October 31

Social 10

I delivered a presentation/lecture on "Canada's Foreign Policy" today in class. This presentation will be sent to you today. Please see me in tutorial if you have any questions about the in-class position paper.

Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• WWI/WWII Quiz will be on Friday, November 3rd
• WWI Position Paper will be on Monday, November 6th
• WWI/WWII Research Project is due on Monday, November 13th
  
  

Social 20

I delivered a presentation on "The Imperial Age". I will send this presentation to you. Please remember that you have an Industrial Revolution Quiz tomorrow, and you have your Unit Final on Industrialization and Ideologies on Monday, November 6th. Please see the study guide below for the unit final. I also gave you a reading on the motives for European Imperialism, this reading is important, don't lose it! I also gave you a mapping assignment, the due date for which may have some flexibility.

Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Industrial Revolution Quiz is Wednesday, November 1st (please see the study guide)
• Ideological Reaction to Ideologies chart is due Thursday, November 2nd
• Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final is Monday, November 6th

Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final Study Guide:

Use the following materials in your study preparations:

• Use the two PowerPoint presentations that I sent to you ("The Industrial Revolution" and "The Ideological Reaction to Industrialization")
• Use the Chart "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization"
• 3 booklets: Industrial Revolution, Problems/Benefits of Industrialization, Philosophies of Industrialism
  

1. Key Names, Key Terms (text, booklet)
2. Know your "-isms"! Key Ideas, Key People, Reaction to the Industrial Revolution (text, ppt, chart)
3. Causes/Results of the Industrial Revolution (ppt, booklet)
4. Changes to society because of the Industrial Revolution (ppt, booklet)
5. Why did England industrialize first? (ppt, booklet)
6. Political spectrum: conservative, liberal, radical, reactionary
7. Agricultural Revolution (text, ppt)
8. Enclosure Acts (ppt)
9. Positives/Negatives of the Industrial Revolution/industrialization (booklet, ppt)
10. Karl Marx: "scientific socialism", Communist Manifesto, dialetic-class struggle (ppt, text, booklet)
    

October 30

Social 10

I delivered a presentation/lecture on "Canada's Role on the World Stage" today in class. This presentation has been sent to you already. I also talked about your upcoming essay topic, the essay question sheet and the essay outline sheet have already been sent to you. Please see me in tutorial if you have any questions about the in-class position paper.

Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Key Terms from Chapters 12-14 are due tomorrow (October 31st)
• WWI/WWII Quiz will be on Friday, November 3rd
• WWI Position Paper will be on Monday, November 6th
• WWI/WWII Research Project is due on Monday, November 13th
  
  

Social 20

I delivered a presentation on "The Ideological Reaction to Industrialization". I have already sent this presentation to you. I have also sent you a homework assignment that is due on Thursday, which covers the various ideologies that emerged in Europe around the time of industrialization. Please remember that you have an Industrial Revolution Quiz on Wednesday, and you have your Unit Final on Industrialization and Ideologies on Monday, November 6th. Please see the study guide below for the unit final.

Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet activities are due tomorrow (October 31st)
• Industrial Revolution Quiz is Wednesday, November 1st (please see the study guide)
• Ideological Reaction to Ideologies chart is due Thursday, November 2nd
• Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final is Monday, November 6th

Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final Study Guide:

Use the following materials in your study preparations:

• Use the two PowerPoint presentations that I sent to you ("The Industrial Revolution" and "The Ideological Reaction to Industrialization")
• Use the Chart "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization"
• 3 booklets: Industrial Revolution, Problems/Benefits of Industrialization, Philosophies of Industrialism
  

1. Key Names, Key Terms (text, booklet)
2. Know your "-isms"! Key Ideas, Key People, Reaction to the Industrial Revolution (text, ppt, chart)
3. Causes/Results of the Industrial Revolution (ppt, booklet)
4. Changes to society because of the Industrial Revolution (ppt, booklet)
5. Why did England industrialize first? (ppt, booklet)
6. Political spectrum: conservative, liberal, radical, reactionary
7. Agricultural Revolution (text, ppt)
8. Enclosure Acts (ppt)
9. Positives/Negatives of the Industrial Revolution/industrialization (booklet, ppt)
10. Karl Marx: "scientific socialism", Communist Manifesto, dialetic-class struggle (ppt, text, booklet)
    

October 27

Social 10

I delivered a presentation/lecture on Canada in the Cold War for most of the period, I will send this presentation out shortly. Here is your homework assignment: please send me via an e-mail message 7 "Jeopardy!-style" questions/answers before Sunday at midnight. We will play a review game on WWI/WWII next week, and I will use the questions that you send me in the game. Your quiz on Chapter 7-9, 12-14 will happen next Friday. The WWI/WWII Quiz is all fill-in-the-blanks, and will be drawn from the key terms and trench warfare notes.

Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• WWI/WWII Jeopardy Questions are due Sunday, October 29th (before midnight)
• WWI/WWII Quiz is on Friday, November 3rd
  
  

Social 20

Today you played and evaluated the board game project. You also did a peer evaluation for members of your own board game project. This took most of the period. Please remember to read the third booklet that I gave you yesterday. Please have it read for Monday. The activities/questions in that booklet are due on Tuesday. You have an Industrial Revolution Quiz on Wednesday, please see the earlier posts for the study guide.

Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Read "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet by Monday, October 30th
• Complete activities/questions in "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet by Tuesday, October 31st
• Industrial Revolution Quiz is on Wednesday, November 1st
  
  

October 26

Social 20

For most of the period we watched a video on "The Worst Jobs in History", which focused in on the Georgian and Victorian eras. We mostly watched the Victorian era, with the highlight being the job of a tanner. Would anyone like to be a tanner in a Victorian era tannery? You will be playing and reviewing the board game projects, as well as doing a peer evaluation tomorrow in class. Please make sure that you have completed the chart on the back of the second Industrial Revolution booklet. Please have the third booklet read by Monday. Complete the activities as you go through the third booklet.

Social 10

You had library research time to work on your WWI/WWII Research Projects today.

October 25

Social 20

For the most part, today's class was a work period. I gave you a crossword puzzle and a word search that were designed to reinforce the information that was contained in the PowerPoint presentation and the first Industrial Revolution booklet that I gave to you. Please use those puzzles, "The Industrial Revolution" PowerPoint presentation and the booklet to study for your Industrial Revolution Quiz (see important dates below).

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Industrial Revolution Quiz is on Wednesday, November 1st (please see the study guide below)

Industrial Revolution Quiz Study Guide:

1. Causes of the Industrial Revolution
2. Results of the Industrial Revolution
3. Why did England industrialize first?
4. What is the Agricultural Revolution?
5. What is the Enclosure movement?
6. What are the problems and benefits of industrialization?
7. Key terms, key people associated with the Industrial Revolution

Format for this quiz:

• Matching Section (18 key terms)
• Multiple Choice Section (6 questions)
• Short Answer Section (3 questions)
  
  
  
  
  

Social 10

After the current events presentations, I showed you the first 30 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" to give you an idea of the scale of the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. I also gave you the WWI/WWII Research Project sheet today. Please use the following hyperlinks to help conduct some preliminary research:

WWI and WWII Research Project Links:

• Veterans' Affairs Canada (Youth and Educators)
• Library Archives Canada
• Canada's Digital Collections
• Jack Turner's War (a photographer in WWI)
• First World War.com
• Photos of the Great War
• Canadian War Museum
• Battle of Vimy Ridge (Canadian War Museum)
• The Great War (PBS website; American, but lots of valuable information, photos, maps, timeline)
• Canada and the First World War (war diaries, "we were there", a fantastic website, lots of information and first person accounts, excellent primary sources!)
• Veterans Affairs Canada: Canada and the First World War
• Courage Remembered: The World Wars Through Canadian Eyes
• Popular Songs During WWI (from Veterans Affairs)
• An Archival Look at WWI (from Queen's University, covers the Canadian Home Front, Women in the War, WWI Warfare, Warfare Technology)
• Trenches on the Web (not completely Canadian, but very useful)
• NFB Educational Resources: Images of a Forgotten War (WWI; lots of great materials here) and D-Day (WWII)
• For King and Empire: Canada's Soldiers in the Great War (archives, battlefields, resource center, culture and the Great War)
• The Archives of Ontario Remembers our War Heroes (WWI site)
• Canadian Veterans Interviews (caution: language warning, soldiers talking about their experiences in WWI)
• Diaries and Letters: Their Story Must be Told (WWI letters and diaries, excellent primary source material)
• Encyclopedia of the First World War (not a Canadian website, but it contains an incredible amount of information!)
• Canvas of War: Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum (WWI and WWII)
• B.C. Archives: War Posters of WWI and WWII (lots of great posters here, with some explanations)
• Canadian War Poster Collection (Amazing! Tons of WWI and WWII posters, indexed by artist, it is a searchable database. Search Suggestion: Click on War dropdown menu and select WWI, then click on a Category from the drop down menu - to view posters)
• Archives of Ontario: Canadian Posters from the First World War
  (most posters have at least three different sizes)
• Royal Alberta Museum: The Poster Virtual Museum (WWI posters, please make sure that you select Canadian posters, this collection has Allied war posters)
• Art of the First World War
• War Artists from the First World War
• WWI Aces of Canada
• Newfoundland and the Great War
• Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War (lots of primary source material, PDF files, great site)
• Propaganda Critic (An American website that examines the following: what is propaganda? propaganda techniques)
• Juno Beach - The Canadians On D-Day
• CBC Archives: D-Day
• Military History Online
• Veterans' Affairs
• The Fall of Hong Kong
• Canada's Air Force: WWII
• The Canadian Encyclopedia: WWII
• Historica
• Encyclopedia of the Second World War

October 24

Social 10

You had most of the period to work on reading the chapters in Canada: A Nation Unfolding that cover WWII (Chapters 12-14). You should be compiling your list of key terms from WWII over the course of the next few days. I'll have these key terms due early next week (I haven't set a due date yet). Please make sure that you do a little reading everyday from Chapters 12-14.

Social 20

You handed in your board game projects today. They look amazing! On Friday, Social 20-3 will be testing (playing) Social 20-4's board games, and vice versa. In small groups you will be playing and marking another groups' board game. I will also have you do a peer evaluation of people in your group. Please complete the Industrial Revolution booklet that I gave you in class today for tomorrow. I will be doing a homework check to see if you completed the task. I also gave you the results of the Nationalism Unit Final.

October 23

Social 10

After the current events presentation I finished off the presentation/lecture that I started on Friday. I also did a presentation on "Canada's Role in WWII". I will be sending these presentations to you today. I also gave you the list of key terms that you will responsible for from Chapters 12-14. This list is far too long to publish on the blog. Please check with classmates for the complete list. I also collected your position paper outlines. There were a couple of students that didn't hand it in during class time.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 8-9 Key Terms List is due Tuesday, October 24th
  
  

Social 20

You wrote your Nationalism Unit Final in class today. If you finished the test early, I asked you to start reading Chapter 6 in your textbook.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game Project is due Tuesday, October 24th

This is my 350th post on Blogger. Woo-hoo!

October 20

Social 10

We had our first two presenters come up to the front of the room to discuss their current event topics at the start of class. Current events presentations will take about 5-10 minutes at the start of every class. I then started a presentation/lecture on the Interwar Years, which I will send out to you next week. I didn't finish this presentation in class, so I'll finish it up on Monday.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Position Paper Outline is due on Monday, October 23rd
• Chapter 8 and 9 Key Terms are due on Tuesday, October 24th
  

Social 20

I did a homework check on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and the Bismarck Word Search and Crossword Puzzle at the beginning of the class. We then played a review game called "Blitz" for the remainder of the period. Please remember to study for your Nationalism Unit Final and complete your board game project this weekend too!

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Nationalism Unit Final is on Monday, October 23rd (study guide)
• French Revolution/Napoleon Board Game Project is due on Tuesday, October 24th
  

October 19

Social 20

You wrote your first in-class position paper today in the Blenheim Room. If you were absent today and did not have an excused absence you will receive a mark of zero on this essay. Tomorrow we will be playing a review game in class, so it would be wise to do some review tonight. Please remember that your Nationalism Unit Final is on Monday, and your board game project is due the next day.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Chapter 9 (Age of Bismarck) Key Terms, Crossword Puzzle and Word Search is due tomorrow (Friday, October 20th)
• Nationalism Unit Final is on Monday, October 23rd (please see the study guide here)
• French Revolution/Napoleon Board Game Project is due Tuesday, October 24th

Social 10

I went over the format of the Position Paper Outline. I wanted to make sure that everyone knew what was expected of them for this assignment. I didn't have a lot of time this week in tutorial to deal with questions surrounding this outline, so I've changed the due date for it, this outline is now due on Monday. I also assigned the key terms from Chapter 9 in your textbook. Please make sure that you have read both Chapters 8 and 9. Next week, I'll be moving on to the Interwar Years which will directly lead into WWII. Make sure that you're keeping up with the reading!

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Position Paper Outline is due on Monday, October 23rd
• Chapter 8 and 9 Key Terms List is due on Tuesday, October 24th

Chapter 9 Key Terms:

• U-boats
• Battle of Vimy Ridge
• Arthur Currie
• "creeping barrage"
• Canada's Hundred Days
• Battle of Passchendaele
• War Cabinet's Resolution IX
• Paris Peace Conference
• Treaty of Versailles
• League of Nations
  

October 18

Social 20

I gave you the class period to do some review for your upcoming Nationalism Unit Final. You were to create as many review questions as possible. Your homework assignment tonight is to send an e-mail message with your 5 best review questions. Please send this message before 10 p.m. to get homework check credit for it. Please remember that I will respond to your messages when I can tonight. We will be playing a review game in class on Friday.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Napoleon In-class Position Paper is Thursday, October 19th
• Chapter 9 Key Terms, Crossword puzzles and Word Search are due Friday, October 20th
• Nationalism Unit Final is on Monday, October 23rd (click here for the study guide)
• French Revolution/Napoleon Board Game Project is due on Tuesday, October 24th
  
  

Social 10

We finished watching "The Killing Ground" today in class. As well, I showed you a student made film that was completed last year as part of the World War I/World War II research project. I returned your French-English Relations Timeline project today. I also went over how to do references properly.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Position Paper Outline is due on Thursday, October 19th
  

October 17

Social 10

We started watching "The Killing Ground" today in class, and we will finish watching this video about the Canadian experience in World War I. Here are the key terms for Chapter 8:

• enemy aliens
• Imperial Munitions Board
• Wartime Elections Act
• Victory Bonds
• Military Service Act

At this point, you should have finished reading Chapter 7 and completed the key terms and trench warfare notes. I would like you to read Chapter 8 tonight, as I will be giving you the Chapter 9 key terms list tomorrow in class.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Position Paper Outline is due Thursday, October 19th
  
  

Social 20

I delivered a presentation/lecture on "The Age of Bismarck". This presentation will be sent to you today before I leave the school. This lecture covered material that corresponds to Chapter 9 in your textbook. I gave you a couple of worksheets to complete related to the Age of Bismarck. The Chapter 9 key terms list, and Bismarck wordsearch and crossword puzzle. Please see below for due dates for these and other assignments and projects.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Napoleon In-Class Position Paper is on Thursday, October 19th
• Chapter 9 Key Terms and Bismarck puzzles are due Friday, October 20th
• Nationalism Unit Final (75 multiple choice questions) is on Monday, October 23rd (please see the study guide here)
• French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game Project is due on Tuesday, October 24th
  

October 16

Social 10

You wrote your Identity Unit Final today in class. As well, I delivered a presentation/lecture on Canada's Role in WWI (Part 2). This presentation has already been sent to you, so please check your e-mail accounts tonight.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 7 Key Terms and Trench Warfare Notes are due Tuesday, October 17th
• Position Paper Outline is due on Thursday, October 19th
  
  

Social 20

We talked about position papers for the entire period. Hopefully, you were able to get some idea as to how to structure your Napoleon position paper.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Napoleon In-Class Position Paper is on Thursday, October 19th
• Nationalism Unit Final is on Monday, October 23rd (see the study guide below)
• French Revolution/Napoleon Board Game Project is due on Tuesday, October 24th

Nationalism Unit Final Study Guide:

This unit final is on Monday, October 23rd. It covers material from Chapters 1-5, Chapters 8-9.

• Divine Right of Kings/Absolutism
• Philosophers (Voltaire, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu)
• The Old Regime
• Ideologies: Liberalism, Conservatism, Nationalism
• Causes of the French Revolution
• Key Events of the French Revolution (Estates-General, Bastille, Tennis Court Oath, Reign of Terror, etc.)
• Key People/Key Groups in the French Revolution
• Napoleon's Rise to Power (how? when? why?)
• Napoleon (goals, results, triumphs, contributions, events, overall influence on Europe and the World)
• Congress of Vienna (what was it? goals? representatives? was it successful?)
• Congress of Vienna: reactionary/conservative, legitimacy, balance of power
• Age of Reaction/Metternich
• Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 (where? why? what did they attempt to do?)
• Unification of Italy (significant leaders)
• Unification of Germany (how? leader?)
• Know your European geography (make note of maps in the textbook, Napoleonic Europe, unification maps of Italy and Germany, etc.)

Here are some questions to help you review. You should try to answer these questions:

• For each of the following philosophers, briefly explain their philosophy. (Voltaire, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu). Pay special attention to their works, their views on the role of government, equality vs. inequality, common good vs. individual need.
• Quickly describe the ideologies of 19th century Europe: liberalism, socialism, nationalism, conservatism.
• List three fundamental causes (long term causes) of the French Revolution. (think of intellectual, social, political, and economic causes as well)
• Describe the political spectrum of the "new Republic" and list two major philosophies of each (radicals, moderates, conservatives, Girondins, Jacobins, etc.)
• Describe the following: Tennis Court Oath, Storming the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
• Describe the following governments in the French Revolution: National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, National Convention, the Directory.
• Give three major examples of nationalism specific to the French Revolution.
• How did Napoleon achieve power?
• How did Napoleon maintain power? (three goals)
• What were Napoleon's major contributions and triumphs?
• What was the Continental System? Why did it fail?
• Describe the goals of the Congress of Vienna.
• Who were the representatives of each of the major powers at the Congress of Vienna?
• What does the term "balance of power" mean? Describe how this can/could be achieved.
• What did the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 attempt to do? What caused these various revolutions to take place?
• The unification of Italy and Germany are both similar yet different. List two for each.
• After unification in 1870, Germany declared war on France (Franco-Prussian War). What was the result? What land did Germany take from France and add to their possession?
• Describe Otto von Bismarck's domestic and foreign policy.
  

October 13

Social 10

We did some more work on position papers in class today. We did one more exercise, and I also had you copy out some position paper essentials as well.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Identity Unit Final is on Monday, October 16th
• Chapter 7 key terms and trench warfare notes are due on Tuesday, October 17th
• the Position Paper Outline is due on Thursday, October 19th (I will be marking these outlines!)
  
  

Social 20

This was your last class period to work on the French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game project. I collected your Chapter 5 questions and gave you the results of the Nationalism Test. We will be talking about writing position papers and the Napoleon position paper specifically, on Monday, October 16th. Please bring to class the Napoleon position paper outline sheet (I will be sending this to you today) and the actual essay sheet to class on Monday.

Have a great weekend!!

October 12

Social 20

You wrote your Nationalism Test today. If it seemed easy, that's great! It's NOT an easy test, both classes did exceptionally well on it. I'll give you the results tomorrow. Remember to go directly to the Blenheim Room tomorrow. This will be the last class period that I will give you to work on your French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game Project. Don't forget that your Chapter 5 questions are due tomorrow (Q1-12).

Social 10

I delivered a lecture on World War I today. I will be sending this presentation out to you shortly. I assigned the following work to be completed by Tuesday, October 17th:

1. Read Chapter 7 in Canada: A Nation Unfolding (pages 132-146)

2. Create notes on trench warfare (focus on pages 140-143)

3. Find and define/explain the following key terms/people:

• alliances
• militarism
• imperialism
• nationalism
• Robert Borden
• no-man's land
• trench foot
• Triple Entente
• Triple Alliance
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• the Schlieffen Plan
• trench warfare
• Western Front
• the Battle of the Somme
• Battle of Ypres
• Douglas Haig
• Gavrillo Princip
• the Black Hand

I also set up our current events schedule for the coming months, the first presentation is slated for Thursday, October 19th. Please remember that your current event piece must have a "Canadian connection" and be related to one of the themes that we have been studying, such as: sovereignty, regionalism, identity or politics and government.

Don't forget that your Identity Unit Final is on Monday, October 16th!

October 11

Social 10

We talked about position papers in class today. Please check your e-mail inboxes, because I have sent you a couple of handouts regarding position papers. Please follow the instructions in the e-mail message. I collected some assignments that were due today. You have your Identity Unit Final on Monday, please study!

Social 20

For most of the period I gave you time to work on your French Revolution and Napoleonic Era Game Board Projects. We also went over the answers to the Chapter 8 key terms. I gave you a booklet to help you review for your Nationalism Test tomorrow. I will not be taking in this booklet, it is simply for your benefit to study from it.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 12th
• Chapter 5 Questions (Q1-12) are due Friday, October 13th
• French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game Project is due October 24th

October 10

Social 10

I gave you a reading on Foreign Aid in class today. You need to complete this reading if you didn't finish it in class. I started our new unit, "Sovereignty". I delivered a lecture/presentation on "Canadian Sovereignty", which I will be sending out later tonight (probably after 8:00 p.m.). I collected your French-English Relations Timeline assignments as well today.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• "Canada's Symbols" worksheet is due tomorrow, October 11th
• FTA/Peacekeeping Booklet questions are due tomorrow
• Peacekeeping Map is tomorrow
• Identity Unit Final is on Monday, October 16th(please see the study guide below; I posted a version of the study guide last week too)
  
  

Identity Unit Final Study Guide:

• Identity:Personal and National
• Forces that Shape a Nation's Identity
• Canadian Identity and Culture
• Features of Canadian Identity
• Canada's Evolving Identity (History)
• French-English Relations (review)
• Bilingualism (language policy)
• Bi and Bi Commission (Lester B. Pearson)
• Why was the Bi and Bi Commission formed?
• Findings of the commission and recommendations
• Official Languages Act 1969
• Multiculturalism
• cultural pluralism
• adoption of multiculturalism as official government policy (Trudeau)
• Multiculturalism Act (Mulroney)
• arguments for and against multiculturalism
• Canadian-American Relations (focus on Chapter 17)
• cultural protectionism
• CBC, NFB, CRTC
• Massey Commission
• Canada Council
• relationship between Canada and the United States
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada and the U.S.
• Canada's Worldwide Reputation (involvement in the United Nations/peacekeeping activities)
  
  
  

Social 20

Marked assignments were handed back today. I also had you hand in two assignments which were due today. I would like you to read Chapter 8 tonight, and complete the key terms worksheet that I handed out in class today. I also delivered a presentation/lecture on Italian and German unification. I will be sending this presentation out tonight after 8 p.m. Please check your e-mail inboxes, I have sent you all a "present".

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Chapter 8 Key Terms/People Worksheet is due tomorrow (please have it completed!)
• Read Chapter 8 tonight
• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 12th (please see the study guide)
• Chapter 5 Questions are due on Friday, October 13th (Q 1-12)
• French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game Project is due October 24th
  
  

Interim Report Cards went home today!

October 6

Social 10

I gave you some assignments today in class. I gave you an assignment called "Canada's Symbols", here is a shortcut hyperlink to the Canadian government website (this will take you to the "About Canada" page) that you will need to visit to complete this assignment (due Wednesday). I also gave you a reading on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Peacekeeping. Questions from this booklet are due on Wednesday, October 11th. I also gave you a Canadian peacekeeping operations map that you are to complete for Wednesday as well.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• French-English relations Timeline Assignment is due on Tuesday, October 10th
• "Canada's Symbols" worksheet is due Wednesday, October 11th
• FTA/Peacekeeping booklet answers are due October 11th
• Peacekeeping Operations Map is due October 11th
• Identity Unit Final is on Monday, October 16th

Identity Unit Final Study Guide:

1. Identity:Personal and National

2. Forces that Shape a Nation's Identity

3. Canadian Identity and Culture

4. Features of Canadian Identity

5. Canada's Evolving Identity (History)

• French-English Relations (review)

6. Bilingualism

• language policy
• Bi and Bi Commission (Lester B. Pearson)
• Why was the Bi and Bi Commission formed?
• Findings of the commission and recommendations
• Official Languages Act 1969

7. Multiculturalism

• cultural pluralism
• equality, mutual respect
• adoption of multiculturalism as official government policy (Trudeau)
• Multiculturalism Act (Mulroney)
• arguments for and against multiculturalism

8. Canadian-American Relations (focus on Chapter 17)

• cultural protectionism
• CBC, NFB, CRTC
• relationship between Canada and the United States
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Canada and the U.S.

9. Canada's Worldwide Reputation

• involvement in the United Nations/peacekeeping activities

Social 20

Rather than start Italian and German unification today in class, I had you do a little bit more work related to the Congress of Vienna. I gave you a worksheet with a list of key terms and names from Chapter 5. We went over the answers in class, and I had you highlight the key terms that you absolutely, positively have to know. I also took in your "Napoleon package" at the beginning of class. Please note the important dates below, so you can keep track of what is due next week.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Napoleon's Conquests Chart is due Tuesday, October 10th
• "Waterloo" film Study is due October 10th
• the Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 12th (please see the study guide on October 2nd)
• Chapter 5 questions (Q1-12) are due on Friday, October 13th
• French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game Project is due October 24th

Have a great long weekend everybody! Interim reports go home on Tuesday!!

October 5

Social 20

I gave you the class period to work on either the Napoleon package or on the assigned Chapter 5 questions. I also gave you the results from the French Revolution Quiz. I recommend that you visit this website on the Congress of Vienna , it's a pretty nicely done assignment by an I.B. student.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• the Napoleon package is due tomorrow (October 6th)
• Napoleon's Conquests Chart is due Tuesday, October 10th
• "Waterloo" Film Study is due on October 10th (this hyperlink on the Battle of Waterloo might be helpful)
• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 12th (here is the study guide)
• French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game Project is due Tuesday, October 24th
  
  

Social 10

Today I delivered the third presentation on the Canadian identity. I will be sending this one out later tonight, so please check your e-mail after 8 p.m. for it. I sent yesterday's presentation today during my prep. I assigned some Chapter 17 questions for homework tomorrow as well based on the following readings (p. 337-341, p. 349-353). We watched "Talking to Americans" as well today.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 17 Questions (Q 1, 2, 9, 10) are due tomorrow (October 6th), as well as the following key terms: CBC, CRTC, NFB, FIRA, NEP, the Massey Commission, Canada Council, Auto Pact.
• French-English Relations Timeline Assignment is due Tuesday, October 10th
  
  
  

October 4

Sorry for the later post tonight. I'll try to keep it short.

Social 20

I delivered a presentation today on the Congress of Vienna. I will be sending this out to you tomorrow. I gave you some time to work on the "Napoleon package" in class (for about 30 minutes) and then I had you move into your board game groups for about 30 minutes. Please remember that the Napoleon crossword puzzle, word search, and map assignment of Napoleonic Europe is due on Friday. I also collected your DBA #2 today. I guess, technically, you have no homework tonight, but why put off until tomorrow what you can do today? (Please check yesterday's post for an updated list of important upcoming dates).

Social 10

We watched a video today called "Talking Canadian"; hopefully now you see that the way we talk is distinctly Canadian. I delivered a presentation on Canadian Identity, I will be sending this out to you tomorrow. Can someone please remind me tomorrow to tell you the marks on the Regionalism Unit Final? I keep forgetting to tell you your marks!

October 3

Social 10

We started our "Identity" unit today. I delivered a lecture/presentation called "The Canadian Identity". I have sent this presentation to you already, so please print it off and put it in your binders. I also gave you a reading called "Canadians Are Not Americans". You were to read this article and answer questions related to it that I put up on the board.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• French-English Relations Timeline Project is due Tuesday, October 10th
  
  

Social 20

We watched the film "Waterloo" in class today. I will be sending you the film study questions tonight via e-mail, so please check your inboxes. This film study is due next Tuesday. I have changed some due dates for assignments so please check the list below for the new due dates.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• DBA #2 is due tomorrow October 4th
• Napoleon Crossword, Word Search and Map of Napoleonic Europe is due Friday, October 6th (this has been changed!)
• Napoleon's Conquests Chart is due Tuesday, October 10th
• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 12th (click here for the study guide)
• French Revolution/Napoleonic Era Board Game Project is due Tuesday, October 24th
  

Here are some helpful maps for working on your Napoleonic Europe maps (I will also try to bring in some historical atlases tomorrow to help you with this):

To see a larger version of any of these maps just click on them. There are also maps in your textbook that will be helpful!

October 2

Social 10

You wrote your Regionalism Unit Final today in class. These tests have been marked and you will get the results tomorrow in class. I also returned your Region Brochures too. Overall, these were really well done. If I handed back a mark sheet but not your actual brochure, it will be going up on my "wall of fame" of outstanding student projects. Don't forget that if you are doing the Regionalism Extra Credit Assignment (a website) that it is due this Friday. Your French-English Relations Timeline Project is due next Tuesday, October 10th. Remember with this project that it can be a poster, a PowerPoint presentation, or even a Shockwave Flash Object (in other words you show off how well you know how to use Flash). If you are doing this assignment through electronic means I ask that you not bring it on a floppy disk. Send it to me by e-mail or bring it in on jump drive (USB drive) or on a CD. We will be starting our Identity unit next, and I ask that you start bringing your textbook Canada: A Nation Unfolding to class.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Regionalism Extra Credit Assignment is due on Friday, October 6th
• French-English Relations Timeline Project is due on Tuesday, October 10th
  
  

Social 20

You wrote your French Revolution Quiz today in class. I also handed back your Chapter 2 questions, and collected your Chapter 4 questions. I also did some homework checks on work that was due last week. I also gave you a "Napoleon Package" that includes a crossword puzzle, a word search, and a map assignment. This package is due on Thursday.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Napoleon's Domestic Policy (Chart) is due tomorrow (October 3rd)
• DBA #2 is due on Wednesday, October 4th
• "Napoleon Package" is due on Thursday, October 5th
• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 12th
  

Nationalism Test Study Guide:

This test will cover materials in Chapters 2-5 in Century of Change. In other words it covers the following topics: the French Revolution, Napoleon, Reaction to Revolution (Congress of Vienna and Revolutions of 1830 and 1848).

• Divine right of kings
• Class System/Social Structure in the Old Regime
• Governments in France (Estates General, National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, National Convention, the Directory)
• Causes of the French Revolution (why did it happen in France? fundamental causes, etc.
• Tennis Court Oath
• Declaration of the Rights of Man (concepts, major changes)
• Fall of the Bastille (why did it happen? why is it important?)
• Radicals and Moderates
• Reign of Terror (what was it? why did it happen? key figures/leaders)
• Results of the French Revolution
• Napoleon (accomplishments, what he did he rule/not rule-countries, where was he exiled)
• Napoleon's Domestic Policies
• Napoleonic Code (what is it? significance of the Napoleonic Code)
• French Nationalism (how did this help France? how did this affect Europe?)
• Napoleon's Foreign Policy
• Battle of Trafalgar (what is it? why did it happen? what were the results? implications for France and Britain)
• Battle of Austerlitz
• Battle of Leipzig
• Continental System/blockade (what is it? why did Napoleon implement it? what were the results?)
• Napoleon's Defeats (Russia, Leipzig, Waterloo-results?)
• Congress of Vienna (what is it? purpose? major powers at the Congress, who were the representatives?)
• balance of power/congress system (what is it? how did it work? was it successful?)