Tuesday November 5 2013

Today's block order is E F G H

E Block  Criminology 12

Today we started class by looking at some of the leading Correlates of Criminal Behavior. We made a list on the board and discussed each one. Next the students were given the chance to comment on which city they thought was one of the most violent in North America. After a good discussion on this topic I shifted the focus to Chicago. I gave the students some stats to look at and we made a comparison with the lower mainland of Vancouver.  Then we watched the movie Interrupters...at least the first half

F  Block   Criminology 12

We talked about what the prototypical criminal would look like. I asked students to close their eyes and imagine a criminal and then describe him/her to me. We brainstormed on the board some of this person's characteristics. We can up with a description that the students kind of agreed to. We looked at correlation and causation in relation to crime.This led to a discussion about correlates of crime.
I handed out the new booklet for Chapter 5 and a chapter 5 package for the students to work on.
At the end of class we looked at some of the leading Correlates of Criminal Behavior. We made a list on the board and discussed each one. Next the students were given the chance to comment on which city they thought was one of the most violent in North America. After a good discussion on this topic I shifted the focus to Chicago. I gave the students some stats to look at and we made a comparison with the lower mainland of Vancouver.  Then we watched the movie Interrupters...at least the first few minutes.

G Block   Socials 9

Today we started class by going over the last unit test the class wrote.  Most students did very well. Next we we discussed what qualities it would take to become a great leader. We shared our ideas as a class and come up with a list of characteristics....Keep these in mind as we begin this new chapter on the French Revolution. See if the two Louis have any of them. Then the students had the opportunity to create 7 questions that they would ask to a potential new leader....some interesting questions to say the least.
With the last half of class the students worked in their booklets.

H Block   Socials 10

Today the students continued to work on their journal entries. Also I gave the students a chapter booklet to work on.