October 21

Social 20-1

I went through some notes and background information on the early years of World War II today, including looking at the Japanese motivation for attacking Pearl Harbor in December 1941 which brought the USA into WWII. We watched an excerpt from the movie "Pearl Harbor" as well today. On Monday, we'll be looking at consequences of the attack on Pearl Harbor, namely the internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians. We'll focus on the Japanese-Canadian experience. Tomorrow, you have your Unit 2 WRA I (3 source analysis writing assignment), make sure that you review the two PowerPoint presentations that I sent you on World War I (the theme for tomorrow's WRA I). Please remember that you have your Chapter 5-6 Test next Wednesday (October 27th) as well, please see the study guide here. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are also due tomorrow.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20-1 Students:

• Unit 2 WRA I is on Friday, October 22nd (65 minutes to write)
• Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (October 22nd)
• Chapter 5-6 Test is on Wednesday, October 27th (please see study guide here)
  

Social 30-1

I went through some notes on leaders of the Soviet Union and key concepts that you need to associate with each of them. You also received handouts on "Gorbachev to the Collapse of the Soviet Union" which focused on perestroika, glasnost, democratization, and other social, political and economic elements of Soviet society at the tail end of the existence of the USSR. You also received a booklet called "Economic Planning in the USSR" which has readings and questions (which are due on Monday). You also got a handout that focused on similarities between Gorbachev's economic reforms (perestroika) and Deng Xiao Ping's "four modernizations" and move to market socialism in China and the USSR. This booklet also outlined the advantages and disadvantages of market socialism, which could be useful on an essay. Your Chapter 5 Questions are due tomorrow.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 30-1 Students:

• Chapter 5 Questions are due tomorrow (October 22nd)
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet is due on Monday, October 25th
• Economic Systems Exam is on Wednesday, October 27th (please see the study guide here, scroll down to find it, copy and paste it into MS Word)
• Unit 2 WRA I (3 source analysis writing assignment) is on Thursday, October 28th (don't worry, I'll re-teach how to write these assignments)