Social+Studies

Canadian History

media type="custom" key="9445632" align="center"

media type="custom" key="9446094" media type="custom" key="9534876" align="center"

Canadian Explores Choose 1 of the explorers from this site to discover more about early exporation of Canada.  All About Our Canadian Government Student Vote - Students across Canada voted for a Conservative Minority Government an NDP opposition

Div 4 Results Conservative - 7 votes 29.2%  NDP - 14 votes 58.3%  Liberal - 0 votoes 0%  Green - 3 votes 12.5%  ﻿  ﻿  ﻿ ***Government Test -Thursday, May 5** *  The test will be multiple choice and true false. You will also have to complete short answer questions asking you to list the **three requirements** to vote in Canada and **two responsibilities** for **each level of government.** The chart below reviewing Levels of Government will help you prepare for your test.

Click on the Quiz Star image below to help you prepare for your test. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">﻿ <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Reminder:  <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">﻿Username - first name followed by div4 example: bobdiv4  <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Password - div4  <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Student Vote - This Week! (Thursday or Friday) <span style="color: #ff00e4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">

<span style="color: #ff00e4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="youtube" key="NFyRnBt8ljs?version=3" height="390" width="640"

<span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">__Conserva__ <span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ <span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">__tive Party__ <span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">__﻿Green Part﻿y__

__<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">﻿﻿Liberal Party __

__<span style="color: #ff9000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 180%;">﻿New Democratic Party (NDP) __

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Visit the Student Vote site on Facebook for more info <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Particpate in CBC's Vote Compass to see whose views are similar to yours  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Imagine you were running for Prime Minister.Think about what issues are important to you and share those issues by creating a comic strip that outlines your campaign promises. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Click on the link below: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Comic Strip Maker <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">1. Under **Student Login** on the left, enter the following classroom code: **Kinghorn** and click on the **Go** button 2. Select your name from the name box. If this is the first time you are logging in, create your password and click **Set Password**. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">3. Have Fun! Create your avatar first so that your avatar appears in the comic strip. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Here are some links to help you learn about the three levels of Canadian Government. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Levels of Government <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">BC Government - Premier  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">[|Members of the Legislature Assembly]  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">City of Castlegar - City Hall  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Students will be participating in Student Vote 2011 - click on the image below to find more information



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">﻿ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">﻿Information about the election and electoral process can be found at:





<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">﻿ <span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">﻿ ﻿Check out this link to read about strange Canadian laws (of course many of these laws are old and no longer enforced):  <span style="color: #0d00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Strange Canadian Laws  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">﻿  <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Click on the image below to play Jeopardy. These questions will help you prepare for the **test __Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011__**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">__Click on the link below to take the practice quiz - Political and Physical Regions of Canada.__

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Steps to sign in <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">1. Click on the arrow that says student site to take you to the login screen. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">2. Enter your username - **first name followed by div4** eg. bobdiv4 <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">3. Enter the password - **div4** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">4. click on the untaken quizzes link <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">5. click on the take button - Good luck! <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">There are 7 physi﻿cal regions in Canada. See map <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">﻿ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"> below. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">﻿Check out these videos of the physical regions of Canada <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">media type="youtube" key="5VhKes7zfhA?fs=1" height="385" width="640"  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> media type="youtube" key="YfJphkPjf-g?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Geography of Canada

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Click on the flag below to access activities to help reinforce the provinces, territores and captial cities of Canada.



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students should be practicing the Capitals and Provinves Learning Activities/Quizes

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Click on the Map of Canada below to access facts and information about the provinces and territories of Canada.



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students can review and practice identifying continents and oceans online by clicking on the icons to some websites below.





<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Plus**: check out the following Prezi used to provide students with a brief introduction to World and Canadian Geography

media type="custom" key="7178095" width="56" height="56" align="left"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">