October 5

Social 30-1

I did a quick review (and notes on the board) of differences between supply-side economics and demand-side economics. I then gave you some background information on Russian-Soviet History (notes on the board), these notes will connect to some notes that I have sent to you today. Please check your e-mail for notes on Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. I also gave you a handout that covered the different strands of socialism: Utopian socialism, democratic socialism (which we have already looked at) and scientific socialism (also known as revolutionary socialism, or more commonly as communism, if you remember back to our economic-political grid, you'll remember that it was called dictatorial socialism as well). I also showed you a video today which looked at "Stalin and Modernization of the USSR", this video is from the BBC 20th Century History series. As you watched this video, you were to take some notes. We'll be looking at the economic system in the former Soviet Union, as this will be material that will appear on your Economic Systems Exam, this exam will be next week, on Thursday, October 15th. You have an exam this week, on Thursday, and it will cover the Market Economy and the Mixed Economy. This exam is 70 multiple choice questions, and you must do some review this week to be ready for it. Please see the study guide here. You do have some homework tonight, please read Chapter 5 and complete the Chapter 5 Key Terms (you don't have to worry about the Chapter 5 Questions yet). I also did a homework check today to see if you printed off the PowerPoint presentation called "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism".

Social 10-1

I did a couple of homework checks, one of the homework checks was to see if you printed off the "Historical Globalization and Imperialism" PowerPoint presentation from last week. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions. I started another PowerPoint presentation/lecture today on the "Legacies of Historical Globalization". I will finish this presentation tomorrow. We also started a video today, that we will finish up tomorrow called "Tools of Exploitation".