The Colony of Vancouver Island

Hi Class,

Here is the agenda for today:

• Review election results and compare to StudentVote results.
• Review the Oregon Territory Worksheet (6-2) and recap the Oregon Trail game
• Colony of Vancouver Island ppt
• Activity 6-3 - Population of Fort Victoria.

HOMEWORK:

• From last day, read pg. 208-213 (Oregon Territory)
• From today, read pg. 213-216 (Vancouver Island)
• Add to map: Columbia River, Vancouver Island, Fort Langley, Fort Victoria, Nanaimo, Cumberland
• Choose 4 out of the 8 questions on Activity 6-3 to complete for next class.

FROM LAST DAY:

• Oregon Territory PowerPoint

Student Vote Results

Hi Everyone,

Here are the results from today's student vote activity.

Block 1.3

• Nicholas Scapillati (NDP) - 9
• Andrew Wilkinson (Liberal) - 7
• David Kettlewell (Green) - 5
• Bill Clarke (Conservative) - 1
• Spoiled ballots (2)

Block 1.2

• Andrew Wilkinson (Liberal) - 10
• David Kettlewell (Geren) - 8
• Nicholas Scapillati (NDP) - 5
• Bill Clarke (Conservative) - 1
• Spoiled ballots (2)

Ms. U

Wednesday, May 8th

Hi Class,

Here is the plan for the day:

• Hand in Worksheet 7.1
• Student Vote!!
• Government/Politics Quiz
• A Mountain of Grief story activity
• Finish Woo Xi Feng's story (150-200 words)
• Notes on BC's History + the Oregon Territory
• BC Map, add the following from the story:
• New Westminster
• Yale
• Fraser River

Ms. Underwood

Vancouver Quilchena Candidates:

Hi Class,

Today we talked about electoral districts and discovered that Prince of Wales is in the Vancouver-Quilchena riding provincially.

In class we started working on a profile of candidate that is running is this riding. Select a candidate from the list and fill in worksheet 5.1:

• Clarke, Bill - BC Conservative
• Kettlewell, Damian - Green Party
• Scapillati, Nicholas - BC NDP
• Wilkinson, Andrew Franklin - BC Liberals

Due at the beginning of next class!!

Quiz on May 8th

Ms. U

Rights and Responsibilities

Hi Class,

Today we worked on understanding our rights and freedoms. We learned that we have certain rights and freedoms that are protected by law in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (part of the Canadian Constitution). For homework complete:

• Worksheet 2.4
• Questions. Use Handout 2.5 to help answer the following:
• Brainstorm reasons why fewer people in the province are casting their ballot.
• Is this decline disrespectful to those who had to fight for their right to vote?

See you Thursday!

Ms. U

Types of Government

Hi Class,

Today we started on the Student Vote Activities. Your homework is to complete Worksheet 1.1: Types of Government & Worksheet 1.2: Who Should Decide by next class.
Ms. U

Hugo Chavez article

Hi Class,

So to transition back from Ms. Kingstone teaching, and to prepare for my return we are starting off with a current event!! We will be looking at an article on Hugo Chavez.

We will be looking at these links to give us some more background into the situation in Venezuela:

• http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTR2OBUP#a=1
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20664349
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21737742
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22236876

There will be a Current Event Quiz on Friday!
Ms. U