May 31

Please remember that there are no classes scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, due to Graduation exercises on Monday, June 3rd and an Organizational Day on June 4th. I will see you all again back at school on Wednesday, June 5th.

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on "The Rocket" film study sheets today. I went through my last lecture with you in 20-1 on regional disparity in Canada. Next week is a busy week for us. We have the Social 20-1 Final Exam Part "A" on Wednesday, June 5th. Please go directly to the Blenheim Room on Wednesday at lunch. You can start the essay at lunch, and then finish it during Period 1 (directly after lunch). On Thursday, June 6th you are writing the Unit 3 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.

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

For your Final Exam Part "A",you should prepare arguments and evidence for an essay that is discussing the value conflict between the pursuit of national interest and the pursuit of international interest. You have two weeks until your Final Exam Part "B" (80 multiple choice questions). I pointed out that you have the study guide at the back of your Social 20-1 coursebooks. Most of the PowerPoint lectures are in the booklet. Please don't re-read the textbook to study! Please study from the coursebook. You should have nice notes in the booklet at this point in the course, it's just time to start going back and reviewing what you've learned. Please check the back of the coursebooks for the study guide. 

Social 30-1

With the Period 3 class we tried to finish off "Snowden" in class, but we didn't have enough time. You can always finish watching this movie on Netflix. With the Period 4 class I went through the loss of privacy and surveillance systems in the UK. Next week we'll be doing some review of active citizenship concepts, protest movements, and preparing for Part A and B of the Diploma Exam.