Tuesday, April 18, 2006

April 18


We tied up some loose ends today on our Sovereignty unit. I will be sending you the Chapter 15 questions tonight. You should finish these questions tonight for homework if you didn't finish them in the class time that was given. As well, please complete the map on Canada's peacekeeping operations. You will also see the study guide for the Sovereignty Unit Final in this posting. This unit final is on Tuesday, April 25th.


1. Key Concepts (you should be familiar with these terms and concepts):

  • sovereignty
  • independence
  • nationhood
  • nation-state
  • national identity
  • intervention
  • international relations
  • foreign policy
  • "middle power"
  • global community conflict
  • cooperation
  • collective security
2. Canada's Sovereignty (from PowerPoint presentation and reading booklet):

  • political (constitutional) sovereignty (lots of details here)
  • territorial sovereignty
  • characteristics of a sovereign nation
  • nation
  • state
  • nation-state
3. Canada's Role in WWI: (focus on the following issues)

  • aims of Canada's involvement
  • Canadian contributions
  • consequences of the war as it relates to Canadian sovereignty
4. Attaining Independence:(importance of the following in relation to Canada gaining independence from Britain)

  • Imperial War Cabinet's Resolution IX (from textbook and PowerPoint)
  • Paris Peace Conference /Treaty of Versailles
  • League of Nations
  • Statute of Westminster (1931)
  • Constitution Act (1982)
5. Canada's Role in World War II: (focus only on the following)

  • what role did Canada play in WWII?
  • Canadian contribution
6. Canada's Role in the Cold War (PowerPoint and Chapter 15):

  • Canada's role in collective security arrangements (for example, NATO and NORAD)
7. Canada's Foreign Policy: (focus on the PowerPoint presentation for this topic)

  • what influences Canadian foreign policy?
  • Canadian foreign policy goals/themes
  • aims/objectives of Canadian foreign policy
8. Canada and the United Nations (PowerPoint presentation and Chapter 15):

  • Canadian involvement in UN agencies
  • Security Council/peacekeeping
  • military actions: peacekeeping (examples) and peacemaking (examples)
  • know the difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking
9. Canada in the World/ Canada and International Organizations:(reading booklet, text)

  • Commonwealth
  • La Francophonie
  • CIDA
  • NGOs
  • Canada's role in the developing world (foreign aid)
  • bilateralism/multilateralism/internationalism
  • acid rain issue/global environment
This unit final consists of 65 multiple choice questions.



  • Sovereignty Unit Final: Tuesday, April 25th
  • WWI/WWII Research Project is due Wednesday, April 26th



I gave you a reading today on the motives for imperialism. Please make sure that you read and highlight this booklet. Here are some upcoming important dates that you should be concerned with:

  • Chapter 10 questions #1-9 are due on Thursday, April 20th
  • Africa map is also due on Thursday, April 20th
  • Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final is Wednesday, April 19th

The following map may help you complete the map assignment:

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What is the dialectic method? Do we need to know the First National thingy?? Do we need to know the fabians? SS20 by the way

Kevin Gilchrist said...

You need to look at the booklet that I gave you entitled "Philosophies of Industrialism", at the back it talks about Hegel's dialetic model (it's the diagram), which Marx used in his description of history. Basically, the dialetic method talks about a thesis and a antithesis and reaching a new synthesis. Marx applied this model to history when talking about the various class struggles that occurred throughout history, ultimately culminating in the class struggle between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie leading to the new synthesis of a classless society. Does that help?
Don't worry about the Fabians too much now, that will come up again in Social 30. I'm not sure I know what you mean by the "first National thingy"...

Anonymous said...

Ok thanks... the 1st national thingy was a question that was in the chapter 6 questions... its probably not important because that's the only time I've come across it.

Anonymous said...

Hey Mr. Gilchrist. I wasn't here this morning (Wednesday, Apirl 19, 2006) for the unit test. I forgot that I had an appointment that I had made a month ago (it was to see a specilist). I was just wondering if I could go in tomorrow morning during tutorial to do the test.

Hannah

Kevin Gilchrist said...

It's a long one, so you can write it during class time.