Ms J Hayter



















SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
SUTHERLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL
Rm D201
Tutorial times are Tuesday 8:15 and Thursday 2:55 - 4:00
Social Studies 9

Welcome back. The beginning of a new semester in 2010 is exciting and the first week is hectic.
I will try to ease this start-up time by posting course information here and on my web site. Below you will find what I expect we will cover this first week. All daily assignments will be noted and easily copied, if needed. Please check this site frequently and remember it might be modified.

Monday, Feb.1
  • Physical Regions of North America Crossroads, Chapter 6
  • Map of Canada (assign #1), student will have a quiz on this assignment on Thursday, Feb 4
  • Student Questionnaire
  • Student write -up (sample)

Tuesday, Feb 2

  • Collect forms
  • text handout
  • complete Canada Map
  • Current Events
  • Physical Regions of North America (2#)- Earth's Structure, complete worksheet que. 1 - 5.
  • Another view of North America's Physical Regions can be seen on this USGS web

Wednesday, Feb 3

  • review
  • worksheet and finish
  • Plate Tectonics and North America's major landforms
  • Erosional Processes (view video on erosion)
  • The Appalachian Region (#3)and Coastal Region (#4)
  • review for Map Test on Thursday

Thursday, Feb 4

  • test on Map of Canada
  • work on Coastal and Applachian Regions
  • Great Lakes St Lawrence Lowland Region(#5)

Friday, Feb 5

Social 10




















This is the last week of classes. Please complete assignments and submit before Thursday, January 21. All students have a review package. This can be completed and handed in for bonus marks when you handc in your Text. Your exam is on Wednesday, Jan 27 at 1:30 - 3:00




Monday, Jan 18


  • Review Nafta and questions assigned on Friday

  • Pacific Rim Trading Ch 14 285 - 290

  • Map of the Pacific Rim

Tuesday, Jan 19

  • review questions and collect the map

  • Canada Australia and China Trade Relations

  • pg 293 que #1 - 4 and pg 294 -295 que #1 - 4

  • read India,Mexico and Japan pg 296 - 306

  • complete assigned que

Wednesday, Jan 20

  • review homework
  • Immigration pg 307 - 314
  • Start British Columbia Package
  • work in assigned groups

Thursday, Jan 21

  • review the resource based economy of British Columbia
  • Merv's Forest
  • complete British Columbia Package

Friday, Jan 22

  • review the Final Exam

Social 9





This is the last week of class. All students now have a copy of the review package. The exam will cover the following chapters in Crossroads: Ch 3, 5 6,7 8 and 10. Please make sure all missed work is in by Thursday, January 21.
Your Final Exam is on Monday, Jan 25 at 1:30 - 3:00
Bring your review package and Text.

Monday, Jan 18
  • complete the French Revolution

  • The Industrial Revolution

  • Why Britain? pg 129

  • review pg 129 - 134

  • video

Tuesday, Jan 19

  • review work from Monday

  • The Agricultural Revolution

  • questions 130 - 134

Wednesday, Jan 20

  • review questions

  • The Economic Revolution 134 - 140

  • video on 'The Industrial Revolution'

Thursday, Jan 21

  • review questions

  • Transportation Revolution

  • video

  • bring review package for Friday

Friday, Jan 22

  • review questions

  • review Physical Geography terms from Ch 7

  • review for exam


Geography 12













This is the last week of the term. All Geography students are reminded to check their work to make sure all assignments are in, every mark will count. Review at this time is so important. Please attend the study sessions on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday after school. These one hour sessions will cover climate, weathering, resources and mapping.
Your final exam is on Monday, Jan. 25 at 9:00 - 12:00

Remember to review the student presentations.
Dylan's ' Sustainability"
Sara: 'Fish'
Katie "Global Warming"
Katherine " Organic Farming"
Emma "Tropical Rainforests' (can't seem to work this one? sorry)
Maia 'Salmon'
Brittney 'Air Polution"


Monday, Jan 18



Tuesday, Jan 19

Wednesday, Jan 20

Thursday, Jan 21

  • Presentations
  • review Essay question
  • Waste and Landfills
  • complete map work on Dawson Creek and Forbidden Plateau
  • Matt 'Mining'

Friday, Jan 22

  • review map and questions
  • Matt's Presentation on Mining
  • Look at a few missed items.
  • Good Luck on Monday. Make sure you bring a ruler, pen and pencil, also your four texts.

Social 9





As you know there are two weeks left of course instruction and we are short of time. In order to move more quickly I have cancelled the exam on the American Revolution. I will, instead, hand out a worksheet/quiz on the American Revolution to be completed on Monday. Over the next two weeks I will cover the additional sections on the French and Industrial Revolution but in less depth.I will hand out a review package by Friday. This package can be completed and handed in (for bonus marks) on the day students take the final exam. Students who review and make their own study notes will also be able to earn bonus marks. Please see me for further information.


Monday, Jan 11


  • Quiz American Revolution

  • France; map

  • worksheet on 'French Society in the 17th Century"

Tuesday, Jan 12



  • The Enlightenment

  • Crossroads pg. 68 - 72

  • Events leading up to the French Revolution

  • video "French Revolution'

  • complete worksheet 'Revolution Begins' pg 72 - 75

Wednesday, Jan 13



  • review"The Revolution Begins"

  • The Great Fear and The Declaration Of the Rights on Man and the Citizen pg 76 - 79

  • complete worksheet

  • Video 'French Revolution

Thursday, Jan 14



  • review Declaration of the Rights of Man and The Citizen

  • questions from Crossroads pg.80 - 84

  • video "French Revolution'

Friday, Jan 15



  • review questions

  • The End of the Monarchy

  • review worksheets for French Revolution
  • course Review Worksheets

Social 10







Monday, Jan 11


  • Test on British Columbia
  • review Labor and Workers

  • Ch 12 Canadian Trade to Live

  • read pg 250 - 255
  • complete Bar Graph on Trade Groups from 2004 and 2008 (This will be done on Tuesday)

  • Pg 255, Complete que 1 -4

Tuesday, Jan 12

  • review questions

  • read pg 255 - 259

  • and complete all questions

Wednesday, Jan 13

  • review questions

  • Canada and the United States

  • read pg 261 - 266

  • complete question # 1 - 2

Thursday, Jan 14

  • review questions

  • read Canadian - America Trade

  • Trade Protection: For and Against

Friday, Jan 15


Geography 12












Resource Management:


This unit looks at management and sustainability of resources. Topics covered include water, forests, energy, waste, fish, species extinction and land. Lectures, text information and student power point presentations will provide you with information needed to successfully understand these issues.


It is essential you review your power point presentation and be ready to present on the assigned day. During these last two weeks of classes you must prepare for the final exam by reviewing the course and the required readings. You can also go to the Ministry of Education's website and review the Geography 12 specifications, verbs used on exams, marking criteria for the essay and practice a sample Geography 12 exam. It is important you take time to do these things as it will improve your exam performance.Throughout these next few days be prepared for quick in class quizzes assessing homework completion.


Monday, Jan 11

  • Presentation
  • review Exam from Friday, Jan 8
  • Desertification
  • video World Hot Spots
  • Exam review after school

Tuesday, Jan 12

Wednesday, Jan 13

Thursday, Jan 14

  • presentation
  • complete worksheet on Temperate Rainforests
  • View these sites as they also give you more information on Fishing. Also review Maia's Power Point again. Salmon: Fish Farming another on a Sea Farming Company
  • exam review

Friday, Jan 15

Social 10 HAPPY NEW YEAR







Monday. Jan 4


  • review homework "Choosing a Capital"

  • complete wksh on "Responsible Government and Union of the Two Colonies" pg 173 - 178

  • read and complete British Columbia and Confederation pg 178 - 181

Tuesday, Jan 5Text Color

  • Review questions

  • Klondike Gold Rush

  • video

  • Alaska Panhandle Map

Wednesday, Jan 6

  • Review Alaska and the Alaska Boundary Dispute.

  • Ch 9 British Columbia CW

  • Ch 11: Economic Regions of Canada CW

  • Ch 9 Test on Friday, Jan 8

Thursday, Jan 7

  • Ch 11, Canada's Changing Economy

  • Group Work: Economic Regions of Canada pg 227 - 241

  • Working People pg 241 - 249 que pg 246 #1 - 4

Friday, Jan 8

  • Test on Ch 9 British Columbia

  • Ch 12 Canada's Changing Economy que pg 254 # 1 - 5

Social 9 HAPPY NEW YEAR


















Monday, Jan 4

  • review test given on Friday, Dec. 18

  • "Last Battle"

  • After the Fall of New France

  • The Treaty of Paris 1763 and the Proclamation Act 1763 (Canada Link)

  • complete worksheet from Crossroads 294



Tuesday, Jan 5



Wednesday, Jan 6



Thursday, Jan 7



Friday, Jan 9

  • review homework

  • Review American Revolution

  • Homework: the French Revolution



Geography 12 HAPPY NEW YEAR








Monday, Jan 4


  • review Climate Test from December 18

  • Vegetation Biome Chart: this was assigned in December. Review this and complete additional biomes (Tundra, Boreal/Tiaga, West Coast Rainforest, Prairie/Steppe, Desert, Mediterranean, Savannah, Monsoon, Tropical Rainforest).
  • Vegetation Biomes ppt

  • Other business: homework check assigned Provincal Exams, Presentation dates to be assigned on Tuesday

  • assign Soils: PE 11.6 #20 - 22 (also look at Worrall Ch 10)
  • Soils (ppt)

Tuesday, Jan 5



  • assign Presentation Dates for Environmental Issue
  • Soils (ppt)

  • Soils, review homework and assign PE 11.7 - 11.8 #25 - 26, #32

Wednesday, Jan 6



  • review homework on Soils

  • Desertification: examine the causes and where commonly found
  • Desertification- India

  • World Erosional Hot Spots video

  • complete wksh Cultural Ecosystems (Worrall Ch 12)

  • complete PE 17.3 #9 - 12

Thursday, Jan 7



  • Presentation

  • World Erosion Hot Spots

  • Canadian Farmland: complete for Friday

Friday, Jan 8



  • World Forests

  • Tropical Rainforests

  • video "In the Ashes of the Rainforest"

  • PE 17.1 # 3