July 19

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I at the beginning of class today. I also did a homework check on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions as well. We then proceeded to look at the Rwandan genocide in greater detail by watching "Shake Hands with the Devil". Please make sure that you read through all of the material in this booklet, there really is a lot of valuable information in this booklet! I also gave you another reading booklet on examples of genocide in the 20th century. On the wiki, under Unit 2 Presentations you will also find a PowerPoint presentation  on "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" that you should read and study from for your Chapter 7-8 Test and the Unit 2 Final Exam. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7-8 Test on Monday, and your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, please see the study guides below. I am also posting the Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide today on the blog (one week prior to the exam).

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Monday, July 23rd. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3-4 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust" (this will be posted on the wiki)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/; it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this will be posted on the wiki)

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust  
• 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!

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.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Tuesday, July 24th.

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. Know the following key 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 Great 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
• Rise 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? Kosovo case study)

Social 20-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions. It will be written on Thursday, July 26th.

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations that I have sent to you:

• "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
• "Canada's Foreign Policy"
• "Nationalism and Internationalism"

Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:

• know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
• know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
• know the different foreign policy options
• know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
• what influences foreign policy decisions?
• methods of foreign policy
• motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
• how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
• tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
• examples of INGOs and IGOs
• the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
• peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
• different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
• why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples

July 18

Social 20-1

We started off today by examining the development of atomic weapons during WWII, and the use of the bombs to end the war with Japan. We watched a documentary called "White Light/Black Rain" and completed a film study guide. We then began looking at contemporary examples of genocide by watching a CNN documentary called "Scream Bloody Murder" which examined genocides in Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and in the Darfur region of Sudan. In each case Christianne Amanpour (the CNN reporter in the film) focused on certain individuals who witnessed genocide in these cases firsthand. In Cambodia, French Catholic priest Francois Ponchaud witnessed the rise of the Khmer Rouge regime. In Iraq, Peter Galbraith called Saddam Hussein's government use of chemical weapons on the Kurds in northern Iraq qualified as genocide. In Bosnia, the "Scream Bloody Murder" documentary profiled Richard Holbrooke and his efforts to recognize the atrocities of the Bosnian Serbs against the Bosnian Muslims. Next, the documentary profiled Romeo Dallaire and his efforts to get the UN to intervene in the Hutu killing of the Tutsi minority. We'll look more at the case of the Rwandan genocide tomorrow in class when we watch "Shake Hands with the Devil". Finally, the documentary examines the first genocide of the 21st century in the Darfur region of western Sudan with Mukesh Kapila witnessing the actions of the janjaweed.

The Chapter 7-8 Test is on Monday, July 23rd and the Unit 2 Final Exam is on Tuesday, July 24th. Please see the study guides below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Monday, July 23rd. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3-4 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust" (this will be posted on the wiki)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/; it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this will be posted on the wiki)

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust  
• 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!

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.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Tuesday, July 24th.

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. Know the following key 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 Great 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
• Rise 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? Kosovo case study)

July 17

Social 20-1

I gave you the WWI in Europe booklet that I forgot to give you yesterday on blitzkrieg and Operation Barbarossa. I then delivered a PowerPoint presentation on "The Holocaust" today. I have already posted this PowerPoint on the wiki under Unit 2 Presentations, so it's available for download. We then watched a video called "Genocide" that detailed the Holocaust in WWII and life in the ghettos and the concentration camps. We also watched excerpts from "Schindler's List" which illustrates the brutality of the Nazis in dealing with the Jews, this usually helps answer the question of whether or not the Jews resisted. Of course, the Jews resisted Nazi control (sabotage at Auschwitz, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising) but by in large it would have meant death to resist the Nazis. For the remainder of class time you had time to work on Chapter 7 and 8 Key Terms and Questions. The Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Thursday, July 19th and the Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Monday. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 WRA I on Thursday. You also have your Chapter 7-8 Test on Monday, and the Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, please see the study guides below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Monday, July 23rd. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3-4 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust" (this will be posted on the wiki)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/; it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this will be posted on the wiki)

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust  
• 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!

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.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Tuesday, July 24th.

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. Know the following key 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 Great 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
• Rise 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? Kosovo case study)

July 16

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 5-6 Test at the beginning of class today. After you finished writing the test we did a quick whole class brainstorming session on the causes of World War II. After the break we watched "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb", and you have detailed notes on this film, PLEASE study them! I also gave you a notes package on WWII in Europe that you must study as well. We then looked at a key turning point in WWII: the invasion of Normandy. We watched an excerpt from the film "Saving Private Ryan". I will be posting an article on the wiki on Canada's Role in WWII. Next Monday, you have your Chapter 7-8 Test and then on Tuesday, July 24th you have your Unit 2 Final Exam, please see both study guides below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Monday, July 23rd. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3-4 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust" (this will be posted on the wiki)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this will be posted on the wiki)

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!

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.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Tuesday, July 24th.

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. Know the following key 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 Great 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
• Rise 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 (quick review of "Gandhi" film study booklet, what are successor states? What is self-determination? Kosovo case study)

July 13

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I at the beginning of class today. This was the last assessment before your Midterm Report which is on Monday. After the WRA I, I wrote a few notes on the board to introduce some of the early stages of WWII in both Europe and the Pacific. We looked at the start of the war in the Pacific with the attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The Japanese were inspired by the successes of Nazi Germany in Europe, and they too had aspirations of establishing an empire in the Pacific so in late 1941 they began to attack two key holdings of rivals in the Pacific: the British colony of Hong Kong and the headquarters of the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor. These attacks were coordinated, with the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941 while attacking Hong Kong on the same day (it's December 8 in Hong Kong though). With the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States will formally enter WWII on the side of the Allies. After the break we watched an excerpt from the movie "Pearl Harbor". After watching the movie we watched a documentary on the internment of Japanese-Canadians after the attack on Pearl Harbor. I will also be posting a PowerPoint presentation on the wiki on the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII that I highly recommend that you read and study. I will put it up on the wiki under Unit 2 Presentations this afternoon. You have your Chapter 5-6 Test on Monday, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Monday, July 16th. 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)

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)

July 12

Social 20-1

You got the results back for both the Unit 1 WRA I and the Unit 1 Final Exam. We went over the answers to the Focus Task in the "Making Peace" booklet on the perspectives/statements from Wilson, Clemenceau and Lloyd George. I went over the Unit 1 WRA I in a little bit more detail. I did a homework check on the Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions, and you will get them back tomorrow. I gave you a booklet on the timeline of key events in the Interwar Years, which you will be tested on. We covered a lot of ground again today by looking at a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay", and while you were watching this video you were to complete a video study guide sheet. I also taught you another mnemonic device to go along with the MAIN causes of World War I, and the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe). The mnemonic for today was the FAILURe of the League of Nations. This is not to say that the League of Nations was completely unsuccessful, it did enjoy successes in negotiating settlements and agreements between lesser powers. The League did have great difficulty with aggressive nation-states that were engaging in expansionist foreign policies, namely Japan (in Manchuria in 1931), Italy (in Abyssinia in 1935) and Germany. We looked at the concept of appeasement as well today, and how political leaders in Britain (Neville Chamberlain) and France (Edouard Daladier) gave in to Hitler's demands repeatedly. We watched a video on appeasement from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Why Appeasement?", and then after the break we looked at some GCSE material with the booklet "Was Appeasement a Good Idea?". I then delivered a PowerPoint lecture on "Ultranationalism in Italy, Japan and Germany", which I will post on the wiki this afternoon in the Unit 2 Presentations section. A couple of reminders for tomorrow: your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, and you have your Unit 2 WRA I as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 5-6 Test on Monday, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Monday, July 16th. 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)

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)

July 11

Social 20-1

I went through a PowerPoint lecture today on the "Allied Victory in WWI and the Paris Peace Conference". This PowerPoint presentation has already been loaded on to the wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. Make sure that you know the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe) and the key players at the Paris Peace Conference (Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando) and what their goals and objectives were at Versailles. We also watched the A & E Biography of Hitler called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler". You also wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today, and you'll get the results of this exam back tomorrow. I gave you a booklet today called "Making Peace", please make sure that you finish the Focus Task at the back of the booklet along with your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions, both are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday. Your Unit 2 WRA I is on Friday as well. Please remember that your Chapter 5-6 Test is on Monday, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Monday, July 16th. 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) (this will be delivered in class this week)

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)

July 10

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I for the first hour of today's class. We then went into a simulation of a fictional peace conference prior to the outbreak of World War I. After the break we watched a video from the BBC series "Days That Shook the World" on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. After the video, I read to you a humorous article called "If World War I Were a Barfight". I will post a reading on the wiki on Canada's role in WWI. I gave you the Unit 2 Worksheet, the Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

You will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, July 11th. 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

July 9

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today, you'll get the results tomorrow in class. I went through how to write a WRA I three source analysis assignment today. Please check out the resources on the wiki for more information about how to write a WRA I. We started Unit 2 material today by looking at the "Causes of WWI". I will finish this PowerPoint lecture off tomorrow. We also watched segments of two videos from the CBS World War I series, one called "Doomed Dynasties" and the other "The Clash of the Generals". We'll continue our examination of World War I tomorrow, after you write your Unit 1 WRA I. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

You will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, July 11th. 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

July 6

Social 20-1

Today was a busy class. We watched a video from the History's Turning Points series on Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and then I proceeded into a PowerPoint lecture on material from Chapter 3-4 in your textbook. The "Contending Loyalties" PowerPoint has already been posted on the wiki. After the break you wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test. You'll get the results of this test back on Monday. Your Chapter 3 and 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. You will also be writing your Chapter 3-4 Test on Monday as well, please see the study guide below. Next week will be a busy week with lots of tests and writing assignments.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Chapter 3-4 Test is on Monday, July 9th (see study guide below)
• Unit 1 WRA I (3 Source Analysis) is on Tuesday, July 10th
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Wednesday, July 11th (see study guide below)
• Unit 2 WRA I is on Friday, July 13th

Chapters 3-4 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will be on Monday, July 9th. 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"
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts/key terms from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the quiz)

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

You will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, July 11th. 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

July 5

Social 20-1

We watched a video from the History Channel on the French Revolution today, and then I went through a PowerPoint lecture on the Napoleonic Age. I have posted the Napoleonic Age PowerPoint on the wiki already under Unit 1 Presentations. I did a homework check on the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions as well. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. you have your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, please use the following study guide to help focus your review.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Friday, July 6th. 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 (this will be what makes up the matching section of your test) 
•  Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2 (short answer section questions come from this part of the worksheets): be able to answer questions about the differences between civic nationalism and ethnic nationalism, the different understandings of nation, the causes of the French Revolution, and the domestic achievements of Napoleon Bonaparte, among others.  
•  Study the following PowerPoint presentations: "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
•  "The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)
•  "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; you can find this on the wiki, and I will go through in class in the next couple of days)

July 4

Social 20-1

We covered a lot of ground today. We started the class by looking at the Enlightenment. I have posted this PowerPoint lecture on the Social 20-1 wiki already in the Unit 1 Presentations section. you should have been taking notes during this lecture. I also went through a lecture on the French Revolution as well. We'll be watching a video on the French Revolution tomorrow, so we're not completely finished with this topic yet. We'll be getting into the Napoleonic era tomorrow in all likelihood. I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions today. Your. Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Friday. As promised, here is the study guide for that test:

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be on Friday, July 6th. 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 (this will be what makes up the matching section of your test)
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2 (short answer section questions come from this part of the worksheets)

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
• "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; you can find this on the wiki, and I will go through in class in the next couple of days)

July 3

Social 20-1

Welcome to Summer School! I will be teaching you Social Studies 20-1 for the next month. You should have all received an invitation to the course wiki by now, so please let me know if you are unable to access the wiki as it has important handouts, presentations, and information that you need in order to be successful in the course. Social 20-1 is an academically demanding course, we will be moving through material very quickly, so if there is something that you don't understand, ask questions. I will be updating the Social 20-1 tab above to reflect new deadlines for the Summer School version of the course. I went through a fair bit of material today, by going through the "Nation and Identity" PowerPoint presentation. This lecture is available for download on the wiki, or you can listen to the lecture again if you wish. The Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, and most of you would have finished these in class. Anytime you have an opportunity to move ahead with the Unit 1 Worksheet, do so. You also have a friendly letter assignment due tomorrow as well. Tomorrow we will look at the Enlightenment and start our examination of the French Revolution. Please have a look at my classroom rules, and rules for posting on the blog below. See you tomorrow.

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; unless otherwise instructed); 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.
• It is Summer School: you are NOT allowed to take holidays or time off between July 3rd and July 31st. Every day of Summer School is the equivalent of 4-5 regular school days. If you were to miss a week of classes, it would be the same as missing 25-30 classes.

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 20-3).
• 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

June 18

IB 20

I have finished marking your Paper 2 essays, so you can swing by Room 111 to pick them up any time during exam break. Also, outside of my room I have posted IB 20 History marks. These are your marks heading into the tomorrow's final exam. The final exam counts for 20% of your final mark, so the posted marks can change. Also, after the final exam, marks will be standardized.

June 13

IB 30/35

You wrote your Social 30-1 Part A today. Hopefully you are happy with the WRA I and WRA II. The next challenge is preparing for Part B, the multiple choice part of the exam. If you want to take some practice tests, please drop in to Room 111 between 8:30 am and 3:00 pm (I have a lunch break in there too) to try your hand at some past Diploma Exam multiple choice questions.

June 11

IB 30/35

Last day of class. Please remember the important dates for your Social 30-1 Diploma Exam:

• Social Studies 30-1 Part A is on Wednesday, June 13th from 9am to 12 pm
• Social Studies 30-1 Part B is on Tuesday, June 19th from 9 am to 11 am in the Main Gym

I am supervising sequestered students tomorrow in the Main Theatre for the English Diploma Exam but after that if you want to come and see me and ask me questions by all means you can find me in Room 111. I would still really love to have you all sign my black yearbook (some of you didn't get a chance to sign it today). You can also drop in after you write your Part A to test yourself against past Diploma exam multiple choice questions (old Social 30 questions).

IB 20

Lots of "housekeeping items" to take care of on the last day of class. I gave back some marked assignments, and homework assignments as well. I will have your Paper 2 essays marked before June 19th. You will be writing the Final Exam on Tuesday, June 19th from 1-3 pm in the Auxiliary Gym. The final exam is 100 multiple choice questions, with questions from all 8 units this year. If you missed class today, you might want to get the exam "blueprint" from a classmate. This exam will account for 20% of your final mark in IB 20. STUDY!!

June 8

IB 30/35

We covered the concept of illiberalism today with a film study of a very useful case study of illiberal action in a democratic society: the FLQ Crisis of 1970. As you watched today's film you should have completed the film study worksheet. Make sure that you have complete answers to the worksheet! On the wiki under Unit 3 you will find notes on the Emergencies Act, the Anti-Terrorism Act and the USA PATRIOT Act. These are all useful examples. I also posted an op-ed piece from the Edmonton Journal on the post-9/11 "war on terror" and how it is linked the curtailing civil liberties that might be worth a read. Please study this weekend! I also posted essay outlines and more importantly sample essays on the wiki under Diploma Exam Review. This is very important! These sample essays will give you ideas of case studies and evidence for your own essays.

IB 20

All of today's class was spent with TOK presentations on the moral dilemmas that were introduced in yesterday's class. If you were away when the groups were assigned, you need to go to the IB 20 wiki this weekend, choose a moral dilemma and write a response to one of the moral dilemmas and hand it in on Monday. You can find the moral dilemmas on the wiki under TOK, along with an introduction to TOK PowerPoint presentation. Your Canadian and American comparative government assignment was also due today. If you forgot to hand it in, please send it to me by e-mail. Your IA planning booklets are due on Monday, June 11.

June 7

IB 20

After the fire drill we started looking at TOK. I delivered a short PowerPoint presentation on TOK, and then broke you into small groups so you could receive a moral dilemma. Each group will do a TOK presentation on their moral dilemma in class tomorrow. The presentations are to be no longer than 5 minutes. Make sure that your presentations address the questions at the end of each moral dilemma. You must also address the WOKs in your responses to the questions, and how the WOKs impact the situation. You must also create and come up with some critical questions that you would ask the class about the situation. These critical questions will later be referred to as Knowledge Issues. The format for the presentation could be PowerPoint, Prezi, overhead, skit, or a combination of these methods of presentation. Please remember that your Comparative Government Assignment is due tomorrow.

IB 30/35

You wrote your Trial Diploma Exam today, which took most of the period. Please make sure that you look at the Unit 3 documents on the wiki that pertain to restrictions of civil liberties, for example: the October Crisis, the Emergencies Act, the Anti-Terrorism Act, and the USA PATRIOT Act. We'll be looking at the FLQ Crisis tomorrow.

June 6

IB 20

You wrote a short quiz today on the Canadian and American political systems. Please remember that your comparative government assignment is due on Friday. I finished the "American Expansionism" PowerPoint presentation today and we had an opportunity to watch a segment from the "Story of Us" series on Western expansion. I also talked a little bit about your Final Exam and gave you some tips for studying.

IB 30/35

We focused on the major writing assignment on the Social Studies Diploma Exam today, the WRA II. I went through some essay outlines, and I have posted them on the wiki along with some others. I have also posted some sample essays as well. You can find these sample essays on the wiki on the Diploma Exam Review page. It is HIGHLY recommended that you check them out. I also recommend that you look at my previous post (scroll down to find it) that gave you links to Samples of Student Writing that are published by the Alberta Government. You have your Trial Diploma Exam tomorrow.

June 5

IB 30/35

We wrote a couple of weekly quizzes at the beginning of class, and then we did some small group brainstorming around a sample WRA I assignment. The WRA I had an economics theme to it, and had different perspectives on the degree to which government should be involved in the economy. The first source (the Reagan quote) lent itself to breaking the quote into three different parts and then you launch into a neo-conservative critique of Keynesian economics. The second source was maybe open to more interpretation, but it seemed that the cartoonist was advocating for government intervention in the economy to "prime the pump". Make sure that you always use STICS for cartoon interpretation. The third source was from a modern liberal perspective on trickle down economics, so it was critical of supply side economics and its approach and would advocate for an interventionist approach. Clearly, Source 1 and Source 2 did not share perspectives on the degree to which government should intervene in the economy whereas you could make the argument that Source 2 and 3 shared a common perspective. Tomorrow we'll look at WRA II preparation. Please remember that you are writing a Trial Diploma Exam on Thursday. I've posted a Social 30-1 Diploma Exam Study Guide on the wiki under Diploma Exam Review, I strongly recommend that you use it for review purposes.

IB 20

We watched a video from the United States History series entitled "Expansionism", which you should have taken notes from. I also started a PowerPoint lecture on American Expansionism, which I will finish tomorrow in all likelihood. We should finish this topic up tomorrow so we can proceed to do some TOK before the end of the semester.

May 31

IB 20

You wrote your Paper 2 on Authoritarian and Single-Party States today in class. For your IB Exam next year, you'll have to be able to write this type of essay in 45 minutes. After the Paper 2 exam, we started watching a video called "Understanding Canadian Government". We'll continue with this video on Monday. Enjoy your long weekend!

IB 30/35

You wrote your Economics Final Exam today, and the results were very good! You'll learn how you did on Monday. For this weekend make sure that you keep studying Unit 3 material. Check the wiki for Unit 3 materials (PowerPoints and handouts). Also on the wiki please check out the section entitled Diploma Exam Review. I put a Social 30-1 Diploma Exam Study Guide there (it's about 9 pages) and a detailed chart that compares the old Social 30 essay prompts to the new Social 30-1 essay prompt. I have a theory that they are recycling old prompts for the quotes that appear in the new 30-1 prompts. It's worth a look anyway. You will be writing more "weekly quizzes" next week along with a Political Systems Exam and a Trial Diploma Exam.

The text-based source for the WRA II is written "in-house" by test-makers in Edmonton. In other words, they don't quote famous people like Aristotle, Kennedy, Gorbachev or Reagan. The text-based source would look something like this:

• "Rights and freedoms are essential to a democracy; however, there may be times when a temporary suspension of rights and freedoms is necessary to guarantee the preservation of democracy."   (January 2010 WRA II essay prompt)
• "No country should seek to extend its policy over any other country or people; rather, every country should be left free to pursue its own goals. Every country should be unrestricted, secure, and confident in pursuing these goals, regardless of the country’s size or strength." (January 2011, WRA II essay prompt)
• "Society achieves its finest expression through the self-interest and freedom of individuals. When we adopt these principles, we will lessen the need for government to interfere in our lives." (January 2012, WRA II essay prompt)

Remember, the essay question itself NEVER changes from semester to semester, the text-based source does. The essay question is always: To what extent should we embrace the ideological perspectives in the source?

I will see you at the Graduation ceremony tomorrow, and the banquet as well. Please be safe on Friday!

Please bring a photo of yourself to class next week. I'm going to start making a keepsake book for my IB classes from year to year, so you get to be the first group in it! We'll take a class photo next week so I can put that in the book too.

May 29

IB 30/35

We continued looking at the transition from classical liberalism to modern liberalism. We looked at the development of welfare capitalism, the welfare state and how the Great Depression contributed to the development of modern liberalism. We also reviewed the boom and bust cycle, Keynesian economics (demand-side economics) and supply economics and how they each respond to a recession. Make sure that you keep up with your review of the Unit 2 PowerPoints and handouts, which are all on the wiki. Tomorrow we'll be looking at a command economy, so if you want to get a bit ahead, make sure that you have reviewed the handouts dealing with the command economy and the Soviet economy in particular. On Thursday, you have your Economic Systems Exam, so here is the study guide:

Economic Systems Exam Study Guide:

This is a comprehensive exam that covers all of the major economic systems: market economy, mixed economy, and command economy. It is 70 multiple choice questions. This exam will be administered on Thursday, May 31st.

• study the applicable PowerPoint presentations that I have been posted on the wiki under Unit 2
• focus on the Soviet Union, and left-wing of economic spectrum (command economy
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise) on the wiki
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• understand Democratic Socialism in Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia"
• Stalin notes (on the wiki)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev, this is on the wiki)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes (on the wiki)

IB 20

I started examining American government today. I emphasized the structure of the presidential system, the terms of office for Senators, Congressmen and the President as well as the electoral college system. We'll continue this tomorrow and then transition into the Canadian government.

I'm going to give you a little advice for writing your Paper 2 on Thursday. Some of this advice applies to the actual Paper 2 Exam that you will be writing in May 2013. The actual Paper 2 Exam consists of five topics, we'll deal with three of them over the course of this semester, and next year. The topics that we cover are Topic 1: Causes, Practices and Effects of War, Topic 3: Authoritarian and Single-Party States, and Topic 5: The Cold War. We'll deal with Topic 1 and Topic 5 next year. The Paper 2 that you write on Thursday deals only with Authoritarian and Single-Party States. On the actual Paper 2 Exam, each of the five topics will have six questions, and you will have to answer two of them. For Thursday's Paper 2 you just have to answer one of the questions.

• For each topic on the Paper 2 Exam, three out of the six questions will be 'named' questions. This means that in Topic 3, three of the questions will refer to particular states or leaders. (ex. Analyze the methods used by either Castro or Mao to maintain his position as the ruler of a single-party state.)
• For each topic on the Paper 2 Exam, two out of the six will be 'open-ended' or general questions. This means you can choose any suitable example that you have studied. (ex. Examine how and why one leader of a single-party state was able to make a successful bid for power.)
• For each topic on the Paper 2 Exam, one out of the six will ask about 'social, economic or gender issues'. (ex. Discuss the role and status of women in two single-party states, each chosen from a different region.)

Make sure that you know what your IB command terms mean. Please check your IB Skills Handbook for a list of IB command terms (ex. analyze, compare and contrast, discuss, evaluate, examine, to what extent)

For the upcoming Paper 2 on Thursday, make sure that you review Hitler and Stalin. I have posted information on Juan Peron, and I am still working Mao Zedong, but I may not have it up on the wiki in time for this exam. I will continue to post these case studies though.

The themes that you should study for Topic 3 are as follows:

Origins and nature of authoritarian and single-party states
This theme asks you to look at the rise to power of authoritarian and single-party state leaders or the emergence of authoritarian or single-party states. You need to consider what kind of circumstances made it possible for this to happen and what kinds of methods were used by the leader to take power.

Establishment of authoritarian and single-party states
This theme asks you to look at the leader or the state once power has been assumed and other political parties or groups have been suppressed. You need to consider how power is maintained, probably through the use of popular policies and/or terror.

Domestic policies and impact
This theme asks you to look at the way the state is actually structured and what kind of policies are carried out. You need to consider what kind of programme is put into practice and how economic and social policies are created and implemented. You will also need to know something about the role of women, attitudes towards religion and the kind of culture that developed inside the state.

Other pieces of advice:

• choose your question carefully
• on the actual Paper 2 Exam, you'll only have about 45 minutes to write each answer (remember you answer two questions for a 90 minute exam)
• make sure that you do a quick plan for your essay (if it's a compare and contrast question, set up a chart with similarities that two leaders had in common, and their differences in the other column)

Do's:

• Do read the question very carefully and make sure that you can answer it. If a specific time period is mentioned, do you have enough material to cover it all? If the question asks about social and economic policies, do you know enough about both?
• Do answer the question that is asked on the exam paper and not a similar one you prepared earlier!
• Do plan your answer and include this plan on your exam answer sheets.
• Do begin with an introduction and always refer to the question in the introduction.
• Do define any key words such as 'totalitarian' or 'authoritarian' if the question mentions these.
• Do use a comparative structure if the question asks you to compare and contrast.
• Do include DATES! When you are writing about why something happens, you will usually need to refer to what came before (cause and effect), and so knowing the order in which events happen is very important.
• Do refer to the question in each paragraph, to make sure that your answer stays focused.
• Do finish with a conclusion that sums up your arguments.
• Do include some reference to different historical interpretations, if this is appropriate.

Don'ts:

• Don't write down everything you know about a topic; you need to select only relevant material.
• Don't leave out facts and dates. Your arguments need to be supported, so saying that Castro used guerrilla tactics to come to power is fine, but you need to support this statement with evidence of how he did this.
• Don't just list what historians say about a topic; use historiography to support your arguments not replace them.
• Don't use quotations to replace your arguments. If you use quotations, explain why and link them to your arguments.
• Don't use 'I think ... ' or 'In my opinion ... ' but instead write, 'It is clear that..,' or 'Given the evidence. it can be seen that., .' Try to keep an 'academic' tone to your writing.

Introductions and conclusions - don't neglect these!

Introduction

There is no formula for a good introduction. While some students will state very clearly how they will structure their answers, others may simply give some relevant background and their thoughts on the question. Examiners will want to know that you have understood the question and have grasped its implications. Think of it as a 'first impression', leading the examiner to think 'Good, they are on the right track'. Also, if you are answering an 'openended' question that may, for example, ask about the rise to power of a leader, then you can state here what time period you will focus on. In the case of Nasser, for instance. would you begin in 1952 or 1948 or earlier? Also, are there terms that need to be defined? If so, it is a good idea to do this in the introduction.

Conclusion
Here is your chance to make a 'lasting impression'. You will need to summarize your arguments concisely, but not by repeating them one by one, this is tedious add much to the answer. If you have a nice quotation that is relevant (make sure it is!) and sums up your argument, then use it in the conclusion. It may spark the marker's interest and leave a good impression.

May 25

IB 30/35

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today, which took most of the class period. Over this weekend you should start looking at Unit 2 material. During a regular Social 30-1 course semester it takes a couple of months to complete it. You have a lot of work ahead of you! Please visit the Unit 2 section on the wiki, and go through the PowerPoints that I have placed there, in the order in which I have them on the wiki, which is as follows:

• The Development of Classical Liberalism
• Responding to Classical Liberalism
• The Evolution of Modern Liberalism
• 20th Century Rejections of Liberalism

There are also other handouts that I use in a regular Social 30-1 course in that section of the wiki as well. I will post the Unit 2 Prezi in this section of the wiki this weekend. You have an Economics Systems Exam on Thursday of next week. A study guide will be posted here on the blog.

IB 20

We watched the film "Genocide" today in class, which took most of the period. Make sure that you look at the historiography of Stalin and Hitler that we have on the wiki this weekend. Please remember that you have a Paper 2 on Thursday of next week. Historiographical understanding is very important in both Paper 2 and Paper 3 essays. Don't just "name drop" historians in your essays! Understand the historical debate that has taken place regarding these dictator's rise to power, how they consolidated power, and their domestic and foreign policies. Make sure that you view the Paper 2 section on the wiki for other helpful tips.

May 24

IB 20

We finished watching "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" today in class. We'll be putting a historiography of Hitler article up on the wiki tonight. I'm still working on some other case study articles for you on Peron and Castro as well. If you are a Diploma student, don't forget that you have a Extended Essay meeting tomorrow after school in Room 121.

IB 30/35

If you haven't complete the computer tutorial in the D2L shell already, please make sure that you do so tonight!

You wrote a quiz for the first part of today's class. You'll get the results back tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow. The study guide can be found here. With this exam it will force you to know only understand the key concepts and ideas of Unit 1, but also use your application and analysis skills too. I also gave you a package on how to write the WRA I and WRA II assignments that you need to be able to do for Part A of your Diploma Exam. I didn't get through the WRA II "Recipe for Success" handout. If you missed class today, get these handouts from me tomorrow. Read  over the "Recipe for Success" tonight, and ask me any questions that you might have tomorrow. You might also want to check out Student Writing Samples from past Diploma Exams to see how the assignments are marked, that can be found here (it's the January 2010 Part A of the Diploma). Here's January 2011 and here's the January 2012 version of Part A of the Diploma Exam.

May 23

IB 20

I delivered a little bit of a PowerPoint presentation today on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany today. This PowerPoint presentation has already been posted on the wiki under Unit 7 Dictatorships. We then started watching the A & E Biography on Hitler called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler". We will finish this video tomorrow in class.

IB 30/35

We have about 12 class periods to push through the entire Social 30-1 curriculum. We will be working on at an accelerated pace that will require you to work, reading and studying outside of class time. I went through a PowerPoint lecture today called "Introducing Government". This PowerPoint presentation is already on the wiki under Social Studies 30-1 Unit 1. It is recommended that you print off a hard copy of this PowerPoint (4-6 slides per page) as well as the "Identity and Ideology" PowerPoint. If you have any questions about this second PowerPoint presentation please let me know tomorrow. There are also handouts in the Unit 1 section of the wiki on individualism and collectivism that you should look at as well. If you're still having issues keeping the various political and economic spectrums straight there is a PDF file from the Black Gold School District called Ideology Notes that is recommended reading.

You will have a quiz tomorrow on the economic and political spectrums tomorrow, as well as the principles of individualism and collectivism. On Friday, you will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Friday, May 25th. Make sure that you study the following:

• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file)
• Study the 19th Century and 20th Century political spectrums
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies
• Study the Principles of Individualism and Collectivism
• There will be questions that review material on communism and fascism (which you were taught last year)

May 22

IB 20

We watched an A & E Biography video today called "Joseph Stalin: Red Terror", which took most of the class period. We'll start to transition into the rise of fascism and Hitler in Germany this week. I have updated the wiki as well. I've added a handout that compares communism and fascism. As well, I've posted a PowerPoint presentation on the wiki under Unit 7 Dictatorships on Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. I won't deliver this lecture in class, however it contains a tremendous amount of information and it is highly recommended that you print it off and study from it.

Here's a couple of announcements:

• For Diploma students, there's an Extended Essay meeting this Friday (May 25th) after school in Room 121.
• For all IB 20 students: Paper 2, Thursday May 31st in class.

May 15

IB

We covered the Russian Revolution today by watching a video from the World Revolutions series. We also watched a video on Stalin's Five Year Plans and the modernization of Russia from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia". I then started to continue with last week's PowerPoint presentation called "Joseph Stalin and the USSR". This PowerPoint has been posted on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 7 Dictatorships. It is STRONGLY recommended that you either print off a hard copy of this lecture (6 slides per page) or at least finish reading it and taking notes from it. It is extremely important! The material that we are covering now is on your IB 30/35 exams, specifically Paper 2 Topic 3: Authoritarian and Single-Party States. Next week, we'll watch an A & E Biography of Stalin before moving on to our next case study: Hitler's Nazi Germany.

May 8

IB 20

I started a lecture on Stalin and the USSR which I will continue next week. Mr. Johnson has posted a reading on the wiki which will be due next time we meet. You can find in in the Unit 7 Dictatorships section on the IB 20 wiki. Please complete the work sections on page 7 and 9 in this reading booklet.

May 1

IB 20

I continued right where I left off today with the 20th Century Political Spectrum. I went through the economic-political grid as well today, as well as lectured on other related topics related to non-democratic systems and totalitarianism. I will be posting copies of today's handouts on the wiki under Unit 7. If you missed class today, you should probably get the notes from a classmate, since this topic applies to your IB Exams net year (Paper 2 specifically) and your Alberta Diploma Exam next June.

Here is your class schedule for the coming weeks during IB Exams:

• Monday, May 7th
• Tuesday, May 8th
• Tuesday, May 15th
• Tuesday, May 22nd

Additionally, you will have a meeting about your Internal Assessment (IA) on Friday, May 11th at 10:50 a.m. , a regular Period 3. Also, you will have an Extended Essay (EE) meeting on Friday, May 18th after your Biology SL Paper 3 exam.

April 27

IB 30/35

Today was spent watching U.S. politics videos that reviewed American presidential administrations from Nixon to Clinton. If you missed today's class, please make sure that get the notes from a classmate. This weekend should be spent reviewing for your IB exams. Please make sure that you visit the IB Review page on the IB 30/35 Wiki.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz in class. I gave you three tasks to complete this weekend:

1. Create a Causes, Courses/Practices, Events, Results Chart on the War of 1812 
2. Complete the TOK Links on the War of 1812 from your History of the Americas textbook
3. Complete the task on the War of 1812 Website Assignment which can be found on the IB 20 Wiki (I sent a message to you through the wiki earlier tonight)

April 26

IB 30/35

I tried my best to get through a PowerPoint lecture on Ronald Reagan's administration. I'll post the PowerPoint on the wiki later tonight.

IB 20

We completed the debate on the War of 1812. Tonight, I'd like you to think about which option you think was best for the Americans to follow in 1812. We'll discuss this tomorrow.

April 24

IB 30/35

We covered Lyndon B. Johnson's administration today. I'll start posting the PowerPoint lectures on the wiki this evening. If you missed writing your Paper 3 last week, you will be writing it tomorrow (Wednesday, April 25th),  this is for all band members, rugby players and Model UN team members who were away on Friday. We'll try to get through the Nixon administration and the Ford and Carter years tomorrow.

IB 20

I continued the PowerPoint presentation that I started yesterday. I'll fix the mistakes in it and post it on the wiki tomorrow. I also gave you the War of 1812 packages today, we'll be doing our in-class debate on this on Thursday. You have a quiz on Latin American independence movements and the Haitian Revolution tomorrow, so study!

April 16

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 6 of Eyes on the Prize "Bridge to Freedom" which focuses on the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The first attempt at marching from Selma ended soon after crossing the Edmund Pettis Bridge and ended in violence. The confrontation between Alabama state troopers and marchers was broadcast on network TV. There was a second march, this time led by Martin Luther King. This time the march ended with the marchers asking to pray. There was a federal order not to continue the march. The marchers don't violate the federal order. You start to see a split between the leadership of the SCLC and SNCC in this episode. Please remember that you have a quiz on the Civil Rights Movement on Thursday and a Paper 3 on the same topic on Friday.

IB 20

Most of today's class was spent conducting our debate on the Haitian Revolution. I will be asking for you to hand in your booklets on the Haiti Revolution in tomorrow's class.

April 13

IB 30/35

We continued watching the PBS series Eyes on the Prize today by watching Episode 4 "No Easy Walk". We didn't finish this episode because our class was shortened due to the home room session. Today's episode focused on the Albany Movement, Birmingham and the March on Washington. The culmination of the March on Washington was Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Please watch the speech below. You will have a quiz on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement on Thursday, April 19th. Next Friday, April 20th , you will be writing a Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement. Here are some possible questions from previous IB Exams:

• What were the successes of the civil rights movement from 1950-1964 and how were those successes obtained? 
• What were the successes and failures of the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1964? 
• Explain the development of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s. 
• To what degree had it achieved its objectives by the time of the March on Washington in 1963? 
• How were the philosophies and tactics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X different and what caused those differences? 
• Why had the civil rights movement come to dominate national attention by 1964? 
• What impact did the Black Power Movement have on the Civil Rights Movement?
• Compare and contrast the strategies of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
• What factors contributed to the urban riots post 1964? 
• The civil rights movement had achieved most of its basic goals by 1965. To what degree do agree with that statement? 
• Overall would you characterize the civil rights movement as a unified or dis-unified movement?
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the NAACP’s strategy from 1950-1968. 

This weekend should be spent studying and preparing for your IB exams.

IB 20

We started an examination of the Haitian Revolution today. I delivered a short presentation on the Haitian Revolution that focused on the causes, short-term and long-term results of the revolution. I also gave you a reading package on the Haitian Revolution. You should read this booklet this weekend, take notes on it if you wish. Don't write in the booklet, it is part of a class set. You were assigned a group for Monday's debate on the Haitian Revolution. Be prepared!

April 12

IB 20

We finished watching the PBS video "When Worlds Collide" today. I then delivered a short lecture on European colonization of the Americas. I'll post the article on historiography of the conquest on the wiki and the PowerPoint presentation.

IB 30/35

We continued watching the PBS series Eyes on the Prize today. Today's episode, Episode 3, "Ain't Scared of Your Jails" primarily focused on the student-led sit-in protests at the lunch counters in Nashville and the Freedom Rides of 1961.

April 10

IB 30/35

We continued our examination of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in class today. I will post the PowerPoint presentation that I started in class last week on the wiki today. Your Civil Rights Movement Research Assignment is due tomorrow. We started watching Eyes on the Prize today in class, specifically Episode 1: "Awakenings" (1954-1956) which focused in on the murder of Emmett Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. On the timeline that is on the video study guide for this episode it also mentions the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, however, the makers of Eyes on the Prize focus in on Emmett Till's murder, and the short public trial of his murderers. You can see Till's murder as a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement, and the open casket funeral of Emmett Till and the publication of the photos as a catalyst for change in America's attitudes. Mississippi, where Till's murder took place gained national notoriety as a hotbed for white supremacy as well. If you are interested in the Till case you might want to do a little investigation of your own into the impact that the murder had on popular culture. Numerous songs, plays, poems, novels, TV shows and movies have drawn inspiration from the murder of Emmett Till and the court case. You may see parallels between the Till case and Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird (one of my personal favorites) to the TV show In the Heat of the Night (it was previously a movie too), to the Bob Dylan song "The Death of Emmett Till". With the Montgomery Bus Boycott segment of the episode you saw the emergence of Martin Luther King on the national stage. We'll be exploring his role and leadership in the movement in the days to come.

IB 20

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 5 Exam.