Showing posts with label Ideology Notes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ideology Notes. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 05, 2019

February 5


The substitute finished off the "Nation and Identity" lecture today. One week from today (Tuesday, February 12th) you're going to be writing your World Geography Test (please see the study guide below). You should work on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions, they will be due on Monday, February 11th.



This test will take place on Tuesday, February 12th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:
  • any of the EU countries (there are 28 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265, but it's out of date, it says that there's 27 countries in the EU. I'm not even talking about Brexit here...)
  • any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
  • any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
  • full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
  • to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
  • other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
    India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
    Israel
  • **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**









The substitute would have gone through the "Identity and Ideology" lecture today. The key concepts that you should have learned today are: the 19th century political spectrum, the 20th century political spectrum. You also wrote Exit Slip #1. I highly recommend that you read, highlight and annotate the Ideology Notes (pages 17-22) that are in your Social 30-1 course books tonight. It will help you understand the economic and political spectrum better. Your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms and Questions are both due on Monday, February 11th. One week from today, you'll be writing the Chapter 1-2 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test. I recommend copying and pasting this study guide into a Word Document so you have a hard copy of it and use it to focus your review. On Wednesday, February 13th you'll be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam (see the study guide below).

The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Tuesday, February 12th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short/long answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:

Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts:

  • ideology
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • John Locke
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • representative democracy
  • individualism
  • collectivism
  • private property
  • public property
  • ideology
  • radical
  • liberal
  • moderate
  • conservative
  • reactionary
  • communism
  • socialism
  • liberalism
  • conservatism
  • fascism
  • adherence to collective norms
  • economic freedom
  • economic equality
  • rule of law
  • competition
  • individual rights and freedoms
  • cooperation
  • self-interest
  • Adam Smith
Other Study Tips:

  • you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
  • know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
  • what are the differences between communism and socialism
  • be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
  • be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
  • know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
  • know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)



The Unit 1 Final is a 50 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Wednesday, February 13th. Make sure that you study the following:

  • Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
  • Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your Social 30-1 course books, pages 17-22)
  • Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; notes on page 3 of your study booklet)
  • Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
  • Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
  • Study the political-economic grid
  • Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
  • Study the Individualism and Collectivism charts that is in your study booklets
  • you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
  • there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! 

Thursday, May 22, 2014

May 22


I gave you a reading package today that included diagrams of various political and economic spectrums, as well as a set of "Ideology Notes" from the Black Gold School District. Please make sure that you finish reading all of these notes before Monday's class. I finally started the PowerPoint lecture on Joseph Stalin and the USSR today. You can an electronic or hard copy of this presentation from the IB 20 wiki under Unit 7: Dictatorships. I will give you a current events quiz on Monday, and then I will continue with this lecture. Please remember that you will be writing your Unit 6 Paper 3 tomorrow. Make sure that you are contributing to the group task questions on the wiki to prepare for the Paper 3.



You continued writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today. You needed to send it to me by e-mail and print off a hard copy as well. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 3 Final Exam on Monday, May 26th. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).





Welcome back to class! We started reviewing for the Social Studies Diploma Exam today. As I said in class, most of what we'll be doing is content review, exams and preparing you for the written portion of the exam.



The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Friday, May 23rd. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:
Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts:

  • ideology
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • John Locke
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • representative democracy
  • individualism
  • collectivism
  • private property
  • public property
  • ideology
  • radical
  • liberal
  • moderate
  • conservative
  • reactionary
  • communism
  • socialism
  • liberalism
  • conservatism
  • fascism
  • adherence to collective norms
  • economic freedom
  • economic equality
  • rule of law
  • competition
  • individual rights and freedoms
  • cooperation
  • self-interest
  • Adam Smith
Other Study Tips:
  • you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
  • know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
  • what are the differences between communism and socialism
  • be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
  • be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
  • know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
  • know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)


The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Monday, May 26th. Make sure that you study the following:
  • Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
  • Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the IB 30 wiki)
  • Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
  • Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
  • Study the political-economic grid
  • Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
  • Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet
  • you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
  • there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR, and other topics that we covered in Unit 7 and 8 last year in IB 20, and from earlier this year in IB 30/35)

Wednesday, February 06, 2013

February 6

We went back over some material that we looked at yesterday. I went back over the 19th century political spectrum, the 20th century political spectrum, the political-economic grid, and the principles of collectivism and individualism. You should print off the Ideology Notes (PDF file) that I sent to you yesterday. Please also have a look at the following link here, it will help immensely. Please see the study guides for the Chapter 1-2 Test and the Unit 1 Final Exam study guides below.



The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Tuesday, September 12th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:
  • Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts and the Supplementary Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
  • be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (hopefully you have quality answers to study from!)
  • you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
  • know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
  • be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
  • be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
  • know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
  • know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Wednesday, February 13th. Make sure that you study the following:
  • Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
  • Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file)
  • Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
  • Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
  • Study the political-economic grid
  • Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
  • Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet

I went through a PowerPoint lecture on "The Enlightenment". I will be sending this to you this afternoon. You have a quiz tomorrow called the Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz. Study the material that you were introduced to today. Study the philosopher's main work, main ideas, and key quotes. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

We watched a video from Gwynne Dyer's 'War' series called "The Road to Total War". After we finished the video you had some time to meet with your TOK presentation group members.