October 23

Today's schedule: C D B A

C block: Humanities 8
Today's the day! You'll be putting your World Religions posters together (I'll give you some class time after Silent Reading) and then you'll be presenting them to one another.

D block: Socials 11
We can relax now - you got through WWI! Today, we'll start looking at what was going on in the world after the war. We'll talk about what was going on in Russia (the Bolshevik Revolution) and what effect that had on Europe and Canada. You'll read the first few pages of Chapter 3 in your textbook and use these as guiding questions while you read:

 1. What did soldiers returning to Canada after WWI face?

 2. What rewards did workers, who had taken wage reductions during the war, face afterwards?

 3. Why were there so many strikes in the years after WWI?

 4. What political ideas may have influence union leaders in western Canada in this period?

 5. What was the OBU?

 6. Define collective bargaining.

 7. What did Winnipeg’s metal and building workers demand when they went on strike in 1919?

 8. Describe the effects of this strike on Winnipeg.

 9. How did the Citizens Committee of One Thousand see the strike?

 10. What was the federal government’s response?

 11. Describe the events of Bloody Saturday. What happened to the strikers after it was all over?

 12. Which side do you think was right? Explain.

 13. Who was JS Woodsworth?

A block: Law 12

You'll be checking out Chapter 5 today and defining these terms and answering these questions:

Please define and explain the following: lineup, accused, detained, summons, warrant, Police Services Act, telewarrant, evidence, disclosure

1. What are the duties of police officers?

2. What process do police have to go through in order to search for evidence?

3. What are the rules of search laws?

4. Look at the R. v. Clayton case on page 156 and answer questions 1, 3 and 4.

5.  List three rights a Canadian has on being detained or arrested.

6. What happens to the fingerprints and photographs of people who are acquitted of a crime? Do you agree with this procedure?

7. What are the steps to getting arrested?

8. What are citizens’ rights?

9. What happens during the Awaiting Trial period?

10. Read the piece on Alan Borovoy on page 172. Answer questions 2 and 3.