Mock Trials

Here is an example of a winning Mock Trial Team. The students appear to be very well prepared for their roles in the trial.

I am on the hunt for examples of Canadian Mock Trial competitions.

In order to view the court system through a Canadian lens, it is important to review the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is legislation that governs state/police interference with each individual's rights and freedoms and it is the supreme law of Canada with which all other laws in Canada must conform. As Canadians, it is important to understand that each of us has legally protected rights and freedoms.

Incidentally, it was the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on April 17th. You can watch Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau speak at the signing ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 17, 1982. The prime minister and Queen Elizabeth both signed the document at this historic event

A Boy's Huge Discovery!

Please use the following links in your research of The Dead Sea Scrolls. You are searching for interesting and relevant information that is above and beyond the brief introduction presented to you in class.

If you are confused, it is important that you keep reading and digging for more facts. The more you read, the more you will understand and the more relevant connections you will make in your own faith and other learning that we have done in class.

Share some of the most interesting tidbits that you unearth in your search! Also, share any connections that you make between your research and other areas of your learning. Also, include any questions or lingering confusions that you may have.

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/national-geographic-channel/shows/mysteries-of-the-bible/ngc-dead-sea-scrolls/

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/de/Dead_Sea_scrolls

http://www.centuryone.com/25dssfacts.html

http://www.biblica.com/bibles/faq/12/

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0193627.html

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5315986_information-kids-dead-sea.html

Working with Words - Onomatopeia

Go on a hunt and tell us what you find.

More on Short Documentaries

I found the short on stick drumming that I wanted to share with you. Have a look. Let me know what you think of this style of informative film making.

This one on a bread bakery also held my interest. What do you think?

Okay, I admit that I am hooked on documentary shorts! Here is another one you simply must see. I seem drawn to the drawing aspect of this one. It held my interest even though it was jam packed with facts and dates. Because its content engaged both sides of my brain, I remembered the information.

One more to see by Dr. Documentary. Again, engaging both sides of the brain to teach information. Humour works well in helping to remember things too!

Modigliani Portraits

Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani's (1884 - 1920)unique portraits are characterized by flat, masklike faces, almond-shaped eyes, and overlong necks.

Please enjoy browsing through our Modigliani influenced self portraits.

Writing Samples to Swoon Over

"... sky melted into the fabric of the sulfurous landscape, pelted with a plethora of small smokey fires as if a pyromaniac was given and flame thrower and fuel ..."

"... we saw floating building and hovercrafts. "What year is this?""

"The water around her was churning violently and the waves clapped in her face."

"The river caught him in its rifts, it pulled him under and dragged him into the current. When he thought it was over, sputtering, he reached for the branch but he then got swallowed up by the water."

"... tripped on a rock and fell into an invisible portal to another dimension."

"It was heart stopping. The jolt of my left leg and I was in the middle of oblivion. It sucked the life from my strangled skin. I landed in a tired thump! My dirty hands felt the warm and silky ground of the unknown territory."

" There I was reading my own (and awesome) book, "Attack of the Computers." Right at the part where Bob (person/Jedi) goes to the swamp world of monsters ... I was sucked into my own BOOK! "This is bad," I thought as the normal world absconded."