Monday, 21 March 2016
The main topics that were covered this week were Freedom vs. Security, How to overthrow a Government (project) and a brief review on SBQ's.
On Monday, we had a lesson on the topic of Freedom vs. Security. We talked about how sometimes the balance of both can go wacky. We went over some quotes from individuals such as Hermann Goering, John Adams, and Ben Franklin. Here are some of the quotes that we went over...
Hermann Goering was Hitlers right-hand man and had a strategy that was to create a sense of fear so people will do what you want.
- "Liberty, once lose, is lost forever." -- John Adams
- "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
Another person that we discussed was Maher Arar. Arar was taken in during a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport in September 2002 on his way home to Canada after a family vacation in Tunis. He was kept in Syria for almost a year and during that time was tortured. Arar's lawyers declared that the US government's actions were illegal and violated his constitutional, civil and international human rights. Here is a video that further explains Maher Arar's situation and what he had to go through.
-Maher Arar
Here is another video that gives another perspective on the Topic of Freedom VS. Security..
- FREEDOM VS. SECURITY
On Tuesday, We presented our "How to Overthrow a Government" projects to teachers in our school as well as some from out of Lindsay Thurber. All of the projects were due theThursday the 10th. We then did a walk through of them on Monday the 14th and got our final marks on Tuesday the 15th. Those who came to see our projects really enjoyed them and everyone did a great job!
On Wednesday, we wrote a reflective essay about our projects. These were due by the end of the week. Some of the questions that we had to answer were:
1. Introduction:
Explain the project and say what you had to do.
2. How proud you were of your work:
Give examples that help out your answer and provide details.
3. What I want people to notice:
Give examples from your project with details
4. What would you do next or What needs to be done:
Again, give examples and details and then final tie it all together.
You can find the outline and what is expected of the Reflective Essay on our Google Classroom.
On Thursday, we did a brief review on how to write a source-based question. Here are some tips that Plastow gave us:
There are 3 sources given. When you are looking at each source you should answer the following three questions...
1.) What is the message of the source?
2.) How do you know? (Is it written, drawn, referred, etc)
3.) What is the context? Why? (If you can expand on the why part it will help you get above satisfactory)
In an SBQ, a good idea is to create an overarching question. To do this you can explain what the common theme or issue is.
For example, To what extent should liberalism be embraced?
Then - provide answer...how each source would answer the question.
Key things to remember while writing an SBQ are,
- The MORE detail you provide the BETTER it will be!
-Look for little clues that could be within the source.
On Friday, we wrote an SBQ in class which is due on Monday March 21, 2016. The SBQ that we did is posted in the Google Classroom.
On Monday, we had a lesson on the topic of Freedom vs. Security. We talked about how sometimes the balance of both can go wacky. We went over some quotes from individuals such as Hermann Goering, John Adams, and Ben Franklin. Here are some of the quotes that we went over...
Hermann Goering was Hitlers right-hand man and had a strategy that was to create a sense of fear so people will do what you want.
- "Liberty, once lose, is lost forever." -- John Adams
- "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin
Another person that we discussed was Maher Arar. Arar was taken in during a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport in September 2002 on his way home to Canada after a family vacation in Tunis. He was kept in Syria for almost a year and during that time was tortured. Arar's lawyers declared that the US government's actions were illegal and violated his constitutional, civil and international human rights. Here is a video that further explains Maher Arar's situation and what he had to go through.
-Maher Arar
Here is another video that gives another perspective on the Topic of Freedom VS. Security..
- FREEDOM VS. SECURITY
On Tuesday, We presented our "How to Overthrow a Government" projects to teachers in our school as well as some from out of Lindsay Thurber. All of the projects were due theThursday the 10th. We then did a walk through of them on Monday the 14th and got our final marks on Tuesday the 15th. Those who came to see our projects really enjoyed them and everyone did a great job!
On Wednesday, we wrote a reflective essay about our projects. These were due by the end of the week. Some of the questions that we had to answer were:
1. Introduction:
Explain the project and say what you had to do.
2. How proud you were of your work:
Give examples that help out your answer and provide details.
3. What I want people to notice:
Give examples from your project with details
4. What would you do next or What needs to be done:
Again, give examples and details and then final tie it all together.
You can find the outline and what is expected of the Reflective Essay on our Google Classroom.
On Thursday, we did a brief review on how to write a source-based question. Here are some tips that Plastow gave us:
There are 3 sources given. When you are looking at each source you should answer the following three questions...
1.) What is the message of the source?
2.) How do you know? (Is it written, drawn, referred, etc)
3.) What is the context? Why? (If you can expand on the why part it will help you get above satisfactory)
In an SBQ, a good idea is to create an overarching question. To do this you can explain what the common theme or issue is.
For example, To what extent should liberalism be embraced?
Then - provide answer...how each source would answer the question.
Key things to remember while writing an SBQ are,
- The MORE detail you provide the BETTER it will be!
-Look for little clues that could be within the source.
On Friday, we wrote an SBQ in class which is due on Monday March 21, 2016. The SBQ that we did is posted in the Google Classroom.
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