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paddling in Doaktown on SW Miramichi

Posted: October 7, 2019

Date: 

Fri, Oct 11/19 8:35 am

Chapter 2: Our Natural Environment

 Be able to read a relief map and get information about elevation and some land features (p.19)

Know the 5 regions of CanadaKnow how big Canada is as a country in km2

Know representative fractions and map scales

Be able to use a straight edge and a map w/ a legend estimate distance between two points on that map.

Know all 6 Time zones by name. 

Be able to tell me time in one if given a time in any other.

Know what the landforms of Atlantic Canada are like. 

Be able to describe these landforms.

Water forms => be able to contrast and compare like we took down as notes in class.

There may be a vocabulary section on the test: it would be a matching type of question if there.

Posted: October 6, 2019

AotW #5: US Researchers On Front Line of Battle Against Chinese Theft

 

Watch the clip from the World Economic Forum titled "The Global Gender Gap 2015" AND examine parts of the World Economic Forum’s 2018 report on "The Global Gender Gap." The report provides data comparing gender disparity within four categories: Economy, Education, Health, and Politics.

Based on exposure to the different ways in which gender inequality is demonstrated around the world,  propose a plan to target one specific category where gender inequality exists. To review, the World Economic Forum has identified Health, Education, Economic Participation and Political Empowerment as the main categories they measure. You should be able to identify an area to be addressed, provide a background to the issue with examples, explain what efforts have been made to address the issue and, lastly, propose an action plan to remediate the problem.

Discuss the answers to the following questions as an introduction to the work of the World Economic Forum:

a) In which of the 4 categories have gains been made in narrowing the gender gap? Provide evidence.

b) Do any of the results from the 2016 study surprise you? Explain.

Posted: September 30, 2019

AotW #4: Hong Kong Police Smash Anti-China Demonstration, creating Chaos

Posted: September 27, 2019

The War at Home

Posted: September 24, 2019

Child Brides: Stolen Lives

a) What are your initial impressions of the documentary? b) How is child marriage addressed in this documentary? c) What are the common characteristics of the three girls profiled in Child Brides? How is this indicative of views about women and girls in those countries? 

Posted: September 23, 2019

AotW #2: Houthi Forces in Yemen Warn of More Attacks on Saudi Oil Systems

Posted: September 23, 2019

Date: 

Fri, Sep 27/19 8:35 am

Chapter 1: Finding Your Way

 ·         Know all vocabulary

 ·         Physical vs. cultural features = be able to give examples

 ·         Know how to use coordinates on a topographic map; be able to locate physical/cultural features

 ·         Know how to find a city using latitude/longitude; know how to give latitude/longitude coordinates for a city

 ·         Know how to follow directions on a large-scale city map 

·         Know names of all four provinces AND their capital cities

Posted: September 22, 2019

AotW #3: Climate Change - Impacts 'Accelerate' As Leaders Gather

For further information from this same news organization, the British Broadcasting Corporation, I am inlcluding the following link of articles and videos. It may prove useful for scrapbook source material also.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-49753710

Posted: September 20, 2019

 

1. Colour land mass of just the province and the water for maps of NB, NS, NL, PEI

 

2. Identify the following cities on each map AND the following bodies of water:

 

New Brunswick = Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton AND Northumberland Strait, Bay of Fundy

 

Nova Scotia= Halifax, Sydney AND Northumberland Strait, Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Fundy

 

PEI = Charlottetown, Summerside AND Northumberland Strait, Gulf of St. Lawrence

 

Newfoundland & Labrador = St. John’s, Gander AND Atlantic Ocean

 

3.Read pp.14-16 and answer question #1 on p.17

 

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