Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Grade 9: Enlightenment/Philosophers Assignment
Monday, September 27, 2021
Answers to Friday 5: September 24, Social Studies 9
1. Who won the seat in our riding and what party do they represent?
Rob Morrison - conservative
2. Explain a minority government.
-When the party in power has less than 50% of the seats and therefore require cooperation with another party in order to pass bills/legislation into law.
3. Define revolution:
The overthrow of the government or social system of a country, usually by force.
4. What form of monarchy do we have in Canada? Briefly explain this.
-Constitutional Monarch - meaning they must follow a constitution in the country they rule over. In Canada they are represented by the Governor General and don't have a lot of actual power.
5. What were two things going on in France that may have led to the revolution?
-famine, lack of jobs, absolute monarchy not fit to rule, broken economy, feudal system still in place, new ideas by the philosophers, ideas coming from the American Revolution etc...
Monday, September 20, 2021
Socials 9: Revolutions, Rebellions & Civil Wars project
Social Studies 9: Revolutions project
Part 1: Basic Research
Goal of part 1: To gain basic information around a rebellion of choice. This can be present day or from the past. To further understand how this rebellion/revolution/civil war impacted the world at the time and today.
-Find a revolution, rebellion or civil war of interest to you
-Do some initial research using the 5W+H format (who, what, where, when, why and how)
Some examples of these questions might be: Who was involved? Who started the revolution? Why were they rebelling? etc...
-Ensure you are using credible sites and information and keeping track of these sites for your bibliography.
***You must take good notes (Mr. Wilson has note taking sheets) these will be part of your mark.
Here are some examples:
-American Revolution, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, Peasant Revolt (England), Slave rebellion, Prussian uprising, Industrial Revolution, Red River Rebellion, Glorious Revolution, Serbian Revolution, Mexican war for independence....etc...
Part 2: Recipe for a Revolution (civil war etc...)
If a revolution was a cake, what would the recipe look like?
How long would the the prep time be? 5, 10, 50 years?
What about the ingredients? A harsh ruler? Lack of freedom? Poverty?
What would the directions look like?
Create a recipe card that reflects your answers to the above….
Prep time: time revolution/rebellion was building
Ingredients: key players and events
Directions: what happened
Cook time: length of the fighting, revolution
End Product: final result
Part 3: Research & Evaluative Questions (Zooming in)
Decide on one part of your revolution that you want to learn more about. Come up with a research question.
A research question is one that your know you will be able to find the answer to in books etc… A “Literal Question” ** Remember Grade 8??? See slides 3-6 here.
For example for the French Revolution: Who was Robespierre; what was his role in the Revolution?
You will then continue to take notes & research to find the answer in the library. Once you have the answer, we will help you to create an “evaluative question” to answer and you will move to Part 4. There are a number of examples of evaluative questions on the handout I went over in class (this is also attached on TEAMS).
Answers to Friday 5: September 17, Social Studies 10
1. What do you need in order to vote in a federal election?
-ID to prove you are over 18 and a resident/citizen of Canada
2. What are the three branches of government?
-Legislative branch - make and amend laws
-Executive branch - carry out the laws
-Judicial branch - interpret the laws
3. List the parties running candidates/platforms in our riding.
-NDP, Green, Liberal, Conservative, PPC
4. What are tow types of barriers voters often run into?
-motivational & access barriers
5. Explain what the general views on the right side of the political spectrum are?
-tradition, less or no change, less taxation, less regulation, smaller government
6. bonus
What is the name of our federal riding?
Kootenay-Columbia
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Answers to Friday 5: Socials 9, September 17th
1. One historically significant event from chapter one and why:
-Martin Luther's 95 thesis -->Protestantism
-Printing Press --> increased number of books available, spread of knowledge, more literate
lots more examples, just need to back it up!
2. What sort of views are found on the right side of the political spectrum?
-like tradition, smaller government, less taxes, less regulation
3. Name a left wing party or ideology:
-Communism, Liberalism,
NDP, Liberal party of Canada, Green party
4. What political parties are running candidates in our riding?
-Liberal, Conservative, NDP, Green, PPC
5. Person running in our riding and their party
-Robin Goldsburry - Liberal, Ron Morrison - Conservative, Wayne Stetsky - NDP, Rana Nelson - Green, Sarah Bennett - PPC
6. Define political party: A political party is made up of a group of people who share a similar political ideology and goals about society and government.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Party Platform quick research assignment links
Goal: understand the various political platforms presented in this election and our riding
Part 1: meet with your group members and figure out how best to divid and conquer, the following links will help you to get the information. Work together to synthesize and understand the information.
Part 2: Prepare a quick presentation on your groups platform.
Part 3: present!
Pollenize
Pollenize Canada 2021 is an online tool that outlines the platform promises made by the major parties on 13 different election issues. Make sure that you click on the “Show Mores” to see all the proposed policies for each issue (in some cases there are a dozen).
Other party platform tools
You may wish to consider using the platform summaries created by different media sources to support your analysis of the parties. Examples include:
- Maclean’s: 2021 Election Platform Guide
- CBC News: How do the main parties compare on these issues?
- CTV News: Where do the parties stand?
- Toronto Star: Promise Tracker
- Vancouver Sun: 12 hot topics and where each party stands
Party Leader Q&As
Lastly, we wanted to remind you to take advantage of the Party Leader Q&A videos, which offer a quick and easy way to compare each party’s priorities: https://studentvote.ca/canada/leaders/
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Answers to Friday 5: September 10, 2021
1. What type of government does Canada have?
-Democratic, Constitutional Monarchy, Parliamentary Democracy
2. What is the role of government?
-to provide structure and organization to it's citizens, help provide order through laws, taxes and infrastructure
3. What is the role of the Governor General?
-represent the Queen in Canada
-She also signs bills into law, opens and closes parliament, reads thrown speech, is the ceremonial head of the military and head of state
4. What is significant about this Governor General?
-First Indigenous Governor General
5. Differentiate between representative democracy and direct democracy.
-representative democracy: people elect/vote for someone to represent them in a democracy
-direct democracy: every citizen votes on every decision
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Grade 10 bonus: define oligarchy
-where a few rich (often men) rule/form government
Saturday, September 4, 2021
SS9: Course Outline
*Please note there is a mandatory position paper assignment that students will need to complete to a satisfactory level in order to complete the class and move to the next level.
***Act on teacher feedback and better your assignment, your understanding and your grade, often!