May 31

Hmmm, I guess I forgot to post on the blog yesterday. No school tomorrow due to graduation exercises. Here's today's post:

Social 20-1

You worked with a partner today and tried to answer multiple choice questions from Unit 3. Please remember that your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Tuesday, June 5th (please see the study guide below). Don't forget that Part A of your Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 6th.

SOCIAL 20-1 UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations (you can find them on the Social 20-1 wiki):

• "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

Social 10-1

We were in a computer lab today working on 8 different Google Doc groups. Each group had its own set of three sources to analyze and try to find the relationship between the sources. I'll have a look at these Google Docs this weekend and give you some feedback. Please remember that Part A of your Final Exam is on Thursday, June 7th (one week from today).

IB 30/35

I tried to cover 9/11 and the anti-terrorism legislation that was passed in its aftermath. I showed you a video from the CBC News in Review series on 9/11 from 10 years after the event. Please read, highlight and annotate the following pages in your green coursebooks this weekend:

• The Patriot Act (pages 74-78)
• Concerned Citizens Against the Patriot Act (pages 79-80)
• The USA PATRIOT Act and Government Actions that Threaten our Civil Liberties (page 81)
• Permanent War Threatens Freedoms (op-ed piece , pages 84-85)