November 19

IB 30/35

You wrote your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test today. You will get your individual results tomorrow in class. After the test, we started looking at the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria, which we will continue tomorrow. Please start preparing for your Paper 1 that will happen on Friday.

Social 10-1

We finished off "The Corporation" today, and then we went right into "The Age of Wal-Mart" film study. We'll finish off that film study tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, please see the study guide here. Here's the video that I tried to show you in class:

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IB 20

I gave you some notes on the formation of American political parties which will help you not only this year, but next year. I gave you the remainder of the class time to work in your groups for tomorrow's War of 1812 debate. On Thursday you will have a matching quiz on material covered so far in Unit 6.

November 16

I apologize for not posting on the blog last night, it was a busy afternoon and evening...

IB 20

You should have submitted your Facebook timeline assignment to me by now. I want a link to the group not to the individual profiles! We finished watching the PBS documentary on the War of 1812. I want you to complete the TOK Links in your History of the Americas textbook on pages 86-87. You should also complete the War of 1812 website assignment that is in Unit 6 Nation Building and Challenges on the IB 20 wiki.

Social 10-1

We continued our film study of "The Corporation", and I was able to show you some exemplars of the TNC Dossier Assignment as well. The TNC Dossier Assignment is due on November 28th, and you will not receive any class time to complete it. Don't forget that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

IB 30/35

I finished off the lecture on disarmament conferences in the Interwar Years at the beginning of class, and then you had some time to complete your homework assignments that are due on Monday. Please remember that you have your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Test on Monday, please see the study guide here.

November 14

Social 10-1

We started a film study today on the documentary film "The Corporation". As I told you in class, I split this up over three class periods. After we finished watching the first segment today I handed out the TNC Dossier Assignment sheets, and went over what the project entails. This project is due on November 28th. Tomorrow we should be able to select the TNCs and I should be able to show you some exemplars as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test next Wednesday (November 21st), please see the study guide below.

Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:

This quiz has a matching section and a short answer section. Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 Worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

1. "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
2. "Expansion of Economic Globalization"


You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system? (DETAILS!!)
• What are some criticisms of the WTO? (DETAILS!!)

IB 20

Your Latin American Independence Movement Assignment was due today. Please send me the link to your project page in Facebook. Please send the link to either my CBE e-mail address or my Gmail account if you prefer.I finished delivering the PowerPoint presentation on "Forging the New Republic" in class today. I will be posting this presentation on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 6 this evening.

IB 30/35

You completed a film study on the BBC 20th Century History video series episode entitled "Make Germany Pay" in class today. I also starting delievering a lecture on the League of Nations attempts to enforce the treaties and the disarmament conferences that took place in the Interwar Years. Please remember also that you have a test on the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs on Monday. Please see the study guide here. Also, next Friday you will be writing a Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1. Keep up with content covered in class!!

November 12

IB 30/35

I lectured on the League of Nations today. This PowerPoint is already posted on the IB 30/35 wiki under Prescribed Subject 1. I talked about basic structure and organization of the League and successes and failures as well. Know the mnemonic FAILURe really well, and as we progress forward in Prescribed Subject 1 try to apply case studies back to this mnemonic. You have your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test next Monday. Please see the study guide below. Here is today's homework:

• Read pages 34-38 in the 20th Century World History textbook and complete the source-based questions on page 39, using sources A-E on pages 38-39.

The Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test Study Guide:

This is a 38 question multiple choice test. It will be administered in class on Monday, November 19th. It covers the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit. Here are some points to review:

• Teddy Roosevelt
• "big stick diplomacy"
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
• Alfred A. Mahan (naval sea power theory)
• What is the "Open Door Policy"?
• What is "dollar diplomacy"?
• Spanish-American War (causes, practices, effects/results)
• Venezuela crisis and jingoism
• Portsmouth Peace Conference (Russo-Japanese War; what role does Teddy Roosevelt play); results?
• President McKinley's accomplishments re: expansion/annexation
• MAIN causes of WWI
• nature of warfare in WWI World War I (causes, practices, effects/results: a word of caution here-don't spend any time studying the battles in WWI)
• Canadian participation in WWI (contributions, issues on the home front)
• key players/leaders in WWI (ex. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Nicholas II, etc.)
• Sedition Act and Espionage Act (USA)
• George Creel

Social 10-1

We started a film study of "Life + Debt" today, which we will finish off tomorrow. Your Chapter 11 Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20

I started lecturing on the situation in the United States from George Washington's time as President to the Adams administration. You should have a very clear sense of how and why political parties began to emerge in the United States after they won independence from Great Britain. You should understand who the Federalists were and the Democratic-Republicans and on what key issues facing the USA they differed on. You should also know key individuals within both political parties. Tomorrow, we'll pick up right where we left off with the Jefferson administration. Your Latin American Independence Movement assignments are due on Wednesday.

December 6

IB 30

We looked at international relations in the Inter-War Years today by focusing on a reading that covered the Ruhr Crisis, the Dawes Plan, the Young Plan, and the Kellogg-Briand Pact. We also started looking at the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, which we will continue tomorrow. I also gave you back your Paper 2 essays today on WWI. This Thursday you have a test on the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit. This test will be multiple-choice format. Also on Thursday, you will be writing a Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1 right after the multiple choice test. Please see the study guide below.

The Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test

This is a 38 question multiple choice test. It will be administered in class on Thursday, December 8th. It covers the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit. Here are some points to review:

• Teddy Roosevelt "big stick diplomacy"
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
• Alfred A. Mahan (naval sea power theory)
• What is the "Open Door Policy"?
• What is "dollar diplomacy"?
• Spanish-American War (causes, practices, effects/results)
• Venezuela crisis and jingoism
• Portsmouth Peace Conference (Russo-Japanese War; what role does Teddy Roosevelt play); results?
• President McKinley's accomplishments re: expansion/annexation
• MAIN causes of WWI
• nature of warfare in WWI
• World War I (causes, practices, effects/results: a word of caution here-don't spend any time studying the battles in WWI)
• Canadian participation in WWI (contributions, issues on the home front)
• key players/leaders in WWI (ex. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Nicholas II, etc.)
• Sedition Act and Espionage Act (USA)
• George Creel

After you complete the multiple choice test, you will be writing a Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1 (Peacemaking, Peacekeeping and International Relations). Review how to write a Paper 1 by visiting key links on the wiki, especially the OPVL document analysis link. Remember to try and write 4 similarities and 4 differences between the sources (NOT in chart format), and to create an OPVL chart. I have put up an example Paper 1 on the wiki with examiner's comments that covers the Japanese invasion of Manchuria (obviously Thursday's Paper 1 will NOT be on that topic). Other topics in Prescribed Subject 1 that we have covered a fair game, so have a look at this section of the wiki.

Social 30-1

I went through some notes today on rights, responsibilities, human rights, civil rights, the entrenchment of rights, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the notwithstanding clause. I also mentioned the usage of the War Measures Act (we will discuss this in greater detail when we look at the FLQ Crisis of 1970). Check out the following upcoming important dates:

• Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.
• Civil Rights Movement assignment is due on Thursday, December 8th
• Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, December 9th
• Chapter 10 Test is on Tuesday, December 13th (please see study guide below)
• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on December 15th
• Social 30-1 Trial Final is on December 21st

Chapter 10 Test Study Guide:

This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well:

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• authoritarian systems
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system
• review political and economic spectrum (again!)

Social 20-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture today on "Internationalism and Nationalism" which I will finish tomorrow in class. For the remainder of the period I gave you time to work on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow. I did a homework check on the Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions today. Check out the following important dates:

• Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, December 7th
• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Wednesday, December 14th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Tuesday, December 20th
• Social 20-1 Final Exam Part A is on Tuesday, January 10th