come watch the drama team kill it tmr at Gloria

hey guyzzz soooo we got to hear Anita's great oral report on Mikael Gorb. and tomorrow will be mine. Mrs. Loconte showed some videos on the stuff we were learning about in our text book which really helped understand Russia and how most of the countries in the Soviet bloc bounced (3 countries left 3  stayed)

HWK: GET STARTED ON ESSAY AND do the Yugoslavia questions which are on pg 234 numbers 1 to 5 

PICTURE OF THE DAY : https://www.google.ca/search?q=kazakhstan&client=tablet-android-samsung&espvd=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=NdJCVd7wEcXVoASYtYDYAg#imgrc=0g1YLXVTmcVntM%253A%3BsKDV8iAdR_YDuM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimages.nationalgeographic.com%252Fwpf%252Fmedia-live%252Fphotos%252F000%252F702%252Fcache%252Fbaiterek-kazakhstan-ludwig_70215_990x742.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fphotography.nationalgeographic.com%252Fphotography%252Fphoto-of-the-day%252Fbaiterek-kazakhstan-ludwig%252F%3B990%3B742

Kazakhstan is a beauty 

Sunny End to a Windy Day

What did we do today?
-reviewed the section of reading and homework
-watched a lot of videos

What should you do tonight?
-answer questions on page 220
-keep working on (or start) your essay

Fun fact?

In an amazing coincidence, Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear detonations without permanent injury. 

mondays suck

Today in class we finished our UN test and starting a new chapter.
home work for tonight is finish all in review questions on pg 216

DID YOU KNOW? - there are currently 16 UN peacekeeping operations deployed on 4 continents.

Frustrated with the World

Friday we recaped UN failures in Somalia and the genocide in Rawanda

Homework: UN TEST!! on Monday
Levi, you have an oral report on Lester Person.

Intersting Fact: During the Rawanada genocide, more than 6 men, women and children were murdered every minute of every hour of every day. This efficiency of killing was maintained for more than 3 months.

Levi loves Israel

Read the next section in the textbook and answer questions on page 205!



United Nations fact: In 2015, the rotating members of the Security Council will be Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, and Nigeria

So this happened today

Peacekeepers go bub-bye!

On a side note: I am proposing a test on the UN for Monday.
Let me know your thoughts.
Anita: blogger.


Interesting Fact:  There are 16 UN peacekeeping operations currently deployed and there have been a total of 69 deployed since 1948.   (un.org)
more details here

woo woo weeks almost over

Hey homies today we were missing mrs. Loconte but we had Ms. Yeung so what we did with her was we reviewed our homework questions on the board so that we could all understand the UN better. We also read pg 187-195 so if anyone missed that read it and do the questions #1-9. ALSO today in class the girls especially Anita discovered that Gamal Abdel Nasser looks like me because we were reading about him.


Interstitial fact: shout outs to India they were the first country to discover DIAMONDS

Cold, Wet and Hungry

Today we had a TEST on the Cold War.

Homework:

• Read the United Nations and answer ALL the questions on 187

That is all!

Levi's Video of the day: GoPro: Speedflying Dog - YouTube

Don't know what to call this one

What did we do today?
- Jaimant taught us about denazification
- discussed Poland and Helsinki Accords
- reviewed the Cold War

What should you do tonight?
-study for the Cold War test tomorrow
-check out Mrs. Loconte's post

Why is history cool?
-today is Hitler's birthday (as Jaimant would say, shout outs to Hitler)

This does not replace Sonya's blog

Cold War

Chapter 10 of Global Forces speaks in more detail of the Cold War (there are 31 questions at the end of the chapter!).
The powerpoint link above answers all of those questions. Most we have learned but some we have not.
Good luck on studying for the test and, again, please know that I do appreciate your attendance in class today knowing that you could have been elsewhere.

I TOTALLY FORGOT

Well I don't know if this counts but homework for YESTERDAY
Do questions the review questions on page 168.

Interesting fact: During the Cold War, USSR thought that the heavily trafficked building in the center courtyard of the Pentagon was a top-secret meeting room and pointed nukes at it. It was a hot dog stand

I got lost in Vancouver therefore was unable to blog on time

QUIZ TOMORROW

SONYA YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION
ORAL REPORT THING

BYE

RAINcouver

Today in Class we shared oral presentations, talked about the cold war and started sharing our research projects. 

Homework: 

1. p. 154 all questions
2. Read all non-assigned sections
3. Essay topics assigned

REMEMBER TO BE SCOUTING FOR REALPOLITIK?!? 

Your welcome. 

Levi's video of the day: GoPro: Jesper Tjäder's Dream Line at Suzuki Nine Knights - YouTube

0-100 real quick!

Today in class we discussed our homework and talked about head transplants. Later on we worked in the library and research our given topics.

Homework: 

1. Anita & Levi finish case study
2. Everyone be to present your research topics
3. Read the other research topics
4. Bonus Movie assignment
5. Have a great weekend!

GoPro: Space Net BASE Jump - YouTube so cool!

60 days left....

What did we do today?

Reviewed over the reading that was for homework, continued into the next section of reading (discussing the different pacts), had snack time

What should you do today?

Complete the "In Review" questions 1-8 on page 151 in Viewpoints.

Levi- do your oral report

Why is history cool?

Because in ancient China, the patient would only pay the doctor if they were cured. Otherwise, the doctor would pay the patient.

yoyoyoyoyoo

Today in class we finished our "creative quiz" on the pacific war. We also watched a couple videos about D-day, A-bombs and pearl harbor.

Homework for tonight !!! : read pages 139 - 146
Don't read about NATO and Warsaw.

Interesting fact : Admiral Onishi was known as the "father of the kamikaze". He committed seppuku (suicide) on 16  August 1945, after the surrender of Japan.

In Case You are Up

Pacific War

Carrot Candies

Today we went over the weekend reading and homework questions (1-2 pg 151), finished reading the rest of the chapter and discussed the rest of the questions (4-6)

Homework: There is a QUIZ on the Pacific War which Mrs. Loconte has described as creative tomorrow. Brace yourselves.

Interesting Reminder: Autarky means economic self-sufficency.

This post isn't four hours late what are you talking about .....

Finish #1 and #2 on pg. 151

Read pages 145(bottom)-147


Darrin: oral report on kamikazes due Tuesday

Nicole: oral report on Emperor Hirohito due Tuesday


Quiz on Wednesday



Have a restful Easter Weekend! He is risen

Jaimant?

You are reading the Pacific War chapter and reading up to the "Greater Co-Prosperity Sphere".