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Thursday

murphy007 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:00:55 +0000

Welcome to the beginning of semester two!

Today was a basic introduction for each class Law 521, History 521, and another section of Law 521. Students received a course outline providing an overview of the class as well as a copy of the textbook. Be prepared to get to work tomorrow.

Monday – Thursday

murphy007 — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:02:51 +0000

Law 531- Final slideshow project is due Wednesday. Students will be completing their presentations on Wednesday and Thursday.

History 621- Symposium projects will start on Thursday in class and then the rest will take place on Friday morning.

Geography 531- Final project due Wednesday. Student presentations will be completed on Wed and Thurs.

Tuesday

murphy007 — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:24:39 +0000

Law 531- Students should have passed in both part 1 and part2 of the civil law assignment. Students were given their topic for the final project (serves as your exam) it is due Wednesday January 25.

Geography 531- No class today due to the Kids Sport fundraiser with 105.5 The Hot. All 10 European countries in 10 days slideshows should be passed in!!! I will only accept them until this Friday.

History 621- We did trivia review for the WWII quiz which will be written on Thursday. Blog due Wednesday.

Friday

murphy007 — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:15:47 +0000

Law 531- Civil law: we discussed torts (intentional and unintentional). Also, students completed an in class assignment.

Geography 531- Continued viewing of Schindler’s List.

History 621- Examined WWII and events happening at home. Symposium topics MUST be submitted by Monday. WWII test will be on Wednesday.

Wednesday

murphy007 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:44:21 +0000

Law 531- Watched the film based on a true story called A Civil Action.

History 621- We finished up Saving Private Ryan then went to the computer lab. Students should have indicated the topic for the symposium…if not yet decided get to it. Blog response due today deals with Canada and the monarchy. Also, there is a new blog post due next Wed dealing with the movie Saving private Ryan.

Geography 531- Worked in lab. Project 10 European countries in 10 days in due today!

Friday

murphy007 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:13:10 +0000

Law 531- Examined case studies involving youth in Chapter 12.

Geography 531- Students worked in the lab on the project 10 European countries in 10 days. Should be near completion…it is due next week.

History 621- Discussed Dieppe raid as well as DDay. Problem loading slideshows today…will try to put them on blog on weekend (sorry but tech difficulties).

Wednesday

murphy007 — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Law 531- Continued discussion of the YCJA and the rights of youth.

Geography 531- Reviewed questions on the United Kingdom. Then read and responded to article about changes to the British monarchy.

History 621- Brief discussion of WWII Battle of the Atlantic in class. Proceeded to lab: new blog posting as well as students given handout for final symposium project.

Welcome back!!!

murphy007 — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:20:57 +0000

A belated Happy New Year to all students. Hope 2012 is a great year for us all.

Law 531- Discussed the Youth Criminal Justice Act. What rights do youth have?

History 621- Finished the film about Hitler’s life before WWII. We then examined the timeline of events leading to the outbreak of war in 1939.

Geography 531- We read a section in the textbook about the United Kingdom. Students should have completed the 4 questions assigned in class.

Friday

murphy007 — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:09:38 +0000

Law 531- Students that did not previously pass in the Chapter 11 assignment should have done so today.

Geography 531- Europe: 10 countries in 10 days assignment was worked on in the lab all week. Students should be half finished at this point.

History 621- We watched the student “Heritage Minute” videos.

Monday

murphy007 — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:17:42 +0000

Law 531- We did a review of Criminal Offences and Criminal Defences. Tomorrow we will begin to examine sentencing and corrections.

Geography 531- Students are working on their major project for the Europe Unit (10 countries in 10 days slideshow).

History 621- We watched most of the student Photo Essayprojects today. Well done! Reminder, Heritage Minute Video projects (vid, storyboard, script) due Friday.