Hello Everyone! Welcome to my Social Studies 9 website. Classroom: 207
This site has yet to be updated, but the following are maps and some links for Unit 1:
Unit 1 Maps:
Agricultural Revolution Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QKIts2_yJ0
Timelines TV (Factories and Machines and Iron and Industry)
NOTE: UNTIL OTHERWISE NOTED, ANYTHING BELOW THIS NOTICE IS OUTDATED. DO NOT REFER TO MATERIAL BELOW THIS NOTICE FOR 2018-2019 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Here is my email address:
email: cramsey@vsb.bc.ca
This site contains a summary of the material covered in classes and units, including video links, handouts and homework. If you are absent you can check here for material you missed. If you want to watch a video you saw in class again, you can find it here.
As site material is added, separate webpages for each unit will be added. For the time being, this page will be like a blog and continue below by date.
Ms. Ramsey
Classes:
Week ending September 26
Basic Geography Review: This week we covered the seasons, basic geography and map terms which can be found on these handouts and video. There will be a quiz on this Friday, October 3
Monday, September 29
Basic Geography Review continued: Looking at map in room...maps didn't always look like this. Overview of history of mapping:
Thinking questions
What are maps for?
- Are they always made for the same reason?
- what are some different reasons these maps were made?
- What do they say about what matters to the people who made them?
- How do they change over time?
- How do maps reflect the societies who make them?
- Who and what occupations use maps in our society?
- Do they use the same maps?
These are questions we will try to answer over time.
If you find the history of maps and mapping interesting, see this video online (until Oct 15)
Assignment: Map of the World - handout - due Wednesday Oct 1 beginning of class
Quiz: Basic Geographic Terms - Friday Oct 3
Wednesday, October 1
World Map collected at beginning of class
To prepare for Quiz on Friday, October 3: know all vocabulary on from pages 2 and 3 of "Solstice vs Equinox" except the following words:
- solar altitude
- axial tilt
- Polaris
and know the following vocabulary from "The World" sheet:
- Prime Meridian
- Legend
- Scale
- Compass Rose
plus be able to list the 7 continents
These sheets are grade 8 review and you received them last week, so hopefully you know them well already.
Total: 26 questions/marks
Crossroads texts handed out today
and questions for Chapter 1 Due Friday, October 3
Crossroads p3-5Q.pdf
We will finish Chapter 1 of Crossroads (a review of Late Renaissance/Early Modern Era) by the end of next week.
Friday, October 3
Read and take notes on pages 6-11 in Crossroads for Tuesday
Tuesday, October 7
Renaissance Review questions - open book/use notes taken on weekend -
Due Thursday, Oct 9 for beginning of class
Social Studies 9 Chapter 1.pdf
Current Events: ISIS
There is a short reading and questions I am not able to upload here - available from teacher or another student can pick up. - Due Tuesday, Oct 14 if not done for Thursday - Short Quiz on Tuesday Oct 14 on reading
It is very helpful to watch and rewatch this short video on the background of ISIS:
ISIS Background Video
It is also useful to watch these, especially for interested students or for students with no background on the Middle East:
Shiites and Sunnis
Kurds
Thursday, October 9
Chart done for classwork: see page 12 in textbook: out of 16 marks
CauseandEffectChart.docx
Homework: Due Tuesday, October 14
- Read and take notes on pages 19-23 in Crossroads - important terms include Magna Carta, Parliament, Democracy
- Do 2 Pie Charts - instructions and information on pages 24-25 of Crossroads
Optional Helpful Review/Preview Videos on this topic: we will watch and discuss on Tuesday
Magna Carta
The First Parliaments
Henry VIII and the Church
Tuesday, October 14
How to do the Pie Charts (there is an extension to Thursday as many had trouble). Review the following instructions:
How to construct a Pie Graph-First Graph.pdf
How to construct the Second Pie Graph-no answers.pdf
We watched 3 videos - and took notes on 2:
Magna Carta and First Parliaments (see October 9)
Pudding Lane before the Great Fire
Review questions for pages 19-23: Due Thursday, October 16
Social Studies 9 Activity pp19-23 2.1.docx
Mini Quiz on ISIS Handout - Thursday, October 16
Thursday, October 16
Homework: Due Monday, October 20
- Read pp 26-30 in Crossroads
- Describe Calvinism or Calvinists in a short paragraph
- Answer Q 3 on pg 28 (current events)
- Answer Q 3 on pg 31 (rewrite a speech)
- If you are in D1.P3 you need to bring the Capital Cities map in for marking on Monday
Monday, October 20
History Timelines Link: use Journey to Democracy choice to repeat what we did in class
English History Timeline - Democracy
Questions for Crossroads, pp 31-35 - Due Monday, October 27
CrossroadsQ-pp31-35.pdf
Wednesday, October 22
Today's News: CBC news
The English Civil War and Oliver Cromwell
Video Links:
Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
Working ahead?
Read Crossroads pp 35-42 and answer questions 2 and 3 on page 42 Due Wednesday, Oct 29
Wednesday, October 29
Homework: Read pp 42-48 in Crossroads
Complete the definitions questions on the handout
Crossroads-Q-pp42-48.pdf
TEST on Chapter 2 of Crossroads next week - multiple choice and written
Friday, October 31
Finish the questions handed out before - due Tuesday
Video we watched about The Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution
Test on Thursday, November 6
- multiple choice and 1 written paragraph answer (choice of topics)
Happy Halloween!
Tuesday, November 4
Current Affairs videos watched in class as background to Hong Kong Protests:
Hong Kong Protests Explained
Are Hong Kong and Macau Countries?
Questions for Hong Kong Protests due Thursday, November 6
Answers for pp 41-48 will be collected on Thursday
Test on Thursday, November 6
Wednesday, November 12
Intro to Revolutionary France - New Unit
Assigned Presentation Project and Vocab List given out for entire unit
Ch 3 Vocab List.pdf
RevolutionaryFranceProject-BlkC.pdf
RevolutionaryFranceProject-BlkA.pdf
Sample Student Visual Presentation on Louis XIV - students took notes (as they would for other student presentations)
Louis XIV Biography
Video on the History of the Palace of Versailles
History of the Palace of Versailles
QUIZ on first 12 terms from Vocabulary List on Tuesday, Nov 18
Homework for Friday, November 14:
- Read pp 51-54 in Crossroads (true story), and note/write questions it leaves you with. What do you want to know?
- Choose presentation topic (due Nov 18 but it is in your interests to choose earlier)
- Start looking up vocabulary
Friday, November 14
Preparing your presentation:
The site below has examples and links to the top five - two I have seen grade 8 students use: Prezi and Google, and I've seen nice examples from the sites overall pick: Powtoon. Prezi is non-linear so you need to practice with your presentation so you know what order of topics you will choose. All the others are linear, like Powerpoint. Have fun!
Best Free Presentation Software
Class activities:
Discussed Emilie
Took notes from Powerpoint:
Social Structure in France.pdf
Watched overview of French Revolution:
Crash Course - The French Revolution
Homework for Tuesday, November 18:
Read Crossroads, pp 59-61, 64-67 and add to notes from class
Work on presentation
Learn first 12 terms from vocabulary test for Quiz on Tuesday
SS9 - Classwork questions – France under Louis XVI – due Nov 20 /9
Brainstorm responses to these questions with a partner in class. Use your notes and the text or review the videos and Powerpoints if necessary. You may need to read pp 72-73 as well, and use the headings in the chapter to find the best sources. Once you organize your answers, respond in a short paragraph individually for each question.
1. How did the location of his palace at Versailles have a negative impact on Louis XVI ability to understand the problems being experienced by the French people?
2. Outline three problems that contributed to the huge economic problems facing France.
3. What were the social and economic problems that set the stage for the French revolution?
Thursday, November 20
Homework for Monday, November 24: Read Crossroads to page 78, Answer Q. 2, 3 and 5 on page 79
On Wednesday, November 26 there is a Quiz on 11 words from vocab list - #13 - 23 (Enlightenment to Bastille) plus a new word: deficit
Open Office
This is FREE software with programs very similar to Microsoft Word, Powerpoint and Excel. This site includes individual program downloads (faster) as well as the complete package. A google search will show you other download sites.
The Open Office equivalent of Powerpoint is called Impress.
Open Office Download for Windows
Review Days for Unit Test: December 2 and/or 4 (Review material given out in class on Nov 24)
NOTICE: Date Change! Due to the number of presentations still to be done, the Chapter 3 Unit Test has been postponed until Monday, December 8
The third Terms Quiz for Chapter 3 will take place on December 4 in the usual format
The Napoleonic Era
Friday December 12
Homework due today: Q 1-4, p 97
Homework due Tuesday, Dec 16: Q 1,2, p 99, Q 1, p 104. Read through page 101 or 104
Retest for French Revolution during class on Tuesday, December 16 - marks will be averaged.
The Industrial Revolution
We are back...good to know so many of you actually use this webpage! That was one time I actually liked to hear complaints :-)
Oliver Twist: Link to 2007 BBC Film partially watched in class on youtube:
Oliver Twist
Project Gutenberg: free ebook of Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist - free ebook
Work and homework due February 17
Read "The Economic Revolution" pp 134-139. Answer Q 1 and 2 on page 139. Add to Q 2 - Benefits and drawbacks of the changes to the textile industry (including to individuals and society). Q 2 is a multi-part question - with additions it has 6 parts.
Homework due Friday, February 20
Read "Transportation - from Market to Market, including The Opening of the Liverpool to..." pp 140-142.
Answer Q 2 and 3 (3 written answer) considering the video as well, on p 143.
Crash Course - Railways in Industrial Revolution
February 24
Classwork: watched video Urban Slums - Timelines TV
Read/skim pp 143-147
Read: Child Labour Today, Factory Acts pp149-150
Read Handout and do chart:
SUMMARY OF FACTORY ACTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY UK.pdf
Homework Due Tuesday:
List 9 problems children suffered from working in factories: p 147
Answer Q 1,2,3 from "What Do You Think" p 149
February 26
Videos today:
The Peterloo Massacre
The Chartists
The Dawn of Democracy
Homework for Monday:
We will cover the Irish Potato Famine and the Highland Clearances next week
Timelines TV Website
March 2
Videos watched in class:
The Great Irish Potato Famine
Coffin Ships
Emigrants: The Highland Clearances
Homework: Question 3, 4 and first question of Question 5 on page 156 for Wednesday
Chapter Test on Friday, March 6: Review Sheet given out in class
Canadian Geography
March 24 video watched in class:
Bill Nye - The Earth's Crust
April 7
World Biomes - An Introduction to Climate
Unit Test on Monday, April 13
New France - Crossroads Chapter 8
Timeline project sheet (with a couple of links): due May 20
Research Essay: due June 1