy source.
2. Of the energy sources you’ve researched above, explain which energy source should Canada focus on to create a more sustainable future? Explain which one Canada should devote less focus to in order to create a more sustainable future.

Is the globe warming?

Source 1a: http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ 

Source 1b: https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/

Source 2: http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/07/25/the-goal-is-power-the-global-warming-conspiracy/#7544e5385ed5 (page 1 and 2)

Source 3: https://davidsuzuki.org/story/cant-close-eyes-climate-change/

Source 4: http://www.friendsofscience.org/index.php?id=3

Source 5: Please find one of your own.

Create the following chart to keep track of your information:

Apply Your Knowledge:

Create a video discussion about the articles above:

1. Summarize the main points of each article and what their overall argument is.
2. Rank each source based on credibility and explain why.
3. Based on what you’ve read, is the globe warming? Is it caused by humans?

How much energy do you use?

Use the BC Hydro Cost Calculator to select all the items that exist in your household and record the energy usage and cost per week into an Excel spreadsheet.

Instructions:

Apply Your Knowledge:

Create a poverty cycle for women, children, and those with HIV/AIDS with at least 5 steps in the cycle. At one point, suggest an intervention that would break the poverty cycle and explain how it would work.