Social Studies

Monday, June 3

Click the link for your civilization below. Use the Google Slides to build your project on Geographic Features

Greece

Rome

Cree

Egypt

China

Aztec

Inca

Thursday, May 23 - Civilization Times

Use the slideshow below to track the achievements of your civilization.

Thursday, April 25 - What makes a civilization?

Use the links below to learn about your civilization. What are some important achievements of your civilization? What interesting details did you find?

Athens

https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar234900/ancient%20greece

Rome

https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar474350/ancient%20rome

Qin China

https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar453780/ancient%20china

https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar506870/emperor%20huang

Aztecs

https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar040540/aztec

Egypt

https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar175060/ancient%20egypt

Incans

https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar273760/inca

Cree

https://worldbookonline.com/student-new/#/article/home/ar139960/cree

Wednesday, April 3rd - What happened to other hominid species?

Using the links below, research the different hypotheses scientists have for where our hominid cousins went. Why do you think humans are the last hominid species?

Wednesday, February 28

Use the following links to study early humans:

Smithsonian

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolution-interactive-timeline

Britannica

https://www.britannica.com/science/human-evolution/Background-and-beginnings-in-the-Miocene

National History Museum

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-origin-of-our-species.html

Tuesday, February 20th

https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/career-planning/quizzes#personalityQuiz

As a class, we are going to explore our personality and skills. Using the link below, take each of the career quizzes and personality quizzes. Upload a screenshot of your results and answer the following:

What did you learn about your personality in this activity? What strengths do you have? What stretches do you have?

What did you learn about your career possibilities? Were the results surprising? Do you agree with the results? What career do you believe you are best suited to?

Tuesday, February 13th

Using the following website, collect evidence on the most important milestones in human evolution.

Note: the timeline includes specific information on each milestone; however, you will need to do additional research to find the importance of your chosen adaptation.

https://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/human-evolution-interactive-timeline

Tuesday, January 9

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/brand-connect/embassy-of-japan/friendship-springs-eternal/

Read the above article. Determine who wrote it, who published, and their possible motivations for this.

Friday, November 3

The following links correspond to the questions for Friday's social studies activity. Please refer to our class handout as a guide to the following questions.

Canada's Housing Crisis

Before reading (p. 4)

Have students watch this video of the prime minister addressing some of the reasons why the housing crisis exists:

• http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2257657923971  [2:24]

Questions for online exploration (p.9)

1 . Find out more about Prime Minister Trudeau's plans for dealing with the housing crisis in Canada:

• https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2264672323570 [3:10]

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-poilievre-housing-election-1.6970389

2. Learn why many observers say Canada is not doing enough to address the housing crisis:

• http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2263916099518 [22:07]

3. Find out why some observers believe that the latest housing announcements by the three major federal parties are politically motivated:

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/housing-trudeau-poilievre-cabinet-retreat-analysis-1.6946386

4. Read a report, written by industry experts and advocates, on how to fix the housing crisis in Canada:

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cabinet-pei-day-2-1.6943031

5. Find out why getting homes built is so complicated:

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-government-housing-construction-challenges-1.6941854

6. What is a mortgage?

• https://www.ducksters.com/money/mortgages.php

Friday, September 29

Tuesday, September 19

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

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