October 6

Social 23

We focused on the Congress of Vienna in today's class. As a class we looked at who was involved in the meetings,what was the goal/purpose of the meeting, when did they meet, where the meeting took place, and why were these delegates from the major European powers meeting in the first place. We also talked about the results of the Congress of Vienna and the successes and failures of the Congress. I gave you the remaining time in class to work on your Napoleon Research Assignment, which is due tomorrow. Please don't forget that you have a quiz on Napoleon tomorrow as well. I may post again later tonight with some useful websites for completing your Napoleon assignment. There are some useful websites listed on the right hand side of this blog under "Social 23 Links". Here's a map that may be useful to you:

Social 10

I delivered a brief presentation today on "Canadian Identity: How We See Ourselves". At certain points during the presentation I asked you to take notes on the presentation. I will be sending this presentation to you this evening through the e-mail distribution list. We also looked at possible arguments for and against Canada's multiculturalism policy. Additionally, I had you start reading about Canadian and American relations from your textbook. We will soon be discussing in greater detail Canadian and American relations, and how other nations of the world see Canada. Your homework tonight is the "Canada's Symbols" worksheet. This is an Internet-based assignment, it shouldn't take you more than 30 minutes to complete.