October 18

Social 30-1

I went through the first half of a PowerPoint presentation called "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism". We'll deal with the USSR, communism and the command economy first and then we'll move on to the extreme right ideologies. To that end, I gave you a series of notes today: a booklet with notes on Marx, Lenin and Stalin. I also gave you a series of handouts on the command economy. One of the handouts dealt with the characteristics of a command economy and the advantages and disadvantages of this economic system. Another handout looked at the Soviet economic system, and there was also a fill in the blanks note sheet on the command economy. Make sure that read, highlight and annotate these notes. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms. Please remember that your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Test is tomorrow, please see the study guide here. This test corresponds to material in Chapter 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology.

Social 20-1

We watched a couple of videos today and completed film studies on them. The first video was from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay". I gave you some additional notes for this video. I also taught you a new mnemonic device to remember the FAILURe of the League of Nations. Now, the League of Nations did enjoy some successes in dealing with lesser powers and minor boundary disputes. Some organizations that were part of the structure of the League of Nations still survive today in the organization of the United Nations. As we will see, the League of Nations was very ineffective in dealing with aggressive nation-states that were pursuing expansionist foreign policies. We also watched another video from the same BBC series called "Why Appeasement?", and as you watched this video you were to complete a worksheet. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, October 22nd.