Monday, November 13, 2006

November 13


I returned your first in-class position papers today in class. I also delivered the second presentation/lecture on Canadian Government and Politics. I will be sending this presentation out to you shortly. You should have already received an e-mail message from me today, this message had an attachment called "Glossary of Parliamentary Terms". Please print off a hard copy of this glossary, and keep the electronic version as well. You will be tested on these key terms very shortly with a pop quiz, so please be prepared! I also collected your WWI/WWII Research Projects today, aside from a couple of students, I have received most of the projects.


We did a simulation today on the outbreak of World War I. This simulation should raise a few questions in your mind. For example, was the outbreak of the Great War inevitable? Was it preventable? Who was responsible? We will be discussing these issues in greater detail in the weeks to come as we progress through our study of International Conflict. Please remember that you have your Imperialism Unit Final tomorrow, please study and prepare!

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

for those projects soc 10
when will be receiving them a week or 2?

Kevin Gilchrist said...

for those projects soc 10
when will be receiving them a week or 2?

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Well considering the fact that you just handed them in today, it will take me awhile to mark them. Probably a week or two.

Anonymous said...

Will the pop quiz for social 10-1 be tomorrow?

Kevin Gilchrist said...

Will the pop quiz for social 10-1 be tomorrow?
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Probably not. That wouldn't give you enough time to study.

Anonymous said...

VIA LA RUSSIA DOWN WITH EVERYONE ELSE YOU TOOO SERBIA ;)

Anonymous said...

did rhodes succeed in making the cape to cairo railway??
Cn 20-4

Anonymous said...

what should we know about the invasion of Zululand?

Anonymous said...

WHATS the "Boer War"???????

Anonymous said...

hey i didint get the ppt u showed us 2day in class?

Anonymous said...

hey mr.g

for the terms you are going to quiz us on, are those the ones that you sent today and when you hover over certian ones you see what it is linked to ?

thanks soc-10

Anonymous said...

did you send the powerpoint that you delivered today to us?

Social 10-1

Kevin Gilchrist said...

did you send the powerpoint that you delivered today to us?

Social 10-1

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Nope. Sorry I forgot.

Kevin Gilchrist said...

hey mr.g

for the terms you are going to quiz us on, are those the ones that you sent today and when you hover over certian ones you see what it is linked to ?

thanks soc-10

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Yes.

Kevin Gilchrist said...

WHATS the "Boer War"???????

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It's in your textbook and the PowerPoint that I sent to you.

Kevin Gilchrist said...

what should we know about the invasion of Zululand?
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Not much. Just know where it is and who invaded it.

Kevin Gilchrist said...

did rhodes succeed in making the cape to cairo railway??
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No he didn't. The railway was never completed, in fact there really isn't a road or highway that would link these two cities together even to this day. You would probably need an off road vehicle to complete the trip. Rhodes is a pretty interesting character. He founded De Beers the diamond company, Rhodesia is named after him, the Rhodes scholarship is also named after him. He's also depicted as an extreme nationalist and racist a lot of times. There's quote by him that goes along the lines of "all of these stars... these vast worlds that remain out of reach. If I could, I would annex other planets". Now that's extending the British Empire. According to Wikipedia he was voted number 56 on The Greatest South Africans TV show (similar to the CBC's "Greatest Canadian" TV show of 2005). Those are your random facts of the day.