Monday, July 22, 2013

July 22

We finished watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. Your answers to the post-viewing questions for this film are due tomorrow, as are your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions. You got your Unit 2 WRA II Essays back. You'll be writing a Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Thursday, and then Part A of your Final Exam on Friday (also a WRA II Essay). Gotta love democracy!

I also started Unit 3 material today. You got your Unit 3 and 4 study booklets today, and I went through a PowerPoint lecture called "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism". This presentation is on the wiki and in your study booklets.

You'll be writing your Chapter 7-8 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). On Wednesday, you'll be writing your Unit 2 Final Exam. You can find the study guide for the Unit 2 Final Exam here.

One week from today you'll be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.



This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions. It will be written on Monday, July 29th.

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations:
  • "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
  • "Canada's Foreign Policy"
  • "Nationalism and Internationalism"
Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:
  • know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
  • know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
  • know the different foreign policy options
  • know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
  • what influences foreign policy decisions?
  • methods of foreign policy
  • motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
  • how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
  • tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
  • examples of INGOs and IGOs
  • the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
  • peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
  • different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
  • why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples

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