November 5

Social 10-1

I gave you a package today that covered the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank. Your homework assignment tonight is to put together a detailed chart of the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO system. We also started watching a documentary today called "Life + Debt" which we will finish off tomorrow.

Social 30-1

We continued our look at the Vietnam War today by watching an excerpt from "Born of the Fourth of July". Please remember that you have your Cold War Concepts Quiz tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Here is a link to the NPR that explains the story behind this photograph, definitely worth the time to read or listen to the podcast, and make sure that you look at the photo gallery of Eddie Adams' photographs of the Vietnam War.

November 4

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Expansion of Economic Globalization". I have sent this presentation to you already, so please print it off (4-6 slides per page) and bring it to class tomorrow. I will be doing a homework check on it and the Chapter 11 Key Terms.

Social 30-1

We finished off the "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev" video today, and then we started looking at the Vietnam War. I gave you a Southeast Asia package that you were to work on and finish in class. After you finished the Southeast Asia package, you were to get the Vietnam War reading, and then after that Vietnam War assignment (I will be taking this last one in on Monday). You have a Cold War Concepts Quiz on Friday, please see the study guide below. Also, please have a look at some upcoming important dates.

Cold War Concepts Quiz Study Guide:

This short answer quiz will be on Friday, November 6th. Be able to define each of the following key terms, and be able to provide real-world examples of each of these concepts in action:

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• Warsaw Pact

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 30-1 Students:

• Cold War Concepts Quiz is on Friday, November 6th
• Chapter 7 Test (70-75 multiple choice questions) is on Monday, November 16th
• Unit 2 Final Exam (70-75 multiple choice questions) is on Thursday, November 19th
• Unit 2 WRA II (in class essay) is on Tuesday, November 24th