September 17

IB 30/35

You split yourselves in TOK Civil War Assignment groups today. Please come to class first tomorrow, and then we'll head down to the library for our research session. TOK Civil War presentations will be on September 24th and 25th. I also started the PBS documentary Ken Burns' "The Civil War" today with Episode 1 The Cause. We'll continue this episode on Thursday. You have a Civil War mapping assignment due on Thursday. You can find the assignment sheet and the maps on the IB 30 wiki in the U.S. Civil War section.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today, which took the entire period. You are writing your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Wednesday, September 18th. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file)
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
• there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam!

Social 20-1

We finished off the Napoleonic Age PowerPoint lecture today. I gave you some tips for the Chapter 1-2 Test which is on Thursday. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Thursday, September 19th. The test has a matching section and a short answer section.

• Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
• "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)