Your issues part 2 was due today (annotated bibliography). Please share with me if you have not already submitted these.
Today we continued on with the Winnipeg General Strike. We did some review and discussed the difference between communism and socialism. We took some notes on the Citizens Committee of 1000 and learned more about those opposed to the strike.
We watched these two videos:
Today we talked about rocks and the rock cycle. We took note on the three main types of rocks: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic and the subcategories of each one. We then examined the rock cycle and how each of the rock types plays into the rock cycle.
From here we watched the following three videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bxw4kkeHJ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsIHV__voMk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VByCLpj-I_s
We finished the class with worksheet of a diagram of the rock cycle and some fill in the blank questions on the rock cycle.
Today we reviewed our Friday 5 answers as well as did a little general review. I handed back cartoon analysis marks and "The Untouchables" assignment. The rest of the class we spent working on Issues part 2, I reviewed the expectations for this. Issues part 2 is due: Tuesday November 19th. We will go over part 3 on Thursday.
1. What does the Richter scale measure vs the Mercalli Scale?
Richer measures magnitude (the amount of energy released from the source)
Mercalli measures intensity (the amount of shaking (or damage) we feel on the surface)
2. Provide two pieces of evidence to support Alfred Wegner's theory on continental drift.
-pangaea (super continent or that the pieces of the earth fit together)
-fossils (that match fossils on other continents)
-magnetic north is a moving entity (support that continents move)
-glaciation evidence exists on other continents that don't today experience below zero temps (ex. southern Africa)
3. Name the main types of plate boundaries.
DIVERGENT - where plates are moving away from each other.
CONVERGENT SUBDUCTIVE - where plates are moving towards each other and one plate is forced underneath the other.
CONVERGENT COLLISION - where two continental plates are moving towards each other & colliding to form “fold mountains.”
TRANSFORM - where plates are moving alongside each other
4. Pick one plate boundary and explain one thing that happens here because of tectonic activity.
5. Define seismic waves.
-The energy released by the earthquake that travel in all directions from the focus point
1. Define prohibition:
-a complete ban of the making and selling of alcohol
2. What are some of the consequences of prohibition?
-bootlegging, rumrunning, increased money being spent on family/going home, better production in the factories, decrease in petty crime and public drunkenness, increase in large scale crime around alcohol
3. What were the main reasons people were striking in Winnipeg?
-better wages and working conditions
(Economic hardship) poor working conditions, poor wages, lack of jobs for soldiers returning from war (unemployment), inflation. (Labour movement gained strength) increasing numbers joining unions and demanding better collectively
4. What was OBU?
-One Big Union - formation of several labour unions in the West, wanted to unite labour to increase their voice, if you strike we will support your strike - wanted Canada wide strike on June 1st
5. Explain why many people thought the labour movement was connected to communism?
-some similar ideals working for better rights of the worker, fear of an uprising similar to Communist revolution in Russia in 1917 = fresh in people's minds
In the first block we worked on our Earthquake and Plate Tectonics lab. Most students are working on part 3 of the lab. You will have more time on Friay (tomorrow) to work through the lab.
In the second half we spent 20 more minutes working on the lab and then we switched gears to talk about volcanoes. We talked about the Ring of Fire, where volcanoes occur and what we know about volcanoes near us. We watched the following three videos and answered these 4 questions.
1. Describe what a volcano is in your own words.
2. Link volcanic activity to plate tectonics.
3. List the ways volcanos affect humans (both pos and neg).
4. Compare and contrast Hawaiian volcanoes to those on the coast of North America. (Similarities and Differences).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnKoTlUaqAs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_pDKyg5YKY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=148&v=yDy28QtdYJY&feature=emb_titleTuesday November 12th:
In class today, students saw their marks that will likely be on their report card. We then continued watching the movie the Untouchables. (up to 1:44), we will finish on Friday in class and I will provide you time in class to complete the assignment (it must be completed in class).
Thursday November 14th
In the first half we will continue working on our Issues projects, part 2. This part will be due at the start of next week.
In the second half we continued on with our 1920's unit: we will review prohibition and talk about Labour unrest. We took some notes on the Winnipeg General Strike and One Big Union and watched these two videos and started an assignment on the Winnipeg General Strike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ0QyuyEgfo&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP4cnrRyT3cFriday November 15th
We will write our first Friday 5 of term 2.
We will finish movie and movie sheet.
The rest of the time will be used to complete 1920's scrap book sheet and Issues part 2.
