Tuesday, September 09, 2014

September 9


I continued where I left off yesterday with the economic-political grid. We also talked about techniques of dictatorship. We also talked about the "recipe for success" on Written Response Assignment II essays, the position paper. You are writing the Unit 1 WRA II essay on Tuesday, September 16th (one week from today). We did a little brainstorming for what arguments you would use to convince a friend to attend Churchill. Tonight's assignment is come up with evidence for the argument that SWC has a tradition of academic excellence. What arguments would you use to support this argument? Create a bullet list of evidence ideas for this argument. We'll talk more about the essay tomorrow. Also, you have to complete the individualism vs. collectivism booklets from your Social 30-1 study booklets, this should not take you too long to complete. I will be checking this tomorrow in class. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Your Chapter 1-2 Test is on Friday, September 12th. Please see the study guide for the test here. You also have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, September 15th, please check out the study guide here.


We finished off the "Age of Enlightenment" PowerPoint presentation today. Please remember that you will be writing an Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz tomorrow. Please see the brief study guide for this quiz below. I also introduced you to the principles of individualism (PRICES) today. Tomorrow, after the Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz I will be introducing you to an assignment called the "Seeds of Change" and assigning you an Enlightenment thinker to investigate in greater detail.


This is a matching quiz, and it is on Wednesday, September 10th. 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).

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