Final Farewell!

To all my classes and followers!

Thank you for a very exciting and rewarding practicum at Sutherland Secondary School. It was truly a great experience, and one I will never forget.

A special thank you to my grade 8 classes who took part in "Drewpardy" on Friday! What a great way to end my practicum at Sutherland. I wish all of you the best of luck and a strong finish to you school year!

Sincerely,

Mr St. Laurent

April 19-24th

Grade 11

I just wanted to say thank you once again for being a wonderful class. The card that you had created for me was something that I will always remember. Unfortunately it was inevitable that this class would come to an end, and what a way to go out!

I will always remember this class!

please check Mr. Benoy's blog at: kjbenoy.blogspot.com

Grade 10 planning: You will be in the library working on your projects this week. look for lesson plans to be posted for Monday next week April 26th.

Grade 11 Social Studies


We have now moved passed world war 1 and are heading towards Canadian life in the early 1920's and 1930's. Keep up the hard work this week. You will have a quest on Friday.

Here are the outline of the notes for the week


Monday: Treaty of Versailles: who were the major players? What was the outcome? What was the German Response? Homework ----> page 47: 3, 4, 5, and 10 a. these will be taken in and giving marks.


Tuesday: Impact of the Armistice on Canadians: What was the League of Nations? who's idea was the league? What was the Spanish Flu? For the library assignment sheet click here


Wednesday: Canada during the 1920's: What were working conditions like in the 20's? What was the OBU? Why was Winnipeg important during the 20's? New Library task Click here


Thursday: New Challenges to Federalism: Canada was changing politically, who were the major players? was their a new party involved? who was going to be then next Prime Minister? Homework --> Page 51 questions: 1 , 2b, 4


Friday: Quest: The Economy Improves: The United States invests in Canada, the moral turns around.

April 6th-9th

Grade 11 Social Studies

Welcome back from Easter break. I hope that everyone was safe, and used their time wisely during the break. As you know we are going to have our poster presentations on Wednesday. This should be a great showcase for all of your hard work. Here is the outline of the notes for the week. As a reminder these notes are the skeletal version of what you would actually see in the classroom.

Tuesday: Propaganda poster: This is your last day to finish it. The presentation of the posters will be on Wednesday. I will not be questing you tomorrow due to the fact that we have people away. Expect a quest on Friday.

Wednesday:Presentation of posters/gallery tour you will be giving a short speech as to why your poster is propaganda, and why you chose to use the specific propaganda you did? Second portion of the class will be used for note taking.

War in the air: What is an ace, why were they important figures in Canadian history? Homework:-----> Page 39: questions 1,3,5

Thursday: The War at Home: What was happening in Canada? what was the reaction to the war efforts? what was the feeling of public opinion?

Friday: Quest, Propaganda and Conscription Crisis: What is Conscription? why is it important to World War 1? How was Propaganda as a tool for the government?

March 29th - April 2nd

Grade 11

It has been a good start to history thus far. We are looking to keep this momentum going into this coming week. We will be looking at the battles of the first world war. As a reminder, these notes are a outline of what is covered in class, but the notes used in class.

Monday: Ypres, Somme, Vimy Ridge: Who was involved? where did these battles take place? how did Canadian affect the battles? Click here for the propaganda assignment

Tuesday: Library: We will be working on propaganda poster----> Here is the link for Ms. Clark's propaganda wiki ----> Homework: work on your propaganda poster, make sure it is original!

Wednesday: Library We will be working on propaganda posters

Thursday: A deeper look at Vimy: What was the final outcome? why was Vimy Ridge considered a defining moment for Canadians? What was the battle of Passchendaele? Who are the people involved?

March 22nd - 26th

Grade 11

Monday: First Nations: a changing Canada: What are residential schools? was is the federal Indian Act, Why is this prevalent to us today? Homework ---> questions 1, 3, 5, 6 page 18 in your text

Tuesday: Urbanization: A review of concepts went over in human geography, how urbanization changed Canada from 1900's

Wednesday: War and Change: What factors led to the World War 1, How do actions in Europe affect Canada? Homework ---> Write a letter to the Prime Minister of Britain as the Prime Minister of Canada outlining the your reasons to EITHER join the war, or not join the war. Underline your thesis.

Thursday: Continuation of War and Change: ...

Friday: Canada's response to the War: How did Canada react to the news of War? Who were the major players?

Grade 8's

Monday: Revision of test material: Test, binder check, homework ---> letter from your travels with your partner

Tuesday: Introduction to India: the meeting of Cultures

Wednesday: Flowering of Chinese Civilization: Homework --> Keep working on your letter to Mr St. Laurent from an Islamic country or countries of your choice (the more information the better) feel free to include pictures or what you have done during your time there

Thursday: Mongol and Ming Empires in China:

Friday: Presentation day: Presentation of research: (Explained in detail Monday)

March 15-19th

Welcome back from your Spring break!!!

I hope that everyone is rested and ready to get back into the swing of things again. There has been an unfortunate delay not allowing me to put up the slides for the week. I will have this fixed Monday morning. See you tomorrow!

Grade 11's

I have moved your test from Monday to Wednesday. I have done so to give you time to work on your final project in the library. This time is to be used for rehearsal and final touch ups on your United Nations project. I will be available for any questions that you may have.

Monday: Work in the computer lab, make sure that you have your section of the presentation perfected! MAKE SURE TO DRESS PROFESSIONALLY!!

Tuesday: THE UN CONFERENCE DAY! (With Guest judges Mr. Jones, Mr Aw-Yong, Mr Benoy)

Wednesday: Final Geography examination

Thursday: A different Canada: Has Canada been the same way for ever? How has it changed? What are the factors that lead to a change.

John A MacDoanld quotation and questions: Due Tomorrow

Friday: Canada's Changing Population: How did Canada change its population base? was this a must? What factors lead to a population increase. Where did the immigrants come from

Grade 8's

We will be starting a unit on the Byzantine empire. We will start tomorrow off with a look into Islamic civilizations. Reading ahead is never a bad idea.

See you tomorrow

Monday: Byzantine Empire: Introduction to the byzantine empire, who was involved? how did it fall

Tuesday: An introduction to Islam: Video, supplemental questions to follow

Wednesday: Emergence of Islam: Who was involved? how did it emerge? is it still significant today.

Thursday: Islamic Prosperity: how did Islam prosper? what factors were involved? Is it still prospering today

Friday: Review of Islam: Where is Islam today, what type of impact it Islam having globally? who are the important figures in Islamic society, What is the call to prayer?