November 14

Social 10-1

I showed you a few examples of the TNC Dossier Assignment that were completed last year. We started a film study of Wal-Mart today called "The Age of Wal-Mart", which we will finish on Tuesday. You have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz on Monday.

Here are the hyperlinks to the presentations that cover Chapter 10 and Chapter 11:

• Foundations of Economic Globalization
• Expansion of Economic Globalization
  
  
  

Social 20-1

We started our film study of "Gandhi" today. We will be continuing this film on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions due on Monday, November 17th. You also have your Chapter 7-8 Test next Friday. The study guide is below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Friday, November 21st. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide"

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust
• Turning Points in History: The Atomic Bomb (film notes)
• White Light/Black Rain (film notes)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)
• Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!
• read the links about the genocide in Darfur that I sent to you!

1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• the Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination
• Wansee Conference
• Nuremberg Trials
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah
• home rule
• Hutu
• Tutsi
• Romeo Dallaire
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki
• Robert Oppenheimer
• FDR
• Harry Truman
• Potsdam Conference
• Slobodan Milosevic

2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet from Chapter 7 and 8.

November 13

Social 20-1

I gave you a readings booklet today on India, and you were to use that booklet to take notes on background information on India, in preparation for our film study of Gandhi. We will start watching "Gandhi" in class tomorrow. You should also read over the booklet that I gave you on various case studies of genocide. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due Monday.

Social 10-1

We continued watching "The Corporation" today in class. I also gave you the TNC Dossier Assignment, and we drew lots to see which TNC you will be doing research on. We'll be looking at Wal-Mart tomorrow.

November 12

Social 20-1

I did a presentation/lecture today on "Contemporary Examples of Genocide", which I will send to you. I will also send you some information on the genocide in Darfur as well. This will be additional information to the booklet that I gave on some contemporary examples of genocide, such as the Armenian genocide, the Ukrainian famine, the Rwandan genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Former Yugoslavia.

Social 10-1

We continued to watch "The Corporation" today in class. You should have completed both Parts 1 and 2 of the film study at this point in the film.

November 7

Social 10-1

We started watching "The Corporation" and completing a film study sheet to go along with it today. We'll continue watching the film next week as well. You have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz on Monday, November 17th. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 10-11 Quiz Study Guide:

This quiz has a matching section and a short answer section. Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

1. "Foundations of Economic Globalization"

2. "Expansion of Economic Globalization"

You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
  

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?
  
  
  
  

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today in class. Your film study questions for this film are due on Wednesday, November 12th.

November 6

Social 20-1

We started watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. You are to complete the film study sheet and hand it your completed answers and questions about the film on Wednesday.

Social 10-1

We continued watching "Life + Debt" today, while completing the film study sheet. I collected your Advantages and Disadvantages of the WTO charts today. We'll start watching "The Corporation" tomorrow.

November 5

Social 20-1

I delivered a presentation on the 8 Stages of Genocide, and then we started our film study of "Shake Hands with the Devil". We'll start the film tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave you a reading booklet on the WTO system. Your homework assignment tonight is to create a chart outlining the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO system. We also started watching the film "Life + Debt", which we will continue tomorrow.

November 4

Social 10-1

I gave you back the results of your Unit 2 Final Exam and your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. I then finished off the presentation "The Expansion of Economic Globalization". We also talked about the U.S. Presidential Election, and made predictions about the outcome.

Social 20-1

We finished off "White Light/Black Rain" today and the film study sheet that went along with it. We also talked about the U.S. Presidential Election, and made predictions about the outcome.

November 3

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, which took most of the period. I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 Key Terms, and a homework check on whether or not you printed off your "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint notes. We'll be continuing with Unit 3 tomorrow material, specifically, looking at the Expansion of Economic Globalization (Chapter 11 material).

Social 20-1

I gave you back the results of your Chapter 5-6 Test at the start of class. We then began our film study of "White Light/Black Rain", which we will finish tomorrow.

October 31

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Questions today. I will be doing a homework check on the presentation that I sent to you called "The Foundations of Economic Globalization", please have it printed off for Monday's homework check. It's probably best if you print it off four slides per page to save some paper. Here's how you do this:

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:

Please remember that you have your Chapter 11 Key Terms due on Monday, as well as your Unit 2 Final Exam. Here is the study guide. Have a great weekend, and a safe Halloween.

Social 20-1

The entire period was spent in the Library doing research for your Unit 2 Dossier Assignment. This assignment is due on November 25th, but this is the only class time that you will get! Have a great weekend and a safe Halloween.

October 30

Social 20-1

We watched a short video on the Nuremberg Trials at the start of class today. We then looked at the development of the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project, and the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII. We also did a draft for available research topics for your Unit 2 research project. We'll be going to the Library for research time tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We watched a video at the start of class entitled "Global Economic Issues" which covered a lot of material that I talked about yesterday. It also discussed some advantages and disadvantages of the IMF and the World Bank. We then started watching a video called "China Rises: Getting Rich", as you watched the video you were to complete a film study worksheet. You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 3rd. Here is the study guide.

October 29

Social 20-1

Today I continued my lecture/presentation on the Holocaust. I will be sending this presentation to you by e-mail, so please check your e-mail accounts tonight. Also, I showed excerpts from the movie "Schindler's List", I think that the excerpts that I showed really illustrated the treatment, the persecution of the Jews, life in the ghettos, and how difficult it would be to resist the Nazi regime. Tomorrow we'll look at the Nuremberg Trials, and then move on to the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I also gave you a handout on 36 Questions About the Holocaust that I feel has very useful information, please read it over.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent looking at the "Foundations of Economic Globalization". This presentation will be posted on the wiki, and I will be sending it to you as well. Please study for your Unit 2 Final Exam tonight (it's on Monday), here's the study guide. Your Chapter 10 Questions from your Unit 3 Worksheet are due on Friday.

October 28

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms are due tomorrow, the Chapter 10 Questions will be due on Friday if you want to get ahead. You should also be reviewing your Unit 2 Final Exam which is on Monday, November 3rd. Here is the study guide (you will have to scroll down to find it).

Social 20-1

I started a lecture on the Holocaust today that I will finish tomorrow. We watched a documentary called "Genocide" today for the rest of the period. Tomorrow we'll be dealing with the rest of the lecture on the Holocaust and some common questions that people have about the Holocaust.

October 27

Social 10-1

I gave you a handout today on residential schools in Canada as part of the CBC News in Review segment that we watched in class today. If you didn't finish doing the activity with the timeline of events related to the residential school system, I strongly urge you to do so tonight. You were to complete a series of questions during the video as well. I gave you the Unit 3 Worksheet as well today. You have to complete the Chapter 10 Key Terms for Wednesday's class. Please remember that your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment is tomorrow, please review key themes that I have been emphasizing from Chapters 8 and 9. I also collected your Imperialism Research Projects today.

Here are some excellent links to the residential school system from the CBC Archives:

• A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools
• A Long-Awaited Apology

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 3rd. 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
  
  

Social 20-1

We watched the opening sequence of "Saving Private Ryan" so you could see what the D-Day invasions of Normandy were like. Remember that once the Allies established a foothold in northern France the Nazis were fighting WWII on three fronts: in the east against the Soviet Union, from the south through Italy (the D-Day invasions occurred a couple of days after the fall of Rome), and finally through northern France. Once the Allies had established themselves in France, the end of the war was in sight. By May of 1945 the war was over in Europe, while it raged on until August 1945 in the Pacific. I gave you some more readings and maps that covered the remainder of the war in Europe and in the Pacific. These readings are your responsibility, they contain massive amounts of information that is all testable material. In the next few days we'll be looking at the liberation of the concentration camps at the end of WWII and the path the led to the "Final Solution" and ultimately the Holocaust.

October 24

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today in class and then you wrote a short quiz on the film for the last 15 minutes of class. Please remember that your Imperialism Research Project is due on Monday, this is your last weekend to work with your partner. Also, on Tuesday, October 28th you will write your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. Review material from Chapters 8 and 9, and the key themes that we've covered from those chapters.

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent watching the film "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb". I gave you some summary notes on this film, you MUST read these notes, it will help you to understand the course of the Second World War.

October 23

Social 20-1

All of today's class was spent writing the Chapter 5-6 Test. You should get the results of this test next week.

Social 10-1

I gave you the results back for your Chapter 7 Quiz at the beginning of class. We started watching the film "Where the Spirit Lives" and completing a worksheet to go along with the film. Please remember that your Imperialism Research Project is now due on Monday, October 27th.

October 22

Social 20-1

I had you move into small groups at the beginning of class today to brainstorm the Causes of World War II. As a class we then built a concept map of the causes of the war. I then gave you a reading with maps that covered blitzkrieg (invasion of Poland), the Phoney War, the miracle of Dunkirk, Operation Barbarossa, and it also quickly mentions the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Please review for your Chapter 5-6 Test, which is tomorrow. Here is the study guide.

Social 10-1

We talked as a class about extending the due date for the Imperialism Research Project, which we did, to Monday, October 27th. There should be no late projects now! I gave you a series of readings on the recent apology from the Canadian government to First Nations who experienced the residential school system. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 9 carefully, you need some background knowledge about the residential school system to fully appreciate the film that I will be showing you on Thursday and Friday.

October 21

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing the Chapter 7 Quiz. Please remember that your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, October 23rd. Remember that your Imperialism Research Project is due on Thursday. I have sent you the marking guides fore this project and they are on the wiki as well.

Social 20-1

For most of today's class period we watched the documentary film "The Tides of War". As you watched this film you were to complete a film study sheet. We went over it quickly at the conclusion of the film. Please check your e-mail, I have sent you a presentation on the internment of Japanese-Canadians (this is testable material). I gave back your The Way of Subjects questions and answers at the beginning of class, and took in your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions as well. You should study for your Chapter 5-6 Test tonight, here is the study guide.

October 20

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" today. After watching the film you wrote a short quiz on the film, which we marked in class. Most of you did really well on this quiz. I gave you the remainder of class time to study for your Chapter 7 Quiz, which is tomorrow. Here is the study guide. Please remember that your Imperialism Research Project is due on Thursday. I'll try to post the rubrics on the wiki tonight.

Social 20-1

We picked up where we left off last week, by examining the motivation behind the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. I showed an excerpt from the film "Pearl Harbor". I then gave you some notes on World War II, and the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII. I will be sending you a PowerPoint presentation on the internment in Canada later tonight. I won't be delivering it in class though. We'll be watching a documentary on the internment of Japanese-Canadians tomorrow in class. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. I took in your The Way of Subjects questions and answers today as well. Please study for your Chapter 5-6 Test, which is on Thursday. It will be a tough but fair exam. Here is the study guide.

October 17

Social 10-1

We continued watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" today. Please remember that you will write a short quiz on the film when we finish it, which will probably happen on Monday. Don't forget to study for your Chapter 7 Quiz, which is on Tuesday, October 21st. Here is the study for the quiz (it's also on the wiki, under Study Guides). Also, your Imperialism Research Project is due next Thursday (October 23rd). This is a great weekend to study and work on your projects.

Social 20-1

I finished off my lecture on "Ultranationalism in WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan". I will be sending this PowerPoint to you today, so please check your e-mail. You will need to study this presentation for your Chapter 5-6 Test, which is next Thursday (October 23rd). Here is the study guide for the Chapter 5-6 Test. I gave you a copy of The Way of Subjects today as well. The questions in The Way of Subjects booklet are due on Monday, October 20th, please complete them on a separate piece of paper as I will be taking them in for a homework check. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, October 21st, this will also be taken in as a homework check.

October 15

Social 20-1

I returned your WWI Maps of Europe and your Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignments to you today. I also gave you your interim report cards as well. There are Parent Student Teacher Interviews tomorrow, please see your interim report cards for the times and location.
I gave you a booklet today entitled "Was Appeasement a Good Idea?" If you didn't finish this booklet and its "Focus Task" make sure that you complete what I told you to do with the back page in class. I then started a presentation called "Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan and Germany", which I will continue on Friday. You have your Chapter 5-6 Test next Thursday, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Thursday, October 23rd. The format of the test is matching and short answer. Please use this study guide to focus your review efforts.
Study the following presentations:

• "The Road to War: Causes of World War I" (ppt)
• "Total War, Allied Victory, Paris Peace Conference" (ppt)
• "Ultranationalism in WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan" (ppt) * note: this the presentation that I started in class today, I will send it out once we're finished it

1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• the Black Hand
• Gavrillo Princip
• Tsar Nicholas II
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Battle of Tannenberg
• the Schlieffen Plan
• Plan 17
• General von Moltke
• Battle of the Marne
• Alsace and Lorraine
• total war
• Battle of Verdun
• Battle of the Somme
• the Brusilov Offensive
• sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmermann Telegram
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• General Ludendorff
• Friedrich Ebert
• Paris Peace Conference
• David Lloyd George
• Woodrow Wilson
• Fourteen Points
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando
• League of Nations
• plebiscites
• reparations
• collective security
• war debts
• Treaty of Versailles
• "war guilt clause"
• "Manchurian Incident"
• Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
• expansionism
• Hirohito
• Hideki Tojo
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Kristallnacht
• the Nuremburg Laws
• any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material

2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (Causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and arctic sovereignty won't be on the test)

3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

• MAIN Causes of World War I
• the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
• the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT)
• the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
• Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology)
• the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years booklet)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
• ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
• failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
• appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism)
  

Social 10-1

I gave you your interim report cards today. Overall, the class is doing quite well, Parent Student Teacher Interviews are tomorrow in the Main Gym, please see the times listed on the interim report card. We started watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" today. We will continue watching this film on Friday. I think that since you have no classes tomorrow, it would be a very good day to get together with your partner and work on your Imperialism Research Project. It's due next Thursday (October 23rd). Also don't forget that you have your Chapter 7 Quiz on Tuesday (October 21st), do some review. The study guide is here (scroll down to read it).

October 14

Social 10-1

I delivered a presentation today called "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I have sent this presentation to you already, so please check your e-mail. I'll try to post it on to the wiki tonight as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Quiz next Tuesday, October 21st. Tonight would be a good time to look at the study guide (it's on the wiki, and it's in Friday's post) and do some review. It's a very challenging quiz. You'll get your interim report cards tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Today was a pretty busy class, with lots of topics covered. I gave you a reading that went over some of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, why the United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations. This reading also had information about the organizational structure of the League of Nations. I talked about some key events in the Interwar Years which clearly illustrated the failure of collective security and the ability of the League of Nations to deal with aggressive nation-states. The key events that I mentioned were the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War. I reviewed how the League of Nations was a FAILURe (please memorize this mnemonic). I then showed you a video on appeasement called "Why Appeasement?" You were to fill out a film study sheet as you watched this video. Tomorrow we'll continue to look at appeasement, and further analyze why many people turned to this foreign policy in the hope that it would help avert war. We'll also start looking at the rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan. You'll be getting your interim report cards tomorrow.

October 10

As you could probably tell, I've been sick for most of the week, so I decided to call in sick today to see if I could kill off this cold. My apologies for not being in class today. I hope you all have a great long weekend.

Social 10-1

You were given class time today to work on your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions, these are due on Tuesday. Hopefully, you finished them off in class, so you don't have to them over the weekend. This would be a great weekend to get together with your partner (if you have one) and work on your Imperialism Research Project. The final product for this project could be a movie, a dossier report, a PowerPoint presentation, or a poster. We'll talk more about this next week. Your Imperialism Research Project will be due on Thursday, October 23rd. Please have a look at the Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide below.

Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.
1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Quiz:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?
  

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent watching the video "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler", and taking notes on key events in the rise of Adolf Hitler to power in Germany. This video will provide us with nice background information when we look at appeasement next week. If you haven't read the Interwar Years booklet yet, I strongly urge you to do so. There's a wealth of information in that booklet that will come in handy on your upcoming Unit 2 Final Exam.

October 9

Social 20-1

Today was a very busy class! I collected your WWI Map Assignments at the beginning of class. I then gave you some time to work on the "Focus Task" at the back of the "Making Peace" booklet that I gave you yesterday. This task is very good practice for the "speaker questions" that you commonly encounter on multiple choice tests. It requires you to see issues from different perspectives and understand why people might have felt a certain way. After completing this exercise you should have a very clear understanding of the motivations and viewpoints of the "Big Three" at the Paris Peace Conference. Next, I gave you a booklet that covered key events in the Interwar Years. This booklet is EXTREMELY important! It provides you with an excellent summary of some of the attempts at maintaining world peace in the Interwar Years, the impact of the Great Depression, and the failure of the League of Nations to halt the actions of aggressive nation-states such Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan in the 1930s. Tomorrow, we'll look at Hitler's rise to power in Germany, this will provide us with a nice lead in to looking at the policy of appeasement next week, and ultimately the start of WWII. If you didn't finish reading the Interwar Years booklet in class please make sure that you read it at home!

Social 10-1

I did some explanation of your Imperialism Research Project in class today, and then you were given some library research time. We then made our way back to the classroom so that I could give you back your Illustrated Concept Map Assignments.

Useful Links for the Imperialism Research Project:

• Nation Master
• CIA World Factbook

Please check your e-mail inboxes, I have sent you the password to access the Nations and Countries of the World. This is an e-book, we have a physical copy of it in the library, but it's a reference book and you're not allowed to sign it out. By giving you access to our library's e-books there's a whole lot more of you that would be able to access the information. Please follow the following steps to getting into the e-book:

1. Go to the school's website

2. From the school website click on "Library" from the left hand navigational button.

3. Click on Online Resources

4. Click on the hyperlink that says "6 online e-books by Gale"

5. In the box where it asks for the password, enter the password that I am sending you in the e-mail message

6. Click on Gale Reference Virtual Library

7. Click on History View publications

8. Click on Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2006 under "Nation and World"

October 8

Social 20-1

I went through a lot of topics related to World War I today, including "total war", key battles of WWI, the Paris Peace Conference and the various Paris treaties. I focused on the Treaty of Versailles (to remember the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, remember the mnemonic GARGLe)and the consequences of WWI. We'll be getting into the Interwar Years, the League of Nations in the days to come. I also gave you a booklet called "Making Peace" which focuses in on the key players ("the Big Three") at the Paris Peace Conference, namely David Lloyd George (Great Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France), and Woodrow Wilson (USA). You MUST complete the Focus Task on the back of the booklet for tomorrow. Please remember that you have World War I map of Europe due tomorrow. Please see yesterday's post for maps to help you out with this assignment.

Here's a copy of the map that you are to complete. Someone was nice enough to scan and send it to me.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Tools of Exploitation" today in class, along with the film study sheet that went along with it. We then moved into an introduction of the Imperialism Research Project by drawing lots, and going through the overview of the assignment.

October 7

Social 10-1

I took in your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions today, and returned them to you at the end of the period. I went through a presentation on "The Legacies of Historical Globalization", please check your e-mail inboxes today after school because I am sending this presentation to you today. I will also try to post it on to the wiki as well. We started watching "Tools of Exploitation" today, and we'll finish this movie up tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll also get in to the Imperialism Research Project. I'd like to return your Illustrated Concept Map Assignments to you as well, preferably on Thursday since I see you in the last block of the day then.

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent looking at the geographical disadvantage of the Central Powers during World War I. I have given you a mapping assignment, so if you missed today's class please make sure that you get the mapping assignment and instructions. I also collected your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. We'll still be working on Chapter 5 related material for a few days to come, so please don't think we've finished looking at the First World War yet.





Click on any of the maps to view a larger version of them.

October 6

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I gave back your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today, as well as your "Bend It Like Beckham" film study booklets. I went through a presentation today called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism", please check your e-mail inboxes, you should already have this presentation by now. For homework tonight, please complete the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions, it is due tomorrow.

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Most of today's period was spent writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. If you finished up early you were to work on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow.

October 3

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I collected your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class, and I will give these back to you on Monday. After some delay, we were able to do an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". These book addresses some of the themes that we'll be looking at Unit 2, such as cultural contact, assimilation, imperialism, differing world views, and residential schools. There's no homework this weekend.

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Today we played a simulation game of a fictional peace conference whose task it was to prevent the outbreak of the First World War. It's very difficult to "win" at this game and prevent the outbreak of the war. As you could probably see national interests came into play, as did the issue of sovereignty with regard to Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia. Many of the major European powers were committed to alliances and a foreign policy that almost pre-determined their course of action. Old hatreds and past defeats led to some of the European powers to follow the course of action that they did. I hope that you enjoyed the simulation. We'll have some time next week to do a little bit more debriefing on this simulation. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, October 6th. Here's the study guide (scroll down to find it).

October 2

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For most of the period you were writing your Chapter 3-4 Quiz. If you finished up early I had you move on to the Unit 2 Worksheet. I did not assign the Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions for homework yet, because there are a lot of key concepts and events that I will be covering in the next week or so that are from Chapter 5 so please don't feel that you have to finish the chapter work off tonight. In fact, tonight should be spent studying and reviewing the Unit 1 material. You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, October 6th. Here is the Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide (scroll down to find it).

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You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today, and you'll get the results back tomorrow. I also handed out the Unit 2 Worksheet today. I would recommend that you read Chapter 6 tonight and complete the Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions since they are due for homework. I will collect the Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions tomorrow at the beginning of class.

October 1

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I gave you a reading today on the Causes of the First World War, which gives you some more background information on conditions in the major European powers on the eve of WWI. Many of you probably didn't finish this in class, so please make sure that you finish reading it at some point. I showed you a couple of short videos on the First World War, including "The Clash of the Generals" and "Trench Warfare". Tomorrow, you have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz, here is the study guide (it's also on the wiki). On Monday, October 6th you have your Unit 1 Final Exam. The study guide for the Unit Final is here, and on the wiki.

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I split you into two large groups today, one group read an article called "Globalization Benefits the World's Cultures" and the other group read "Globalization Harms the World's Cultures". You read the article individually, taking notes on potential arguments, examples and case studies within the article that you were given. You then went into the group that read the same article, and you formulated a debate strategy, discussing potential arguments the other side might raise, and potential counter-arguments that you could use. We then had class debate on the topic. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, here is the study guide (it's also on the wiki).

September 30

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I gave you back the results of your Chapter 3-4 Quiz today, as well as giving back your Part A In-Class Writing Assignments, and your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you about 50 minutes to prepare and study for the Unit 1 Final Exam, which is on Thursday, October 2nd. I posted the study guide for the Unit 1 Final Exam on the blog yesterday, here is the study guide. You should be reviewing Unit 1 material tonight and tomorrow night, adding content to the wiki is not a bad way of reviewing either, so please have a look at the Collaborative Notes section of the wiki.

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You wrote your Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment today in class, you were given 10 minutes to brainstorm in small groups, and then 45 minutes to write your analysis of the three sources. I gave you back your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today, as well as your French Revolution DBA Assignments. By and large, I think most of you did quite well on the DBA. I gave you the Unit 2 Worksheet, and I told you to start adding to your glossary by adding the Chapter 5 Key Terms to it. I didn't assign these key terms for homework. You have more review to do tonight, as you have your Chapter 3-4 Test on Thursday, October 3rd. The study guide for this quiz is below. If you want to find the Unit 1 Final Exam study guide please click on the link here, and then scroll down the page.

Chapters 3-4 Quiz Study Guide:

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

• make sure that you 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)

September 29

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I collected your "Bend It Like Beckham" film study booklets at the beginning of class (you get homework check marks for this, and I mark it too). I also collected your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions, which you will get back tomorrow. Most of the period was spent writing your first Part A In-Class Writing Assignments. You will be writing more of these as the semester progresses. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam this Thursday, October 2nd. The study guide is below.

Social 10-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Thursday, October 2nd. 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! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations)

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We started in on Unit 2 material today, we looked at the Causes of World War I. I delivered a presentation/lecture on this topic, and then showed a short video on the "Doomed Dynasties" of Europe. Keep in mind that the three absolute monarchies of Europe that were featured in the film, the Romanov Dynasty in Russia (led by Tsar Nicholas II), the Hohenzollern Dynasty in Germany (led by Kaiser Wilhelm II) and the Hapsburg Dynasty in Austria-Hungary (led by Franz Joseph II) do not survive after the war. Tomorrow, you have your first Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. The three sources will all connect to one of the major themes that we've studied so far. I would look at big concepts like the differences between nation, nation-state and nationalism, understandings of nation, the differences between ethnic and civic nationalism, factors in the development of French nationalism (in other words, causes of the French Revolution), Napoleon's contributions to French nationalism, and the various contending loyalties: nationalist and non-nationalist contending loyalties.

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

One week from today, you will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. It is 75 multiple choice questions. Make sure that you have read Chapters 1-4 in Exploring Nationalism. Please make sure that you know the key concepts from Unit 1 (see below). Also review the PowerPoint presentations that you should have in your notes. They are also on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations. These are the presentations that you should review:

1. Nation and Identity
2. The French Revolution
3. The Napoleonic Era
4. Contending Loyalties

Know the key concepts from the Unit 1 Worksheet (a lot of them have been defined on the wiki by your classmates, check under Unit 1 Key Terms). If you know the key concepts you'll be able apply them to test.

• nation
• nation-state
• nationalism
• patriotism
• self-determination
• sovereignty
• sovereign
• civic nation
• civic nationalism
• ethnic nationalism
• collective consciousness
• French Revolution
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• cahiers de doléances
• Ancien Régime
• bourgeoisie
• feudal system
• philosophes
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• National Assembly
• Tennis Court Oath
• constitutional monarchy
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• National Convention
• levée en masse
• Robespierre
• Danton
• Marat
• Reign of Terror
• Napoleon
• Napoleonic Code
• Continental System
• contending loyalties
• cultural pluralism
• reasonable accommodation
• sovereignists
• federalists
• royal commission
• expressions of nationalism
• non-nationalist loyalty
• alienation
• segregation

September 26

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You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Quiz today, which took most of the period. You have your "Bend It Like Beckham" booklet due on Monday, as well as your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. You will also write your Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment on Monday, September 29th. Please check your e-mail, I've sent you an invite to contribute to a VoiceThread that allows you to analyze some sources, much like you would for your Part A writing assignment on Monday.

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We looked at a case of modern ethnic nationalism today with the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, we will be talking about this case study in far greater detail in Unit 2. We'll be starting Unit 2 material on Monday. Please remember that you have your Part A In-Class Writing Assignment on Tuesday, September 30th. You also have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Thursday, October 2nd. The following week, on Monday, October 6th you have your Unit 1 Final Exam.

September 25

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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)
  

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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!

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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

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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
  
  

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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)

September 18

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We looked at expressions of nationalism today, and we also ranked five factors that contributed to the French Revolution from most significant to least significant. We will be discussing your opinions tomorrow. Please don't forget to study for your Chapter 1-2 Test, which is on Monday.

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I collected your Illustrated Concept Map Assignments today at the beginning of class. It looks like most of you completed this assignment on time. We talked about advantages and disadvantages of media transnationals. We also talked about the CRTC, CAVCO, CanCon, CBC/SRC today, as well as cultural protectionism. I gave you lots of class time to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions (which are due on Monday). You have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz tomorrow, I hope that you're studying!!

September 17

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We watched a short video on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, which is part of the Turning Points of History series. I then finished my presentation on the Napoleonic Era and the Congress of Vienna. I will be sending this presentation out in the next few days after I make some modifications to it. I also gave you an assignment today that is due on Monday, it's a DBA (Document Based Analysis) Assignment on the French Revolution. There are 4 parts to this DBA: What is the Third Estate?, Cahiers de doleances from the District of Dourdon, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and La Marseillaise. You also have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday (here's the study guide, scroll down to find it), so you should do a little bit of the DBA each night, break up into parts. Please don't try to do it all in one night, your work will suffer as a result.

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I went through profiles of four media transnationals today: AOL Time Warner, Viacom, The Walt Disney Company, and News Corporation. I will send the you notes on these media TNCs later tonight. We had a question and answer period on the Illustrated Concept Map assignment which is due tomorrow. I gave you some time to do your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions in class as well, they will be due on Monday. You have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz on Friday (make sure that you're on time!), here's the study guide.

September 16

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We finished watching "Whale Rider" today in class, and had a brief discussion about the film. I will be starting Chapter 3 material tomorrow. You will be given class time tomorrow to work on the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, so don't worry about that tonight. You should use tonight to work on your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment, it's due on Thursday. On Friday, you have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz (please study!). Here is the study guide for this quiz.

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I started a presentation today on the Napoleonic Era, which I'll finish tomorrow in class. Tomorrow, we'll be watching a video on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and picking up where we left in the Napoleonic Era, namely with the Congress of Vienna. It might be a good idea to start reviewing material from Chapter 1-2, since you have a quiz on Monday on this material. Here is a link to the study guide.

September 15

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I collected your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. We began our film study of "Whale Rider" today, we'll finish this film tomorrow, and we'll discuss it as well. Please have a look on the wiki under Unit 1 Assignments for the marking guide for the Illustrated Concept Map. It is really important that you know how you are being assessed on this assignment.

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For most of the class period we watched the Biography film "Napoleon: The Glory of France", as you took notes on a timeline of Napoleon's life. I uploaded the French Revolution presentation to the wiki this morning, look for it under Unit 1 Presentations. We'll be continuing to look at the Napoleonic Age tomorrow. We'll be looking at Napoleon's domestic and foreign policy tomorrow, and his disastrous Russian campaign on Wednesday. Please see the study guide for the Chapter 1-2 Quiz, which is next Monday.

Chapter 1-2 Quiz 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)

September 12

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You wrote your World Geography Test at the beginning of class today, which took about 30 minutes. I gave you the remainder of class time to read Chapter 2 in Perspectives on Globalization and to complete the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions (which are due on Monday), so hopefully you don't have that for homework. Please don't forget that you have your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment due on Thursday, September 18th, so this is the only weekend that you'll have to work on it. I would expect you to get most of the work completed on it this weekend, so budget your time! I've put up some examples around the classroom, so have a look. I've posted the assignment itself on the wiki, under Unit 1 Assignments, as well as the rubric, so please have a look at the rubric. It is VERY important to know how you are being assessed on this assignment.

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You wrote your World Geography Test today. We then finished watching the History Channel video on the French Revolution. I think that the video should help pull your understanding of the causes and events of the French Revolution a little better. I want to point again that I have put a timeline of the French Revolution on the wiki, you can find a link to it under Collaborative Notes. We'll be starting our examination of Napoleon Bonaparte's impact on European history next week. On Monday, I will post a study guide on the blog for your Chapter 1-2 Quiz (which is on the following Monday, September 22nd).

September 11

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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.

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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.

September 10

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I finished the presentation on the French Revolution today, I will be sending it out later tonight, so please check your e-mail. Please print off the "Nation and Identity" PowerPoint, I will be doing a homework check on it tomorrow. For homework, you are to do all of the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions tonight. The only key terms you don't have to do from Chapter 2 tonight are the last three on the list, which are part of the Napoleonic Era, which we have yet to get to in class. You have a World Geography Test on Friday, so please study. I posted the study guide on the blog yesterday, so please have a look at it. I'll put some links to some geography game sites below, so use them to help prepare for Friday's test.

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I collected your Global Connections Map Assignment at the beginning of class today. I also gave you some time to do a peer edit of a classmates 1st draft of their informative essay. Some of you had an entire first draft completed, whereas other just had the first paragraph complete. The good copy of this essay is due tomorrow. I have sent you the rubric already, the rubric is also on the wiki. Please remember that you have your World Geography Test on Friday, I gave you the study guide in class yesterday, so if you missed class you need to get that from a classmate.

Geography Games Links:

• Test Your Geography Knowledge
• Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)
  

Getting on the Wiki

I know that I went over this in class, but I thought that I would put up some images that show you how to get on the wiki.

1. Go to pbwiki.com and click Log In

2. Enter the name of the wiki


3. Log on to the wiki (this picture is from the Social 10-1 wiki) by entering the username and password that I gave you in class.

September 9

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I went through the study for your World Geography Test (please check out the geography games links below), which will be happening on Friday, September 12th. This test will be strictly identification of countries on a map of the world. I gave you a list of countries and told you to know where certain world capitals and capital cities were located. If you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate since it's a fairly lengthy list of countries to put on the blog. Here's what the test will look like: you will have a map of the world split into two parts (front and back of the test sheet), the countries will be numbered off, on a sheet of loose leaf you'll write down your answers (identify the countries and cities). Please remember that your Global Connections Map is due tomorrow. Today, I also gave you your first writing assignment, you are to do a rough draft of your first paragraph tonight. If you do a rough draft of the entire informative essay for tomorrow's peer editing session that would be great. Please respond back to my original e-mail message (some of you haven't done this yet). I'll be sending out a rubric for this writing assignment by e-mail tonight, so check your e-mail. Remember the focus of this informative essay is "What are my effects on the world?" You should be examining the social, economic, political and environmental impacts that you have on the world, and positive and negative impacts that you may be having on the world. Here's a link to an article about the connection between the PS2 and coltan (I mentioned this in class. Something to think about. As consumers, are we always completely aware of what's going into the products that we buy? Also, here's a link to an article on Chiquita.

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I continued moving through my presentation on the French Revolution. Today, we looked at some causes of the French Revolution (your textbook refers to these as factors that contributed to French nationalism). Tomorrow I'll probably finish off that presentation by looking at the Key Events of the French Revolution. I gave you some class time to go work on the Chapter 2 Key Concepts (you'll be able to work on them tomorrow as well). You will have a World Geography Test on Friday, please see the study guide below. I'm also posting some links to some geography games as well.

Social 20-1 World Geography Test Study Guide

This test will take place on Friday, September 12th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:

• any of the EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
  India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
  Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

Geography Games

• World Geography Games
• Test Your Geography Knowledge
• Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)

September 8

Social 10-1

Please check your e-mail! I have sent you a message!
I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class, and then you got this homework assignment back at the end of class. I also did a homework check on your 25 item chart that was also due today. I gave you an assignment that built upon this homework assignment the game of Global Bingo that we played last week. I'm putting instructions on the blog here (just in case you didn't get this written down in class):

Here are some reminder instructions for the map:

• People on the map should be represented by circles, color the circles and make sure there is a number beside each circle
• Make sure that you have colored and labelled the 25 different countries (color the entire country), these countries represent the 25 items that you found for homework and put into your chart
• Make sure that you have labeled every country that you or a classmate has a connection to
• Choose different colors to represent your different categories (food, clothing, electronics, entertainment)
• Make sure that you have a detailed key on the back of your map (reproducing your 25 item chart's information with color codes for the different categories)
• Make sure that you have a title for your map
• Make sure that you have a simplified key on the front of your map (color code for the different categories, and people)
• No border is necessary
• No compass rose is necessary
• You don't need to color the oceans or bodies of water (if you feel the need to color them, simply do a blue outline of the land masses that touch the major oceans and seas)
• Don't forget to color ALL of a country (for example, Alaska is part of the USA and should be colored, don't forget to color the islands in the Arctic Ocean that are part of Canada if you have a connection to Canada)

I also gave you your access codes to the wiki. Hopefully, we have a few pages of content put up on the wiki tonight, and I'd like to see you add to the Unit 1 Key Terms and specifically the Chapter 1 Key Terms (put them in alphabetical order too). If I see that people aren't voluntarily using the wiki I might be more direct in asking people to contribute (i.e. making it a homework assignment). Your global connections maps are due on Wednesday. Please make sure that you follow the directions!

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class, if you didn't get this back, it was because I was pressed for time to keep both sections at the same point in my lecture. I'll be working through this lecture for a few days, so I won't be sending it out right away. Please read the following pages in your textbook: p. 43-47, 50, 52-53. This will prepare you for tomorrow's class. If you feel like moving on to working on the Chapter 2 Key Terms or Questions, please feel free to do so. Just know that I've added some key concepts that aren't in your textbook. I'd like to see some work done on the wiki tonight, some additions to the Glossary and Unit 1 Key Concepts, maybe also some collaborative notes on the differences between a nation, a nation-state and nationalism, for example.

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 5

Social 10-1

We played a little "Global Bingo" this morning, with prizes to be awarded on Monday. The point of this activity was for you to meet some of your classmates, and to start discovering our global connections. I will connect the bingo game to an assignment that we will be doing next week. You have a couple of homework assignments to do this weekend: first, you have to create a chart with 25 items from 25 different countries. These 25 items should be broken down into at least 5 categories: food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, household goods, if your item doesn't fit into any of these categories put it in the miscellaneous category. Try split your 25 items amongst these categories, in other words, don't have 25 different food items. Your second homework assignment comes from your Unit 1 Worksheet. You are to complete the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Question from the worksheet. Both of your homework assignments are due on Monday. See you Monday!

Important Dates:

• 25 Item Chart is due on Monday, September 8th
• Chapter 1 Key Terms and Question is due on Monday, September 5th

Social 20-1

I finished off the presentation "Nation and Identity" today in class. I will try to send this to you next week, or possibly this weekend, depending on whether I get enough e-mail responses back from you. I gave you the Unit 1 Worksheet today and I assigned the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions for Monday.I'll let you know when your Geography Test is next week.

Important Dates:

• Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 8th

September 4

Social 20-1

With both of my Social 20-1 classes today, I gave you a course outline, a unit organizer (with all four units of Social 20-1 laid out in a web), and an organizational web for Unit 1. I then started a presentation called "Nation and Identity" which I will be able to finish tomorrow. I also got your e-mail addresses today, so please check your e-mail, and respond back to my message. Please check your junk mail folder too, just in case my message ended up there. You should read Chapter 1 tonight, at least up to where I left off, right before the introduction of the concept of a civic nation. I'll try to remember to give you your access codes to the wiki tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave you the course outline today in class, and then we went through an activity where we looked at different definitions of globalization. As you can see from this activity, the debate as to whether globalization is a beneficial or detrimental process in the world today is a very controversial topic. We also looked at some visual examples of items that have a connection to globalization. I also collected your e-mail addresses. I will be setting up the e-mail distribution list tomorrow during my prep. I have set up user accounts for you on the wiki, which I'll give to you tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll be playing some bingo!

September 3

For all of my classes today I did a self-introduction, talked about my classroom rules and expectations (see post below), as well as rules for posting on the blog. You also did an in-class assignment of writing a friendly letter to me, which you handed in before the end of the class. Please have a look around the blog, and read yesterday's post as well.

September 1

I thought that I would post some of my classroom rules and expectations of behavior on the blog this semester. Also, I will also write down some ground rules for using the blog this semester.

Classroom Rules/Expectations of Behavior:

I think that I have very simple, straight-forward classroom rules and expectations. I will be discussing these in class tomorrow, but here's a quick recap:

• Please be on-task during classroom time (visit later)
• No cell phones (as per school policy); if your parents really need to get in touch with you, they should call the office. Please don't bring cell phones to class, or if you do, please remember to turn them off!
• Please don't listen to music on MP3 players or iPods during class time, unless I have given you permission to do so.
• Be polite. You should be listening during class lectures or when your classmates have questions to ask (you might have some of the same questions).
• Be on time. If you are late, please enter the classroom quietly and apologize for being late. If the door is locked, I have started the lecture or there is a class presentation in progress; I will open the door and let you in as soon as possible.
• Clean up after yourselves. Please don't leave garbage on the floor. I like my classroom fairly neat and tidy.
• Don't bring junk food to class. Healthy snacks only. Or you could always wait until lunchtime.
• You may chew gum in class on the following conditions: don't chew like a cow, I don't want to see the gum or hear you chewing it, that's just gross.
• Late assignments: 10% is deducted for every day an assignment is late. If you have an excused absence, then there is some flexibility with this rule.
• Please make sure that a parent or guardian calls the school to have absences excused. If you miss a test due to an unexcused absence you will be assigned a mark of "zero".
• I will be contacting parent/guardians if you have unexcused absences.
• Please adhere to the school's academic honesty policy which is on the back of your course outlines.
• If you are going away on holidays (please do not schedule holidays during examination periods in January and June), please let me know in advance. I can prepare materials for you, let you know what you'll be missing, and even give you handouts in advance. This way you won't feel "lost" when you come back from holidays.
  
  

Posting on the Blog:

Here are some simple rules that I have established for using the blog, and some other informational items:

• Please post on the blog anonymously.
• If you feel the need to identify yourself, or clarify which grade you're in, please use your initials and your class and section (for example, K.G. in Social 20-2).
• Some of you may have your own Blogger accounts. Please don't post on this blog using your Blogger ID, otherwise you may have people visiting your blog that you may not want to see what you're posting.
• Please be courteous, polite and respectful when posting comments on the blog. Don't be rude to your classmates on the blog.
• Please be patient with my response time.
• Please post comments and questions on the blog prior to 10 p.m.
• Between 6-8 p.m. I am usually not online.
• Please do not post links to questionable materials.
• Inappropriate comments will be deleted. Please don't do this, it's a waste of my time, I could be doing more productive things, like answering questions that you may have.
  

August 28

It won't be long now until school starts.