In the News

Social Studies is a course that deals with a great deal of history but is really more about what is happening in Canada and the world around us every day. To see evidence of this one really just has to open a newspaper on any given day and take account of the number of news items that directly relate to the themes we study in Social Studies.

Your task is to review a variety of news sources and identify current event articles and issues that shape our world.  We are not talking NHL lockout or the Justin Bieber's love life.  Look for world events, politics, economics, rebellion and reform. The issue you select could be a local, provincial, national or world event as long as it fits into Your post must include the following:

1. A link or reference to the article you have selected.
2. Some background on the event, conflict, participants etc.
3. A summary of the issue and the article.
4. An explanation of how your selection ties into Social Studies and its importance as a world or Canadian issue.
5. 2 or 3 questions your article brings up for you that you would like to see answered in the future.

Many of the news links located on the sidebar of this blog are excellent starting points for your news search.

Proud to Be Canadian!

While most Canadians are very proud of their country we often are quick to look to our faults instead of celebrating our successes.  Click on the following link and and explore some of the stories from people talking about their proudest "Canadian" moments.

Once you have looked at a few leave a comment to this post describing what moment or moments have made you the proudest about being Canadian.

Defining Moments

Welcome to Social Studies 10

Welcome to the companion blog to my Social Studies 10 classes? Here we will have a chance to pose questions, share opinions, engage in discussion and discuss course topics or items of interest that relate to our classwork. A reminder that this is an open forum and it is expected that responses be appropriate. Think of this as an extension of the classroom, if you wouldn't say it in the classroom please don't type it here. As well, please ensure you add your initials and the period of your socials class to the end of your comments so I know who to give credit to. For example if I was in the period 1 class I would end my comments with RL P-1.