Tuesday, May 19, 2009

May 19


We continued with presentations for the Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects today. We will finish with the last presentation on Thursday. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow, here is a link to the study guide (scroll down to find it). After the last presentation on Thursday, we will be continuing with the Unit 3 material, specifically looking at Canadian foreign policy.




Most of today's class was wiped out with Graduation Ceremony Rehearsals, but I was able to squeeze in a couple of Cold War concepts that you need to know for your Social 33 Diploma Exam: nuclear deterrence, M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction), and détente. If you missed class today, you can get the notes for these concepts from a classmate.




I covered a fair bit of ground today. You are expected to read and study the packages that you were given today. I gave you a nice two page summary sheet of the arms reduction treaties and agreements (it's in chart format) as well as a timeline for the end of the Cold War. I also gave you an expanded timeline of "the Cold War at a glance" (1945-1992). I also gave you a package that is a nice supplement to the "American sphere of influence", which focused on American intervention in the Western Hemisphere, specifically, Central America: Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. This information might be useful when preparing for your Position Paper #3, which goes tomorrow in the Blenheim Room (go there directly).

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