February 9

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions. We finished watching "Sicko" today as well. This film study will be due on Tuesday of next week. You have your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Also, next week you will write your Unit 1 Final Exam, please see the study guide below. On Thursday of next week you will be writing your Unit 1 essay, a couple of days in advance of this I will be giving you the text-based source to which you will be responding. We looked at a couple of examples of student essays from the first semester, and we will try to finish this off next week.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Tuesday, February 16th. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file)
• Study the 19th Century and 20th Century political spectrums
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet
  
  

Social 20-1

I gave you some notes on the French Revolution, and a chart on French Society in 1789 (on the eve of the French Revolution). We then started watching the History Channel's "The French Revolution", which we will finish tomorrow. As you were watching this video you were to fill out a timeline of key events in the French Revolution. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, and you must print off "The French Revolution" PowerPoint presentation for homework check marks. Here is a link to a timeline of the French Revolution that I made that you might want to check out.


Next Tuesday, you will have a World Geography Test. Please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 World Geography Test Study Guide

This test will take place on Friday, September 12th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:

• any of the EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
  India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
  Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

Geography Games

• World Geography Games
• Test Your Geography Knowledge
• Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)