March 1

Social 10-1

I gave you a handout today with advice on how to write a WRA I which covered a lot of the same territory as the notes that I put on the board yesterday. You wrote a practice WRA I for about 60 minutes, which I will look over and provide feedback on and return to your prior to Friday. On Friday you will be writing a actual WRA I that will be counted for marks. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

We went over Keynesian economics again today by reviewing what the monetary and fiscal policy responses would be like in various economic situations on the boom and bust cycle. We then went into extreme detail on monetary and fiscal policy. If you understand completely the contents of the booklet that we went through on monetary and fiscal policy, there is no way that you'll get a multiple choice question wrong on the Diploma Exam. We also watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "FDR and the New Deal". As you watched this video, you were to take notes on the topics covered in the video. We'll continue to look at the Great Depression and the FDR administration's response to the economic crisis facing the United States tomorrow.

February 28

Social 10-1

Most of today's was focused on teaching you how to write a WRA I (3 source analysis in-class writing assignment). I gave you a sample WRA I today in class and gave you a booklet on Analyzing Political Cartoons. Please remember that your Unit 1 WRA I is on Friday and your Chapter 3-4 Test is on Wednesday. Please see the study guide for this test here.

Social 30-1

We started looking at Keynesian economic theory in greater detail today. Specifically we looked at monetary and fiscal policy that are a part of demand-side economics. We made connections back to the boom and bust cycle when talking about these concepts as well. We will revisit the boom and bust cycle tomorrow and the Keynesian economic response to various economic situations tomorrow. We also watched a video today called "Boom and Bust" which is part of the BBC 20th Century History series. As you watched this video you were to complete a video question sheet. I did a homework check on your "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklets today. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday.

February 25

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bend It Like Beckham" today. The "Bend It Like Beckham" film study is due on Monday. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

If you missed class today, you'll have to get some notes from a classmate that I wrote up on the board. I also gave you a couple of handouts today, one called "The Emergence of Welfare Capitalism and Modern Liberalism" and another called "Keynes' Economic Theory". Your "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet is due on Monday, and your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday.

February 24

Social 30-1

Today you had an opportunity to lessen your homework load. I gave you an activity booklet called "The Philosophies of Industrialism", which is due on Monday. If you finished the activities in this booklet you could have moved on to working on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Wednesday.

Social 10-1

Your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment was due today, it looks like most of you handed it in on time. If you didn't hand it in on time, it's 10% off per day it's late. We started our film study of "Bend It Like Beckham". While you were watching this video you were to complete some listening activities and comprehension activities. After we finish the video tomorrow, I'll talk about to complete the later part of the film study by applying key concepts from Unit 1 material to events that occured in the film. Next Wednesday, you have your Chapter 3-4 Test. Please see the study guide below (it's on the wiki as well).

Chapter 3-4 Quiz Study Guide:

• Know the key terms from Chapter 3-4
• Be able to answer the Questions for Inquiry in Chapters 3-4 (they appear on p.49, p.53, p.58, p.73, p.80)
• Know relevant case studies from Chapters 3-4: the Francophones, the Aborigines and the Lubicon, as well as other relevant examples related to assimilation, marginalization, accommodation and integration
  
  

September 24

Social 10-1

I went through how to write a Written Response Assignment I (three source analysis in-class writing assignment). I will be sending the Word document with the advice on how to write the "Part A" to you by e-mail, so please check your e-mail tonight. You have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Please see the important dates below.

Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Chapter 3-4 Quiz is on Friday, September 25th
• Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I is on Monday, September 28th
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, October 1st (please see the study guide here)

Social 30-1

I showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series, one of which is called "Boom and Bust" and the other "FDR and the New Deal". I also quickly went through a handout on Analyzing Political Cartoons. Tomorrow, you will have an in-class assignment where you will be writing an analysis of a political cartoon. There will be a lot of political cartoons posted on the blackboard tomorrow. Have a quick look at them, pick one, and write your analysis. Most of the cartoons will have themes/concepts that we have looked at so far in Social 30-1, from both Unit 1 and Unit 2. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow as well.

September 23

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bend It Like Beckham" today, your film study is due tomorrow, I will take it in for homework check marks. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Friday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You have your Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I (three source analysis assignment) on Monday, September 28th. I will be teaching you how to write these in-class writing assignments in tomorrow's class. This type of writing assignment will be the same style as Part A of your Final Exam in Social 10-1. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, October 1st, please see the study guide below.

Social 10-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Thursday, October 1st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• "Bend It Like Beckham" Film Study is due tomorrow (Thursday, September 24th)
• Chapter 3-4 Quiz is on Friday, September 25th
• Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I is on Monday, September 28th
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, October 1st

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklets today. I then went through some notes on the board to show the connection between industrialization, classical liberalism and laissez faire economics and reform movements. I focused on welfare capitalism and modern liberalism today as a transition away from classical liberalism, and what brought about these changes. I gave you a handout that covered the emergence of welfare capitalism and modern liberalism and the Great Depression (we'll be looking at the Great Depression in greater detail tomorrow). We also started to look at Keynesian economics (demand-side economics) today. I walked you through monetary and fiscal policy (we'll be going into more detail with this as well), and a government's response to the boom and bust cycle using Keynesian economic theory. I will be sending today's handouts to you tonight by e-mail. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday.

September 22

Social 30-1

I gave you some in-class work to do today, a booklet called "Philosophies of Industrialism", which is due tomorrow. A lot of you finished this in class, which is great. Many of you picked up a copy of the Chapter 4 Worksheet as well, so you can start working on that if you wish. I will be doing a homework check on the "Philosophies of Industrialism" tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. If you didn't get your results back for the Chapter 1-2 Quiz, you'll get a chance to do that tomorrow. We started a film study today on "Bend It Like Beckham", which we'll finish up tomorrow. Please remember to study for your Chapter 3-4 Quiz, which is on this Friday. Here is the study guide for the Chapter 3-4 Quiz (scroll down to find it).

September 21

Social 30-1

I gave you back your comment sheets for your Unit 1 In-Class Position Paper today. I gave you some general comments for improving your essay writing. If you have more specific issues or questions, please see me during tutorial (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in Room 111 from 8:15-8:45). You will get your actual essays back at the end of the semester.
I also went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "Responding to Classical Liberalism and Industrialization", which covered the emergence of several ideologies in reaction to classical liberalism and the economic inequalities brought on by industrialization. I touched upon classical liberalism again, classical conservatism, socialism, communism, and I threw in social Darwinism as well. I have already sent this PowerPoint to you, along with the retrieval chart that went with it. Please print off the PowerPoint presentation (4-6 slides per page) for homework check marks tomorrow. I have also sent you the Laws of Supply and Demand notes that I forgot to send out on Friday, and summary notes on Private Enterprise from the textbook Ideologies (which some students/classes are also using in addition to Perspectives on Ideology). I have summary notes for most of the Ideologies textbook, so from time-to-time I will be sending these notes to you.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation that covered material from Chapter 4 and 5, looking at the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization", as I went through this presentation, you were to take notes on a concept web that I gave you. Your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that your Chapter 3-4 Quiz is on Friday, September 25th, please see the study guide here.

September 18

Social 30-1

I covered a few key concepts related to capitalism today that will help us to understand subsequent concepts in economics that we'll be dealing with in the coming weeks. I went through the law of supply and demand (please check your e-mail today for some supplementary notes on this topic) and the business cycle. For the business cycle, it's really important to be bale to describe what the economy is doing at the various stages of the business cycle, I call these "economic snapshots". When we review the business cycle down the road, I might ask you to "paint me a picture" of what's going on in the economy at those various stages, and you'll have to able to describe what is going on. Please read Chapter 4 of your textbook this weekend, it will help you immensely when we get into those topics next week. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Questions today, and you'll get those back on Monday.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Quiz for most of the period. If you finished up early, you had an opportunity to work on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday. You have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Friday, September 25th. Please see the study guide below. Have a great weekend!

Chapter 3-4 Quiz Study Guide:

• Know the key terms from Chapter 3-4
• Be able to answer the Questions for Inquiry in Chapters 3-4 (they appear on p.49, p.53, p.58, p.73, p.80)
• Know relevant case studies from Chapters 3-4: the Francophones, the Aborigines and the Lubicon, as well as other relevant examples related to assimilation, marginalization, accommodation and integration

September 25

Social 20-1

For most of today's class I went over how to write a Part A In-Class Writing Assignment that requires you to analysis and interpret three sources. I've posted the notes that I wrote on the board into the wiki, look for it under Part A In-Class Writing Assignments. I gave you some upcoming important dates as well today (please see below). You have a Chapter 3-4 Quiz next Thursday (October 2nd), I'm posting the study guide below.

Chapters 3-4 Quiz Study Guide

This quiz will be on Thursday, October 2nd. It will consist of a matching section (10key concepts) and a short answer section.

• study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties" (I have posted this on the wiki, look for it under Unit 1 Presentations)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these or look on the wiki for the definitions)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the quiz)
  

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20-1 Students:

• Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment is on Tuesday, September 30th
• Chapters 3-4 Quiz is on Thursday, October 2nd
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, October 6th (75 multiple choice questions)
  

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bend It Like Beckham" today in class. You must hand in the film study sheet that goes with the film on Monday, September 29th. Also on Monday, you have your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions due. You also have your Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment on the 29th. I have sent you an invite to contribute to a VoiceThread that will give you some practice in analyzing sources. It's linked into the wiki, so it will update automatically in the wiki (look for it under Part A In-Class Writing Assignments). Speaking of the wiki, I've added some topic pages under Collaborative Notes that need to be filled in, if you're feeling ambitious, you could help out your classmates by contributing your notes and ideas. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz tomorrow. Please click on this link for the study guide.

September 24

Social 20-1

I finished the presentation on "Contending Loyalties" in class today. I also took in your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. Your homework assignment tonight is to complete the Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions.

Social 10-1

I took in your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. We continued watching "Bend it Like Beckham" and working on the film study that goes with the film. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz this Friday, please remember to study!

September 23

Social 10-1

Please add me as an author on your blogs. I need to be able to post questions on your group blogs. I still have about 4 group blogs that need to add me as an author. I went through a presentation today that covers Chapters 4 and 5 in the textbook. I've posted this presentation to the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations. We then started watching "Bend it Like Beckham" at the end of class. We'll continue watching it tomorrow in class, and hopefully finish it. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that you also have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Friday, so start studying! Also, please add some more content to the wiki. We need to keep up with our glossary of key concepts, and also the wiki needs work in the area of collaborative notes. In the Collaborative Notes section on the wiki, you could be creating pages to help others understand differences between concepts (as an example). I will be rating your participation on the wiki at the end of the semester, please make sure that you participate and contribute to this resource that could be a tremendous review tool at the end of the semester.

Social 20-1

I basically went through part of a presentation entitled "Contending Loyalties" today. I'll continue with this tomorrow, and I'll get into non-nationalist loyalties tomorrow. Please read Chapter 3 tonight, as well as complete the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions for homework. I'll do a homework check on it tomorrow.

September 22

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class (they were due today). I gave you back your Global Connections essays, and gave you the results of the Chapter 1-2 Quiz that you wrote on Friday. Please remember that you have a Chapter 3-4 Quiz this Friday, September 26th. The study guide has been posted here on the blog, and is also on the wiki under Study Guides. We then went to the Blenheim Room to complete the D2L Web Awareness activity. If you don't complete the quiz in this D2L shell (get 100% on the quiz), your account may be frozen at the school. Make sure that you have completed this task, you will need access to the school network this semester and next semester! Also, I had you set up group blogs as well today. From time to time, you will be required to do pieces of writing on your group blogs. Tonight, I'd like you to do a first post (every group member must post on your blog) on this question: Is globalization beneficial or detrimental to the world's cultures? Please keep in mind that this isn't a question that requires you to take a firm stand, you may see globalization's benefits as well as its problems in your response. Also, I'd like to be added as an author to your blogs. I made a mistake in class when I said that you should add me as a reader. From time to time, I will need to be able to post on your blogs. So please add me as an author! Thanks!

Social 20-1

You handed in your French Revolution DBA Assignments at the beginning of class today. If you didn't hand it in today, I will deduct 10% off of your DBA. You also wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today, which took most of the period.

September 19

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Quiz for most of the period. If you finished up early, you had an opportunity to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday. You have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Friday, September 26th. Please see the study guide below. Have a great weekend!

Chapter 3-4 Quiz Study Guide:

• Know the key terms from Chapter 3-4
• Be able to answer the Questions for Inquiry in Chapters 3-4 (they appear on p.49, p.53, p.58, p.73, p.80)
• Know relevant case studies from Chapters 3-4: the Francophones, the Aborigines and the Lubicon, as well as other relevant examples related to assimilation, marginalization, accommodation and integration
  
  

Social 20-1

The French Revolution DBA Assignment is on the wiki. Check under Unit 1 Assignments.
We finished our discussion about the causes of the French Revolution (a nice review), and then we watched a little bit of History Bites (the French Revolution and Napoleon). You have your DBA Assignment on the French Revolution due on Monday (please make sure that you work on parts of this assignment each night, by now, you should be on Part C). This assignment will probably take you at least 4 hours to complete, so don't leave it all to Sunday night, especially since you also have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday. I've posted the study guide again below.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Monday, September 22nd. The test has a matching section and a short answer section.

• Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2
• Study the presentations: "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material), "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material), and "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)