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June 22-26 Last week of school!!! Final Updates!

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Sunday Announcement - Marking for Socials 10 is now complete.  I will be entering in final marks and comments into the school system tomorrow morning.    I will be in the classroom this week Monday through Friday from 12:30pm to 3pm most days as an FYI should you have questions.   No assignments/marks will be able to be re-adjusted past Tuesday morning at 9am as an FYI.    If you are at risk of not passing the class you will have already been contacted directly by me or by your support teacher (as of last week or this upcoming week). If you have not heard from me or your support teacher direct (as of last week or this upcoming week) - this is a good thing.     Should you have any questions/concerns please feel free to tag me and comment below and or email me direct at ahathorn@sd19.bc.ca    Have a great summer everyone!!!    P.S. If you haven't already - be sure to return your text book to the book ...

June 15-19th 2020 Week At A Glance - Environment and Climate

Please complete the Environment & Climate Questions as found in Teams > General > Assignments 11. Environment & Climate June 15-19 Please note that you can fill out your answers out direct in the word document in teams and then click on submit. As per usual please tag me in the Discussion Channel for any questions regarding this assignment and or email me at ahathorn@sd19.bc.ca Once you are done with these questions you are done with your text book (if you are up to date with assignments thus far). You can return your text book to the book bin at the main entry point of Revelstoke Secondary School. Please be sure to attend this week's live class (as it will be our last live meeting) Friday, June 19th at 12 noon.  I will be marking assignments up to Assignment 10 early this week (June 14 & 15th) and posting in the Discussion Channel as to which students are missing assignments (1-10). Assignment 11 is due no later than 10am June 19th 2020. Note: You have...

June 8-12 Week At A Glance Post WW2 & Cold War

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a fantastic weekend :) It was so great to see a few of you last week live in class on site. This week we will be completing an assignment re: Post WW2 & the Cold War The assignment for this week can be found in Teams > General > Assignments > Assignment 10 Post WW2 & Cold War This assignment) is  Due June 12th Friday by 10am please.  (You will note that all assignments have a final deadline of June 15th 2020 - this is due to the fact that Teams hides all past due assignments if a long term date is not set).  As a reminder,  our live class this week will be held on Friday June 12th online on Teams at 12 noon.  Should you choose to voluntarily attend school this week please note that no additional content will be provided for SS10 on site. However, we will be having some current event discussions as we did last week on site for Group B. Time in class will be utilized primarily for project...

June 1-5 Week At A Glance WW1, 20's, 30's and WW2 Review

Hello all!!! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend :) This week we will be completing a review assignment re: WW1, the 20's the 30's and WW2. The assignment for this week can be found in Teams > General > Assignments > Assignment 9 WW1, the 20's the 30's and WW2 Paragraph Response Review. This week's assignment re: WW1, 20's, 30's and WW2 is our Assessment/Open Book Test for these units. This review (paragraph assignment) is Due June 5th Friday by 10am please.  (You will note that all assignments have a final deadline of June 15th 2020 - this is due to the fact that Teams hides all past due assignments if a long term date is not set).  As a reminder, our live class this week will be held on Friday June 5th online on Teams at 12 noon.  Should you choose to voluntarily attend school this week please note that no additional content will be provided for SS10 on site. Instead time in class will be utilized for project completion and fo...

May 25-29 Week At A Glance WW2

As per usual :) Text Questions re: this week's reading - 305-330  are now posted in Teams > General > Assignments.  Due date: May 28 by 11am please :) See you during our live review class Thursday! 

May 19-22 Week At A Glance Canada & WW2

Happy Victoria Day! Text Questions re: this week's reading - 283-304 are now posted in Teams > General > Assignments.  Due date: May 21 by 11am please :) See you during our live class Thursday!

May Unit 3 30's & intro to WW2 May 11-15

Happy Mother's Day All! Just a heads up - Socials 10 work for May 11-15th should be posted by 4pm Monday May 11th vs. my usual 8am post Mondays. Apologies for the slight delay re: my usual 8am Monday post.  This week's work will be due for Thursday May 14th by 12 noon please :) Text Questions re: this week's reading - 263-264 & 270-281 are now posted in Teams > General > Assignments.  Due date: May 14 by 11am please :) See you during our live class Thursday!

May 5-8 Unit 3 30's & intro to WW2

Hello all! This week we will be finishing up with the 30's before moving onwards with WW2. Reminder: We will have a review sheet/open book test really - re: WW1 through to WW2 happening late May. Date TBD.  Reminder:  I have added 'Office Hours' that are available weekly on Tuesdays from 1pm-2pm for Socials 10 until the end of the school year.  If you would like to touch base with me during my Office Hours I can be reached via Teams Video Chat Tuesdays from 1pm-2pm each week.  Of course you can still tag me with public questions in our class 'Discussion' Channel via Teams and/or email me as well anytime at ahathorn@sd19.bc.ca.  1. During our live class Thursday at 1pm we will be reviewing this week's work. Office 365 > Teams > Assignments > Assignment 5  The 1930’s – Depression Era  Pages 245-247 & 250-258  This week's work is due by 9am Thursday May 7th 2020. 15 Questions /32 marks. See you Thursday at 1pm inside Teams!...

April 27-May 1 Unit 2 The end of WW1 20's/30's

Hello all! This week we will be finishing up with the 20's and 30's. UPDATE:  I have added 'Office Hours' that available weekly on Tuesdays from 1pm-2pm for Socials 10 until the end of the school year.  If you would like to touch base with me during my Office Hours I can be reached via Teams Video Chat Tuesdays from 1pm-2pm each week.  Of course you can still tag me with public questions in our class 'Discussion' Channel via Teams and/or email me as well anytime at ahathorn@sd19.bc.ca.  1. During our live class Thursday at 1pm we will be reviewing the 2nd part of last week's work. Pages 210-223. Assignment within Teams > Assignment 3. Pages 210-223. If you haven't submitted this work already please be sure it is in and submitted to Teams by Wednesday at 5pm. :) 2. New Assignment/Work for this week: Please read pages 224-229 and 238-241 in your text. For those of you who may not have your text book I have uploaded the relevant text p...

April 20-24 Unit 2 The end of WW1 entry to the 20's Boom

Hello all! If you haven't handed in last week's '1. April 13-17 How Revelstoke Handled the Spanish Flu – Article Review Questions' please go to Teams > General > Assignments to do so. Again, you can just fill in the editable word document with questions right inside the assignment. The updated deadline for this work is Thursday April 23, 2020. For this week - April 20-24 1. Please re-read pages 206-209 in your text to refresh yourself on the work completed the day prior to break. If you do not have your text book no worries. I have uploaded these pages of the text to the below noted assignment within Teams. Please then go to Teams > General > Assignments to fill in your answers to 3 questions on the editable word document right inside Assignment 2. Re: pages 206-209. 2. We then move forwards through the 20's :) Please read pages 210-223. Again, if you do not have your text book no worries. I have uploaded these pages of the text to the below...

April 14-17th 2020 The Spanish Flu 1918-1920 a Review.

Happy Tuesday Everyone :)  I hope that you all had a wonderful and restful Easter weekend.  I hope that you are all safe and well and that you were able to retrieve your Socials Text Books from school last week. If you didn't again, please check last week's blog posts as Mr. K is offering time on a case by case basis to obtain your materials from the school if you so require. I will also be providing PDF copies of the text each week (as required) within Teams - within the 'files' and 'assignments' sections via the top toolbar in Teams.  So - how to begin (again) with continuing to teach Socials/History during this unprecedented time in history?  Well - I know that we just finished up a review of the last global pandemic - the 1918-1920 Spanish Flu pandemic the last day prior to Spring Break - (timely right?) and considering the place that we are at in history right now (re: Covid19) - let's spend a little more time on this last world wide global pand...

Thursday April 9 2020 Update

Hello all! I am finishing calls today re: contacting all SS Students directly so hang tight if you haven't received a call as of yet. If you are headed to school today to pick up your belongings please be sure to check yesterday's blog post re: your assigned and set time to do so. Socials 'work' will commence next Tuesday. I will be sending out a class mass email to your parents and your personal email tomorrow with a Welcome and Class Review message re: how we will be working moving forwards with this blog and Office 365 Teams :) Should you be having any tech issues - e.g. not able to login to your 365 account please let me know ASAP via ahathorn@sd19.bc.ca Have a wonderful sunny Thursday and Easter Long Weekend :) Virtual hugs to you all! And remember - if you are looking for a related 'assignment' please feel free to view the film 1917 - available for rent on Itunes :) Chat soon!

Wednesday April 8 2020 Update

Update: 3:50pm Wednesday Hey there guys, so I am about half way through the SS 10 class re: making calls and contacting directly still so if I missed you today I will be ringing tomorrow AM :) Update 10am Wednesday April 8th 2020 Hello all!!!  Ok! So Socials "work" for today!  Please ensure that every morning you check the class blog here - I have also linked it to the top tool bar on the new  RSS Socials 10 Hathorn Team in Microsoft Team that you have all been added to.  Your "work" for today is to: Step 1: Download the Office 365 Teams App to your laptop, phone, tablet etc :)  Step 2: Login to Teams - check out the  SS Socials 10 Hathorn Team in Microsoft Team  - review the top tool bar. I have linked our blog there and also I recommend that you take a peek at the  'Class Notebook'  and locate your  student folder. Review the tabs options :) This will be how you upload and receive feedback on future assignme...

Tuesday April 7th 2020 Update

Hello all! Happy Tuesday! If you haven't checked yesterday's (April 6th's) blog post out please do as it reviews important class and course outline updates. As noted on yesterday's post this week is all about connections (which I will be completing today and tomorrow) via phone and email with you and your parents. Additionally, RSS is in the process of setting up each student with their very own 365 email. Once this is completed I will post information here on the blog re: how to access your new account. This new account will be key to accessing information re: assignments, live classes etc. We will be using Teams (in Office 365) to hold live classes. I will also be uploading assignments in 365 Teams and providing you with feedback through the same platform. Tip: Always check the blog here as a first port of call each morning. My goal will be to have the daily posts go live between 8am and 10am each week day. I can always be reached at ahathorn@sd19.bc.ca for ...

Monday April 6 2020 Socials 10 Syllabus & Class Updates!

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Hello everyone!! Welcome! The Revolution (of school) is here! I can't wait to dive in with you. Firstly, I hope that all of you are safe and sound during this time of local, domestic and global change and transition. I promise to have some really amazing things for you to participate in during this historic time. For this week please don't worry about getting loads and loads of work done for Socials 10. Slow and steady. First things first - we need to all get set up and all gain access to our new virtual classroom :)  Office 365 Teams! First Goal:  This week the goal for us re: Socials 10 is to:  check in and connect.  I will be reaching out to all of you and your parents directly Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Also - great news!!!  Mr. Wilson is activating the Office 365 student email accounts today!!!! So you will now have your very own RSS Office 365 email account!!!  This will give me, your teacher, the ability to provide feedback o...

March 30 2020 - Socials 10 Update

Hello students :) I hope that you are all well and safe and sound during this time. Please note: Your parents have received/will receive updates via email directly from RSS and the School Board this week re: our next steps as a school and as a classroom community :) Stay tuned! I'll be posting more info here (to the blog) by the end of this week/early next week. Until then - stay well and stay safe. All the best, Ms. Hathorn.

March 13 2020 WW1

Review of Women's Right to Vote in Canada. Students please read the transcription on the video below.  HISTORY OF | Women's Right to Vote Individual Work: Reading Page 204 The Person's Case How 5 Women Changed Canada Forever Over a Cup of Tea Individual Work: Reading 205-209 Questions:  Pg 206 Evidence Question. Pg 207 Historical Perspective  Pg 208 Ethical Dimension  Pg 209 Answer Q 1 and 3 

March 11 Presentation Day + Dice Roll

We have a presentation this morning!  And Dice Roll - 2 dice! 

March 10 2020 Ch 7 WW 1 Cont

Class review of Pg 198-202 Review Looking Ahead - pg 199 Review Key Terms: Individual Work: Define Inflation Suffrage Pandemic General Strikes Prohibition Branch Plants Credit Autonomy Multilateral Action Class Review Pages 200-202 Q: Why did a recession occur after the war ended 1918?  Note: 2 reasons Q: What did veterans receive upon returning home? 2 items listed.  Q: What did injured veterans receive upon returning home? Review Graphs - Pg 202 Figure 7-6 and Figure 7-7 Review Paragraph Responses Pg 202 Continuity and Change. Heritage Minutes: Nellie McClung Group Work: Web Creation Pg 203 Q 1 & 2

March 9 2020 WW 1 Cont . . .

Review from March 4 2020 Reading Pg 189-190 What are Victory Bonds? CANADIAN WORLD WAR I FILM. Victory War Bonds Sales Film. Circa 1918 What is Income Tax? What is Propaganda? Decoding Canadian First World War Posters What is the War Measures Act? What is an 'Enemy Alien?' The Surprising Story of Canada’s Enemy Aliens What were Enemy Alien's forced to do? Canada’s Forgotten History: World War One Internment Camps Review - Friday March 6 2020 Re: Individual Reading and Work Text Pages 191-196 Questions:  Women's Changing Roles.  Pg 191 Please answer Ethical Dimension Question. Pg 192 Questions for students - please write out individually. Who was Sam Hughes?  What is profiteering?  What was the Military Service Act?  What is/was conscription?  Why were most Francophones opposed to the Act?  In the end, did Canadian conscription make a difference to the war effort during WW1? Page 193 Students please answer Explor...