Wednesday, July 15, 2009

July 15


I collected your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions Booklets at the beginning of class today. You wrote your Chapter 9-10 Quiz today as well, and the results were very good. You also wrote your Unit 2 In-Class Writing Assignment, this one was based on the Social 30-2 Written Response Assignment II in which you have three sources to interpret. I will try to mark these today, so that you will know the results tomorrow. I delivered a PowerPoint presentation called "Foundations of Economic Globalization" today as well, I have already sent this presentation to you, so please check your e-mail. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Question Booklet is due on Friday, July 17th. My expectation is that I have 100% completion of this booklet because you are getting an extra day to work on it. You have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow, so please see the study guide below. On Friday, you have a Chapter 11 Quiz, please see the study guide for that quiz below. Please make a note of the upcoming important dates as well.

  • Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 16th
  • Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions Booklet is due on Friday, July 17th
  • Chapter 11 Quiz is on Friday, July 17th
  • Unit 3 In-Class Writing Assignment is on Friday, July 17th
  • Chapter 11-12 Quiz (key terms quiz) is on Monday, July 20th
  • Unit 3 Final Exam is on Wednesday, July 22nd

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 16th. This unit final is different than your Unit 1 Final Exam because it has a few different sections, it is not all multiple choice. There is a matching section with 15 key terms (with a 21 key term word bank) and a multiple choice section with 25 questions.


1. Make sure that you review information from the following PowerPoint presentations:

"Foundations of Historical Globalization"
"Historical Globalization and Imperialism"

2. Make sure that you study the following key concepts from Unit 2:

  • world view
  • democracy
  • annihilation
  • Eurocentrism
  • international trade
  • mercantilism
  • monopoly
  • capitalism
  • free market
  • industrialization
  • entrepreneur
  • imperialism
  • raw material
  • market
  • colony
  • protectorate
  • assimilated
  • company land grant
  • reserve
  • residential school
  • Indian Act
  • self-government
  • Beothuk
  • Silk Road
  • integration
  • assimilation
  • Oka
  • Royal Commission



This quiz has two sections: one matching section for key terms from Chapter 11, and the other section will test your knowledge of global financial institutions and organizations. Please make sure that you know what supporters and critics might say about the following organizations:

  • The World Bank (see pages 181, 183-185)
  • The IMF (see pages 182, 183-185)
  • NAFTA (see pages 188-189)
  • WTO (see pages 191-192)
  • the G8 (see pages 192-193)
  • make sure that you read "The Anti-Globalization Movement" section (pages 193-194) for more criticisms of these institutions and organizations

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

July 14


I did a homework check on the Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. I gave you some notes on the Chapter 10 material, including a handout on the Indian Act, and notes on the board about the Indian Act, assimilation, marginalization and the residential school system. We then watched the film "Where the Spirit Lives" and completed a film study on it. You also wrote a quiz on the film as well.

We also watched an episode of CBC News in Review about the Canadian government issuing an apology for the residential school system. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please check the upcoming important dates below, and the study guide for the Unit 2 Final Exam.
  • Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due Wednesday, July 15th
  • Chapter 9-10 Quiz is on Wednesday, July 15th
  • Unit 2 In-Class Writing Assignment is on Wednesday, July 15th
  • Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 16th


The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 16th. This unit final is different than your Unit 1 Final Exam because it has a few different sections, it is not all multiple choice. There is a matching section with 15 key terms (with a 21 key term word bank) and a multiple choice section with 25 questions.
1. Make sure that you review information from the following PowerPoint presentations:

  • "Foundations of Historical Globalization"
  • "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"

2. Make sure that you study the following key concepts from Unit 2:

  • world view
  • democracy
  • annihilation
  • Eurocentrism
  • international trade
  • mercantilism
  • monopoly
  • capitalism
    free market
  • industrialization
  • entrepreneur
  • imperialism
  • raw material
  • market
  • colony
  • protectorate
  • assimilated
  • company land grant
  • reserve
  • residential school
  • Indian Act
  • self-government
  • Beothuk
  • Silk Road
  • integration
  • assimilation
  • Oka
  • Royal Commission

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Monday, July 13, 2009

July 13


You handed in your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today, and then you wrote your Chapter 7-8 Quiz. I did a short PowerPoint presentation called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism", which I will be sending to you this afternoon. This PowerPoint presentation corresponds to material from Chapter 9 in your textbook. We then watched "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" and wrote a short quiz on the film. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please see the list of upcoming important dates below, as well as the study guide for your Unit 2 Final Exam (which is on Thursday).





  • Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due Tuesday, July 14th
  • Chapter 9-10 Quiz is on Wednesday, July 15th
  • Unit 2 In-Class Writing Assignment is on Wednesday, July 15th
  • Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 16th



The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 16th. This unit final is different than your Unit 1 Final Exam because it has a few different sections, it is not all multiple choice. There is a matching section with 15 key terms (with a 21 key term word bank) and a multiple choice section with 25 questions.

1. Make sure that you review information from the following PowerPoint presentations:

  • "Foundations of Historical Globalization"
  • "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"

2. Make sure that you study the following key concepts from Unit 2:

  • world view
  • democracy
  • annihilation
  • Eurocentrism
  • international trade
  • mercantilism
  • monopoly
  • capitalism
  • free market
  • industrialization
  • entrepreneur
  • imperialism
  • raw marterial
  • market
  • colony
  • protectorate
  • assimilated
  • company land grant
  • reserve
  • residential school
  • Indian Act
  • self-government
  • Beothuk
  • Silk Road
  • integration
  • assimilation
  • Oka
  • Royal commission

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Friday, July 10, 2009

July 10


I did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. We were able to do an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". This book addresses some of the themes that we'll be looking at Unit 2, such as cultural contact, assimilation, imperialism, differing world views, and residential schools. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. You have a Chapter 7-8 Quiz on Monday as well. Please see the study guide below. Please also see the list of upcoming important dates below.


  • Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due Monday, July 13th
  • Chapter 7-8 Quiz is on Monday, July 13th
  • Chapter 9-10 Quiz is on Wednesday, July 15th
  • Unit 2 In-Class Writing Assignment is on Wednesday, July 15th
  • Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 16th



Please make sure that you know the following key terms/key concepts from Chapters 7-8.

  • cultural contact
  • democracy
  • colonial
  • world view
  • Eurocentrism
  • international trade
  • mercantilism
  • monopoly
  • capitalism
  • free market
  • industrialization
  • entrepreneur
  • Hudson’s Bay Company
  • constitution
  • anthropologist
  • annihilation
  • entrepreneur

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Thursday, July 09, 2009

July 9


I collected your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions and your Chapter 6 Reading Organizer at the beginning of class for homework check marks. You then wrote your Chapter 5-6 Quiz. After completing the quiz, I had you move into small groups to do a brainstorming session for the Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I. I gave you 10 minutes to brainstorm and about 40 minutes to write it. You also wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today, you'll get the results back tomorrow. Your homework assignment tonight is to finish the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions.

  • Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow
  • Chapter 7-8 Quiz is on Monday, July 13th
  • Chapter 9-10 Quiz is on Wednesday, July 15th
  • Unit 2 In-Class Writing Assignment is on Wednesday, July 15th
  • Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 16th