Fieldtrip – details and form

Today’s focus will be reviewing how the Great War began and understanding how Canada came to be involved.

1.  Start of the War – Schlieffen Plan
2. Video clip – Canada enters the War
3. Worksheet
   Canada enters the war worksheet
   Canada enters the war worksheet (FORM)

HOMEWORK:  Complete worksheet; bring in permission form and $3 for fieldtrip

1.  Let’s start with a formative assessment “check in” to review yesterday’s lesson.  Try this individually without looking at your notes.
2. So how did the war actually begin?
   Triggers of WWI
   Triggers of WWI (PDF)
3. Analyzing a key primary document – the “Blank Cheque”
   Blank Cheque primary document (FORM)
4. Analyzing a political cartoon on the declaration of war in 1914.

Welcome Back!  I hope you’ve had a restful and enjoyable break 🙂

The remaining weeks in the course will be spent learning about key events during the 20th century.  We have a fieldtrip planned for this first unit!!

1.  Please create a new folder called “WWI” and download the learning outcomes/vocab as well as Chapter 2 from Counterpoints 2nd edition
   CHAPTER 2 LEARNING OUTCOMES AND VOCABULARY (PDF)
   CHAPTER 2 LEARNING OUTCOMES AND VOCABULARY

We’ll begin by analyzing the main causes of the Great War using the acronym M-A-I-N.

Causes of WWI student version (FORM)
Causes of WWI student version

1.  Review Population Unit Test
2. What can we do as individuals to improve standards of living?
3. What is the world doing to improve standards of living?  Let’s have a look at the Millenium Development Goals and the 15 Sustainable Development Goals

Have a safe and enjoyable Spring Break!  Rest, relax, and rejuvenate.  See you in April! 🙂

In class assessment for Standard of Living unit.

You can use all your notes, lesson materials, and data booklet.

You need to submit the assessment with your data booklet at the end of class.  Good luck!

Today you will work with your fellow classmates to identify the challenges to development in Haiti (economic, women, children, heath) using the data provided, the textbook reading, and learning from the unit’s ‘mini lessons’.

This will be good practice for your unit assessment tomorrow!

HOMEWORK:  Prepare for in class assessment tomorrow

We’ve spent the last week learning about the barriers developing nations face to improving standards of living.  So what can be done to help these countries industrialize and provide a better life for citizens?

Foreign Aid
Foreign Aid (PDF)

HOMEWORK:  Brainstorm solutions that will help Haiti improve standards of living in these 4 categories:  Economy, Women, Children, Health in preparation for Thursday’s assessment

1.  Population unit test – please have a pencil, eraser, and pen ready

After the test, you will focus on health issues in developing countries.  Complete the activity below, then apply this information to Haiti.

Health Crisis fill-in-blanks
Health Crisis fill-in-blanks (FORM)

Be sure to check out the video under Social Studies 10 – Standards of Living about a hospital built in Kenya by WE

HOMEWORK:  Complete Health Issues activity and identify health issues in Haiti

Today’s focus will be women and children in developing nations.   During the lesson, make connections to Haiti and the data you have collected.  There will be time at the end of class for you to make notes/connections in your data booklet.

Go to Social Studies 10 – Standards of Living to find today’s powerpoint

HOMEWORK:  Make connections to Haiti from today’s lesson; study for Population Unit Test

The focus of today’s class is to reinforce your learning on economic challenges faced by developing countries, with a specific focus on cash crops.

Black Gold details the challenges within the coffee industry.  While it is set in Ethiopia, ideas from this movie can be applied more broadly to developing nations that are heavily reliant upon primary industries.

While you are viewing the video, take notice of the living standards within the countries highlighted – it is a window into how some people live and how “poor” some countries are (not just financially).

HOMEWORK:  Apply big ideas from the movie to your case study on Haiti; study for Population unit test