Tuesday, March 08, 2011

March 8


We started today looking at the formulation of arguments and evidence on a position paper by brainstorming arguments around convincing a friend to come to Churchill as a student. We looked at the difference between arguments and evidence. We also started to look at elements that would go into a first paragraph of a position paper. On Friday, we'll continue to look at strategies to make you more successful on writing the WRA II Essays in not only 10-1, but for the years ahead. Don't forget that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Your Unit 1 WRA II Essay is next Tuesday. Make sure you check out yesterday's post as well for links to the two articles on globalization and the impact it has on cultures around the world.


We watched a couple of videos on how the welfare state operates in Norway and the Netherlands by watching "Welfare a la Carte" and "Dutch Treat" from the TV show 60 Minutes. We then started a PowerPoint presentation called "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism". I should be able to finish this presentation/lecture off tomorrow. This PowerPoint presentation corresponds to the later half of Chapter 4 and Chapter 6. We'll definitely get into neo-conservatism and supply-side economics tomorrow as well. Please remember that your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. Your "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test" is on Monday as well, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

when studying for the social 10-1 unit final, are we expected to memorize dates and statistical figures as well or just the ideas, opinions, views, impacts etc of the case studies?

Kevin Gilchrist said...

when studying for the social 10-1 unit final, are we expected to memorize dates and statistical figures as well or just the ideas, opinions, views, impacts etc of the case studies?

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Good question. I don't test you on specific dates and facts and figures. It would be more likely that you would be given facts and figures to interpret and analyze. It's more important that you understand the concepts and are able to apply them to different situations, or be able to recognize the concepts in examples or case studies that you might be given in a source.