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Mrs. J. Bourdon |
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HSP3MOFri. Feb. 3 -- WELCOME BACK! -- today students recieved the course expectation sheet and I went over the topics that will be covered throughout the semester; I briefly discussed the verbal-visual essay/collage on a social issue -- this is an exam project to be completed in phases throughout the semester; students worked in pairs to prepare personal introductions-- we managed to get through a few of the presentations -- we will need to finish the remaining pairs on Monday; I distributed the first assignment which will be due on Wed. Feb. 9/12 Mon. Feb. 6 -- today we finished the personal introductions; students completed a quiz entitled Testing Your Knowledge of Psychology -- we took up the answers together as a class REMINDER: Your personal questions are due on Wed. Feb. 9/12. Tues. Feb. 7 -- we finished taking up the quiz; students were shown a Powerpoint (PPT) presentation of the definitions for Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology as well as a few other related terms and finally a Venn diagram summarizing all three social sciences; we started to read the case study of Marc Lepine and the Montreal Massacre -- this case explained the massacre from the perspectives of A, S and P -- students started writing a summary note of the incident, killer and the three perspectives into their notebooks Wed. Feb. 8 -- today I collected your personal questions; students were given some time to complete their summary notes of the Montreal Massacre case study; I showed the class a PPT presentation on the Social Science Inquiry Model (SSIM) -- 5 steps of the SSIM, various research methods, reliability of sources and bias; I also went over an example of how the SSIM is used in the Social Sciences -- students wrote summary notes throughout the PPT presentation Thurs. Feb. 9 -- today we brainstormed the similarities and differences between human beings and animals; students then watched two short documentaries entitled Do Animals Reason? and Konrad Lorenz and imprinting -- check the Grade 11 Docs page for summary notes Fri. Feb. 10 -- today students wrote a short note entitled Human Beings: Efficient Machines; we then watched a documentary entitled How Smart are Animals? -- this documentary focused on Chaser, a very intelligent border collie; dolphins and their ability to be creative; octupi and cuttlefish and their camouflaging abilities; and, Alex, the talking parrot -- afterwards we had a short class discussion and I shared some examples of imprinting in the animal world Mon. Feb. 13 -- today students started researching various important anthropologists, sociologists and psychologists; students are asked to find a picture of their particular theorists to show during their presentation; we will start presentations on Wed. Feb. 15/12 Tues. Feb. 14 -- HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! -- today we were in the computer lab Period A and the library Periods D and E to continue researching the various anthropologists, sociologists and psychologists -- students should be ready to start presentations tomorrow -- please make sure that you have a picture of your particular theorist to show to the class |
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