February 22

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today that covered content from Chapters 4 and 5 in your textbook. I will be sending it to you by e-mail tonight. It is also available for viewing on the wiki as well under Unit 1 Presentations. Please remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Also, please remember that your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Thursday. Please check the February 16th post for advice on how to cite your image sources in APA format.

Social 30-1

I gave you back your Unit 1 essay marking sheets today and your most current mark in 30-1 as well. If you want to discuss your essay with me, it must be during tutorial time (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 8:15 to 8:45). I went through various concepts today: I reviewed the political-economic grid once again, then we looked at liberalism and make connections between the principles of liberalism and the economic and political foundation of classical liberalism. We also started looking at basic economics, basic economic systems, basic economic questions and basic economic values associated with the economic spectrum. We'll look at the business cycle tomorrow as well as the ideological response to classical liberalism and industrialization.

February 16

Social 30-1

I finished off the lecture on "The Development of Classical Liberalism" today. I have sent this PowerPoint presentation to you already, so please print it off and add it to your notes. Whenever you print off these presentations, please print them off 4-6 slides per page. After I completed this lecture I gave you time to work on your Chapter 3 Questions in class. These questions are due on Tuesday February 22nd. Please make sure that you read Chapter 4 before next class. Have a great long weekend!

Social 10-1

I talked a little bit about the class wiki today, so please remember to check your e-mail (inbox and junk mail) for the invitation to the wiki. I gave you class time to work on Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today, these are due on Tuesday February 22nd. Please remember your Chapter 1-2 Test is on February 23rd, please see study guide here. Your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Thursday February 24th, this is your last weekend to work on this project, so try to get the concept web completed.

Image Citations in APA Format:

I've had a few questions about how to reference images fromt he Internet, so I'm just posting a little step-by-step example here to give an idea how to do it.

Step 1

Most of you will probably use Google for your image search. Just type in your image search term.

Step 2

A bunch of different images will pop up. Just click on one that you like. Go to the website where the image is hosted.

Step 3

Right click on the image and then click on "Properties" and then you'll get the address of the image.

Step 4

The pop up dialogue box will look something like this.

Step 5

This is where it's nice to have either Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010 because it has a built-in reference tab that makes it easy to cite your sources. Click on the References tab, make sure it is set to APA. If you click on Insert Citation or Bibliography, you'll get a pop up that will look something like this. I've put in the information for the image that I used in this example.

February 15

Social 10-1

I covered a few concepts from Chapter 3 that sometimes cause students problems. I went through what the following concepts meant: CRTC, CBC/SRC, CAVCO, CanCon, and cultural protectionism. We also brainstormed a list of favorite TV shows and musical acts to see if our list matched up to Canadian content requirements. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions today, and I assigned your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions (due on Tuesday, February 22nd). Please remember that your Illustrated Concept Map is due on Thursday, February 24th, get working on it! Your Chapter 1-2 Quiz is on Wednesday, February 23rd, please see the study guide below. Please check your e-mail!

Chapter 1-2 Quiz Study Guide

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms

2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori

3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these chapters.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II in the Blenheim Room today. Please remember that your Chapter 3 Key Terms (just the key terms!) are due tomorrow. Make sure that you have read Chapter 3 before you come to class tomorrow. Your Chapter 3 Questions are due on Tuesday, February 22nd.

September 17

Social 10-1

Your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment was due today, and it looks like most of you handed it in today. If you didn't hand the assignment in today, it is subject to a 10% off per day that it is late penalty. I gave you some class time to study for your Chapter 1-2 Quiz, which is tomorrow (please see the study guide here, scroll down to find it). Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 21st.

Social 30-1

I covered a lot of material today in class. I did some review of the political spectrum, the economic spectrum, the political-economic grid, and then started to focus in on the connections between classical liberalism and its political basis (the Enlightenment, and in turn, the development of the principles of individualism) and its economic basis (the Industrial Revolution, the ideas of Adam Smith and laissez faire economics). We started to look at basic economics, economic systems in general, and then specifically capitalism. Please check your e-mail inbox today, I'm sending you a lot of notes that connect to ideas that I touched upon in today's class (these notes will be "gold"). Please remember that your Chapter 3 Questions are due tomorrow.

Printing PowerPoint Presentations

When I send you presentations, here is what I recommend that you do: keep an electronic copy of the presentation, preferably in an appropriately named folder. Next you'll need to print it off. I recommend that you print off 4 slides per page. Here's how you do it. Open the presentation up in PowerPoint, then go under File and select Print. Then set things up like the picture below:

September 16

Social 10-1

I gave you some notes today called "Media Giants and Me" which covered some prominent media transnational corporations. If you missed class today, you will need to get notes from a classmate. I also did a homework check today on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you some class time to study for your Chapter 1-2 Quiz (which is on Friday, please see the study guide here, please scroll down to find it). Please remember that your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due tomorrow.

Social 30-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation called "The Development of Classical Liberalism" today and I will send it to you tonight. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms today. I assigned your Chapter 3 Questions for homework, these questions will be due on Friday.

September 15

Social 30-1

I started a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Growth of Classical Liberalism" that I will be working through over the course of the next day or so. This PowerPoint presentation corresponds to material in Chapter 3 of the textbook. For homework tonight please complete the Chapter 3 Key Terms. DO NOT work on the Chapter 3 Questions, they are not due yet. You would be better off reading all of Chapter 3 tonight, it will help you make sense of the individuals that I talked about today in class, and some of the topics that I will touch upon tomorrow such as the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Whale Rider" today and completed the film study questions as well. Your homework tonight is to finish the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you class time to work on this today, and if you finished the Chapter 3 material, you could move on to Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. Your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Thursday, September 17th. Please remember that your Chapter 1-2 Quiz is on Friday, September 18th, please see the study guide here.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, September 16th
• Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Thursday, September 17th
• Chapter 1-2 Quiz is on Friday, September 18th
  

September 11

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today. You will get the results of this unit exam back on Tuesday. On Monday, you have your Unit 1 In-Class Position Paper, which is one of the types of written response assignments you will be expected to write for Part A of your Diploma Exam. I gave you the essay sheet at the end of class, you are allowed to prepare notes on the bottom quarter of this sheet and bring it with you into the Blenheim Room on Monday. The notes must be hand-printed/hand-written and can only be below the line clearly marked on the essay question sheet. Here is the text-based source:

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

-Martin Luther King Jr.

As always, the essay question will be the same throughout the semester:

To what extent should we embrace the ideological perspective(s) in the source?

Use this weekend to prepare ideas, arguments, specific and detailed evidence to support your position. You are not allowed to write the essay ahead of time or anything like that, but prepare for it. Use the essay outline sheet that I have e-mailed to you, and start organizing your essay. Go back over the "Recipe for Success" as well and make sure that you follow the checklists of what needs to be in each paragraph of your essay (particularly that first paragraph). Good luck!

Martin Luther King Jr.

Social 10-1

You wrote your World Geography Test today, and I marked it while you were doing your work for the rest of the period. You'll get the results of this test back next week. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, although my expectation is that these have already been completed. I gave you some more class time today to work on key terms and questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet, you should probably have the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions finished already as well. This is the weekend when you should be working most of the work on your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment, which is due on Thursday, September 18th. Don't put off working on this project, it takes a lot of time to do it right.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 14th
• Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, September 16th
• Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Thursday, September 17th
• Chapter 1-2 Quiz is on Friday, September 18th (please see study guide below)

Chapter 1-2 Quiz Study Guide:

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?
  

4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these chapters.

September 11

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. I'll do a homework check on the "Nation and Identity" presentation tomorrow when we have a little more time on our hands. We started watching a History Channel video on the French Revolution. We'll finish this video tomorrow after you write your World Geography Test. Please check the study guide found in the September 8 post. Play some geography review games tonight! Please check the Collaborative Notes section of the wiki, I've added a timeline of key events in the French Revolution, which may be helpful to you.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your first writing assignment in which you wrote about your global connections. I gave you time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions which are due on Monday, September 15th. Please study for your World Geography Test tomorrow. You will have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz next Friday. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Quiz Study Guide

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms

2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori

3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these chapters.