July 26

Social 30-1

We finished off watching the film "Snowden" today at the beginning of class. I hope that this film was thought-provoking for you, unfortunately since this is a summer school course I couldn't give you an assignment to go along with the movie. Have a look at the discussion questions that are part of the film study guide and see how you would answer them. We moved on to the computer lab to start working on some Diploma Exam preparation for the Part A, namely the major writing assignment (WRA II essay). We'll do this tomorrow as well. You can always check out all of the WRA I and WRA II prompts from the Diploma Exam Review page on the Social 30-1 wiki too. You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today after the break as well. Tomorrow you have your Trial Final Exam which counts for 15% of your school-awarded mark in Social 30-1. The study guide for this exam is at the back on the Social 30-1 coursebooks. I also checked over your Civil Rights Movement Assignment today as well. Once you were finished writing the Unit 3 Final Exam we started watching "Shouting Fire" which deals with freedom of speech issues surrounding the First Amendment in the United States. I forgot to post a YouTube link to "Unconstitutional" yesterday, so you'll find that below. This documentary deals with the early days of the Patriot Act. You should also check out the reading from the BBC in your coursebooks on CCTV cameras in Britain.