Day 1

News:
USA threatens UN countries if they vote against US support for Jerusalem as Israel capital
UN votes overwhelmingly against Trump's plan to move US embassy to Jerusalem
Canada abstains from UN vote: concerned about US trade and NAFTA negotiations

SJ12
Social Justice students: don't forget to mail your letters to foreign governments on human rights!
SJ Fair in cafeteria on Thu Feb 22
pick topics for research ASAP

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY, RESTFUL HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
SEE YOU IN 2018

Day 1

News:
Tacoma: US Amtrak high-speed train crashes onto highway
BC: provincial government bans grizzly bear hunt
US: Trump emphasizes competitive foreign policy against China and Russia

SS9
Homework check of all Chapter 3 assignments

SJ12
Amnesty International Letters /20

SS9
Homework check of all Chapter 3 assignments

Day 1

SS9
Video: What are human rights?
Brainstorm: list of 20 human rights
Video: The Storming of the Bastille
Assign: The Revolution Devours its Children

SJ12
Amnesty International 2017 Cases and Ques /40
Next: Write 2 Letters for Write for Rights

SS9Hon
Video: What are human rights?
Brainstorm: list of 30 human rights
Human Rights Cases around the World in 2017
Assign: The Revolution Devours its Children

Day 2

News:
Net Neutrality overturned in USA

SS9ELD
see SS9 yesterday

SJ12
Amnesty Write for Rights 2017 Cases /40
Next class: Letter-writing 2 cases /20

SS11
Review 1930s Vocabulary Terms
Ch 4 Vocabulary Quiz /10
In pairs: Note-taking from Canadian Scrapbook

Day 1

News:
Net Neutrality overturned by US government's Federal Communications Commission

SS9
Discuss: Free, Open Internet and Democracy
Video: John Green's Crash Course on the French Revolution
Assign: Fall of the Bastille, Declaration of the Rights of Man

SJ12
see SJ12 yesterday

SS9Hon
see SS9 earlier

Day 2

News:
Democrats win Alabama Senate seat
Liberals win South Surrey by-election

SS9ELD
see SS9 yesterday

SJ12
Amnesty International 2017 Human Rights Case Questions /40

SS11
Introduce 1930s: The Great Depression
Slideshow: The Decade of Despair
Next class: Ch 4 Vocabulary Quiz

Day 1

SS9
Review Enlightenment Thinkers
Quiz p. 56-71 /13
Assign: The Revolution Begins

SJ12
Discuss: LGBTQ/Black Lives Matter activists disallow uniformed police at Vancouver Pride Parade
Introduce: Human Rights
Video: Human Rights
Assign: Video Ques 1-12

SS9Hon
see SS9

Day 2

SS9ELD
see SS9 yesterday
p. 56-71 French Revolution Quiz next class (vocabulary, kings, thinkers)

SJ12
Introduce Human Rights
Video: Human Rights
Complete Questions /12
Preview: Amnesty International's 2017 Write for Rights

SS11
Music of the 1920s: Jazz
In pairs: Primary Sources
Complete 1920s Scrapbook Ques

Day 1

News:
Muslim girl attacked on Skytrain
Wildfires in Los Angeles and San Diego

SS9
Enlightenment Thinkers
Next class: French Revolution Quiz (p. 56-71 vocabulary, thinkers, kings)

SJ12
Democratic Parenting Speeches /20

SS9Hon
sse SS9 today

Day 2

News:
Violence in Jerusalem after Trump announcement
Vancouver: Muslim woman assaulted on Skytrain
Vancouver Pride organizers disallow uniformed police at LGBTQ rights march

SS9ELD
see SS9 yesterday

SJ12
Democratic Parenting Speeches /20

SS11
Sharing student-generated Canada in the 1920s Test Questions

Day 1

News:
President Trump supports Jerusalem as Israel's capital - endangering peace process
California: wildfires after drought
Russia: country banned from 2018 Winter Olympics after doping scandals

SS9
French Kings: Louis XIV, XV and XVI

SJ12
Discussion of Authoritarian v Democratic Parenting
Parenting Speech due next class /20

SS9Hon
Discussion of Philosphe ideas: Democratic v Authoritarian Parenting
Assign: French kings from Louis XIV to XVI

Day 2

SS9ELD
see SS9 yesterday

SJ12
Discuss: Sexual Assault, Democratic v. Authoritarian Parenting
Reminder: Democratic Parenting Speeches due next class

SS11
Speeches: Comparing Canadians and Americans in 2017
Hand in Trump and Harding (1923) Letters
Homework: Ch 3 Review Activity
Design 10 True /False Test Questions for Canada in the 1920s and 5 Multiple Choice Questions
(indicate correct answers, cover whole chapter, range from simple to difficult)

Day 1

News:
Abbotsford  accident: 9 year old Syrian refugee hit and killed by bus
China: Canada cannot make trade deal due to labour, gender and pay standards
USA: Trump to repeal Obama's creation of National Park in Utah

SS9
Assign: Ch 3 French Society

SJ12
Hand in Malala Response
Assign: Civics Textbook in pairs p. 21 Ques 5-9
Due on Friday: Authoritarian v. Democratic parenting Speech /20

SS9Hon
Discuss: Philosophes ask : Are Humans Selfish or Good?
Assign: Civics: p. 8 Ques 1-3 in pairs
Homework: Ch 3 French Society

Day 2

SS9ELD
see SS9 yesterday

SJ12
Civics Textbook in pairs
p. 21 Purposeful Citizenship Ques 5-9
Assign: Parenting Speech /20 due Thur Dec 7

SS11
Finish 1920s Terms presentations
Hand in 1920s Terms
Read p. 84: Was Canada more or less independent by the end of the 1920s?
Assign: write 2 letters commenting on President Harding's quotation about the relations between Canadians and Americans: "We think the same thoughts, live the same lives and cherish the same aspirations..." (see p. 84 Ques 1)
1. To President Harding (1923) - approx 100 words /10 written only
2. To President Trump (2017) - approx 200 words /20 written and performed
Due next class