We have been working on a timeline for Chapter 8...we will continue to work on it on Monday. I showed a new technique for notemaking, "concept mapping", these notes were due today. In our Friday writers workshops we have been developing a character...today we began to tell their story! Rough drafts are being worked on as we speak!
Check out this video I showed on Wednesday about the French in colonial Canada:
Socials 11
We have finished the Government Unit. Today we had an open-book-take-home test, which is due on Monday. The Review package for the unit is due on Monday too.
Next week we will be starting the Geography Unit, looking at standards of living, populations, the environment, pollution, etc. It's a great unit. Zac Whyte will be a guest speaker on Tuesday and Thursday.
Here's an interesting video on the single transferable vote that BC tried to pass in a referendum a few years ago:
