May 19

Social 30-1

We watched a video in class today called "Unconstitutional" which examined the erosion of civil rights in the United States post-9/11 with the passage of the Patriot Act. If you missed class today, you might want to watch the video embedded below.



I also gave you a booklet that covered the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Patriot Act. Make sure that you read this booklet!

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Tuesday, May 24th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, May 26th (see the study guide below)

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam will be entirely multiple choice format. It will be on Wednesday, June 2nd. Please study the following material:

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)

Review the following handouts/notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems
• Non-Democratic Systems
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• Civil Rights Movement
• authoritarian systems (China notes/booklet)
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (civil rights, human rights, Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act, etc.)
• FLQ Crisis 1970 film study and document analysis booklet

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:

• assimilation
• self-interest
• humanitarianism
• Indian Act
• residential school system
• enfranchisement
• the White Paper
• the Red Paper
• “war on terror"
• authoritarianism
• consensus decision-making
• direct democracy
• military dictatorship
• oligarchy
• one-party state
• party solidarity
• representation by population
• proportional representation
• representative democracy
• responsible government
• democracy
• single-member constituency (first past the post)
• the Senate
• the House of Commons
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups
• American Bill of Rights
• Anti-Terrorism Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• emergency and security legislation
• illiberal
• language legislation
• Bill 101
• Bill 178
• Bill 86
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• respect for law and order
• terrorism
• rendition
• the War Measures Act
• enemy aliens
• internment
• the Emergencies Act
• USA PATRIOT Act
• consumerism
• environmental change
• extremism
• pandemics
• postmodernism
• global warming
• Kyoto Protocol
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• drought

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 3 WRA I in-class writing assignment. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Tuesday, please see the study guide here. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 25th.