Scottish Parliament elections are scheduled to take place on 6th May 2021. If you will be 16 years old by then, you may be eligible to vote.
You will need your National Insurance Number.
Make sure you register here:
https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
27th January marks Holocaust Memorial Day
The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) encourages remembrance in a world scarred by genocide (mass murder of a particular group of people). They promote and support Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) – the international day on 27 January to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi Persecution and in genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
The theme for Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) 2021 is Be the light in the darkness. It encourages everyone to reflect on the depths humanity can sink to, but also the ways individuals and communities resisted that darkness to ‘be the light’ before, during and after genocide.
Take a moment to reflect and learn more here:
Holocaust Memorial Day Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyFjlP9YgSo
https://www.hmd.org.uk/what-is-holocaust-memorial-day/this-years-theme/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-55816309
The Scottish Association of History Teachers has created a challenge to research important women in history.
See the link above.
Are you up for the challenge?????
The Social Subjects Department will run a series of subject specific online tutorials/drop in sessions/live lessons during the period of remote learning.
Tutorials and drop in sessions are not live lessons, but opportunities for you to login at specific times to speak to your teachers about your work and ask questions via a Microsoft Teams meeting. If your teacher is running a live lesson, it will say that next to the time allocated.
All will take place online at an agreed time with your teacher, when you would normally be timetabled for that class as follows:
Miss Stoutjesdyk’s Classes
3D1 History (week 2 only) – Wednesdays 11-11.30am
4D History – Mondays – 1.30-2pm
4C History – Tuesdays – 1.30-2pm
5E History (Higher/N5) – Wednesdays – 1.30-2pm
5A History (Advanced Higher) – Thursdays – 11.00-11.30am
Miss Conlon’s Classes
Week 1:
3H Modern Studies – Wednesdays – 11-11.30am
4E Modern Studies – Wednesdays – 1:30 to 2pm
4F Modern Studies – Thursdays – 9:30 to 10am
Week 2:
4E Modern Studies – Mondays – 2:30-3pm
3C2 History – Wednesdays – 10-10.30am
4F Modern Studies – Wednesdays – 11-11.30am
Miss Kane’s Classes
4E History – Live Lesson – Tuesday – 10.30-11.30am – Week 1
4E History – Live Lesson – Mondays – 1.30-2.30pm – Week 2
3C2 History – Tutorial – Wednesdays – 10-10.30am – Week 2
5D History – Tutorial – Fridays each week
Mrs Connell’s Classes
Weekly Live Lessons
Monday
4D Modern Studies P5
5C Modern Studies P6+7
Thursday
4D Modern Studies 9.30-10.30am
Friday
5C Modern Studies 9.30-10.30am
Mr Dale’s Classes
Week 1
1.2 Social Subjects online live Drop in Session
Thursday 10-10.30am
Week 2
3D Geography Tutorial – Monday at 2.00-2.30pm
2.2 Geography Tutorial – Thursday at 11-11.30am
Weekly
5B Geography Live Lessons – Mondays:
4D Geography Tutorial – Mondays – 1.30-2pm
Miss Hardie’s Classes
Week 1
4E Geography – Wednesdays – 1.30-2pm
Week 2
4E Geography – Mondays – 2-2.30pm
Mr McPake’s Classes
5A Modern Studies (Higher) – Thursdays – 11.30-12pm
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55738564
22 year old Amanda Gorman became the youngest ever Inauguration poet yesterday as she recited her poem ‘The Hill we Climb’ at President Joe Biden’s inauguration cermony yesterday.
Quite the achievement!
Toady is Martin Luther King Jr Day in the USA. It is a public holiday to commemorate his non violent activism in the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 60s.
MLK Jr wanted Americans to be equal regardless of the colour of their skin and he encouraged non violent protests to draw attention to the fact that black Americans were being discriminated against. He became very well known globally, but was assassinated in 1968.
Do you think America has achieved the equality that he aimed for????
S2 Social Subjects classes will rotate on Monday 25th January 2021.
S2 pupils should work remotely from the following class Teams from that date.
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Team code: e1yfo75 (new Team code due to technical issues)
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You should all already be members of these Teams and even though you are returning to subjects you’ve been in before in S2, you will be studying different topics.
Enjoy!
As the US National Guard were standing guard in Washington DC ahead of Preident-Elect Biden’s inauguration on 20th January 2021, the US Senate voted to impeach President Trump for inciting the mob that breached Congress last week. Five people died in the violence.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55658517
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/14/national-guard-move-in-to-washington-dc-for-inauguration-day
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55575260
This means that President Trump will face trial by the US Government for the second time in his presidency, which has never happened before. If he is convicted, he could be barred from holding public office again, meaning he’d never be able to run for President again.
BBC Scotland are offering a range of TV programmes to support remote learning over the coming weeks. The programme schedule changes every week, so have a look and see whats on offer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvryp4j
The Social Subjects related aspects of the programmes are usually towards the end, but why not watch the whole thing!
Secondary programmes 1-4 look at the life of Mary Queen of Scots. While it’s not part of any of our current History courses, it might be worth a look.
MODERN STUDIES
Secondary Programmes 5: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hmqq
Power in the UK
Secondary Programme 6: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hsmv
Electoral Systems
Secondary Programme 7: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ht9r
Work of an MP
Secondary Programme 8: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000htfm
Work of MSPs
Secondary Programme 9: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ht70
Work of Local Councillors
Seconday Programme 10: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ht6k
Pressure Groups
Secondary Programme 11: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jdt7
How Trade Unions function
Secondary Programme 12: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jdt7
How the media can influence our political decisions.
HISTORY
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h9w1
The Social Subjects Department will run a series of subject specific online tutorials during the period of remote learning.
These are not live lessons, but opportunities for you to login at specific times to speak to your teachers about your work and ask questions via a Microsoft Teams meeting. They will take place online at an agreed time with your teacher, when you would normally be timetabled for that class as follows:
Miss Stoutjesdyk’s Classes
3D1 History (week 2 only) – Wednesdays 11-11.30am
4D History – Mondays – 1.30-2pm
4C History – Tuesdays – 1.30-2pm
5E History (Higher/N5) – Wednesdays – 1.30-2pm
5A History (Advanced Higher) – Thursdays – 11.00-11.30am
Miss Conlon’s Classes
Week 1:
3H Modern Studies – Wednesdays – 11-11.30am
4E Modern Studies – Wednesdays – 1:30 to 2pm
4F Modern Studies – Thursdays – 9:30 to 10am
Week 2:
4E Modern Studies – Mondays – 1:30-2pm
3C2 History – Wednesdays – 10-10.30am
4F Modern Studies – Wednesdays – 11-11.30am
Miss Kane’s Classes
4E History – Wednesdays – 2-2.30pm
5D History (National 5/Higher) – Fridays – 12-12.30pm
Mr Black’s Classes
5C (Higher/National 5) Modern Studies – Fridays – 9.30-10am
Miss Hardie’s Classes
Week 1
4E Geography – Wednesdays – 1.30-2pm
Week 2
4E Geography – Mondays – 2-2.30pm
Mr McPake’s Classes
5A Modern Studies (Higher) – Thursdays – 11.30-12pm
