May 9

SOCIAL 30-1

 We continued Unit 3 material today. We looked at a lot of key concepts related to government, and we looked at the structure of the Canadian federal government. We'll continue talking about proportional representation tomorrow, and we'll look at the structure of the American political system as well.  

SOCIAL 20-1

I gave you back the Unit 2 WRA I three source interpretation assignments that you did for me a couple of weeks ago. I have marked your Chapter 7-8 Test and posted the results on PowerSchool already. We started Unit 3 material today. The value conflict in Unit 3 is nationalism vs. internationalism, and the key questions are to what extent should we embrace internationalism? and to what extent should nations pursue international interests? I started a lecture today called "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism", which I'll hopefully finish off tomorrow. 

On Tuesday, May 14th you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam. You can find the study guide for this exam below. Don't forget that your Unit 2 Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 15th. 

UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:

• The Causes of World War I
• Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
• Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
• The Holocaust
• Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide

2. Study the following key terms, concepts:

• national interest
• domestic policy
• foreign policy
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• Treaty of Versailles
• Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
• appeasement
• ultranationalism
• propaganda
• conscription crisis
• Adolf Hitler
• Nazis
• Hirohito
• Tojo
• Kristallnacht
• The Way of Subjects
• League of Nations
• total war
• internment
• War Measures Act
• Great Depression
• the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• irredentism
• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination

3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):

• World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
• Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
• The Interwar Years
• Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
• Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
• The Holocaust
• Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
• Decolonization and self-determination (what are successor states? What is self-determination?)