Socials 9: week of May 4th (star wars day!)

 Socials 9:

Monday:  we did some review from last week including push/pull factors of immigration, and emigration

-talked about world view some more and how it differed between the indigenous people and the Europeans at the time of contact.  How identity can shape world view.

-talked about the importance of the Columbia River and what our own personal connections to the river are.  The economic value of the river.  

-read the Heart of a River by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes

-we discussed this statement:  The physical environment influences the nature of political, social, and economic change.

and how Revelstoke fits in here.  We gave many specific examples.

Tuesday:

-Map of Canada quiz

-went over last weeks Friday 5 (see blog post)

-Finished up notes on society for above statement

-Did a sheet on imperialism

-talked about colonialism from p. 25 in new skinny text book and then moved to early exploration

Thursday:

-reviewed imperialism sheet

-read pages 12-19 in new book and completed questions 1 (concept map) & 4 (point form only) on page 19

-created a chat on legacies, causes and consequences of imperialism, colonialism, contact, exploration

-did a sheet on 7 years war and small pox

- started watching episode 1:  Canada, the story of us.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWdOQE459vg

Friday:

-second attempt on map of Canada quiz

-went over conflict sheet & small pox sheet

-discussed major conflicts in early North America ref. chart on page 56

-finished movie episode 1

-took notes on some topics the movie covered including the filles du roi, jesuits, ursuline nuns, seigneurial system, early fur trade ventures and the Seven Years War.

We finished off with this video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGoVlgcT6tM&t=1s

Friday 5: May 1st, Social Studies 9

 Friday 5

1.  What does a climate graph depict?

-it shows the average/mean temperatures and precipitation of a location

2. What are the three things that distinguish each physical region?  Briefly define each one.

Topography- shape of the land

Climate-prevailing conditions of temperature & precipitation

Vegetation- plants that grow naturally in an area

3. Define world view.

-a philosophy of life or conception of the world. -Attitudes, values, stories, expectations. -expressed as ethics, philosophy, science & religion of a culture or society.

4. Differentiate with a T chart European and Indigenous World View at the time of contact.

Indigenous World View	European World View
-take only what you need -live at one with nature -nature should be respected -all the land that is part of my seasonal rounds is my land to use -share the land, share the resources	-resources should be exploited for profit -nature should be conquered -fences define property boundaries

5. Define contact.

The time when the Europeans and indigenous people first met in an area

Bonus:  capital of Canada is….

Ottawa

Map of Canada Instructions

 On your map of Canada please label the following:

-All provinces, territories and capital cities. 

(provinces written out in capitals, cities in regular eg.  ALBERTA,  Edmonton, if you abbreviate the provinces like PEI, ensure you write it out in the legend)

-add cities of Revelstoke & Vancouver & capital of Canada 

(ensure you differentiate a city, capital city and capital of Canada with symbols appearing in legend, example *capital of Canada)

-Great Lakes, St. Lawrence River, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Lake Winnipeg

-international borders = red, national borders = black

-ensure title, name, legend, compass rose, scale=unknown

-colour water & lakes blue, colour provinces/territories different colours.  

**use numbers for areas where you might not be able to fit in the name (ex. Great Lakes), numbers with corresponding name should appear in your legend

Answers to Friday 5: Friday April 24

 1.  What is geography?

Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.

2.  What are two things that must be on every map?

compass rose, legend, title

3.  What physical region is Revelstoke in?  Describe the characteristics of this region.

Western Cordillera - moist, mountainous, deep valleys and lots of coniferous trees

4.  What physical features result because of plate tectonics?

mountains, volcanoes, rift valleys, trenches, island arcs

5.  Describe with a diagram, orographic lift..

Orographic lift or mountain weather occurs when warm moist air is forced up on the windward side because of the landscape (mountains), as it rises it cools and condenses leading to cloud formation. These clouds eventually get heavy and precipitate but as they are pushed over the tops of mountains they eventually disipate and this air sinks on the other side creating a rain shadow effect on the leeward side of the mountain.

Socials 9: week of April 20

This week we completed our Industrial Revolution unit with a unit test and we have moved onto the Geography of Canada unit.  We have completed a chart and map on the Physical Regions of North America.  We have talked about the local geography a bit and completed notes on both orographic lift/mountain weather and climate graphs.  We watched the following videos to support our learning:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB7HzF2O3Kg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6QX43QB4g&t=1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iv4n2cPJSs&t=4s

Answers to Friday 5, April 17

 1.  What was the purpose of the Factory Acts?

-help protect workers and improve the lives and working conditions of children and adults in factories

2.  Define capitalism.

Capitalism is an economic system in which most businesses, industries, and resources are privately owned and operated for profit. Instead of the government controlling production and prices, decisions are largely driven by individuals and companies competing in the market.

3.  What were two consequences of the Factory Acts?

-formation of labour unions, laws limiting length of work days 

4.  ***Differentiate between emigration and immigration?

Immigrate is to come into another country to live permanently (focus on new country)

Emigrate is to leave your country of origin to go live in another (focus on exiting of the country of origin)**

5.  What were the push & pull factors of either the Irish Potato Famine or the Highland Clearances, resulting in increased population in the colonies.

IPF push = famine, dirty crowded cities, disease.    pull = promise of land, jobs, freedom

HC push = enclosure, crowded cities.  pull = new land, freedom, jobs, work

Bonus:  Explain Socialism.

Socialism is an economic and political system where the means of production (like factories, land, and major industries) are owned or controlled collectively, often by the government or the public, with the goal of promoting economic equality and shared benefit.

Week of April 13th Socials 9

 This week we finished up the Industrial Revolution.  We started the week finishing a station study that we started last week.  We talked about Child Labour and how to analyze a political cartoon.  We discussed and looked at primary sources on the Factory Acts and how this relates to labour unions today.  Students did a simulation on capitalism and socialism in the form of a game and we discussed immigration vs emigration and push/pull factors and how these things related to the time period.  Finally we finished up Friday with a Friday 5, going over Napoleon tests and looking at Inventions of the time period.  

Homework was to complete the following chart from pages:  130-141

Invention:	Inventor:	Description:

Our test is now on Monday.  Review sheet posted.

Videos this week:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqmPE2HtkyU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjK7PWmRRyg