April 24

Sorry for the later post tonight. For you soccer fans out there:
SWC 6 St. Francis 2 in Senior Boys Soccer.

Social 10

We finished off the Cabinet Selection Simulation today in class, so hopefully now you have a greater appreciation of how difficult it is to put together a cabinet, and how much you might be second-guessed in your selections. I also gave you a handout and assignment called "Interpreting Political Cartoons", if you missed today's class you need to get this handout from me. This assignment is due next Monday. You should be studying for your Sovereignty Unit Final tonight. You can find the study guide for this unit final here.

Here are some hyperlinks for analyzing political cartoons:

• Canadian Cartoon Tour (Professional Cartoonist Index)
• The Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Nova Scotia; Bruce MacKinnon)
• Calgary Sun (TAB)
• Patrick Corrigan Political Cartoons
• The Daily News (DeAdder)
• Aislin
• Ottawa Sun (Dewar)
• Cartoon Link
• MacKay Editorial Cartoons

That should give you a great start. Happy hunting!

Social 20

I delivered a short presentation on "The Imperial Age" and showed a video on "the Scramble for Africa". I will be sending out this PowerPoint presentation later tonight. I also announced a unit final exam date for your Imperialism final. This final will be next Monday. Here is the study guide for this exam:

Imperialism Unit Final Study Guide:

Please make sure that you that you have the following materials to study from:

• Chapter 10 in your textbook "The Imperial Age"
• "Imperialism in Action" booklet (the one that is due on Wednesday)
• "Motives for Imperialism" handout
• Imperialism notes (written on blackboard last Monday)
• "The Imperial Age" (PowerPoint presentation)

Here are the following topics for this unit final:

• What is imperialism?
• "Old" imperialism vs. "New" imperialism
• The role of the Industrial Revolution in Imperialism
• Imperialism in Asia
• Imperialism in Africa
• "Scramble for Africa" (map of Africa), study your map!
• Egypt and the Nile (Suez Canal, Muhammad Ali, importance of the Suez Canal)
• Central Africa-Congo (Belgian Congo, Livingstone, Stanley, Leopold II)
• The French in the Congo (Brazzaville, Timbuktu)
• The German empire in Africa
• Fashoda Crisis (French vs. British, know lots of details)
• Berlin Congress
• South Africa (know details of the invasion of Zululand, and The Boer War)
• Key People, Key Events in Imperialism