Wednesday, December 04, 2013

December 4



I finished off the "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism" PowerPoint today. You can find a hard copy of this presentation in your Social 20-1 blue study booklets, and on the Social 20-1 wiki under Unit 3 Presentations. I also gave you some time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions as well. You will have class time to work on this textbook work tomorrow. Please remember to review for your Unit 2 Final Exam, it is a challenging exam in part because there is so much content and material to draw from. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is scheduled for Tuesday, December 10th. Please see the study guide below.



1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:
  • The Causes of World War I
  • Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
  • Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
  • The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
  • The Holocaust
  • Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
  • Contemporary Examples of Genocide

2. Know the following key concepts:
  • national interest
  • domestic policy
  • foreign policy
  • Triple Alliance
  • Triple Entente
  • Treaty of Versailles
  • Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
  • appeasement
  • ultranationalism
  • propaganda
  • conscription crisis
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Nazis
  • Hirohito
  • Tojo
  • Kristallnacht
  • The Way of Subjects
  • League of Nations
  • total war
  • internment
  • War Measures Act
  • Great Depression
  • the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
  • irredentism
  • genocide
  • crimes against humanity
  • war crimes
  • Holocaust
  • ethnic cleansing
  • lebensraum
  • Weimar Republic
  • Final Solution
  • decolonization
  • successor state
  • self-determination

3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):
  • World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
  • Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
  • The Interwar Years
  • Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
  • Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
  • The Holocaust
  • Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
  • Decolonization and self-determination (quick review of "Gandhi" film study booklet, what are successor states? What is self-determination? Kosovo case study)

We covered authoritarianism in China today. I gave you a readings booklet on the "Modern History of China" and then we watched a couple of videos from BBC 20th Century History series. One of the videos was called "One Man's Revolution" and the other was "China Since Mao". Admittedly, these videos are a bit dated, however it should have given you a nice overview of Chinese history from the 1940s to the 1980s. Please make sure that you read the "Modern History of China" booklet. I also gave you a U.S. Civil Rights Assignment that is due on Thursday, December 12th.
I went through the "Great Depression in Canada" PowerPoint presentation today. Please make sure you complete the homework assignments that are due tomorrow: Hoover and Self-Reliance questions, and the Critics of the New Deal chart. Please remember that you have your Social 30-1 Market and Mixed Economy Test on Thursday, December 12th. Please see the study guide here.

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