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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

Morning all!

 

As you may have noticed some of the Social Subjects Microsoft Teams we set up have disappeared due to some technical problems. We are working on this, but may have to set up some new (hopefully temporary) Teams in the meantime.

Pupils will be added to the new Teams by their teachers, but I’ll post any new joining codes here too.

New 1.3 code 34y0eu6

New 1.6 code x0h6uqf

 

4D Geography (Mr Dale) code mn3my4q

Over the course of remote learning, your class teachers may allocate a time when you would normally be in their class to hold an online tutorial or drop in session.  This is not a live lesson, but an opportunity to briefly speak to your teachers re your work and ask any questions you may have. These sessions are unlikely to last for a double period and may only be around 20-30 minutes long.

If you cannot access the session, you can contact your teachers via their Glow email or your class Teams page.

The dates and times will be posted on here.

 

Mr Dale will run another live Higher/National 5 Geography lesson via Microsoft Teams this Wednesday 13th January at 9am. Topics: Lithosphere, Deposition features.

 

Join in if you can!

As you’re probably already aware, there are some issues with Microsoft Teams this morning. Your teachers are all aware and we’re working to resolve it. It appears to be a Scotland-wide issue.

Please be patient, don’t worry and work will be posted for you ASAP.

 

UPDATE: ISSUES SHOULD BE RESOLVED NOW

 

Miss Stoutjesdyk

Good morning everyone and we hope you had a lovely and safe break.

Due to the current circumstances, the school building remains closed for the next few weeks and all your lessons will be posted online via Microsoft Teams. Please let us know ASAP if you’re having any problems accessing or sending in your work and we’ll try to help if we can.

This is not an easy time for any of us and we will all try and adapt as best we can, but please be assured that your teachers and other school staff are working very hard to ensure that your learning continues as close to normal as possible. Speak to us if you need any support.

Social Subjects will be posting work online for classes as per the current week 1/week 2 timetable e.g. if you have a double period of History on Mondays of week 2, appropropriate work will be posted on that day, however not necessarily at the time the class would normally come.

We will be posting regularly on this blog, posting a range of different coursework including booklets, worksheets, PowerPoints, links to video clips and websites, recorded and live lessons via the relevant Teams pages. If live lessons are planned, we will let you know in advance via this blog and the school website. Try to join in if you can, but we fully appreciate that this may be difficult for a variety of reasons. Teachers will feedback to you as soon as they can, as we would normally.

The weeks ahead will be a challenge, but we can do this!

Please check in online regularly and try your best to complete the work posted, but don’t forget to take care of yourselves and try to get outside when you can, taking regular breaks too.

The Social Subjects Department

Mr Dale will be running a live Higher/National 5 Geography lesson today (Monday 11th January 2021) @11am. This will be an overview into how remote learning for this class will be run over the next few weeks.

Join in if you can!

S4 Social Subjects

Class Teacher/s and Access Codes:

4D History – Miss Stoutjesdyk – ep86pop
4C History – Miss Stoutjesdyk/Mr McPake – ep86pop
4E History – Miss Kane – 83k33jz
4D Modern Studies- Mr Black/Mrs Connell/N Conlon – zu534pl
4F Modern Studies – Miss Conlon – 3huirc6
4E Modern Studies – Miss Conlon – vua94a6
4E Geography – Miss Hardie – mqtc2i0
4D Geography – Mr Dale – au6ziyt

S5/6 Social Subjects

Class Subject Teacher/s Level and Access Codes: 

5D History – Miss Kane – ss7dbsg
5E History (Higher) –  Miss Stoutjesdyk – wtb3j9d
5E History (National 5) – Miss Stoutjesdyk – b87ouat
5A History (Advanced Higher) – Miss Stoutjesdyk/Miss Kane – 0h3c3ut
5B Travel and Tourism – Miss Hardie/Mr Dale – oeubexv
5B Geography – Mr Dale/Miss Hardie – t48agdx
5C Modern Studies –  Mr Black/Mrs Connell – vom4rul
5A Modern Studies – Mr McPake/Mrs Connell – vhx9u4r