October 14

Social 10-1

We started a film study of "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee", which we may finish tomorrow, but in all likelihood, we'll finish on Friday. We're watching this film to see how the American government dealt with one particular group of American Indians, in this case the Sioux. You do have a couple of homework assignments tonight: please complete the Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions from your Unit 2 Worksheet, and please print off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" PowerPoint presentation (4-6 slides per page). You have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, October 19th, please see the study here (scroll down to find it). Don't forget to get some work done on your Imperialism Research Project as well (this is due on Friday, October 23rd). Please check your e-mail for instructions on how to access the Gale e-books that are available in our school library (in library, reference only) and online (anytime). These e-books are an excellent source of information, particularly for this project.

Social 30-1

I went through a very quick PowerPoint presentation on economic models explained by cows at the beginning of class. I then wrote out some quick notes on the board of the Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev and what concepts you should associate with each of them. I gave you some readings today, including "Gorbachev to Collapse" and "Economic Planning in the USSR" (the questions in this booklet are due tomorrow), as well as a short reading booklet on Gorbachev's economic reforms (perestroika) and Deng Xiao Ping's economic reforms ("four modernizations" and "building socialism with Chinese characteristics"), which constitute examples of market socialism. As always, there was a list of advantages and disadvantages of market socialism, when a command economy moves towards a mixed economy, and introduces these economic reforms. Please remember that you have your Economic Systems Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it, it's long, so copy and paste it into MS Word, and print it off). I gave you back the results of your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Test today, and there were some outstanding results. Don't get overconfident, no one got 100% on that test, so there's always room for improvement. Make sure that you have a strong grasp of all of the economic systems that we've looked at.