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