November 12

IB 20 HOTA

We continued talking the characteristics of democratic systems, and the Canadian parliamentary system. I stressed the type of electoral system that we have in Canada (FPTP) and we re-cast the 2015 Canadian Federal Election to reflect the change if Canada had proportional representation.

Social 30-1

We finished watching "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" today, and then I went through the End of the Cold War notes with you. We also started looking at McCarthyism today, we started a film study of "Good Night, and Good Luck". Hopefully, we will be able to finish off that film tomorrow. You have the Chapter 7 Test (Cold War) on Thursday, November 15th. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions, but with all of the omitted questions, it will be closer to 60 questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (deterrence, detente, brinkmanship, etc.)
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence" (Eastern Europe for example)
• anything that I gave you as a handout in your Social 30-1 coursebooks is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. The results of this test will go into Term 2, so it won't count towards the report card mark that is going home this week. I also returned your Unit 2 WRA I today.