December 3

IB 20 HOTA

I continued my lecture on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. We started off Part 2 of the A & E Biography "Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" today.  Please remember that you're going to be writing a Paper 2 Essay on Wednesday, December 5th. All of the essay questions will be about either Stalin or Hitler. I handed back your IA Phase II today.

It is strongly recommended that you not only go through the rest of the Google Slides in the "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" lecture, but also read Chapter 2 in your Authoritarian States textbook. There is a great of information and detail in this textbook, and it has some great summary charts on Stalin's rise to power (p. 30), Stalin's establishment of an authoritarian state (p.45), and Stalin's domestic policies and their impact (p.56), and Stalin's foreign policy (p. 62). 

It is also strongly recommended that you not just rely on the Hitler Paper 2 Review Google Slides lecture. You should also read and take notes from Chapter 3 (p.67-120)in your Authoritarian States textbook. There is a lot of detail and IB examiner's tips in this book, so you use it!

SOCIAL 30-1

I gave you some time to read, highlight and annotate notes on the "Modern History of China" in your 30-1 coursebooks. I then showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series one called "One Man's Revolution" and the other "China Since Mao". I gave the 30-1 students a three source interpretation chart assignment which will be due on Thursday, you'll get some time tomorrow to work on this assignment.Your Canada-USA Comparative Government Assignment is due on Monday, December 10th.

SOCIAL 10-1

I went through a lecture today called "Impacts of Globalization on Environments". I gave you time to work on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions. 

November 30

IB 20 HOTA

We finished off Part 1 of the A & E Biography "Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" today. I continued a lecture on Hitler today. It looked like a lot of you had printed off this lecture, if you didn't, please make sure that you do it tonight and bring it to class next week. Please remember that you're going to be writing a Paper 2 Essay on Wednesday, December 5th. All of the essay questions will be about either Stalin or Hitler. I collected your IA Phase III today.

It is strongly recommended that you not only go through the rest of the Google Slides in the "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" lecture, but also read Chapter 2 in your Authoritarian States textbook. There is a great of information and detail in this textbook, and it has some great summary charts on Stalin's rise to power (p. 30), Stalin's establishment of an authoritarian state (p.45), and Stalin's domestic policies and their impact (p.56), and Stalin's foreign policy (p. 62). 

It is also strongly recommended that you not just rely on the Hitler Paper 2 Review Google Slides lecture. You should also read and take notes from Chapter 3 (p.67-120) in your Authoritarian States textbook. There is a lot of detail and IB examiner's tips in this book, so you use it!

SOCIAL 30-1

I went through a lecture on "Political Challenges to Liberalism" today, with my emphasis being on the non-democratic system case studies in the later half of the presentation. I also started showing you a video on Vladimir Putin from the CBC show The Fifth Estate called "Putin's Long Shadow". I'm including this documentary below, please finish watching it. Your Canada-USA Comparative Government Assignment is due on Monday, December 10th. 

SOCIAL 10-1

I showed you a video today called "Globalization is Good", and as you watched this documentary you should have completed the film study questions. I did a homework check on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions tomorrow. 

November 29

SOCIAL 10-1

I showed you a video today called "The Other Side of Outsourcing", and as you watched this documentary you should have completed the film study questions. Make sure that you hand in your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions tomorrow. 

SOCIAL 30-1

I showed you a video about gerrymandering, and congressional financing.I also talked about super PACs as well today. Some of today's class was spent in a discussion activity. I gave you two post-it notes to write out answers to the following questions: 

1. Should the voting age be lowered?
2. Should voting be mandatory?
3. Should everyone over the age of 18 be allowed to vote?
4. Is the first past the post system democratic?

You were to pick two questions and write out your answers to those questions on the Post-It notes and then put your Post-Its up on the board. We then split into three groups to discuss and summarize the arguments given in the answers. We did not discuss all of the questions, in fact almost no one wrote an answer to the fourth question. I have taught you what first past the post (FPTP) is already, check your notes! 

IB 20 HOTA

I started a lecture on Hitler today. It looked like a lot of you had printed off this lecture, if you didn't, please make sure that you do it tonight and bring it to class tomorrow. Please remember that you're going to be writing a Paper 2 Essay on Wednesday, December 5th. All of the essay questions will be about either Stalin or Hitler. 

Please remember that IA Phase III is due this Friday (November 30th).

It is strongly recommended that you not only go through the rest of the Google Slides in the "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" lecture, but also read Chapter 2 in your Authoritarian States textbook. There is a great of information and detail in this textbook, and it has some great summary charts on Stalin's rise to power (p. 30), Stalin's establishment of an authoritarian state (p.45), and Stalin's domestic policies and their impact (p.56), and Stalin's foreign policy (p. 62). 

November 28

SOCIAL 30-1

We continued talking about the American political system today.  We looked at the electoral college system, some previous American presidential elections, and the issues facing overseas American territories. We'll look at gerrymandering, and super PACs tomorrow. 

SOCIAL 10-1

You wrote the Chapter 10-11 Test today. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, December 5th. 

IB 20 HOTA

I continued my lecture on "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" today. If you didn't print off a hard copy of these Google Slides and bring them to class today, please make sure that you do so tomorrow. Please make sure that you check out the Authoritarian States Research Project rubric that is posted on the wiki, it's always nice to know how you are evaluated on a project. Please remember that IA Phase III is due this Friday (November 30th).

It is strongly recommended that you not only go through the rest of the Google Slides in the "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" lecture, but also read Chapter 2 in your Authoritarian States textbook. There is a great of information and detail in this textbook, and it has some great summary charts on Stalin's rise to power (p. 30), Stalin's establishment of an authoritarian state (p.45), and Stalin's domestic policies and their impact (p.56), and Stalin's foreign policy (p. 62). 

November 27

IB 20 HOTA

I continued my lecture on "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" today. If you didn't print off a hard copy of these Google Slides and bring them to class today, please make sure that you do so tomorrow. You had a little bit of time at the end of the period to get into your  Mao, Castro, Peron, and Nasser dictator groups.  I have posted the rubric and scope and sequence calendar for this unit on the wiki. 

SOCIAL 10-1

We finished watching "The Age of Wal-Mart" today. While you watched this documentary you should have filled out the film study question sheet. Please don't forget that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test tomorrow (Wednesday, November 28th),  please see the study guide below. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, December 5th. 

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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). This test is on Wednesday, November 28th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "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 30-1

We continued with Unit 3 material today.  We looked at different electoral systems today, including FPTP (first past the post) and PR (proportional representation). We also looked at the Canadian federal system and the division of powers between the federal government and provincial governments. We also started looking at the structure of the American government. 

November 26

IB 20 HOTA

I started a lecture on "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" today. If you didn't print off a hard copy of these Google Slides and bring them to class today, please make sure that you do so tomorrow. I also split you into four large dictator groups, each assigned a different authoritarian dictator. You will be working in these groups to produce a final product and learn enough about your assigned dictator so that you can teach your classmates. We're studying Mao, Castro, Peron, and Nasser. If you missed class today, don't worry, you have been assigned a group. I will be posting the rubric and scope and sequence calendar for this unit on the wiki.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA II Essay today. You should get your results back next week.

Social 10-1

We looked at an example of a TNC today by watching a film called "The Age of Wal-Mart". While you watched this documentary you should have been filling out the film study question sheet. Please don't forget that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, November 28th (please see the study guide below).

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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). This test is on Wednesday, November 28th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "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?

November 22

SOCIAL 10-1

You watched part 3 of "The Corporation" in class today, and while you watched this documentary, you should have completed the film study guide. Please see the study guide for the Chapter 10-11 Test below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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). This test is on Wednesday, November 28th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "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 30-1

You went through the Structure of Canadian Government today, by looking at the diagram below. You should have also discussed different electoral systems and specifically talked about first past the post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR). You should have also received the Unit 2 WRA II essay question sheet. You're writing this essay on Monday, November 26th. If you switched to 30-2, you will be doing a WRA III writing assignment. I'll teach you how to do these assignments in class on Monday. 

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote the Evolution of Liberalism Test today. You'll get the results next week.  

November 21

SOCIAL 30-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. I'll post the results on PowerSchool next week when I get back. Tomorrow you'll get the Unit 2 WRA II essay question sheet. 

SOCIAL 10-1

You watched part 2 of "The Corporation" in class today, and while you watched this documentary, you should have completed the film study guide. 

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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). This test is on Wednesday, November 28th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "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?

IB 20 HOTA

You looked at the historiography of the Stalin era. You were in small discussion groups discussing the different schools of history, and placing them on a spectrum to determine which school is most and least sympathetic to Stalin. You also watched a short video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia". 

You'll be writing the Evolution of Liberalism Test on Thursday, November 22nd, please see the study guide below. This test has 60 multiple choice questions, with about 47 of those questions having a source. 

Please study the following Google Slides presentations: 

• Introducing Government
• The Development of Classical Liberalism
• Responding to Classical Liberalism

With each of these lectures, please focus in on the concepts that were taught in class. 

The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

Key beliefs of the various ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels 
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the IB 20 wiki)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; notes on page 3 of your study booklet)
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the principles of individualism and principles of collectivism 
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas

Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system

November 20

IB 20 HOTA

You read handouts on Non-Democratic Systems and Totalitarianism. You also watched the A & E Biography called "Joseph Stalin: Red Terror", which had film study questions. You should print off a hard copy of the "Stalin Historiography" Google Slides. You should print off a hard copy of this lecture and bring it to class tomorrow. You'll be writing the Evolution of Liberalism Test on Thursday, November 22nd, please see the study guide below. This test has 60 multiple choice questions, with about 47 of those questions having a source. 

Please study the following Google Slides presentations: 

• Introducing Government
• The Development of Classical Liberalism
• Responding to Classical Liberalism

With each of these lectures, please focus in on the concepts that were taught in class. 

The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

Key beliefs of the various ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels 
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the IB 20 wiki)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; notes on page 3 of your study booklet)
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the principles of individualism and principles of collectivism 
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas

Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system

SOCIAL 10-1

You watched first part of "The Corporation" today. While you watched this documentary, you should have completed the film study guide. 

SOCIAL 30-1

You had a class period to work on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions today.  You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Wednesday, November 21st, please see the study guide below.  On Monday, November 26th you will be writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay, you'll get the essay question sheet on Thursday, November 22nd. 

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, November 21st. It will be a 70-75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• 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 
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on 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 and the booklet that 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" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model