The Week of January 10-14

O.K. Sports Fans!  The following is what you can expect from the week to come:

Socials 30/33:
Monday:  Project work
Tuesday:  Module 8 work
Wednesday:  no class, as all students are writing their English Departmental exam.  If you wish to work on projects from 8 to 9, you may.  However, you are welcome to prepare for English.
Thursday:  Socials Departmental Part A for those students choosing to write it.  Project work for everyone else.
Friday:  Module 8 work

English 30-2:
Monday:  Exam preparation
Tuesday:  Exam preparation
Wednesday:  Exam, 9 a.m.
Thursday:  Part B exam prep.
Friday:  Part B exam prep.

Socials 10-1:
Monday:  Final Assessment Project work
Tuesday:  "
Wednesday:  "
Thursday:  Party Forum and Election
Friday:  Essay writing workshop and rough draft writing

Have a great week!

Socials 10-1 Final Assessment

The following is the final assessment project outline for Socials 10-1:

Topic:  Canadian Government

Requirements and Instructions for your project are as follows:

Your task is to collaborate with group members in order to create a new youth based political party for Nunavut.  You have class time from Friday, January 7 until Wednesday, January 12 in order to complete this project.  On Thursday, January 13 you will have your forum and election.

Your team must:

1.       Develop a name for your party

2.       Create a party logo

3.       Develop a party platform that reflects the values and concerns of youth in Nunavut.

4.       Elect a party leader

5.       Prepare a persuasive speech for your leader to deliver

6.       Prepare an advertising campaign (posters, pamphlets, slogans, T.V. and radio ads, etc.) to represent and promote your party over the course of the campaign

7.       Each group member is responsible for producing at least ONE element of the campaign

8.       You must record your daily progress for the next two weeks in a journal.  This will be a critical reflection of the party development process, forum, election, and position paper progress

9.       Your group must create a visual and auditory record of this progress.  This will be part of your final project, which you will present to the school and community on January 21.

At Thursday’s forum, you will present your party platform, ads, etc., and attempt to persuade students that they should vote for your party.  BE CREATIVE.  Following party presentations, there will be an open question and answer forum.  Prepare for this. 

At the end of the forum, you will have an opportunity to elect the political party of your preference.  Each student will be issued one ballot.

Guidelines and instructions for your position paper are as follows:

1.        Select any thesis related to Canadian Government, e.g.,

a.       First Past the Post vs. Proportional Representation

b.      Qualities of a good Prime Minister

c.       An Elected Senate

d.      Consensus vs. Parliamentary Style Government

e.      Media’s influence on campaigns

f.        Appropriate policies of a political party

g.       Setting pre-planned election dates vs. Spontaneous

h.      Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan

i.         Etc.

2.       This is to be a formal essay.

3.       Your topic must be Kim-approved

4.       Minimum 500 words, typed, double spaced, Times New Roman font 12

5.       Title page and works cited page in MLA format

6.       Must produce a rough draft, complete with editions and revisions

7.       Must utilize a minimum of three sources other than dictionaries and/or encyclopedias

8.       Your essay is due NO LATER THAN Wednesday, January 19.

Evaluation will be as follows:

1.        Completion of Political Party Project as per guidelines                   30 marks

2.       Journal, Self, and Peer Assessment of Group Work                          20 marks

3.       Position Paper                                                                                    40 marks

4.       Active Participation at Social Studies Celebration of Learning         10 marks

Total                                                                                                        100 marks

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to school, everyone!  Hope your holidays were pleasant and restful and you're all ready to  dig in to the final three weeks of the semester!

**A Big Reminder that the Social Studies Celebration of Learning/Heritage Fair takes place on Friday, January 21.  The school will be open for viewing of projects from 1:30 to 3 p.m.  Parents and community members are welcome to attend!

For the week of January 4-7:

Socials 30/33:
Tuesday and Friday are project days.  Wednesday and Thursday will be reserved for work on the final Module.

Note:  For those students writing the exam, which is optional, Part A is Thursday, January 13 at 9 a.m.

English 30-2:
We will be working on poetry, poetic terms, and short stories this week, before moving on to exam preparation on Thursday and Friday.  Part A of the Departmental Exam is on Wednesday, January 12 at 9 a.m.  This exam is NOT optional, and is worth 50% of the course mark.

Socials 10-1:
We will be discussing Government and Politics this week.  Students will begin working on their final assessment projects (in place of a final exam), which involves creating and promoting their own political parties before hosting a democratic election next week.  Look for specific project details in a future blog post.

Have a great week everyone, and a healthy and happy 2011!