Mr. Sweetman

Examine how people support healthy communities locally and globally, and take age-appropriate action to support a community health issue of interest to them. Examine the social, legal, and financial impacts of alcohol, other substances, and gambling along a continuum of use Recognize and respond to physical health dangers and emergency situations related to alcohol and other substance use among their peers Identify school and community based resources and health services available to assist themselves or a friend if help or information in the area of sexual health, mental health, alcohol and other substance use or gambling is needed, and practice how to make initial contact with such a service/resource Identify and practice strategies for staying healthy and safe in the workplace Examine how design and infrastructure of the school community and surrounding community enhances or creates barriers for physical activity among youth Part A) Your Task: First you mu

You can print of this activity with an outline here: People of BNA Activity The purpose of this Social Studies assignment is to evaluate the conditions of everyday life for diverse peoples living in British North America in the mid-1800s, including Aboriginal peoples, African-Canadians and Acadians. Part A) Create a W5 summary of each of the following groups. Who are they? What are some of the challenges they faced? Where did they live?  When did they arrive? Why do you think they are an important part of history?  The British (pg 82) The French (pg 84) The Acadians (pg 85) Aboriginal Peoples (pg 86) Black Colonists (pg 88) Part B) Your task : Create a poster which includes both your summary and a visual representation of one of the above groups. Also include 'how' this group of settlers supported themselves. How : This can be done on a Single PowerPoint slide, MicrosoftWord document, or Mindjet.com (only if you've already signed up for an account at hom

Your task: Please use your rubric from the class presentations, and email feedback to three people in the class. Two of the people you email can be a friend, but one will need to be someone I assign you, to ensure that everyone gets some feedback. 1) Tell your peer about three strong points to their presentation. A minimum of three sentences. 2) Next explain to your peer one part they could improve on in their presentation. One full sentence please. Example : One part I thought you could improve on with your presentation would be...  You should not be putting down the individual in any way...even if they are a friend.

Introduction Culture SS9 Review Questions View all the questions and answers here: SS9 Quiz Review Introduction to Culture Part A) 1) What does the word culture mean? 2) What are the five parts of culture? 3) What is the difference between material and non-material culture? 4)  What is the difference between traditional culture, and popular culture? 5) What are four factors which must be met before something becomes part of popular culture? 6) Name five agents of socialization (things which influence your culture). 7) How do celebrities influence culture? Part B 8) What is an anthropologist? And what is anthropology? 9) What is cultural diversity? Is it important? 10) What is the difference between physical needs and emotional needs? 11) What are values? Does your culture influence your values? 12) Give five examples of products which are part of popular culture. 13) Give an example of entertainment which is part of popular culture.  Does it influence your culture

Starting with a question: Inquiry Based Learning allows you the student to dictate what you want to research.  This is your chance to create a question which you are interested in researching for Social Studies class.  Last class we worked on creating a more focused question than the one below: What causes local and global culture to change? We came up with examples like: Do video games have an influence on local and global culture? Does YouTube have an influence of local and global culture? Do smartphones have an influence on local and global culture? Part A) Your Task: First you must decide on a question like the ones above.  Make sure that the question is not too general.  For example: you could pick hockey instead of just sports. Part B) Find and list at least five sources (websites) which provide information on the topic.  If you cannot find five sources with information, then you should consider switching your topic to something else.

Using your own knowledge, your notes, the textbook, and the internet please answer the following review questions in complete sentences on a MicrosoftWord document. 1) What are the three products which were important to Europeans traveling to North America? 2) We currently use paper money, coins, and credit cards to pay for goods and services? How did people pay or exchange goods before? 3) What did Aboriginal people need and want? 4) What did Europeans need and want? 5) How does capital or money empower people? 6) Create a list of five needs and five wants. 7) Explain how the poverty cycle works? 8) How do you stop the poverty cycle? 9) How does the Internet impact the economy? 10) How does the Internet make it easier for people to economically empower themselves? 11) What are three products which will help economically empower people in the future? 12) What is the main purpose of an economic system?

Should you allow your children to bring their own technology or devices to school ? Well many children already carry expensive smartphones, so why not let them use these powerful tools to help with their education? Below are two great videos which help explain the benefits students will have using technology: BYOT For Parents by Amy Mayer BYOD in the 21st Century:  This second video is a little more entertaining and created by a Canadian named Marc-Andre Lalande Challenges: When doing research on BYOT  I came across The State of Tech Podcast .  During this podcast several technology specialists share their successes and challenges with 'Bring Your own Technology' programs.  The successes and positives they mention in the podcast are similar to those mentioned in the videos above.  The three major challenges they mention in the podcast are 1) The distractions tech can cause 2) Broken devices and 3) Equality, meaning not everyone wil

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This is a Healthy Living Assignment designed to meet outcome D1.1 - Define the practice and strategies for maintaining a general sense of health and wellbeing. Your Task: create a PowerPoint Presentation about one of the following activities that would help someone your age maintain a general sense of health and well being.  You should conduct research on the topic, but keep in mind you only have one class to complete this assignment. Possible topics: Yoga Tai Chi Walking Martial Arts Playing Music Playing sports Playing cards Facebook Twitter Video Games Biking Cooking Kayaking Fishing come up with your own topic Criteria : five points each Length :  a minimum of five slides 1) Title 2) Define and explain your topic 3) Explain how your topic can help to maintain mental health 4) How can it help physical health 5) Conclusion and Bibliography (two sources) Content : information should be given in clear bullet points.   Images : Does each page include

The video below is a tutorial on how to use Power School parent login .  You may or may not be able to use all the functions discussed in the video below and of course you will need to visit your child's school site to login and contact your child's schools admin to get your Power School parent login information.