February 25

IB 30/35

Today was the first day of TOK group presentations. We'll continue with the presentations tomorrow and Thursday. The Vietnam War Assignment is due on Monday, March 3rd.

IB 20 HOTA

You had the entire class period to work on preparing for your Thirteen Colonies presentations. We'll be doing these Thirteen Colonies presentations on Thursday and Friday this week. We'll also be doing a current events quiz on Friday, you better start adding events to the wiki, or else I will get "creative". Please remember that your "Seeds of Change" assignment on your assigned Enlightenment thinker is due on Thursday, February 27th. This assignment could take many different forms, such as trading cards, magazine cover stories, Prezis, infographics, just show me how creative you are! Just make sure that you present the information in a concise, fun, informative way, and that your project meets all of the requirements, which are as follows:

• Biographical Information (3 marks)
• Area(s) of Work (what fields did they work in?) (2 marks)
• Ideas Introduced (2 marks)
• Aspect of medieval society that they challenged (2 marks)
• Were they influential in their own time? (5 marks)
• What were their contributions to modern society? (3 marks)
• Mechanics, spelling, grammar, and list of sources cited using a recognized citation system (either APA, MLA, or Chicago) (3 marks)

This assignment ("Seeds of Change") is due on Thursday, February 27th.

Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz Study Guide:

This is a matching quiz, and it is on Wednesday, February 26th. Please make sure that you focus your review on the following Enlightenment thinkers:

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• Francois Quesnay
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Voltaire

Please make sure that you know their views on the nature of human beings, quotes attributed to them, their main ideas/key beliefs, and their major works (what books, articles they wrote).

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. I also handed back your "Whale Rider" Film Study and your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. We started a film study of "Bend it Like Beckham", which we'll continue on Thursday. You have your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these
chapters.

Format for the test is a word ladder section and short answer questions.