Week 7: Grade 9 & 12

Hello students. First, I hope you and your families are well in this difficult time. It looks like Canada is dealing with the virus as best it can, keeping the numbers down. I still do not have many answers in regards to completion of the school year. However, I have added a link to the Learn at Home website the TDSB has provided. I am hoping this two-week window is all we need and I will see you back in the classroom on April 6^th. I will provide more information when I get it. But for now, take care of yourselves.

Grade 12 (Unit 3 on Africa- includes some of the content I was covering)
https://lah.elearningontario.ca/CMS/public/exported_courses/CGW4U/exported/interface/_content.html

Grade 9 (Textbook Chapter 12-15 attached) These were the chapters we would have been covering. Making Connections page 125-184 (compressed)

Week 6: Grade 12

Fri March 13
Headlines for March 13. Kahoot game for headlines. Then some review games before the extended break.

Thurs March 12
Computer Carts: Group work included researching 5 other genocides besides Rwanda from the 20th century. Took brief notes on each. (Cambodia 1975-79, Nanjing 1937, Bangladesh 1971, Burundi 1972, and Tulsa Riots 1921)

Wed Mar 11
Documentary (Part 2): Shake Hands with the Devil – The Journey of Romeo Dallaire with handout. Watched the second half and had time to complete questions.

Tests given back.

Tues Mar 10
Documentary (Part 1): Shake Hands with the Devil – The Journey of Romeo Dallaire with handout. Watched the first half and had time to complete questions.

Mon Mar 9
Rwanda Genocide lecture continued from Friday. Concluded with the how Rwanda fits the Rwandan Genocide 8 Stages.

Week 6: Grade 9

Fri March 13
Continue with landforms regions missed from yesterday. Then some review games before the break.

Thurs March 12
Introduction to Canada’s LandformsRegion. Started with a blank map CanadaLandforms Map and time to highlight the 7 regions in Canada . Then we split into 7 groups to do research on one of them and then report back to the class. Created notes with 4 points for each region.

Wed Mar 11
Introduction to tsunamis PowerPoint, referenced the Indonesian Tsunami of 2004. Included a short answer question regarding how to protect citizens in Tsunami prone countries. Included some video from Japan’s Tsunami in 2011. Video: How a tsunami works

Introduction to Volcanoes – continued the PowerPoint (with fill in the blank handout) from yesterday. Three types of Volcanoes: Cinder, Shield, and Composite.

Tues Mar 10
Article: Devastating Quake hits Nepal with questions.  Earthquakes Volcanoes and Tsunamis PowerPoint– with handout (fill in the blanks). National Geographic video – Earthquakes 101. Followed up with Mapping the region around Nepal.

Mon Mar 9
Famous People in the World of Geology. Includes contributions from Abraham Ortelius, Alfred Wegener, Harry Hess, Marie Tharp, and Tuzo Wilson.  Bio about Alfred Wegener.

Plate Tectonics defined including the 3 types of plate boundaries. Convergent, Divergent, and Transform. 3 Types of Plate Boundaries (4:40)

Plate Tectonics Map (7 Major Plates/8 Minor Plates). Questions about the Andes, Himalayas, Persian Gulf, San Andreas Fault and the Japanese Tsunami 2011.

Week 5: Grade 12

Fri Mar 6
Headlines for Mar 5 with Kahoot.
Rwandan Genocide PowerPoint lecture. Covered half the PowerPoint about the history of Rwanda, including the lead up to the 1994 Genocide.

Thurs Mar 5
Strike Day

Wed Mar 4
Introduction to Unit 2: Geopolitics and Conflict
Article: Scramble for Africa with points highlighted
Mapping Africa using blank map of Africa template

Tues Mar 3
Unit One Test

Mon Mar 2
Geo-pardy review in the form of a team game. Remaining time in class used to prepare for the test tomorrow. Review sheet can be fund in last weeks post. Unit Test March 3

Week 5: Grade 9

Fri Mar 6
Interior of the Earth (handout with diagram). On the back were physical geography definitions; earthquake, volcano, magnitude, etc…

The 4 Geological Eras (Precambrian, Palaeozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic). Created a chart to show a major geological, and a major biological event that happened in each era.

Alfred Wegener: Listed the 4 pieces of evidence that Wegener had to prove Continental Drift.

Thurs Mar 5
Strike Day

Wed Mar 4
Intro to Geology with discussion
Cosmos Video (Episode 9) Watched 20 minutes about the geological history of the Earth and created a board note. Included famous geologists and other countries.

Tues Mar 3
Unit One Test

Mon Mar 2
Geo-pardy review in the form of a team game. Remaining time in class used to prepare for the test tomorrow. Review sheet can be fund in last weeks post. Unit Test March 3