September 7

Social 20-1

I finished off the "Nation and Identity" PowerPoint presentation today, and I'd like to send it off to you by e-mail, but first I'd like a response to the test message that I sent out today. Once I know the e-mail distribution list is working, I can start sending out these PowerPoint presentations. I gave you class time to work on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Friday. Also on Friday you will have an Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz. Tomorrow, I will lecture on this very topic. You also have a World Geography Test on Friday, September 16th, please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 World Geography Test Study Guide

This test will take place on Friday, September 16th. 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!!**

Social 30-1

I went through another PowerPoint presentation lecture today called "Identity and Ideology" which introduced the 19th and 20th century political spectrums to you, as well as the economic-political grid. You must memorize all of these spectrum diagrams for your upcoming Chapter 1-2 Test. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, so I gave you the remaining 15 minutes of class to work on them. I also gave you a booklet with the various spectrums on it, so make sure that you study it. As well, I will be sending you the PDF copy of the Ideology Notes as soon as I have the e-mail distribution list up and operational.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 30-1:

• Chapter 1-2 Test is on Wednesday, September 14th (please see study guide below)
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, September 15th
• Unit 1 WRA II Essay is on Monday, September 19th

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Wednesday, September 14th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts and the Supplementary Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (hopefully you have quality answers to study from!)
• you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
• know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
• be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
• be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
• know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
• know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)

Printing PowerPoint Presentations

When I send you presentations, here is what I recommend that you do: keep an electronic copy of the presentation, preferably in an appropriately named folder. Next you'll need to print it off. I recommend that you print off 4 slides per page. Here's how you do it. Open the presentation up in PowerPoint, then go under File and select Print. Then set things up like the picture below: