What we did in Social 9 class today.
Oct 21 - Defined what Quality of Life of life was and what the indicators of quality of life were. Also learned what GDP was and how it can affect quality of life
Oct 16 - Today we had many students absent and I didn't want them to miss watching the rest of the documentary so I turned it into a math homework class.
Oct 15 - Today we started watching a documentary called "God Grew Tired of Us". We are starting a new unit on Consumerism and Quality of Life. The purpose of this documentary is show that our quality of life does not depend necessarily on our standard of living. This is a great documentary that everyone should watch.
Oct 10 - Sorry I haven't updated this. I was gone for a few days and got out of the habit. I will try and do better.
Today in Social 9 we had a chapter test on Chapter 6 - Economic systems. The students will be bringing the test home to make corrections on Tuesday. Students will need to find the answers in the textbook, correct the question and state which page they found the answer on.
Sept 27 - Worked on Module 1: Section 1: Lesson 4. Students were assigned to read the assigned pages from the above page and then work on the handout.
Sept 26 - Watched an introductory video on The Role of Unions. Students completed a "Checking for understanding" worksheet while they watched the video. We then watched a video by the National Film Board of Canada called "Chandler's Mill".
Sept 24 - Discussed questions about what an economy and how students needed to be informed to make decisions about what type of government they individually would want. Discussed the difference between Canada's mixed economy and the United States more market economy. We watched the video and answered the question from the video.
Sept 18 - Finished up Lesson 3 today including all assignments and activities. Students then took notes for this chapter and completed their definition page for this lesson.
Sept 17 - Started on Lesson 3 - Government involvement in the Economy. Students worked through lesson 3 up through page 2.
Sept 16 - Finished up Module 1 - Section 1 - Lesson 2. Did all the activities in this lesson. Click on the link above to go directly to lesson. If you are not finished all activities it is homework.
Oct 16 - Today we had many students absent and I didn't want them to miss watching the rest of the documentary so I turned it into a math homework class.
Oct 15 - Today we started watching a documentary called "God Grew Tired of Us". We are starting a new unit on Consumerism and Quality of Life. The purpose of this documentary is show that our quality of life does not depend necessarily on our standard of living. This is a great documentary that everyone should watch.
Oct 10 - Sorry I haven't updated this. I was gone for a few days and got out of the habit. I will try and do better.
Today in Social 9 we had a chapter test on Chapter 6 - Economic systems. The students will be bringing the test home to make corrections on Tuesday. Students will need to find the answers in the textbook, correct the question and state which page they found the answer on.
Sept 27 - Worked on Module 1: Section 1: Lesson 4. Students were assigned to read the assigned pages from the above page and then work on the handout.
Sept 26 - Watched an introductory video on The Role of Unions. Students completed a "Checking for understanding" worksheet while they watched the video. We then watched a video by the National Film Board of Canada called "Chandler's Mill".
Sept 24 - Discussed questions about what an economy and how students needed to be informed to make decisions about what type of government they individually would want. Discussed the difference between Canada's mixed economy and the United States more market economy. We watched the video and answered the question from the video.
Sept 18 - Finished up Lesson 3 today including all assignments and activities. Students then took notes for this chapter and completed their definition page for this lesson.
Sept 17 - Started on Lesson 3 - Government involvement in the Economy. Students worked through lesson 3 up through page 2.
Sept 16 - Finished up Module 1 - Section 1 - Lesson 2. Did all the activities in this lesson. Click on the link above to go directly to lesson. If you are not finished all activities it is homework.