December 22, 2011

Period 1 & 2
We finished our viewing activity of the "To be or not to be" speech.  Fromthere, we continued reading Act III and are just in teh midst of the "Mousetrap."  We will be cruising as fast as possible when we get back to school in the New Year!  The grade 12s are reminded that they have to read the non-fiction book, Night, over the holidays!

Period 3--Pre-AP 10
We have finished comparing the two speeches ("I Have a Dream" and "Yes, We Can") and now it's time for the kids to consider their own important issue.  We brainstormed a few issues that they may find important and this was a class period for them to work on choosing an issue and getting some ideas down for it. 

Period 4--History 10
We finished taking the Glorious Revolution this class--we reviewed it and then finished reading the "textbook" booklet.  We ventured off into an interesting discussion about constitutional monarchies and the queen's role here in Canada.

Period 5--History 30
During this class, we finished our RAN chart by going back to the "What I think I know" column and checking to see if their view of treaties was correct or a misconception.  We discovered that the grade 12s had a pretty good understanding of what treaties were before we started studying, but not necessarily the technicalities and circumstances surrounding them.  From here, we backtracked to a few weeks ago when we talking about responsible government and they were told to choose an issue on which they would write a letter to a person that is in power enough to listen to their concerns.  We reviewed some of those issues together as a class, and then they had to choose one and start writing their letter.

The History 30 class wants to thank Mrs. Ylioja for helping out as an EA in the class.  We'll miss her and hope that she's able to sub in often for us again!

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous and Prosperous New Year!  "Talk" to you in 2012!  Classes resume on January 9th, and then final exams start two weeks from when we get back:(  !!!