May 26

Social 20-1

After doing some homework checks at the beginning of class, I gave you some upcoming important dates:

• Unit 3 Position Paper is on Tuesday, June 2nd
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 3rd
• Final Exam Part A (In-Class Essay) is on Wednesday, June 10th
• Final Exam Part B (100 Multiple Choice Questions) is on Tuesday, June 16th

You should start preparing for your Unit 3 Position Paper tonight (I have sent it to you by e-mail), and start reviewing material already covered in Unit 3 for the Unit 3 Final Exam (70 multiple choice questions). I gave you the rest of the class period to work on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow.

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations that I have sent to you:

• "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
• "Canada's Foreign Policy"
• "Nationalism and Internationalism"
  

Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:

• know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
• know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
• know the different foreign policy options
• know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
• what influences foreign policy decisions?
• methods of foreign policy
• motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
• how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
• tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
• what are INGOs and IGOs? examples of INGOs and IGOs
• the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
• peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
• different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
• why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples
  

Social 33

You wrote your Cold War Unit Final Exam today in class. You'll get the results of the multiple choice section tomorrow in class.

Social 30

We started looking at the Middle East today. We covered a lot of ground today! We looked at some background information to understand politics and conflict in the Middle East, and we watched a video on "The Arabs and Israel Since 1947". I gave you numerous handouts today, including: a timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, summary charts of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 and the Suez Crisis of 1956. I also gave you some pointers on note-taking on Chapter 12 (The Middle East) from Global Forces of the 20th Century, you should take notes under the following headings and subheadings:

1. Arab-Israeli Conflict:

• Arab-Israeli War (1948)
• Suez Crisis (1956)
• Six Day War
• Yom Kippur War

2. Superpower Involvement in the Middle East

3. Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Don't worry about taking notes on the Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War since I have notes packages to give you on these topics.

Don't forget that you have your Cold War Unit Final tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).