Period#1- Ancient History Objective: Students will create theories and build an argument to support their theories.                                                     Origin of man continues- worldwide beliefs- Japan/ China/ Mayans/ Western Philosophy discussed Period #2- Media Studies-        Objective:Students will explore and demonstrate through presentation their understanding of popular culture. Popular culture character worksheet/ Assignment #1- Battle of the Decades. Period 4 -  Ancient History 10 - Objective: Students will create theories and build an argument to support their theories.     Origin of man continues- worldwide beliefs- Japan/ China/ Mayans/ Western Philosophy discussed  #6- Theatre Arts-               Objective: Students will demonstrate their of the foundational fathers of theatre through a creative presentation.             The students will choose a founding father and research and present information: examples such as Shakespeare/ Moliere/ Chritopher Marlowe/ Ben Jonson/ Middleton. 2 days research and 2 days to prepare script and presents on Thursday next week. Students are reminded about their 7 ages of man quiz on Friday (Tomorrow)

Period #1- Ancient History- Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of history and explain how perspectives affect t how we view history.  Course Outline/ Benchmarks Presentation/ Why Study Ancient History? Frame of Reference.(Developing a theory through perspective) Period #2- Media Studies-  Objective: Students will produce information that shows how much Media affects their lives and develop a strategy for decrypting Media related productions. Course introduction/ Media Watch awareness exercise/ 5 core concepts of Media discussed. Period #4- Ancient History- Objective: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of history and explain how perspectives affect t how we view history.  Outline/ Benchmarks Presentation/ Why Study Ancient History? Frame Of Reference Period #5- Study Block Period #6- Theatre Arts- Objective: Students will be able to explain the real life implications of the stage according to Shakespeare. These skills are then practiced in the course to produce strong communicative skills. Course Outline Discussed/Expectations defined "All the world is a Stage"

  Broadcast Journalism- Period #1- Students are working with Mr. Martin writing class to construct stories through audio software. The audio software will enable them to make effective radio programs, documentaries and create an environment for their video stories. Script should be completed today. Here are some sound effects sites to help you find what you are looking for: http://findsounds.com/ http://www.freesound.org/ http://www.jamendo.com/en/   Period #2- Multimedia-   Photoshop Assignment: Create a poster or Cd cover that uses all the elements that you have learned through photoshop. I will be looking for evidence of the following: 1.       Pictures 2.       Background with colour. 3.       Text (Font type) 4.       Filters 5.       Symbols that help push the message of the poster. 6.       Colour and Hue changes 7.       Visually appealing 8.       Clone stamping 9.       Layering- at least 7-10 different layers 10.   Evidence of brushes, cut-outs and other tools You will have 4 days to accomplish the task. Due on Wednesday 15th December 2010.   Period #3-#6- Ancient History- Students will examine the works of Aesop and how his fables promote empathy towards man. They will choose a fable and redesign it for a modern audience. They will then explain how this virtue is important in a civilized community. Here is a link to Aesop's fables. http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Aesop/Aesops_Fables/index.html This is an abbrevation of the story. DO some research to find the one you like the best. In pairs choose one, rewrite it in a moderna day fromat, use illustrations (drawing) Essentially you are making a children story book. At the end please write down the moral of the story. Tomorrow is a lab day and then you will have it Due on Tuesday. No one can do the same story. First come, first serve.  

Broadcast Journalism- Period #1- Students are working with Mr. Martin writing class to construct stories through audio software. The audio software will enable them to make effective radio programs, documentaries and create an environment for their video stories. Tomorrow students will group themselves and develop a proposal for their short story. Script will then be written and recorded next week. Period #2- Multimedia- Photoshop Assignment: Create a poster or Cd cover that uses all the elements that you have learned through photoshop. I will be looking for evidence of the following: 1.       Pictures 2.       Background with colour. 3.       Text (Font type) 4.       Filters 5.       Symbols that help push the message of the poster. 6.       Colour and Hue changes 7.       Visually appealing 8.       Clone stamping 9.       Layering- at least 7-10 different layers 10.   Evidence of brushes, cut-outs and other tools You will have 4 days to accomplish the task. Due on Wednesday 15th December 2010. Period #3-#6- Ancient History- Students will look at the island of Crete and the Mycenaean culture. We will examine why these two cultures conflicted and how this is significant in our time.