Good morning.

Please remember that if your name gets called for homework this week, it is very important to send it.

8ELA

-Today is a work class for I am David chapter 8 questions; I'll be calling for homework tomorrow.

8SS

-Yesterday we learned about the Crusades; the following people need to send in their homework today:  8M-Dara, Maya, Jayson, Iris, Maenign, Ramsen, Kristine, Samuel, Dwayne, Marvic, Gabrielle, Lucas, Athena, Aiden and 8B-Israel, Athaniel, Josh, Gabbi, Alyssa, Sara, Nina, Joel, Anna, Aidan, Morgan, Matteo, Nevaeh.

7SS

-Last class we learned about society and culture; answers will be posted tomorrow.  

-today we want to take a closer look at "culture"

-we've differentiated between society and culture (review definitions-society is a group of people who share geography, history, politics, economics, whereas culture is the way we express ourselves based on our society

-thinking about society then, how does it create culture?

-for example, we know that a big idea of society is geography/natural environment/climate--so it affects our culture/clothing—a society living in the Arctic will have different clothing than a society in the Caribbean (parka v bikini)

-read p. 138/139 Patterns of Culture—now we see how a culture forms

-read p. 141 Stereotyping

-now we see how discrimination and prejudice are formed

-do the following questions; I'll be collecting homework tomorrow

Cultures & Stereotypes

1.  a)  Thinking about Canadian culture, from a history viewpoint, name two friends of Canada (other nations that are very friendly or allies of Canada).  /2

b)  Think of Canada’s history (the things you learned in grade 6 and 5 SS), explain an event or situation that made these two other countries you named in part a above “friends/allies” of Canada. /2

2.  Think about the words we use in Canada; some of these words are ONLY USED IN CANADA:  tuque, toboggan, chinook, and loonie.  Choose one, explain how it originated/came to be, explain what the word means then use it in a sentence.  /3

3.  Think about recreation in Canada—what do we do for fun in our country?  Why?  /2

4.  Identify two other patterns of culture—do not include geography, history, language, and recreation—and explain what each means.  /4

5.  In kid-friendly language, define stereotype.  /1

6.  Identify a negative outcome of stereotyping and explain how it negatively affects quality of life.  /2

7.  Think about a culture you know.  Explain one pattern of culture that makes it different from other cultures.  (Hint:  think about clothing, the way that culture celebrates, the government system within that culture, the art within that culture, etc.).  /2