THS Social Subjects Faculty

Today, the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States takes place. This will mark the beginning of the four-year term of Joe Biden as President and Kamala Harris as Vice President. Biden and Harris will take the presidential oath and be sworn into office. The ceremony will take place in front of the US Capitol in Washington D.C. Coverage of the event will take place from 4pm on BBC and ITV. You can also watch coverage of the event here: Biden inauguration live: Washington readies for handover of power – BBC News

Joe Biden is part of the Democratic Party. He was Barack Obama’s Vice President from 2009-2017. At 78 years of age, Biden will be the oldest person to become President of the USA. He won the 2020 Presidential Election with a total of 306 electoral votes to Trump’s 232 electoral votes.

Joe Biden’s Vice President, Kamala Harris, also made history by being America’s first female, first Black and first South-Asian Vice President.

In Joe Biden’s victory speech he said, “I pledge to be a President who seeks not to divide but to unify.”

“A nation united. A nation strengthened. A nation healed. The United States of America.”

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.

 

https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/martin-luther-king-jr-day-2021-when-it-why-we-celebrate-social-rights-activist-and-best-quotes-3102564

 

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. 

• 2.1 and 2.7 will return to History with Miss Kane and Miss Stoutjesdyk (unfortunately we’ve had to create a new Team due to some technical issues, but all pupils should have been manually added)

Team code: jlxgidw

• 2.2 will return to Geography with Mr Dale

Team code: e1yfo75 (new Team code due to technical issues)

• 2.3 will return to Modern Studies with Miss Conlon

Team code: ofojedl

• 2.4 will return to Geography with Miss Hardie

Team code: 6jvsuk1 (new Team created due to technical issues)

• 2.5 will return to Geography with Miss Hardie

Team code: e41p37y (new Team created due to technical issues)

• 2.6 will return to Modern Studies with Miss Conlon and Mr McPake

Team code: eiafjxd

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

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