preparing for the social studies 11.ppt

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Preparing for the Social Studies 11

Provincial Exam


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Know What You Are Facing

This is an exam that students all over the provincewill write.

It looks different to class exams, so get familiar withthe layout. The questions may also be worded a little

differently to what you are used to.We carefully follow the curriculum, so all parts of the

course were coveredbut one or two details may beunfamiliar and the emphasis may sometimes be a little

different to the way it was in class. Dont worry. All students in the province will face

these thingseven those who had a teacher on theexam writing team.


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Know What You Are Facing

The exam has two parts:

Selected Response Questionsthese areusually multiple choice.

Essay questionsthere are two of these and

you must answer both of them.


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Look at the Exam Specifications

This can be found online at:http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/grade11/ss/08_table_specs.pdf
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How to Study

Know the language ofthe course.

Use flash cards tostudy names and terms.

Do not waste timestudying terms andnames you alreadyknow!

Karl Marx

The creator of Communism

(Marxism).

He believed in materialism only

things you can touch and feel arereal.

He wanted a world where everyone

was equal.


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How to Study

For History, use timelines to get events in the right

order. Visual learners benefit from adding images.


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How To Study

Predict and Practice EssayQuestions

These are the big questionsthat make you think andcombine information.

These questions will comefrom the themes of thecourse:

Autonomy & InternationalDevelopment

Politics and Government

Society and Identity Human Geography

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Entering the Battle Be physically prepared.

Get a good nights sleep. Dontstudy all night. Watch a comedy

the evening before the test.

Eat a good meal at least an hour

before the testyou dont want

to be hungry or tired as youdigest food.

Dress in layers. You dont want

to feel too hot or cold when

writing.

Arrive early to reduce stress.

Go to the bathroom before the

testyou dont want to be

distressed during the test.

How not to feel.


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Entering the Battle

Reduce Stress: A little worry is goodithelps to focus your

attention. Too much stress

is bad and interferes with

memory

Take 5 deep breaths to

pump oxygen to your

brain.

If still anxious (you feel

this in your neck muscles),

practice passive relaxation

consciously relax

muscle groups.

Close your eyes and

imagine yourself in your

favourite comfortable place.


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Writing the TestSelected Response Multiple Choice Questions.

Only one answer is right.

Eliminate wrong answers firstcrossthem out on the test.

History questions are usually in timeorderthis may give you a clue.

Whenever a question says except ornot, slow down to think morecarefully.

Guess if you dont know. Never leavea blank.

There are no trick questions. If itlooks too easy, it actually just is so.

Check for frame-shifts from time totime.


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Writing the Test - Essays

There are two essay

questions.

Write both of them.

The test writing time is

longyou should have

plenty of time.

If you are short of time, it

is better to write two

mediocre answers than

just one good one.


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Know what the command words meansee the handout.


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Be Careful onGeography options.

Many students makethe mistake of justrelying on commonknowledge

Make sure you usespecific course contentand employ terms wehave learned.


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Always plan before youwrite.

Never just write off thetop of your head.

There is little to no spacein the booklet to use, souse any space in themultiple choice booklet to

plan.

Above all, your writingneeds a thesisacontrolling statement. Thisis a one sentence answerto the question.


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Writing the Test - Essays The following suggestions

from the Open SchoolsSocial Studies 11;

Provincial ExamPreparation book arespot-on:

Read the QuestionCarefully. Know whatyou are being asked to do.

Identify the Commandword. Circle it or put a

box around it and underlineany other key words.

Create a chart in yourplanning space. Fill itwith appropriateinformation.


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Writing the TestEssays

Sample Charts

The kind of chart youshould use depends on thequestion.

A history question mightask you to cover a time

periodlike from 1914-2000. If so use achronology chart like the

one to the left, to makesure you use informationfrom the whole time

period.


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Sample Charts A chronology question that

asks you to assess something

over a time span could use a

diagram like the one to the

rightfor example: The most important influence

on Canadian government

policy during the 20th Century

was the United States. Assess

the truth of this statementmaking reference to events

throughout the time period

1914-2000.

W iti th T t E


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Sample Charts SPERM-G

This is an acronym for: Social,

Political, Economic, Religious,

Military, and Geographic.

Not all of these categories might

relate to any given question, but if

several do, then making a chart that

includes them will help you write a

thorough paper that doesnt miss

important material.

This chart might accompany the

question: Assess how much Canada

changed as a result of World War I.

W iti th T t E


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Any question that asksyou to look at twosides of an issue coulduse a chart like the oneto the right.

An example of such aquestion might be: Towhat extent is globalwarming a problemfor Canadians?


Sample Charts


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Write in essay format

if possible. This will

ensure that you areorganized.

Introduction (with

thesis).

Body (at least 3 pointsof a paragraph each).

Conclusion.


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You will not be

marked down for notusing essay format,

but you will probably

not be as thorough or

as organized.


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Write small. One of our biggest complaints about the essaybooklet is that it does not give enough space. We havecomplained for years and nothing has been done about it. Onceagain, write small!

Write legibly. If a marker cannot read your writing it cannot becredited. If your handwriting is as bad as mine, print!

Use all of the time allowed. Once you leave the test, you cannotreturn. Do not rush. Check your work and edit neatly (there isno space to write a good copy, so do not rewrite).

If you go back and check multiple choice items, do not changethem unless you are 100% sure. First guesses are often the best.


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