Day 75: Holiday Movie

1) Holiday Movie

Homework:
*Complete Step 1 of multicultural portfolio for Monday, January 5th
(homework check on Monday!)

Have a wonderful break!! :)

Day 74: Aboriginal Issues cont...

1) Discussion: take up responses from worksheet (8th Fire)

2) Introduction to Multicultural Assignment

3) Holiday Movie

*Note: You will be responsible to work on your assignment over the holidays. Your task will be to start collecting artifacts to bring in after the break and to start brainstorming ideas for your portfolio.

Due: Friday, January 9th

Day 73: Aboriginal Issues Cont...

1) View film segment: 8th Fire: Episode 2

2) Complete the worksheet while viewing the clip

Day 72: Aboriginal Issues

1) Aboriginal PPT

2) Aboriginal worksheet

Day 71: Performance Task

1) Day 5: Performance Task
*to be completed and submitted by the end of the period

For those who have completed the task:

2) Culture: Knowing the Neighbours

Day 70: Performance Task

Day 4: Performance Task

Day 69: Performance Task

Day 3: Performance Task

Day 68: Performance Task

Day 2: Performance Task

Day 67: Performance Task

Day 1: Performance Task

Calendar

Day 66: Culture in Canada

*Performance Task postponed

New dates: Tuesday, December 9- Monday, December 15

1) Culture: It's A Wonderful Thing

2) Culture: Knowing the Neighbours

Performance Task will begin tomorrow!

Day 65: Practice Performance Task Cont...

1) Practice Performance Task: Take-up

Let's discuss our responses to see how we did.

Homework: Review previous issues analyses to prepare for Performance Task on Monday!


Have a good weekend!

Day 64: Practice Performance Task Cont...

1) Practice Performance Task Cont...

Performance Task dates: Monday, December 8- Friday, December 12

*To be completed solely in class.

Day 63: Practice Performance Task

1) Homework check: Immigration Points System

*Let's take up our responses
*What conclusions can you draw about the process involved in immigrating to Canada?

2) Practice Performance Task

Performance Task Dates: Monday, December 8- Friday, December 12

Day 62: Immigration Cont...

1) Film: The Hundred-Foot Journey Cont...

2) Reflection:

After having viewed the film, write a reflection (1/2 page) responding to the following questions:

1) Why did the Kadam family leave India?
2) What challenges did the Kadam family face after having moved to France? Give 5 specific examples from the film. Think in terms of customs, food, language, etc.
3) How might new immigrants to Canada face some of the same challenges after having moved to Canada?
4) What are some of the advantages presented in the film with regards to multiculturalism?

3) Immigration PPT: A look at push and pull factors

4) The Point System: Activity (to be completed for homework)

Day 61: The Hundred-Foot Journey Cont...

1) Film: The Hundred-Foot Journey Cont...

2) Reflection:

After having viewed the film, write a reflection (1/2 page) responding to the following questions:

• Why did the Kadam family leave India?
• What challenges did the Kadam family face after having moved to France? Give 5 specific examples from the film. Think in terms of customs, food, language, etc.
• How might new immigrants to Canada face some of the same challenges after having moved to Canada?
• What are some of the advantages presented in the film with regards to multiculturalism?

Day 60: The Hundred-Foot Journey

1) View film: The Hundred-Foot Journey

Have a good weekend!

Day 59: Immigration

1) Demography Cont

2) Immigration (handout)
*read and answer questions 1-3 as a class

Day 58: Population Cont...

1) Population pyramids Cont...

a) Video

b) Making population pyramids cont.. (activity to be collected)

2) Population Changes
*discussion and note on the board

3) Demographics PPT and handout

Day 57: Population Density

1) What do you think of when you hear the word "density"?

2) Population Density PPT

3) Population Density worksheet (to be completed as you view the PPT)

4) Population Pyramids: an overview

5) Making population pyramids

Day 56: Population Cont...

1) View: 7 Billion, National Geographic

2) Population PPT

3) Population handout (to be filled in as you view the PPT)

4) Breathingearth.net
*Let's have a look at how quickly the world's population changes.

a) consult and explore the website
b) find 2 interesting facts to share with the class (be sure to draw a conclusion based on your findings)
c) record each of your findings on the post-it provided
d) discussion: let's share our findings

Day 55: Population

1) View video: Population Geography

2) Fill out activity sheet as you view the film

3) Discuss our findings

Have a good weekend!

Day 54: Isodemographic maps cont...

1) Work session: Isodemographic maps cont...

Due at the end of the period!

2) For those of you who have finished:
Read p. 82-83 #1-3
Read p 84-85 #1-3

Day 53: Population: Isodemographic maps

1) Discussion:
Where do you think the majority of Canadians live? Why?
Where do you think the fewest number of Canadians live? Why?

2) What is an isodemographic map?
An isodemographic map "shows the area of each part of the map as proportional to the population" (http://www.csiss.org/classics/archive/isodemo.html)

Let us take a look at an example!

3) Task: Create your own isodemographic map of Canada

Due: tomorrow! (to be collected and evaluated)

Day 52: What makes Canada a great place to live?

1) Show and Tell
-Present your item and explain its significance (connecting to your culture web)

2) View: Canada, Please
-What are some of the stereotypes presented?
-What are some of the benefits of living in Canada?

3) Reading p. 76-77: What makes Canada a great place to live?
-Answer questions #1-3 on p. 77

Day 51: Culture Web

1) What does it mean to be Canadian? Cont...

-Present and discuss our findings from our collages

2) Culture Web: Who are we?

-Complete the culture web expressed on the board

Homework:
-Bring in an item that encompasses who you are as a Canadian.
-We will have a show and tell on Monday, where you will tell us what the item is and why you chose to bring in this particular item.

Have a good weekend!

Day 50: What does it mean to be Canadian?

1) Activity: What does it mean to be Canadian?

In groups of 2-3, create a collage of images which you can all agree encompass what it means to be Canadian. We will then share our collages.

Points for discussion:

What challenges did you face in creating the collage with your groups? Why do you think this was the case?
What similarities do you see among the collages?
What differences do you see among the collages?
What does this reveal about what it means to be Canadian?

Day 49: Unit Test

1) Resource Management: Unit Test

2) Circle Activity:

What is your name?
Where were you born?
Where were your parents born?
Where were your grandparents born?

3) Exit pass:

What does it mean to be Canadian?

Day 48: Work Period #4 PSA

1) Work Period: PSA

*Extension: Due tomorrow!

*Today, you should be done Steps 2 and 3. Your goal is to put everything onto your poster.

*Student/teacher conferences. How are you progressing?

Homework:
*Organize your notes for your unit test tomorrow! (open book)
*Finish your PSA assignment (due at the beginning of class)

Day 47: PSA work period #3

1) Homework check:

*Did you finish Steps 1 and 2 of the assignment outline?
*Did you bring in the materials necessary to complete your poster?

2) Learning Goals: Let's set learning goals for the period!

By the end of the period today, I would like to have completed...

a) organizing and explaining all maps, graphs, and images for my poster (which was to be completed for homework)

b) step 3 of the task: creative piece

**Teacher consultations: During the period today, I will be meeting with each one of you to go over your progress so far and to provide you with feedback.

Homework:

*Finish creative piece for tomorrow!

Tomorrow will be your last work period in class. You will be putting all of the information together, and you will be creating your posters. Be sure to bring everything you need to work productively.

Projects are due Tuesday, November 11, 2014 (at the end of the period)
Unit Test (open book) on Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Day 46: Library work period #2

1) Homework check: Did you bring in 3 items (image, graph, map, etc.) for today?

2) Library work period #2

*Set learning goals for the period. By the end of the period today, I would like to...

Homework:
*Organize your notes for Wednesday's Unit Test! (open book)
*Bring in materials for poster!

Projects are due Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Unit Test (open book) on Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Have a good weekend!

Day 45: Library work period

1) Library work period: PSA Project

Let's set learning goals for the period!

By the end of the period today, I would like to...

Homework:
*Bring in 3 items (graph, map, image, etc.) for tomorrow if you did not manage to accomplish that goal during the work period today.

*Bring in colouring pencils, scissors, glue, bristol board, coloured paper, etc. for your project!

Projects are due Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Unit Test (open book) on Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Day 44: Take Your Kids To Work Day

No class: Take your kids to work day!

*Homework:
Organize your notes for the unit test on Wednesday!

Day 44: Assignment Work Period

1) PSA work period (in class)

Let's set learning goals for the period!

What do you want to have accomplished by the end of this period?

How can you go about achieving that goal?

2) Self-Assessment: Learning Skills and Work Habits

Homework:
*Organize your notebooks for the open book unit test on Monday!

Day 43: Forestry and Intro to Assignment

1) Agriculture Cont...

2) Canada's Forest Industry
*Read handout as a class and respond to questions
*Discuss and record answers

3) Read article online: First Nations chiefs appeal forestry plan ruling

4) Introduction to Assignment:
Public Service Announcement on the State of Canada's Natural Resources

Homework:
*Choose an industry for your assignment for tomorrow!

Note: Forestry handout not available digitally.

Day 42: Wall-E cont...

1) Friday Movie: Wall-E Cont...

2) Submit worksheet

Have a great weekend!

Day 41: Agriculture

1) Excerpts from Food Inc.

2) Discussion:
"In a way, we're not producing chickens, we're producing food." How might this affect the way the chickens are raised?

Whose responsibility do you think it is to inform us about what is in our food? Is it our responsibility to find out, the producer's responsibility to make it more clear or both? Why do you think so?

The movie points out that cows and farm-raised fish, which are not biologically suited to eat corn, are now given a modified diet that is based on corn. Do you think that people's diets have been modified in a similar way? How do you feel about the possibility of your food being modified without you being aware of it?

Would it be okay with you that healthy food is only available to those who can afford it? If so, what might be the consequences of that-both to individuals and society? (For example, by eating less healthy food, low-income individuals have more health issues, are sick more often, require more health care, miss more days of work, and have lower job performance). If not, how might we make healthy food available to everyone?

3) Complete Food Inc. Worksheet

4) Agriculture: read handout as a class
*Answer questions and record responses in your notes

Note: handout is not available digitally.

Day 40: Fishing Cont...

1) Fishing Cont...

*Continue reading handout
*Respond to questions individually
*Discuss responses as a class

2) Agriculture

Excerpts from Food Inc.

Note: handouts are not available digitally. 

Day 39: Tapped Out Cont...

1) Tapped Out Cont...

*Finish completing issues analysis
*Take-up responses as a class and copy notes from the board into your analysis

2) Fishing:
*Read handout together as a class
*Respond to questions and discuss responses together

Day 38: Tapped Out

1) Recap: Tar Sands

Discussion:

• Are the tar sands sustainable? why or why not?
• What did you find out about the pipeline?

2) Discussion: How do we use water in our everyday lives?
*mindmap on the board

3) View: "Tapped Out"

4) Complete Issues Analysis

Day 37: Wall-E

1) Friday Movie: Wall-E

2) Complete analysis questions as you view the film (to be collected)

Day 36: Tar Sands Cont...

Tar Sands Continued

1) View:
"60 Minutes: The Alberta Oil Sands"
"Tar Sands Oil Extraction: The Dirty Truth"
"SkyTruth: Athabasca Tar Sands Mining"

2) Complete Issue Analysis: The Alberta Tar Sands
*to be collected

Day 35: Recap & Oil Sands

1) Take-up Issue Analysis: "The Real Avatar"
*fill out sheet as we discuss the answers

2) Finish viewing H2Oil

3) Complete worksheet: H2Oil
*to be completed as homework (due tomorrow)

Day 34: H2Oil Cont...

1) View: H2Oil

2) Respond to questions on worksheet as you view the film

Day 33: The Real Avatar Cont...

1) Finish viewing "The Real Avatar"

2) Complete the issue analysis (to be collected)

3) Discussion: The Real Avatar

• What was the issue?
• Was the treatment of the aboriginals fair? Why or why not?
• How do you feel about what is happening in Peru?
• Do we have a "Real Avatar" here in Canada?

etc.

3) View: Cenovus advertisements: A sustainable tar sands
Deconstruct and discuss adds together

4) View: H2Oil

5) Complete the worksheet as you view the film

Homework:
-Google the oil pipeline.
-Find 1-2 interesting facts re: pipeline to share with the class

Day 32: The Real Avatar

1) Slogan Assignment Due!

2) Finish watching "Garbage: The Revolution Begins at Home"

Discussion:

• What did you think of the film? Did you like it? Why or why not?
• What was most shocking to you?

3) View: The Real Avatar

4) Complete the Issue Analysis as you view the film

Day 31: Garbage Cont...

1) Slogan Assignment: Answer questions #3

If you have not completed the task in class, it is for homework.

Due: tomorrow!

2) View: Garbage: The Revolution Begins at Home

3) Complete the activity sheet as you view the film

Day 30: Garbage: The Revolution Begins at Home

1) Homework check: Did you think of a slogan for your assignment?

2) Slogan work session: Answer question #1-2

3) View: "Garbage: The Revolution Begins at Home"

4) Complete the activity sheet as you view the film

Day 29: Intro to Slogan Assignment

1) Introduction to Slogan Assignment

*Due: Friday, October 17

2) Set learning goals:

By the end of the period, I would like to have...

a) brainstormed words connected to sustainability and eco-footprint
b) started thinking about possible slogans

Homework:
-Think of a slogan for tomorrow!

Day 28: Our Mother Earth is Growing Old Cont...

1) Take-up responses from mind map

2) Human Footprint: National Geographic

*Pink Football Game

Day 27: Our Mother Earth is Growing Old

1) Read: "Our Mother Earth is Growing Old"
(handout in class)

2) Mind Map
*Create a mind map exploring the major themes/ideas

Day 26: The Story of Stuff

1) Watch: The Story of Stuff

2) Complete the activity worksheet as you view the film

Day 24: E-waste

1) View: Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground

2) Complete the activity worksheet while viewing the video

Day 23: Ecological Footprint Cont...

1) National Geographic: Human Footprint
*Sweets, Fruits, and Vegetables
*Plastics and Metals
*Cleansing and Beauty Products

2) How big is your ecological footprint?
*Calculate your ecological footprint using the following website: Mec

Questions for Discussion:

• What makes the largest contribution to you 'eco-footprint'? (energy land, food land, built land, etc).
• What is the ecological footprint of your dinner? Where did the food ingredients originate? How did they get to your dinner plate?
• What kinds of actions can you take to reduce your 'eco-footprint'?

Search on the web:

• How does Canada's ecological footprint compare to those of other nations?
• What can you do to help Canadians reduce our ecological footprint?

Day 22: Ecological Footprint

1) National Geographic: Human Footprint
*Introduction
*Human Presence
*Diapers and Milk
*Meat, Eggs and Carbs

2) Presentation: What is an Ecological Footprint?

*Fill out the note as you view the powerpoint: handout

Day 21: The Lorax Cont...

1) Finish viewing "The Lorax"

*What is the moral of the story?

2) Complete the worksheet (to be collected and assessed)

Day 20: Introduction to Unit 3: Resource Mangement

1) Introduction to Unit 3: Resource Management

Watch the trailer for "Revolution"
*Think about the state of our natural resources: locally, nationally and globally

*What is sustainability?

SUSTAINABILITY - An approach to development that meets the needs of the present without negatively affecting the ability of future generations to meet their needs

2) Film: "The Lorax"
*As you view the film, complete the worksheet (to be collected)

Day 19: Disasters Challenge: Presentations

1) Presentations: Disasters

Day 18: Disasters Work Period 2

1) Disasters Challenge Work Period

By the end of the period today, you should have:

1) Written your script
2) Rehearsed your skit
3) Assigned roles for prop collection/music/background design (to be completed over the weekend)

Presentations will be held on Monday! Be prepared.

Day 17: Disasters Work Period

1) Disasters Challenge Work Period

Learning Goals:

*Review assignment criteria
*Discuss responses to questions
*Write/plan script
*Rehearse script
*Search for props, backdrop, music to accompany your skit

Presentations will be held Monday in class. Each group must be ready to present.

Day 16: Disasters Cont...

1) Disasters Cont...
-refer to yesterday's post

2) Introduction to Disasters Challenge

*Presentations will begin on Monday!

Day 15: Postcard assignment and Disasters

1) Work Period: Postcard Assignment

*To be completed for homework. Due tomorrow!

2) Disasters:

a) Canada's Worst Weather

b) The Canadian Disaster Database

c) Top Ten Natural Disasters of Canada

d) Volcanoes 101

e) Storm Hunters (Tornado)

f) Inside Earthquakes

g) Hurricanes

h) Floods

Day 14: Work Period

1) Map of Canada Quiz!

2) Postcard Assignment

*Refer to Friday's lesson for details.

Due: Wednesday, September 24


Homework:
-Postcard Assignment

Day 13: Exploring Ecozones

Library Session:

1) Consult the following website:
http://earlhaig.ca/library/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CGC1D-Ecozones-v061.swf

2) Complete the activity on the "Ecozones of Canada" website

3) Introduction to Postcard Assignment

4) Choose your ecozone.

5) Start gathering information for your postcard. 

Be sure to include the following information:

-Location

-Vegetation

-Landforms

-Soils

-Climate

-Animals

-Protected areas

*Take a look at some sentence starters to help you complete your postcard.

**Map of Canada Quiz Monday!

Day 13: Landform Regions

1) Landform Regions Presentation Cont...

-Continue to fill out your chart as you view the powerpoint presentation

2) Population map: Why do people live where they do? Discussion

Homework:
-Study for map of Canada quiz! (Monday)

Day 12: Ecozones

1) Conditions affecting ecozones (climate, soil, vegetation, wildlife, drainage)
-discussion and fill out chart  (handout)

2) Landform Regions Presentation
-fill out chart (handout)

Homework:
-Study for your map of Canada quiz! (Monday)

Day 11: Conditions affecting ecozones cont...

Activity:
You will be assigned a reading and a series of questions. You will be the expert in your assigned reading. Once you have answered your questions, you will then be paired with a member from each group, where you will present your findings. Your peers will take down notes. They will then share their information with you, while you record the information in your notes. 

1) Soil 
-Read p. 26-27
-Answer # 1-4ab, 5, 6

2) Vegetation
-Read p. 28-30 
-Answer #1-5

3) Wildlife
-Read p. 31-32
-Answer #1-4

4) Drainage
-Read p. 34-35
-Answer # 1, 3

**Map of Canada Quiz: Monday, September 22, 2014

Day 10: Conditions affecting ecozones cont...

1) Weather and Climate
-video
-Answer the questions on the worksheet while viewing the video

2) Discussion:

1) If you were deciding where to move in Canada, would you try to find out about climate or weather? Give reasons for your answer.

2) Which two weather characteristics are most important to you? Explain.

3) What has the weather been like in your area during the past few weeks? Are these conditions normal for your area at this time of year?

Day 9: Conditions affecting ecozones

1) Discussion: 
-Take up responses from Plate Tectonics

2) Erosion
-Reading: p. 16-17
-Answer questions # 1, 3, 4ab
-Discuss our findings as a class

Day 8: Introduction to Ecozones

1) What is an ecozone?
-Reading: p. 4-6
-Copy figure 1.2a into your notes

2) Plate Tectonics
-video 
-Reading: p. 13-15
-define bolded terms
-Answer questions #1-6

Day 7: Map of Canada Assign. Cont...

1) Mapping Assignment
-complete finishing touches on your maps

For those of you who have not completed the assignment, it is due tomorrow!

Homework:
-finish colouring your maps
-be sure to go over the mapping checklist prior to submission

Day 6: Map of Canada

1) Map of Canada Assignment

Due: Tomorrow!

Day 5: Mapping

1) Mapping Conventions

2) Mind map of Canada: What do you remember?

3) Map of Canada Assignment

Due: Wednesday, September 10

Day 4: Geo of home cont...

1) The Geography of Home cont...

2) "A picture says 1000 words" (activity)

Day 3: The geography of home

1) Scavenger Hunt: 

Based on our discussion yesterday, your task is to circulate the school in search of three (3) things which connect to this course.

You may wish to take a photo of the item.

You will present your findings to your peers.

Please provide a brief description of the photo, and a brief analysis of how it is related to geography.

2) Mapping Activity:  (worksheet)

A) Sample map of Oakville: maps.oakville.ca

Discussion:

What elements need to be included in a map?
How do we effectively label a map?


B) Draw a map of your community from memory.

Think about: transportation (walking, bike lanes, roads), community buildings, stores, lakes, rivers, streams, hills, forests, etc.


Discussion: 

What different geographical elements are reflected on your maps?

Day 2: What is geography?

1) Canadian Geography Video

2) What is geography? (activity)

3) 5 themes of geography (video and activity)

Welcome!

Welcome to Mrs. Berube's Geography class!

1) Course Outline

2) Who are you? Student survey