Good morning children.

Parents--please read the letter that follows.

I’ve started telephone visits so, if you didn’t hear from me yesterday, it’s simply because I have many families to call; you’ll probably hear from me today or tomorrow.

As you probably noticed, I collected a lot of homework in the last two days so marks will not be coming out today.

All lockers must be emptied by May 1st.  If you haven't yet done this, please call the school at (204)2374926 and make arrangements to do so.

I have four pieces of homework with no names.

I have reminded you many times about this and it is still a problem.

When I call for homework, I’m receiving 15 or more pieces of work.  I do a big print job meaning I don’t really pay attention to whose work is being sent to the printer. 

When I pick up all the print outs, and some have no names,

it is very time consuming to try to track down the missing names.

SO, it’s up to you to claim the work—if you don’t, the work won’t get graded--that’s a problem.  Please check your work:

 I’m looking for the owner of a Roman Entertainment, the printout has no title (is that you?) and the other owner has Roman Entertainment centred at the top of the page, the word Answers at the left margin, and for question #6, you think I’m at the Appian Way (is that you?).  Next up, I’m looking for the owner of “This Was My Brother”, this title has been typed in a large font, in blue, and it and the questions are all highlighted in grey (is that you?)

and the other one is the same work with the title at the left margin and

 no capitals on the words was or my (is that you?). 

If you are the owner of one of these homework pieces, you should let me know today.

8ELA

-Please be sure to do your 40 minutes to an hour of reading today.

-Last class we learned about Japanese-Canadians during WWII.  Were your surprised that our government forced them to leave their homes, jobs, and possessions and move to internment camps?  I was when I first learned that.  I’m collecting homework from the following people:  8M -Maenign, Ramsen, Kristine, Samuel, Dwayne, Gabrielle, Lucas, Sesinna, Aiden and 8B-Josh, Nina, Joel, Anna, Aidan, Dominic, Munachi, Shaun

8SS

-Our last topic focus on how Romans had fun, and today we shift our focus to a more serious topic and one that is totally relevant to us at Holy Cross School.  Today we study Jesus as a historical figure.

-By now, we have a good idea about what the Roman Empire was all about—what adjectives would you use to describe it?

-Think about what you know about Jesus—how would you describe him? 

-These two concepts seem to be totally opposite, yet we wouldn’t have Christianity without the Roman Empire

-Our new Useful Latin Phrase is in hoc signo vinces which translates to by this sign you will conquer

-We already know that the Romans took on some of the Greek ideas, so we’ll explore that first

-Read p. CLXIV—remember that you have a “cheat sheet” with all the Greek/Roman gods

-Read p. CLXV, including the green boxes

-Watch the following video which introduces Jesus, the man, explores his life, then details the crucifixion and how these events turned into a religion of two billion followers

- https://youtu.be/gUbsSL2OiBg

-Do the following questions; I’ll be collecting homework tomorrow.

Roman Religion and Christianity

1.  Identify three Roman gods and their Greek counterparts.  /3

2.  Other than having the same gods with different names, how was the Roman religion like the Greek religion?   /1

3.  Why did the Romans treat the Jews harshly?  /2

4.  The land of Jesus, Galilee and Judea, were conquered by the Romans so were under Roman rule.  What was life like for the Jews and others in this province?  /2

5.  What was the “good news”/message/teachings of Jesus that made people want to follow him?  /2

6.  Why was Jesus seen as a threat and executed by the Romans?  /2

7.  When we talk about the life of Jesus, who is Peter?  Who is Paul?  /2

8.  After Jesus’s death, how did Christianity spread? (Hint: an event happened 50 days after Easter that really helped!)  /1

9. At the end of the video, we learn a quote from a famous Christian historian.  What does the quote mean?  /1

10.  Why is today’s Useful Latin Phrase SO appropriate for us at Holy Cross School?  (Hint:  Look at your class picture!)  How could this phrase be used in our everyday lives?  /2

7SS

-Last class we looked at the idea of NGOs--those organizations that help in the event of an emergency or who exist to make the world a better place with no ties to a specific country

-Today we look at an organization that works to improve quality of life-it’s the largest in the world and is supported by 193 countries—it’s called the United Nations or the UN

-Watch  Youtube video-United Nations Explained-CBC Kids  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaAmfiJtV4I

-Think of the UN as a government of the world

-If you can, print off, then read BLM—highlighting major ideas

-Understand that this “world government” comes together to debate and discuss global issues but it does not have the same authority of a national or provincial government—their resolutions/decisions cannot be forced on independent nations—they are to be used as guidelines for countries  (think about the UDHR—same idea)

-Assign the following questions.  You may need to review the video again.  You may also need to do some research to answer questions 6 and 7.  I'll be collecting homework tomorrow.

The United Nations

1.  What caused the creation of the UN? When was it created?  /2

2.  What is the two main goals of the UN?  /2

3.  How does the UN try to achieve these goals?  Be specific.  /3

4.  What is the UN General Assembly?  /1

5.  What is the UN Security Council and what does it have the power to do?  /2

6.  What is the UN Economic and Social Council?  Be specific.  /1

7.  Who is the current Secretary-General?  Where is he/she from?  /2

8.  Explain the colours and images on the UN flag.  /4