Week 1

Post date: Feb 01, 2010 4:50:19 PM

Welcome to Mr. Hamlin's Social Studies 10 course.

We will begin this week by going over our Course Outline and discussing class expectations for our semester.

During this first week, we will be looking at a brief review of topics covered in Grade 9 socials. (see attached handout)

Homework for Wednesday: Summarize each paragraph with 1 or 2 Key Sentences. Write these out on a separate piece of paper.

They are due on Wednesday. There will be a quiz on Friday.

We will also begin our reading assignments using Chapter 1 from "Our Land: Building the West"

Homework for Thursday: Complete Questions 1 & 2 on page 8 from your Chapter 1 handout.

Homework for Friday: Study your review sheets to prepare for your Quiz.

Thirdly we will make a schedule for people to do a "Current Events" assignment / debate that will take place during long block Tuesdays, beginning next week.