Note Taking

We spent some time this week looking at how to take notes properly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Wgu6-d2Pc

Taking notes is a different process for each person, so we looked at different ways that students can take notes that will work for them.

Posters, Flyers and Ads! Oh My!

We are continuing on with our political unit.
Over the last week we looked at the different levels of government and what they look after in our country.
Here are some of the sources we looked at in class:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C8uDuhLqvg
Power Point Student Vote

Next week we will be building campaign posters and flyers in order to campaign during our last week before Fall Break.

Great Resource

One of the resources we are using in class for gathering information about the political parties is:
pollenize.org/canada 
It has up to date information for parties running during the 2019 Federal election and has condensed it into neatly organized sections.
Feel free to browse at your leisure.

-Miss Cathcart

Political Definitions

Economy: The wealth and resources of a country or region, particularly  in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.

Budget: A financial plan or forecast that shows a breakdown of money to be received and  money to be spent for a specific period. The Federal government releases an annual budget every spring

Balanced Budget: When the amount of revenue equals the amount of expenses

Deficit: When  the government has more expenses than revenues, and must borrow money to cover the gap

Debt: The amount of money borrowed over time that the government needs to repay

Taxes: The federal government collects money from different sources to pay for its expenses. There are 4 main types of taxes:
Personal Tax: Money collected from individuals based on the money they make from jobs and investments
Corporate Tax: Money collected from business, which is calculate  based on their profits
Goods and Services Tax (GST): Added to the cost of purchases and good, such as clothing and fast food ect
Other Taxes: Variety of other taxes such as import duties, fuel taxes and duties on alcohol and tobacco

Transfer Payments: Part of the federal government's spending relates to transfers made to individuals, provincial/territorial governments and other groups

Transfers to Individuals: Includes elderly benefits, employment insurance benefits (for those out of work or unable to work) and children benefits

Provincial/Territorial Transfers: There are 3 main types of transfers to the provinces and territories
Canada Health Transfer: Provides long term funding for health programs and services
Canada Social Transfer: Includes funding for post-secondary education, social programs and services for services for children such as child care
Equalization Programs: Relate to payments to address economic gaps between provinces/territories

Infrastructure: Physical and organizational structures, such as buildings, roads, power supplies

Crown Corporations: Businesses owned by the government that operate independent of government, such as the CBC, Canada Post and Via Rail. They are intended to serve a particular objective or fill a need that may not be filled by a private enterprise

Equality: A strategy to achieve fairness by treating everyone the same and providing equal opportunity

Equity: A strategy to achieve fairness by recognizing differences and providing everyone what they need to be successful

Reform: Changes made to a social, political, or economic institution or practice in order to improve it

*All of this is from Handout 9.2 Key Political Terms and Concepts at the Federal Level- Student Vote Canada 2019 page 63

Friday Activities

This Friday we have some fun things planned!

There will be a pancake breakfast held in the front parking lot of the school from 7:30 until 9:30, at which point we will have the wonderful opportunity to see Alvin Law! For anyone who has not seen him, it's something you won't want to miss.

Here's a bit about Alvin Law:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp5ju7_2uDM&t=287s

Parents/Guardians are welcome to join their kids in the presentation. It will go until about 11:30.

Students will be with their home rooms until Friday dismissal time at 12:15.

Hope to see you there!

-Miss Cathcart

Political Party Platforms

Here is the link for the Political Party Platform Powerpoint.

The Powerpoint has bullet notes about each party and what their platform was for the 2015 federal election.

For a more in depth look, follow this link.

Students have taken notes on the political platforms. They will be researching the top 3 things that they think their party should promote for the platform that students will be writing.

Students political platforms will be due by the end of this week. We will be working on them for the remainder of the week.

Step 1: Go to the blog- 9192humanitiesernestmorrow.blogspot.com

Step 2: Click on the link that says “link”

Step 3: Scroll until you find your political party

Step 4: Click on the PDF link for your political party

Step 5: Go to the table of contents (where the pages are listed)

Step 6: Find the page number that matches the 3 values you picked yesterday

You picked 3 values from your political party to talk about in your platform paragraph

Step 7: Find the page that talks about one of your values

Step 8: Read it

Step 9: Pick what parts of it are important 

Step 10: Write those down in point form

Step 11: Repeat for all 3 values you have picked

Step 12: Use the notes you took + the research to write your political platform paragraph

Example:

Hi, my name is Miss Cathcart. I believe in the Green Party and what they can do for Canada. The Green Party promises to roll out a sustainable job plan, promote the arts and protect the Canada Post.

As always, if you have any questions please feel free to email or call.

Here's to a good week!

-Miss Cathcart