December 3

IB 30/35

I went through a lecture on German Expansion from 1938-1940. You can find these Google Slides on the IB 30/35 wiki on the Prescribed Subject 3 page.

For homework, you should read pages 156-178 in The Move to Global War textbook.

You should also create a chart like the one below to take notes on key pacts and agreements that took place in the road to World War II.  

Social 20-1

You wrote the Chapter 7-8 Test today. Hopefully, I will be able to get results back to you soon. I gave you back your Unit 2 WRA I today. Please remember that the Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, December 9th (please see the study guide below).

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2: 

• The Causes of World War I 
• Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference 
• Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany 
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII 
• The Holocaust 
• Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website) 
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide 

 2. Study the following key terms, concepts:

•  national interest 
• domestic policy 
• foreign policy 
• Triple Alliance 
• Triple Entente 
• Treaty of Versailles 
• Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
• appeasement 
• ultranationalism 
• propaganda 
• conscription crisis
• Adolf Hitler 
• Nazis 
• Hirohito 
• Tojo 
• Kristallnacht 
• The Way of Subjects 
• League of Nations 
• total war 
• internment 
• War Measures Act 
• Great Depression 
• the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere 
• irredentism 
• genocide 
• crimes against humanity 
• war crimes 
• Holocaust 
• ethnic cleansing 
• lebensraum 
• Weimar Republic 
• Final Solution 
• decolonization 
• successor state 
• self-determination 

 3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):

•  World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though) 
• Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles 
• The Interwar Years 
• of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy 
• Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war) 
• The Holocaust 
• Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
• Decolonization and self-determination (what are successor states? What is self-determination?)  

Social 30-1

I went through the Rights Notes in your Social 30-1 course books, we also started talking about the usage of the War Measures Act (only to be used in times of war, invasion, and insurrection), the case study of the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII. You should this PowerPoint off and highlight key parts of the lecture. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at the FLQ Crisis in greater detail, and the concept of illiberalism as well. You're writing the Unit 3 WRA II position paper on Monday, December 9th (you'll get the essay question sheet in advance).

July 23

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA I today in Room 109. We finished off "The Imposition of Liberalism" PowerPoint lecture. We looked at the concept of illiberalism today. We looked at the usage of the War Measures Act during the 1970 FLQ Crisis. We will look at the results of 9/11 both domestically tomorrow (introduction of anti-terrorism legislation, the USA PATRIOT Act).



Please have a look at the other key dates below (and study guides).

UPCOMING KEY DATES:

• Chapter 10 Test is on Wednesday, July 24th (see the study guide below)
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 25th (see the study guide below)
• Trial Final Exam is on Friday, July 26th
• Social 30-1 Diploma Exam Part A (written component) is on Friday, August 2nd (9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
• Social 30-1 Diploma Exam Part B (multiple choice) is on Thursday, August 8th (9:00 a.m. start)

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 Google Doc. 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 30-1 UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please study the following material: 

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)

Review the following notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems
• Non-Democratic Systems
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• Civil Rights Movement
• authoritarian systems (China notes)
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
• FLQ Crisis 1970

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:

• assimilation
• self-interest
• humanitarianism
• Indian Act
• residential school system
• enfranchisement
• the White Paper
• the Red Paper
• “war on terror"
• authoritarianism
• consensus decision-making
• direct democracy
• military dictatorship
• oligarchy
• one-party state
• party solidarity
• representation by population
• proportional representation
• representative democracy
• responsible government
• democracy
• single-member constituency (first past the post)
• the Senate
• the House of Commons
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups
• American Bill of Rights
• Anti-Terrorism Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• emergency and security legislation
• illiberal
• language legislation
• Bill 101
• Bill 178
• Bill 86
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• respect for law and order
• terrorism
• rendition
• the War Measures Act
• enemy aliens
• internment
• the Emergencies Act
• USA PATRIOT Act
• consumerism
• environmental change
• extremism
• pandemics
• postmodernism

May 21

SOCIAL 20-1

I gave back your Unit 2 WRA II Essays today in class. I also gave you the Unit 3 WRA II essay question sheet today. We'll work in small groups tomorrow to work on argumentation and evidence. It's probably a good idea to look over the sample essays that are on the Social 20-1 wiki under WRA II Essay Writing. If you missed class today, you can send me an email to ask for the essay question sheet so you can get the essay prompt. 

I finished the lecture on "Internationalism and Nationalism" today as well. Start working on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions as well. 

SOCIAL 30-1

Today's theme was illiberalism. I defined this term for you, and focused on times when democratic countries infringed on the rights of their citizens during times of crisis. I talked briefly about the War Measures Act and how it was only to be used during times of war, invasion, or insurrection. I talked briefly about the internment of "enemy aliens" in WW I, and the internment of Japanese-Canadians during WW II. It is strongly recommended that you review the lecture on the internment of Japanese-Canadians during WWII on pages 267-271 in the Social 30-1 course books. I showed you a documentary from the Turning Points of History series on the FLQ Crisis. As you were watching this video, you should have filled in the blanks and answer the questions in the course book. You're writing the Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Wednesday, May 22nd, please go directly to the Blenheim Room tomorrow.  On Friday, May 24th you will be writing your Chapter 10 Test, you can find the study guide below. Your Civil Rights Movement Assignment (page 263 in the course book) is due on Friday, May 24th as well. 

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!)

June 3

IB 30/35

We finished off the History's Turning Points video on the FLQ Crisis of 1970 today. You should have completely filled in all of the blanks in the film study sheet. This weekend, one of your tasks must be to go through  the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations that are listed below, all of which are available on the IB 30/35 wiki. You should also go through the entire 9/11 and USA PATRIOT Act section of your Social 30-1 study booklet. You are writing your Trial Final Exam on Wednesday, June 8th, the study guide is at the back of your study booklets. Yes, it counts for marks.

• Political Challenges to Liberalism
• Rejecting the Principles of Liberalism
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII

Key Upcoming Dates for IB 30/35 students: 

• Trial Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 8th
• Social 30-1 Part "A" is on Tuesday, June 14th
• Social 30-1 Part "B" is on Friday, June 17th

Social 10-1

We completed the debate on the following statement today: BIRT globalization helps spread democracy and improves human rights in the world. Your Chapter 18-19 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, June 6th. I gave your assigned seat number for the Social 10-1 Final Exam Part B.

Key Upcoming Dates for Social 10-1 students: 

• Social 10-1 Final Exam Part "A" (WRA I) is on Wednesday, June 8th
• Social 10-1 Final Exam Part "B" (multiple choice) is on Thursday, June 16th

Social 30-1

We did a little essay preparation today in class. This weekend you should be reviewing for your Trial Final, which is om Wednesday, June 8th. You should also go through the Diploma Exam Review section of the wiki.

Key Upcoming Dates for Social 30-1 students: 

• Trial Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 8th (it wipes out your lowest mark of the semester)
• Social 30-1 Part "A" is on Tuesday, June 14th
• Social 30-1 Part "B" is on Friday, June 17th

June 2

IB 30/35

We briefly went through the system of cheques and balances in the presidential democracy at the beginning of class. Then we went through key concepts in Unit 3 such as civil rights, entrenchment of rights, liberalism and illiberalism among others. If you missed class today, you need to get notes from a classmate on the War Measures Act. We started a film study on the History's Turning Points series on the FLQ Crisis (1970). We'll finish off this video tomorrow.

Social 30-1

We dealt with issues surrounding privacy and the usage of CCTV cameras in the United Kingdom and Austria. I also showed you part of an HBO's Vice episode on "Surveillance City" which looked at 21st century policing tactics and CCTV usage in Camden, New Jersey. We'll do some essay preparation tomorrow in class.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 15-16 Test today in class. I also shared with you the dates of the Final Exam Part A and B, tomorrow I'll give you the seating plan for Part B, which takes place in the Main Gym.

May 16

IB 30/35

I started Social 30-1 material today, so if you missed class today, you'll have some catching up to do this week. I gave everyone who came to class a Social 30-1 workbook for IB History students, that is yours to keep.

I reviewed the following content today:

• 19th century political spectrum (and their view on change; along with some quick review of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era, specifically the Congress of Vienna)
• 20th century political spectrum (I also talked about classical liberalism = economic conservatism, modern liberalism, and the transition from classical liberalism to welfare capitalism to modern liberalism--which created the welfare state. Remember: welfare capitalism is synonymous with welfare state)
• economic spectrum
• the techniques of dictatorship
• economic-political grid (democratic socialism, democratic capitalism, dictatorial socialism and dictatorial capitalism, plus examples of each)
• economic values of a command economy, a mixed economy and a market economy
• principles of individualism (PRICES) --remember principles of individualism = principles of liberalism (I also defined liberalism)
• principles of collectivism (PRINCE)

Here is your homework assignment between now and when I see you next on May 19th: 

• read, highlight, annotate the Ideology Notes in the Social 30-1 workbook (pages 5-10)
• read, highlight and complete the individualism and collectivism charts on pages 11-15
• please print off (4 slides per page) of the following Unit 1 PowerPoint presentations: "Identity and Ideology" and "Introducing Government" (I'll go over this one in class on Thursday, May 19th)
• you should read, highlight and annotate both of these presentations

(I'll go over Introducing Government in class on Thursday)

• by Friday, May 20th you should be ready to go through the Unit 1 Review Prezi on the IB 30/35 wiki. 
• scroll down on the navigation menu on the right-hand side of the wiki to find the Social 30-1 section to find all of the notes and PowerPoint presentations

Social 10-1

Since we'd talked about the issue of resource development last week, I thought that it would be prudent to show you a video from the HBO series "Vice" and episode called "The Resource Curse" which examined a case study of an Exxon Mobil liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papau New Guinea, among others. I'm embedding this episode below.

In connection with watching "Shipbreakers" last week, and talking about the life cycle of a ship and the sustainability of the shipbreaking industry, I thought it would be interesting to look at another example of an industry that has environmental consequences that are sort of "out of sight, out of mind". I'm talking about e-waste. National Geographic Magazine had a feature on e-waste in their January 2008 issue that I would like you to read. Here is the hyperlink to the article: click here. I also showed you a short video on e-waste in China from the CBC News in Review. As you watched this video you should answered the video review questions. I gave you a copy of the Unit 4 Worksheet today as well. The Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due next week on Wednesday, May 25th.

Please have a look at the upcoming important dates for Social 10-1 students: 

• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Wednesday, May 18th (please look at the sample student essays on the Social 10-1 wiki)
• Unit 3 Final Exam (the study guide goes up tomorrow on the blog)
• Chapter 15-16 Test is on Thursday, June 2nd
• Social 10-1 Final Exam Part A is on Wednesday, June 8th

Social 30-1

We continued topics that we started last week, namely illiberalism (you can also use the Civil Rights Movement as a case study for undemocratic actions/illiberalism) and the usage of the War Measures Act. This legislation was only to be used in circumstances of war, invasion and insurrection. In Social 20-1, you should have discussed the treatment of "enemy aliens" in WWI, and the internment of Japanese-Canadians during WWII. Today, we covered the FLQ crisis of 1970 in which Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa called in Canadian Forces claiming that the Quebec provincial government was facing an "apprehended insurrection". We watched a video from the Turning Points of History on the FLQ Crisis. As you watched this video, you should have filled in the blanks for the film study sheet in your Social 30-1 booklets.

I also did a homework check on Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions, and the Civil Rights Movement Assignment at the beginning of class. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. You're writing your Unit 3 WRA I (if you're in 30-1) on Thursday. Social 30-2 students will be writing an Assignment 3 (three citizens question).

May 13

IB 30/35

We have class on Monday, May 16th, we're starting Social 30-1 material then.

Social 10-1

We finished off the "Globalization and Sustainability" presentation today.I will probably update this presentation to reflect new developments like the Sustainable Development Goals that were created I also gave you the Unit 3 WRA II Essay question sheet, and you had some class time to brainstorm in a small group about the source. You'll be writing this essay on Wednesday, May 18th in the Blenheim Room.

Social 30-1

I went through definitions of liberalism and illiberalism today and talked about the War Measures Act and the instances in Canadian history when this legislation was used. Make sure that you read, highlight and annotate the Unit 3 Rights Notes (page 247) in your Social 30-1 workbooks.

Please check out the upcoming important dates:

• Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on May 16th
• Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on May 16th
• Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on May 17th
• Unit 3 WRA I is on Thursday, May 19th

July 24

Social 30-1

You wrote your Chapter 10 Test today, and I did a homework check on the Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you some notes on liberalism, illiberalism and the War Measures Act. The three situations in which the Canadian government could you use was war, invasion and insurrection. The War Measures Act was used three times in Canadian history: World War I (1914-1918), which led to the internment of so-called "enemy aliens". The War Measures Act is also used during World War II (1939-1945) to intern Japanese-Canadians in response to the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The Canadian federal government also uses the War Measures Act in October 1970 during the FLQ Crisis, with the Quebec government claiming that they were facing an "apprehended insurrection". As you watched today's video from the Turning Points in History series, you were to complete the film study fill in the blanks. In today's video we looked at the FLQ crisis, this is the interview on the steps of Parliament that features Trudeau's "just watch me" speech. It's an interesting little debate that is waged being Trudeau and the reporters over the issue on giving up or losing civil liberties in order to ensure security.

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:

• Unit 3 WRA I is on Monday, July 27th
• USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on July 27th
• Chapter 9 Key Terms are due on July 27th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Tuesday, July 28th (please see the study guide below)
• U.S. Civil Rights Movement Assignment (questions 1-14) is due onTuesday, July 28th
• Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on July 28th
• Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, July 29th
• Social Studies 30-1 Trial Final Exam is on Thursday, July 30th (last day of classes)

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Your Unit 3 Final Exam will be on Tuesday, July 28th. 
Please study the following material: 

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)

Review the following notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems
• Non-Democratic Systems
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• Civil Rights Movement
• authoritarian systems (China notes)
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
• FLQ Crisis 1970

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:

• assimilation
• self-interest
• humanitarianism
• Indian Act
• residential school system
• enfranchisement
• the White Paper
• the Red Paper
• “war on terror"
• authoritarianism
• consensus decision-making
• direct democracy
• military dictatorship
• oligarchy
• one-party state
• party solidarity
• representation by population
• proportional representation
• representative democracy
• responsible government
• democracy
• single-member constituency (first past the post)
• the Senate
• the House of Commons
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups
• American Bill of Rights
• Anti-Terrorism Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• emergency and security legislation
• illiberal
• language legislation
• Bill 101
• Bill 178
• Bill 86
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• respect for law and order
• terrorism
• rendition
• the War Measures Act
• enemy aliens
• internment
• the Emergencies Act
• USA PATRIOT Act
• consumerism
• environmental change
• extremism
• pandemics
• postmodernism
• global warming
• Kyoto Protocol
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• drought