November 5

IB 20 HOTA

I finally gave back your WRA I from the Enlightenment and French Revolution, all in all, they were well written. If you want to go through your WRA I with me, please come in to tutorial to talk to me about it. I did a quick review of the principles of individualism (PRICES) and the principles of collectivism (PRINCE). I then started talking about the "Development of Classical Liberalism". This Google Slides presentation is on the IB 20 wiki under the Democracies unit.

Social 30-1

I continued on with the Cold War today. I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Cold War Confrontation". I also gave you class time to work on your Cold War Events Notes from your Social 30-1 coursebooks. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms will be due on Friday, and then I will take in your Chapter 7 Questions on Monday, November 12th.

Advance polls open tomorrow for the plebiscite vote on the 2026 Olympics. The main vote takes place on November 13th. Even though none of you are 18 yet, and can't vote in this plebiscite, I still think it will be beneficial to you to get informed about the Olympic bid. The question of investment in an Olympic involves all three levels of government spending, so this definitely ties into what we have been studying this year. I've created a blank Google Slides presentation that you have all been invited to edit. I want you to explore both sides of this debate. What arguments are both sides putting forward to convince voters to their side's point of view. I'm including some links below for research purposes.

Olympic Bid Research Links: 

• CBC: Calgary Olympic Bid 
• City of Calgary Engagement Toolkit
• Calgary Herald: Olympic Bid
• The Globe and Mail: Calgary's Olympic Bid
• Huffington Post
• Calgary 2026
• CBC Op-Ed Piece

Social 10-1

I did a little bit more of the lecture on "The Foundations of Economic Globalization". I stopped lecturing with about 45 minutes left to give you time to work on your Chapter 10 Key Terms. These key terms are due on Wednesday, November 7th. One week from today you have your Unit 2 Final Exam, you can find the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 12th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

July 6

Social 30-1

After a quick review of the some of the concepts that I'd taught you in the first two days of classes, you wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test. I am in the process of marking this test tonight, so I should have the results for you tomorrow. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow (you can find the study guide below). The rest of today's class was spent on learning how to write essays. I gave you the essay question sheet today, and you had a little bit of time to brainstorm some arguments and evidence. Here is the source for the essay:

"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 tonight and tomorrow night 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 gave 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.

 

Upcoming Important Dates:

 

• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Tuesday, July 7th (please see the study guide below)
• Unit 1 WRA II Essay is on Wednesday, July 8th

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Tuesday, July 7th. 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 study booklets, pages 12-17)
• 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 booklet that is in your study booklets (pages 4-7)
• 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)