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Social Studies 10
Welcome to the wiki for Mr Alexander's Social Studies 10.

This website serves as a classroom on your computer or mobile device where you can discuss Social Studies topics and find information about the course. Look at the menu on the left and you can see the units of study in SS10. These units connect to chapters in our textbook. There will be vocabulary lists, important textbook pages, and worksheets under each unit link.

If you look at the tabs above, you will see the **Discussion** tab. This is where you can post questions about the course topics. Your classmates, and sometime your teacher will answer questions and some threads will develop into long discussions.

There are a few different kinds of questions to ask: 1- Ask a question about something you don't understand while you study at home or after school. 2- Ask a question about something you understand but want the opinions or facts from others. 3- Post an opinion about something that you feel needs to be discussed.

As you are in your first year of high school, it will take time to develop into discussion-oriented learning. This type of learning is critical to developing into university students and becoming world citizens. Our online wiki will help you make the transition.

The first step is creating your profile by clicking here. Make an account and become a student member of this class wiki. You can also make your own wiki for future use in other classes and beyond. Your student name should be simply be //"first name.family name.number"// like ian.alexander.32 This makes it easy for me to know who's who. Account names like "funny.girl" are no good!

Your use of this wiki will be assessed and will be 5% of your term 1 mark. You will be assessed on the quantity and quality of your questions and answers. I monitor the discussions daily but when it comes to your final assessment, you will select three of your best posts and email them to me for evaluation. There is a rubric attached below.

Enjoy discussing and happy posting!

The following file will help you understand essay questions: Know these verbs: