Social 10
I gave you a little bit of time to have your rough drafts peer edited at the beginning of class. I also gave you a list of countries and major cities that will appear on your World Geogrpahy Test. For the remainder of class you should have been working on completing Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet. Here are some good hyperlinks to geography games:
Please see the list of important dates below.
Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:
- Writing Assignment: Global Connections is due on Monday, February 11th (good copy: either typed or printed in blue or black ink)
- World Geography Test is on Tuesday, February 12th
- Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, February 12th
Social 33
You wrote your first Social 33 quiz today, and it was on Individualism and Collectivism. The results were very good. I gave you the remainder of class time to complete Chapter 3 Q2-7 from page 28 in the textbook A Changing World. These questions are due for homework on Monday, but it looked like most of you finished it in class. Please have a look at the upcoming importatn dates below, as well as the study guide for your test on Tuesday.
Introduction to Political Systems Test Study Guide:
1. Key Concepts/Key People:
- ideology
- government
- politics
- to govern
- economics
- individualism
- collectivism
- fascism
- conservatism
- liberalism
- radical
- conservative
- reactionary
- liberal
- absolute monarchy
- democratic socialism
- communism
- representative government
- Thomas Hobbes (ideas/beliefs)
- John Locke (ideas/beliefs)
- norms
- mores
- rule by few/elites (dictatorships)
- rule by many (democracies)
2. Political Spectrum:
- similarities/differences between groups
- values supported by each group (radical, liberal, conservative, reactionary)
- placement on spectrum of various groups
3. Forms of Government:
- advantages/disadvantages of each type of government that we have examined (absolute monarchy, democratic socialism, communism, representative government, fascism)
Test Format:
30 multiple choice questions
1 writing assignment (letter to the editor on a particular issue, information is given to help you write your letter)
Upcoming Important Dates for Social 33 Students:
- Chapter 3 Questions (Q 2-7 page 28) are due on Monday, February 11th
- Introduction to Political Systems Test (see study guide above) is on Tuesday, February 12th
2 comments:
Mr.G, for the ch.1 skill path, do we have to do it in groups or by ourselves?
and... do we do all of the 4-5 questions?
Mr.G, for the ch.1 skill path, do we have to do it in groups or by ourselves?
and... do we do all of the 4-5 questions?
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Yes, you do it by yourself. You're just developing a rough concept web, so you don't follow through with Step 4 and 5 yet.
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