-Mass tomorrow morning. Meet at the Church.
- Haunted House and Halloween Dance will take place on Friday.
-History Test must be returned. Parents please sign.
-High school applications forms  and transition guides have gone home today!

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE

The history test has been returned. The class average was 83%. The marks were generally very good. Please get them signed.

 Special congratulations to Rhea and Vanessa for pulling a perfect score!

HOMEWORK

History
Grade 8
Read page 36. Answer #1
Guiding Question: Why were some regions and groups in favour of confederation and others were not.

Grade 7
Re watch class presentation below on the Seigneurial System. Complete handout.

Reminders

-Parents, history test has been returned. Please sign and return.
- Haunted House is this Friday. Please bring in your spooky decorations
-Mass will be  this Thursday at St. Joseph's

GRADE SEVEN HISTORY

THE SEIGNEURIAL SYSTEM

Today's lesson

HOMEWORK

HISTORY
GRADE 7
Read pages 16-17 . Make notes. Answer 1&2
Grade 8
Read pages 35-36. Complete handout

HOMEWORK

History
Reread pages32-34.  Reread your notes.
Language
Review inferring lesson on blog
Complete handout.

Colonies of BNA:
Canada West, Canada East, Maritimes &The West

Economy- the wealth and resources of a country or region.
           
Economy- refers to how are the goods and services produced and consumed.

 The economy of British North America was weak. Why?

- The population was small. Economies need large populations to grow. There weren't enough people to buy products or to work for businesses.

The 2 major reasons for the colonies to work together:
1. They were worried that they would be taken over by the Americans
2. Their populations were too small, so they needed to trade with each other.

Intercolonial trade- trade between different colonies

Duty/Tariff-  a tax on an imported item
-it limited intercolonial trade
- people had to pay tariffs on items they got from other colonies.

External Trade-  trade outside of  BNA.
 eg. USA, Great Britain....

Goods from BNA were cheaper than goods from the USA because Great Britain put a tax on all American goods. There was no tax on goods from BNA ( now Canada).

Colonial Preference- Britain FAVOURED goods from BNA over  goods from America because BNA was English colonies but USA was a foreign country

Repeal- to abolish/get rid of
Corn Laws- made American wheat more expensive Canadian wheat.

In 1846- the Corn law was repealed in Great Britain
Free Trade- no taxes would be charged on imported goods.

After the Corn laws, Canadian farmers had a hard time.

External Trade
Colonies also exported to USA
New Brunswick exported lumber.
Nova Scotia exported fish.
Canadas exported wheat.

Reciprocity Treaty  was signed in 1854 between BNA and USA. They promised to lower tariffs on the other's goods so that consumers/ buyers could get cheaper goods.

In 1865, USA backs out of the Reciprocity Treaty because
1) The USA wasn't really benefiting from the treaty.
2)The USA wanted to punish Britain for supporting the South during the Civil War
3) They didn't like the tariffs that the Canadas put on manufactured imports.


So...
1) the repeal of the Corn laws
2) the repeal of the Reciprocity Treaty
led business people in the British North American colonies to want to focus on intercolonial trade!

Last week we began looking at inferring.

MAKING INFERENCES

GRADE 8 FIELD TRIP

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We are planning our grade 8 field trip and would very much like to take the opinions of our parent population into account.  Included below is a breakdown of the particulars of the three potential excursions.  We have researched trips to Quebec City, Montreal and Muskoka. Each trip comes highly recommended and offers students a unique educational opportunity.  Please consider the information below and make your selection. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at the school.

	Quebec City	Montreal	Camp Muskoka
Cost	$575-$600	$500	$240
Length of Stay	3 days, 2 nights	3 days, 2 nights	5 days, 4 nights
Possible Itinerary	-Museum Visits -Science Centre visit -Notre-Dame Basilica Visit	-Art Gallery Visit -Guided Tour of old Montreal - Montreal Science Centre	-Zip lining, -Low ropes -Archery -Snow shoeing, -Kayaking /canoeing -Inuit Blanket-making

I choose

• Quebec City
• Montreal
• Camp Muskoka

HOMEWORK

History: Use the study sheet to prepare for chapter 1 test

Language: Use the checklist and the success criteria to write your news article.



Reminders
- Bring in canned goods for the Thanksgiving Food Drive. Tomorrow is the last day.

                    
In short, gratitude is to be or the act of being thankful and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness. But, between all the big words and the bluntness of that statement it doesn't really represent how powerful that simple act can be. These days we take advantage of what we have and what we're used to, even when we don't realize it. You know those lectures you always get? Like;

" Claire there are people starving in Africa and there you are throwing out your broccoli....."

                     The person scolding you is making a good point, then again its all about how you say it.

                     One in eight people do not eat enough to be healthy. 925,000,000 million people die each year from hunger. 1,300,000,000 billion tons of food is wasted each year." and there you are throwing out your broccoli.......". Now how do you feel about eating all your vegetables?

                     Once you realize how lucky you are you will see that gratitude may sometimes be forgotten and only there when you get what you want. And now that you know, you have to follow these three rules of the virtue;

1. Get It; Know what it is and what it means to be grateful.

2.Show It; Say your pleases and your thankyous to everyone. And don't throw out your broccoli.

3. Be it; Be grateful. Say thanks to God for everything, even when everything's not doing that great.

                   The point is that gratitude is kind of like a super power. When your grateful what you have becomes enough. It makes you happier inevitably making the people around you happier too. So yes, thank and be thankful because what if you only had, today, what you thanked God for yesterday.?

                                                                                                                                                                                ~ Claire ~

                   

HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE: Post paragraph on Gratitude  to class blog. What is gratitude ? Why is it important to be a grateful person ?

Crossroads. read pages 30-35. Answer 1a and b


SCIENCE: Test tomorrow.



Reminders

-Bring in your Terry Fox money.
- No mass tomorrow morning