what is the difference between social studies and social studies enriched?

i have just been informed that i am teaching socials 9 enriched, so i thought others may be interested in this if they are teaching enriched at some point.

What are the main differences between the Enriched courses and the regular Academic courses?

The courses for the program have been adapted so that they are appropriate to the needs of the enriched students. This does not necessarily mean a heavier workload. Curriculum material is generally presented at a quicker pace, and with more depth and breadth. The teacher attempts to allow for more time on personal enrichment activities and more varied and challenging learning opportunities.

Curriculum Change

I have heard a rumor that the social studies curriculum is going to change next year sept 2010. anyone else aware or have information on this?

How are your classes organized each day?

Block Scheduling Vs 5 by 8 Timetable

In one of my classes the other day we looked at the different types of block set up's. A semester system is based on 4, 80 min classes per day while the linear terms go with 8 classes, rotating through 5 per day, so you get Math, English, PE, etc... Just 3 times a week, but all year. As future educators, what do you all believe is the best system? Or is one better then the other? Some pro's and con's were discussed in our class and I am wondering if you guys could offer any different insights. Or what your preferences might be as teachers?

http://www.jefflindsay.com/Block.shtml
this website offers some further insights into block scheduling.

How to teach PE

Friends,

So only a few of us are PE students, but it is likely (as Mrs Fisher pointed out) that as substitute teachers we will have to teach outside our subject areas. The link is a great PE website (http://www.physedsource.com/). If you are able to find out what activity you are doing with the students you can quickly look it up and find copious amounts of information!!!! The activities are all sorted by Individual, Dance, Gymnastics, Sports/Games, Outdoor Activities and Other. So the whole spectrum of PE is covered!!!! Once you find your activity it takes you through a series of links with more information. Giver a look if your into it! Could be a good one to bookmark.

Big Red

Fun History

Canadian Mysteries is a very cool web site that one of the UVic professors I know writes for. There are interactive cases where students help "solve" a crime or look into a case. There are lots of resources for teachers and its all FREE! Students can learn about documents, primary and secondary, material spills over into other subjects as well, lots of info, the students learn! And there are teacher guides and lesson plan exchanges. Cool. Check it out.

Victoria Street Cars

I took a Micro History of Victoria course and it was really interesting, we built web sites for the 150 Celebration. If you want to talk to your students about Victoria and show the differences between early 1900's and Now then check this out. There is a video you can watch and it is one of the first street cars in Victoria going along part of downtown with a camera strapped to the front. Its not amazing quality but I think it is pretty cool. At the end you can see the Empress being built. And a good friend of mine built this web site as part of the course. I did St.Ann's. Just something fun to show students, its easy to relate to.

Four Square Assignment

Hi there. I was in my school last week and I watched the Grade 11 SS class get into groups of 4 and start a Four Square Assignment. It was the day after our guest lecturer discusses his amazing foam board assignment so I was digging the use of artistic creativity in projects. There were many of these projects up around the class and the students were stoked to get to do these.

They were working on the Hollocaust and they built their projects as follows:
Working in a group construct an assignment made up of 4 sqaures.

#1 2 poems- write 2 poems on your topic. Alphabet poem, "I am" poem, or an acrostic poem (must be made up of sentences not just phrases)

#2 Thesis and "What If" statements- Create two thesis statements. Include three arguments you would develop if you were writing an essay.

#3 Image, graph or cartoon- if you feel artistic than make a powerful image, if not then feel free to collect images and make a collage.

#4 Summaries- Write 2 summaries about your subject. Pick two of the themes or events that were pivotal to the historic significance of your topic and summarize these events and their significance in relation to your topic.

I liked this assignment, as you can tell. It works and its something the students were proud of. The best ones go up on the wall and are kept. Cool.