December 21

Social 10

I gave you back your responses to the Social 10 Final Exam Part A today, as well as your TNC Dossier Assignment. Please do some review over the Winter Break, when you come back I will not have time to re-teach the entire course. You will be getting a lot of multiple choice questions to review the various units in the course. Please have a restful holidays, be safe, and I'll see you all in the New Year! Merry Christmas!

Social 20

You did some extremely intensive review for your Social 20 Final Exam. Hopefully you didn't hurt your brains from the intense studying that took place in class. When you come back from break, you will be doing a lot of practice final exams, so do some review over the break and you'll get more out of it. Please have a safe and restful holidays, I'll see you next year. Merry Christmas!

December 20

Social 20

I gave you the entire class to study and review for your Social 20 Final Exam. I have also send you the audio/video file of the Social 20 Final Exam Blueprint via a website called "YouSend It". Please check your e-mail, you have 7 days to download this file, I am not sending it again. Also, you should have received an e-mail from me with all of the Social 20 PowerPoint presentations from Topic A and Topic B. Please do not forward this message on to your friends, I tell you in the e-mail message why.

Social 10

I went through a sample Social 10 Final Exam Part A with you today. We did a 15 minute brainstorming session in small groups and then I taught you how to look at all three sources, how to structure your response, and then gave you 50 minutes to write your response. I'll give you some feedback tomorrow, and we'll look at the marking guide for Part A of the Final Exam.

December 19

Social 10

I gave you back the results of your Unit 3 Final Exam. Both classes did really well with a tough test. I showed you some videos today which centred around the theme of global environmental issues and the Kyoto Accord. These topics have come up in the course before and also appear in Chapter 19 in your textbook. Tomorrow we'll be talking about your final exam.

Social 20

I went through the Social 20 Final Exam Blueprint today in class. I'll be sending this to you again via "YouSendIt" tomorrow, along with the e-mail message with all of the links to the PowerPoint presentations with narration that are hosted on the University of Calgary Breeze server.

December 18

Social 10

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today in class. We'll be tying up some loose ends with Unit 4 tomorrow in class, specifically looking at the Kyoto Accord and dealing with more recent events from the Bali Conference on climate change. Please remember that your Political Cartoon Analysis Assignment is due tomorrow.

Social 20

You wrote your Topic B Unit Final today. I have sent you a very important e-mail today, it is the Social 20 Final Exam Blueprint. You need to print it off, and bring it to class tomorrow. Also, you have finished all of the content of Social 20. You need to take advantage of this and start doing some review. Go back to Topic A and start reviewing it, it'll pay off in January during Final Exams!

December 17

Social 10

We watched a video called "China Rises: Food is Heaven" for part of the period. I did a homework check on your Chapter 18 and 19 Key Terms and Questions. I also gave you the results for your Chapter 15-16 Quiz. The results of this quiz were excellent. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam tomorrow. Please study, here's a link to the study guide.

Social 20

We played a review game today in class. For the reminder of the period you had time to study for your Topic B Unit Final, which is tomorrow. Here is the study guide (you'll have to scroll down to find it).

December 14

Social 10

You wrote your Chapter 15-16 Quiz today in class. Your Chapter 18 and 19 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. If you finished this in class, you have no homework this weekend, unless of course you want to finish off your Political Cartoon Analysis Assignment (which is due on Wednesday). Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Tuesday, here's the study guide. Have a great weekend!

Social 20

We finished watching "Black Gold" today in class. For the remainder of class time you were to review Topic B (study for your Topic B Unit Final, here's the study guide, scroll down to find it) and create review questions for our review game that we will play in Monday's class. Please send your review questions to me by e-mail today. Have a great weekend!

December 13

Social 20

We started watching a documentary film called "Black Gold", which we will finish tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll be preparing questions (and answers) for a review game that will be played in Monday's class.

Social 10

I collected your Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. I gave you some time (about half the class) to work on the Chapter 18 Key Terms and Questions. For the second half of the class I showed some videos related to Canada's role in Afghanistan, which ties in to a reading on foreign policy in Chapter 18. Please remember that you have your Chapter 15-16 Quiz tomorrow. Please study! Here's a link to the study guide.

December 12

Social 10

I went through a presentation on "Analyzing Political Cartoons" today. I have already sent this to you, so if you were in the Social 10-1 class this afternoon, go through the rest yourselves. Also, I have sent you a copy of all the political cartoons that you could choose to analyze for this assignment. Again, if you're in Social 10-1 in you're behind the Social 10-3 class from this morning. They had time to pick their cartoons, and start analyzing them. I've sent you all an e-mail, so you need to read it. This analysis assignment will be due after your Unit 3 Final Exam, in all likelihood, on Wednesday, December 19th. You should be reviewing for your Chapter 15-16 Quiz, which is on Friday...do it tonight! Also your Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 20

We finished watching "Who Killed the Electric Car?" today in class. You are writing an opinion piece on the "suspects" in the case. You are to pick three "suspects", and rank order them, and write a one page opinion piece about who "killed" the electric car. This writing assignment will be due on Friday. See you tomorrow. Please make sure that you review for your Topic B Unit Final, that final exam is on Tuesday, December 18th.

December 11

Social 10

I finished the presentation "Effects of Globalization on Individuals and Communities" today in class. I then gave you time to work on your Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions. Here is the study guide for your Unit 3 Final Exam:

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 55-60 multiple choice questions, and will be held on Tuesday, December 18.

Social 20

I finished the PowerPoint presentation that I started yesterday called "Sustainable Development". I will send this presentation to you today, so please check your e-mail. We then started watching the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Here's the hyperlink to the Climate Crisis website. You may have to click on the hyperlink for "Take Action" and then click on "Calculate Your Personal Impact".

Social Studies 20 Topic B Final Exam Study Guide:

50-60 multiple choice questions
Tuesday, December 18th

• glossary of key terms (know them well!)
• themes (diversity, disparity, interdependence, etc.)
• demographics
• demographic key terms (infant mortality rate, death rate, natural increase, etc.)
• population pyramid (be able to analyze)
• demographic transition model (know the various stages, be able to analyze)
• Thomas Malthus
• geographic regions (DCs, LDCs, LLDCs, First World, Third World, North/South divide)
• be able to distinguish between DC and LDC using statistics
• appropriate technology
• foreign aid (different types, different situations when aid is given; effectiveness? criticisms of foreign aid; would make a good “speaker” question)
• demographic pressures on the land and resources
• quality of life and standard of living
• environmentalism
• greenhouse effect, global warming, climate change
• environmental pressures (deforestation, desertification, etc.)
• availability of food (undernourishment, food consumption, SNU, etc.)
• food production issues (production, price, cash crops, subsistence agriculture)
• world health issues (WHO, malaria, HIV/AIDS, sanitation, clean drinking water)
• resources and development (industrial development, sustainable development, renewable energy resources, alternative energy sources)
• development and the role of multinational corporations in the developing world
• IMF and World Bank (what are they? what do they do?)
• GNP and GDP (what's the difference?)
• poverty reduction in the developing world
  
  

December 10

Model United Nations

Here is a link to the electronic book that I was talking about in today's meeting. It would be a good starting point for doing some preliminary research on your country: Gale Group Infotrac (enter the password chartwell in the blank; then click on Gale Virtual Reference Library; click on the "view publications link" next to Nations and World; then click on "Countries of the World and Their Leaders"). Then just look up your country to start doing some research about your country's history and other relevant information.

Social 10

We finished watching "The Murdered Bride" at the beginning of class. We also looked at the case study of riots in France in 2005. I started a presentation that corresponds to material in Chapter 17, which I will finish off tomorrow. We'll continue looking at pandemics tomorrow in class, including HIV/AIDS and Avian Flu. I will also do a homework check on Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions tomorrow. Please study for Friday's Chapter 15-16 Quiz. Scroll down to Friday's post to view the study guide for this quiz.

Social 20

We continued watching "An Inconvenient Truth" today. I'd like you to watch the following video for a different perspective on global warming. This video refutes some of the ideas in Al Gore's film, and it will be interesting to do a side-by-side comparison with "An Inconvenient Truth". I had asked you to take point form notes on the film, watch this video and see how this film would refute Al Gore's ideas about global warming. Who do you believe? Here's the link to the video: "The Great Global Warming Swindle" (be warned it is 85 minutes long)

If you feel that you can't watch that other video, then watch this one featuring John Stossel. It features John Stossel debating Al Gore about "An Inconvenient Truth" and global warming, from the TV show 20/20, it's called "Give Me a Break". For some comic relief, so global warming doesn't depress you too much, here's Will Ferrell doing an impersonation of George W. Bush.

December 7

Social 10

I delivered a presentation today called "The Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society", which I will send to you today. I also showed you a short video from the website Human Rights Watch called "Children in the Ranks". We then started watching a documentary video called "The Murdered Bride", which we will finish on Monday. You will have a Chapter 15-16 Quiz next Friday. This quiz will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide.

Chapter 15-16 Quiz Study Guide

Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)
• study the reading "Human Rights Abuses in a Globalized World: Burma Case Study" (from Globalization 101 website)

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and
  youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?
• human rights abuses in Burma
  

Social 20

I handed back some homework checks and marked assignments at the beginning of the class. We then started watching "An Inconvenient Truth" in class, which we will continue watching on Monday. As you watched this documentary, you were to take notes on facts and figures used in the film. I'll put the study guide for the Topic B Final Exam next week.

December 6

Social 20

We finished watching "The Corporation" today in class. I gave you time to finish off the Topic B Outline (Part 3) in the remainder of class time. This part of the Topic B Outline is due tomorrow. We'll be watching a film tomorrow in class.

Social 10

I did a homework check on your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions today; you'll get these back tomorrow. I did a presentation today with you called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization". I will be sending this presentation to you today, so please check your e-mail, and print off this presentation and add it to your notes. In that same e-mail message I have sent you an article on Human Rights Abuses in a Globalized World: Burma Case Study, you can read that article online from the hyperlink above (it's from the Globalization 101 website). This article will be useful to you down the road, I strongly urge you to read it. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions. These key terms and questions will be due on Monday.

December 4

Here's the best reason anyone could ever have for not being at school teaching:




Aimee Megumi Gilchrist
Born: Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Time: 11:22 a.m.
Weight: 6lbs. 12 oz.

December 3

Social 10

For a large portion of today's class I talked about the organization of your in-class position papers, and possible arguments and examples that you could use on either side of the issue. Hopefully the notes that you took in today's class will help you prepare for this essay. Please prepare for this essay over the next few nights. There are lots of useful links on the side of this blog, under Social 10 Links that will be helpful. Here are some other useful hyperlinks:

• Criticism of World Bank, WTO and IMF
• IMF in Argentina
• BBC News: IMF and Argentina (related articles on the right hand side of BBC website might be helpful too)
• Globalization 101: World Bank and IMF issue brief
  

I'll see you on Thursday.

Social 20

We finished watching "Food or Famine" today. You also took some notes on foreign aid (what it is, and arguments for and against giving foreign aid). I also gave you a little bit of time to work on Part 3 of the Topic B Outline (only about 15 minutes though). I'll see you on Thursday.

November 30

Social 10

We finally finished the presentation "Globalization and Sustainability" today, and I will send it to you today, so please check your e-mail, and print this presentation off, with 4 slides per page. I also gave you the results of your Chapter 10-11 Quiz back today. I went over the ideas of Keynes and Hayek again, since a few of you made some mistakes with this on the quiz. I also gave you the Unit 4 Worksheet. There's no homework this weekend, other than preparing for your Unit 3 in-class position paper, which is scheduled for Wednesday. At the beginning of class I collected your TNC Dossier Assignment, if you didn't have it finished for today, and you end up handing it in on Monday, please know that you will be deducted 10% for it being late.

Social 20

For most of the period we watched a video called "Food or Famine". We will finish this video on Monday. I also did a homework check on Part B on the Topic B Outline. You will get those returned to you on Monday.

November 29

Social 20

We watched a documentary on the Three Gorges Dam Project in China for part of the class, and then I gave you the second part of the Topic B Outline. This part of the outline is due tomorrow.

Social 10

We finished watching the film "Shipbreakers" today, and I delivered another part of the presentation called "Globalization and Sustainability" as well. We'll finish that presentation off tomorrow. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due tomorrow.

November 28

Social 10

I started a presentation today called "Globalization and Sustainability", which we'll try to finish off tomorrow. We also started watching a film today called "Shipbreakers", which we will finish in tomorrow's class. I collected your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions as well today. Tonight could be used to work on your TNC Dossier Assignment, since you have no other homework to speak of. See you tomorrow.

Social 20

We finished watching "Super Size Me" today. For homework tonight, please write a one page opinion piece about the "North American Perception of Food". Please also check your e-mail today, since I'm sending you an e-mail called "Hungry Planet", you could maybe incorporate that into your opinion piece.

November 27

Social 10

I went through a presentation today on "The Impacts of Globalization on Environments", which I will send to you today, it's a pretty short one. For the remainder of the period, you had time (about 60 minutes) to work on your homework in this class, namely, Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions. Many of you have also completed your Chapter 14 Key Terms as well. Please have Chapter 14 read for tomorrow's class. Hopefully, you finished off your homework in class today, so you can continue working on your TNC Dossier Assignment tonight, since it's due on Friday.

Social 20

I handed back your in-class essays at the start of the class, and in the process gave you a new seating plan. I delivered a presentation on "The Nature of Poverty and Hunger", which I will send to you today. We also started watching the film "Supersize Me", as part of a writing assignment that you will be completing based on the North American perception of food. I'll send you an e-mail on the "Hungry Planet" photos that I talked about at the beginning of class.

November 26

Social 10

For most of the class you watched a video called "Globalisation is Good" and you took notes on it. If you want to watch the video again it is available online here. I am sending you an e-mail today that will have your Unit 3 in-class position paper topic, so please print it off.Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due this Friday. Please check the marking guide for this assignment.

Social 20

We watched a video today called "World in the Balance: China Revs Up". I also gave you time to work on the Topic B Outline (Part 1) for the remainder of the class.

November 23

Social 10

You wrote your Chapter 10-11 Quiz today. Hopefully, you'll get the results of this quiz next week. This is your last weekend to work on your TNC Dossier Assignment with your partner. This assignment is due next Friday (November 30th).

Social 20

For most of today's class we watched excerpts from a video called "The People Bomb". I also assigned some homework for Monday: the front side of the Topic B Outline (Part 1). I will be doing a homework check on this.

November 22

Social 20

I went through some concepts related to demography today, and then I showed you a video called "World in the Balance: People Paradox", and you took notes on it. There is a permanent hyperlink to this website on the blog under Social 20 Links.

Social 10

We watched a couple of videos today, one called "The Impacts of Globalization" (which included the Republic of Ireland case study) and we also watched a video on the issue of outsourcing called "The Other Side of Outsourcing". Both of these videos have a connection to topics in Chapter 12 in your textbook. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on November 30th. You also have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz tomorrow, so don't be late!! Here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

November 21

Social 10

I delivered a presentation today called "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization". This presentation corresponds to Chapter 12 in your textbook. I have sent it to you already so please check your e-mail inboxes. I will also send you a copy of the Transnational Corporation Dossier Assignment marking guide today. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 12. Tomorrow we'll be watching at least one video (and maybe another). Don't forget that your Chapter 10-11 Quiz is on Friday, I'm expecting good results, so study hard.

Social 20

We watched the highly anticipated video "If the World Were a Village" today, as well as worked on our Topic B Outline (Part 1) in class today. I'll give you the results of your World War I Unit Final tomorrow. I'll keep plugging away at your essays as well.

November 20

Social 10

You watched the film "Wal-Mart Nation" and continued working on your charts on the advantages and disadvantages of Wal-Mart. You also handed in your Chapter 11 Questions, and were given time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions, or study for Friday's quiz on Chapter 10-11.

Social 20

You wrote your World War I Unit Final today. After finishing the test you had some class time to work on your Topic B Key Terms Glossary, and if you had your glossary finished, you were to work on the Topic B Outline (Part 1).

November 19

Social 10

For most of today's class we looked at the advantages and disadvantages of Wal-Mart, in your textbook we looked at pages 10-13, and then we watched a PBS Frontline special called "Is Wal-Mart God for America?" Here is a hyperlink to this website:Is Wal-Mart Good For America?

I also gave back your Imperialism Research Projects as well. For homework tonight, please complete the Chapter 11 Questions from your Unit 3 Worksheet. This will be taken in as homework tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz on Friday, please study! Have a look at the following video:

Big Box Mart Funny Jokes at JibJab

Social 20

I collected your World War I Dossier Assignment at the beginning of class today. We started Topic B with a presentation/lecture that introduced you to some key themes in the second part of the course. I also gave you a worksheet with the key terms that you will be responsible for in Topic B. These key terms are due on Wednesday.

November 16

Social 10

We finished watching "The Corporation" today. I would like to remind you to try to work on your TNC Dossier Assignment over the weekend. If you're working with a partner, this would be an excellent opportunity to get some things done. You might want to check the Multinational Monitor website's "Search" function, to find out more about your TNC's past controversies (if any). Please also try to fit in some studying for your upcoming Chapter 10-11 Quiz (which is on Friday, November 23rd), here is the study guide.

Social 20

I gave you the Chapter 15 Key Terms worksheet and we checked it in class. Get together with your partner this weekend to finish it off, it's due on Monday. Please also study for your WWI Unit Final, which is on Tuesday. You can find the study guide here.

November 15

Social 20

We played a review for your upcoming World War I Unit Final next week. Also, I have switched the due date for your WWI Dossier Assignment, it's now due on Monday. Please have a look at your study guide for your WWI Unit Final here.

Social 10

I took in your WTO Assignment at the beginning of class. We continued watching the film "The Corporation". We will finish the film tomorrow. I gave you some time to work on your Chapter 11 Questions. Your Chapter 10-11 Quiz is on Friday, November 23rd. Please see the study guide below. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, November 30th. Here is a link to a website that might be helpful for some of you, it's for a website called "Multinational Monitor". A representative from this website was in Part 1 of "The Corporation" talking about fines assessed on TNCs recently. If you go to this website, Multinational Monitor, click on the Search hyperlink on the right hand side of the site. In the search box that pops up, type in the name of your transnational corporation, and see if anything comes up. It's archived back to 1992.

Chapter 10-11 Quiz Study Guide:

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

1. "Foundations of Economic Globalization"

2. "Expansion of Economic Globalization"

You should know these key terms really well:

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

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

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

November 14

Social 10

I gave you an assignment today that you do individually or with a partner, in which you will do research on a transnational corporation. We also started watching the film "The Corporation" today, and we'll finish it on Friday.
I gave you a handout yesterday on the World Trade Organization (the WTO). Please read this booklet. On the back page of this booklet, there is the anti-globalization perspective, "Arguments Against the WTO". read and highlight this page. Next, I want you to go to the following website to see how the WTO might refute some of the arguments against their organization: "Ten Common Misunderstandings about the WTO." I would like you to make a chart, with arguments in favor of the WTO and arguments against the WTO, using these two sources as the basis. This WTO assignment is due on tomorrow, and it will be worth double the usual homework check marks, so make sure that it's done!

Social 20

You wrote your in-class position paper today. Please send me 5 questions tonight by e-mail (if you didn't do it last night) to receive partial homework check credit. We will be playing a review game tomorrow in class.

November 13

Social 10

I delivered a presentation today on "The Expansion of Economic Globalization". I will be sending this presentation to you tonight, so please check your e-mail. I will be doing a homework completion check tomorrow on the Chapter 11 Key Terms. Also, today, I gave you a handout on the World Trade Organization (the WTO). Please read this booklet. On the back page of this booklet, there is the anti-globalization perspective, "Arguments Against the WTO". read and highlight this page. Next, I want you to go to the following website to see how the WTO might refute some of the arguments against their organization: "Ten Common Misunderstandings about the WTO." I would like you to make a chart, with arguments in favor of the WTO and arguments against the WTO, using these two sources as the basis. This WTO assignment is due on Thursday, and it will be worth double the usual homework check marks, so make sure that it's done!

Social 20

I gave you some notes today on Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. We looked at connections between Wilson's Fourteen Points and the treaties that were negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference. We also broke into smaller groups to discuss possible arguments and examples for tomorrow's in-class position paper. Please go directly to the Blenheim Room tomorrow. Please remember to send me by e-mail 5 difficult questions on WWI for our review game that is happening on Thursday. Please send those questions (and answers) to my CBE account: krgilchrist@cbe.ab.ca

November 9

Social 10

We watched a video today called "China Rises: Getting Rich", and you were to take notes on the video as you watched it. I also did a homework check on the Chapter 10 Questions. For Tuesday, it will be a good idea to have read Chapter 11 before coming to class. Have a great long weekend!

Social 20

We talked about responsibility for the outbreak of WWI for part of the period, and brainstorming ideas for the upcoming in-class position paper. I also had you do the Chapter 14 Key Terms in this period. Please remember the upcoming important dates:

• WWI Map is due on Tuesday, November 13th
• WWI In-class position paper is on Wednesday, November 14th
• WWI Dossier Assignment is on Friday, November 16th
• International Conflict Unit Final is on Tuesday, November 20th (here is the study guide)
  
  
  

November 8

Social 20

You had most of the period to read "The Iron Dice" and to complete the two activities on responsibility for World War I. We'll discuss this tomorrow, and brainstorm some possible arguments/examples for the upcoming in-class position paper. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 14 in your text for tomorrow's in-class activity. Here is the study guide for your unit final, which is on November 20th.

International Conflict (WWI) Unit Final Study Guide:

International Conflict Unit Final Study Guide:
This unit final is on Tuesday, November 20th. Please prepare for it! This test is entirely multiple choice. Please use the four PowerPoint presentations and any other handouts that you have received to study for this test. I have put numbers after the following points to indicate which PowerPoint presentation you can find them in. Just to remind you, these are the PowerPoints (the number in brackets corresponds with numbers in the bullet list): "Causes of World War I" (1st ppt), "Beginnings of the War to Stalemate" (2nd ppt), "Total War" (3rd ppt), "The Allied Victory in WWI" (4th ppt).

• Causes of World War I (1st ppt, reading booklet "The Causes of World War I")
• Results of World War I (4th ppt, Chapter 15 in textbook)
• Leaders of Major European Powers (use reading booklet "The Great Powers of Old Europe")
• Alliances (systems, members) (1st ppt, also use reading booklet "The Making of Quarrels")
• Battle Plans/Tactics (Schlieffen Plan, Plan 17) (2nd ppt, Chapter 13 in textbook)
• Key Events in WWI (1st ppt to 4th ppt)
• Map of Europe (1914) (4th ppt)
• Map of Europe (1919) (4th ppt)
• Zimmermann telegram (3rd ppt)
• Treaty of Brest-Litvosk (4th ppt)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (Chapter 15)
• reparations (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• disarmament (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• war debts (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• "war guilt clause" (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• Treaty of Versailles (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• positions of the "Big Four" (Wilson, Lloyd George, Clemenceau in particular)
• regarding Germany post WWI (this ties in with the "war guilt clause" too) (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• self-determination (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• plebiscites (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• collective security (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
• League of Nations (4th ppt, Chapter 15)
  

Social 10

I did a homework check on the Chapter 10 Key Terms. I will do a homework check on the Chapter 10 Questions tomorrow. We had a class discussion on "Dilemmas of Global Trade" which caused some interesting discussion points. We'll be watching a video tomorrow from the "China Rises" series, it should be good.

November 7

Social 10

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. I'll have a look at the results tomorrow, and share them with you on Friday, just in case I need to throw a couple of questions out. Please remember that your Chapter 10 Key Terms are due tomorrow and the Chapter 10 Questions are due on Friday. I will be doing a homework check tomorrow on the key terms, so make sure that you get them done.

Social 20

I gave you some readings today, that you should complete tonight. I'll give you time tomorrow in class to work on the Part A and B in the assignments from the Critical Timeline of Events package. The work that you do over the next few days will help you tremendously in writing your next in-class position paper. I know that I said that I would post the study guide tonight, but I can't. This post is getting too long as it is. I'll post it tomorrow.
Here are some useful maps to complete the World War I Map of Europe assignment:

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• WWI Maps of Europe are due on Tuesday, November 13th
• In-Class Position Paper is on Wednesday, November 14th
• WWI Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, November 16th
• WWI Unit Final is on Tuesday, November 20th

November 6

Social 10

I finished off a presentation today on the "Foundations of Economic Globalization", which I have sent to you. For the remainder of the period, you were able to work on completing your Chapter 10 Key Terms (which are due on Thursday) or studying for your Unit Final, which is tomorrow.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"
  

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• new imperialism
• old imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims
  

Social 20

I did a presentation on "Total War" today, I have sent this presentation to you already, so please check your e-mail. I also gave you a map assignment for WWI, which is due a week from today. I also sent you your essay question/planning sheet for your next in-class position paper, so if I were you, I would start working on it right away.

November 5

Social 10

I started a presentation/lecture today that I will finish tomorrow called "Foundations of Economic Globalization". I also handed out a Unit 3 Worksheet, and assigned just the Chapter 10 key terms from. Those key terms will be due on Thursday. Your priority should be to study/review for your Unit 2 Final Exam which is on Wednesday. Please see Friday's post (November 2) for the complete study guide.

Social 20

Today's class was spent doing research in the library for your WWI dossier research assignment. This will be your first and last class to do research. You will have to complete the remainder of this project on your own time.

November 2

Social 10

You did a little bit of work on the Legacies of Historical Globalization and Imperialism in small groups, brainstorming the advantages and disadvantages of imperialism from the colonies' perspective. You then did peer evaluations of your group member's presentations. I really want you to have read Chapter 10 in Perspectives on Globalization before coming to class on Monday. Here is the study guide for your Unit 2 Final Exam:

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. Expect at least 55 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• new imperialism
• old imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims
  
  

Social 20

We finished watching "Joyeux Noel" today, and then I gave you an assignment sheet for a research project on World War I. This research project is due on November 15th (this due date may change). Your position paper is on November 14th (hence the project due date may change)and your International Conflict Unit Final is on November 20th. If you want to get a start on the research project there are some great hyperlinks for the First World War right here on the blog under Social 20 links.

November 1

Social 20

You wrote your Imperialism Unit Final today in class. You will get the results of this test tomorrow. Please make sure that you complete your chapter 13 Theatres of War chart for tomorrow's class. I will be doing a homework check on this. We will also finish the film "Joyeux Noel" tomorrow.

Social 10

I did a quick homework check on the First Nations booklet at the beginning of class. You then moved into your country groups to teach other students about your country that you researched during the Imperialism Research Project. We will be doing peer evaluations tomorrow, and then we will be trying to make generalizations about the legacies of historical globalization and imperialism.

October 31

Social 10

I gave you a reading today on First Nations in Canada, from Early Contact to Residential Schools. You are to read this booklet and answer the "Reconnect" questions in the booklet for homework tonight. Whatever you didn't finish in class is for homework. We also split up into our Imperialism Research Project groups for the remainder of the period, we will continue to do this tomorrow.

Social 20

For most of the class we watched a film called "Joyeux Noel (Merry Christmas)" a movie about the widespread Christmas truce that occurred along the Western Front in December 1914 (the first Christmas of the war). This movie was nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards a couple of years back. We will finish it on Friday. Please remember that you have your Imperialism Unit Final tomorrow. Here is the study guide:
You need to do the following to be successful on this test:

• read Chapters 10-11
• study "The Imperial Age" PowerPoint presentation
• study the African Colonies map
• study the "Imperialism in Action" booklet (there are key terms in there that you need to know well)
• study the "Motives for Imperialism" booklet

Here is the study guide for the Imperialism 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 details)
• Berlin Congress (this congress is called due in part to King Leopold II of Belgium's actions in Africa)
• South Africa (know details of the invasion of Zululand, and The Boer War)
• Key People (ex. Cecil Rhodes), Key Events (ex. scramble for Africa, Opium Wars) in Imperialism

October 30

Social 10

I posted the most up-to-date marks at the front of the room by ID number. This mark will change a little bit before the Term 1 Report Cards are sent home, as we will have the Imperialism Research Project included in that report card, as well as a recalculation of your homework check marks. We finished watching "Rabbit Proof Fence" today in class, as well as our film analysis. We had a short discussion about the film as well.
Please be ready to present on Wednesday your Imperialism Research Projects. In all likelihood we will start doing presentations in small groups either on Wednesday or Thursday, so please make sure that you are ready to go. Here are some useful research links for the Imperialism Research Project:

• CIA World Factbook
• Nation Master
• Countries of World (e-book, use the password: chartwell to access it, click on Gale Virtual Reference Library, then click on the hyperlink next to Nation and World, then click on Countries of the World and Their Leaders) this is the e-book that I showed at the beginning of our time in the library.
  

Social 20

I went over a presentation today called "Beginnings of the War to Stalemate", which corresponds to information contained in Chapter 13 in Century of Change. I will send this presentation to you today. I have switched the due date for the Chapter 13 chart "Theatres of War" to Friday, November 2nd. Please remember that you have your Imperialism Unit Final on Thursday. You need to do the following to be successful on this test:

• read Chapters 10-11
• study "The Imperial Age" PowerPoint presentation
• study the African Colonies map
• study the "Imperialism in Action" booklet (there are key terms in there that you need to know well)
• study the "Motives for Imperialism" booklet

Here is the study guide for the Imperialism 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 details)
• Berlin Congress (this congress is called due in part to King Leopold II of Belgium's actions in Africa)
• South Africa (know details of the invasion of Zululand, and The Boer War)
• Key People (ex. Cecil Rhodes), Key Events (ex. scramble for Africa, Opium Wars) in Imperialism

October 29

Social 10

After some technical difficulties with one group, we settled in to watch "Rabbit Proof Fence". It doesn't look like I'll be able to show you the Canadian residential school situation film "Where the Spirit Lives". We will finish this movie tomorrow. Please be ready to present on Wednesday your Imperialism Research Projects. In all likelihood we will start doing presentations in small groups either on Wednesday or Thursday, so please make sure that you are ready to go. Here are some useful research links for the Imperialism Research Project:

• CIA World Factbook
• Nation Master
• Countries of World (e-book, use the password: chartwell to access it, click on Gale Virtual Reference Library, then click on the hyperlink next to Nation and World, then click on Countries of the World and Their Leaders) this is the e-book that I showed at the beginning of our time in the library.

Social 20

We watched a few documentaries on the outbreak on WWI, "Doomed Dynasties" and "Clash of the Generals". Please check your e-mail tonight, I will be sending you a chart that summarizes "theatres of war" in WWI; it corresponds to Chapter 13 in your textbook. I would also like to remind you about your Imperialism Unit Final, which is on Thursday. Make sure that you have read Chapters 10-11 in your textbook. Study "The Imperial Age" PowerPoint presentation (see below), the "Motives for Imperialism" booklet, "Imperialism in Action" booklet, and your African Colonies map as well.

Imperialism Unit Final Study Guide:

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 details)
• Berlin Congress
• South Africa (know details of the invasion of Zululand, and The Boer War)
• Key People, Key Events in Imperialism

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October 26

Social 10

We finished watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", and then wrote a short quiz on the film. I gave back your concept maps to you, and reminded you that you have this weekend, and a couple of days next week to complete your Imperialism Research Project, which is due on Wednesday. Please see yesterday's post for some useful research links.

Social 20

We did a simulation today on the outbreak of World War I today. Some of you may have come to the conclusion that the outbreak of the war was inevitable. This is the belief of many historians, but in the coming days we'll be looking at different perspectives on this issue. I would like you to keep in the back of your mind the issue of responsibility for the outbreak of the war. Your next position paper topic centers around whether or not the Allied powers were justified in assigning blame for the outbreak of WWI on Germany. I also gave you your results for the Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final at the end of class. Please see yesterday's post for the study guide for your Imperialism Unit Final, which is next Thursday. Study this weekend. Make sure that you have read the two chapters in your textbook that deal with the theme of imperialism.

October 25

Social 20

I delivered a presentation on the outbreak of WWI. I will be sending that presentation to you tonight. For the remainder of class, you had an opportunity to finish off your Chapter 10 questions (Q1-4, 8-9, Analysis #1) which are due tomorrow. I also gave you a booklet today called "Causes of World War I" which I strongly encourage you to read and highlight. Please remember that your Imperialism Unit Final is a week from today, you can find the study guide here:

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
• "European Imperialism" (Motives for Imperialism) handout
• "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 details)
• Berlin Congress
• South Africa (know details of the invasion of Zululand, and The Boer War)
• Key People, Key Events in Imperialism
  
  

Social 10

We continued watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" today, which we will finish tomorrow. After finishing the film tomorrow, you will be writing a short quiz on the film. Please remember that your Imperialism Research Project is due on Wednesday, you should be working on it tonight!! I'm posting some useful hyperlinks here that may help you with your research:

• CIA World Factbook
• Nation Master
• Countries of World (e-book, use the password: chartwell to access it, click on Gale Virtual Reference Library, then click on the hyperlink next to Nation and World, then click on Countries of the World and Their Leaders) this is the e-book that I showed at the beginning of our time in the library.

October 24

Social 10

You wrote your Chapter 7 Quiz, hopefully, you will be able to get the results of this quiz this week. I would like to remind you that you have your Imperialism Research Project due a week from today. We have finished the textbook work for Unit 2, so I would suggest to you that you need to be working on this project exclusively for the next week. I'm posting some useful hyperlinks here that may help you with your research:

• CIA World Factbook
• Nation Master
• Countries of World (e-book, use the password: chartwell to access it, click on Gale Virtual Reference Library, then click on the hyperlink next to Nation and World, then click on Countries of the World and Their Leaders) this is the e-book that I showed at the beginning of our time in the library.

Social 20

You wrote your Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final today in class. Please remember that you have some homework tonight, your Imperialism in Action booklet is due tomorrow. As well, you have questions from the textbook, from Chapter 10, Q1-4, 8-9, and Analysis #1, which are due on Friday. I have set a date for your Imperialism Unit Final, it's a week from tomorrow, so that's Thursday, November 1st.

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
• "European Imperialism" (Motives for Imperialism) handout
• "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 details)
• Berlin Congress
• South Africa (know details of the invasion of Zululand, and The Boer War)
• Key People, Key Events in Imperialism
  

October 23

Social 10

I finished the presentation/lecture on "The Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I will send this presentation to you tonight. We started watching the movie "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" which we will continue on Thursday.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 7 Quiz is tomorrow (please see the study guide here)
• Imperialism Research Project is due on Wednesday, October 31st
  

Social 20

I collected your African Colonies Map at the beginning of class today. I delivered a presentation today called "The Imperial Age", which I will send to you tonight. I gave you the remainder of the period to work on your "Imperialism in Action" booklets.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final is Wednesday, October 24th (please see the study guide here)
• "Imperialism in Action" booklet is due on Thursday, October 25th
• Chapter 10 Questions (Q1-4, 8-9, and Analysis #1) are due on Friday, October 26th

October 22

Social 10

I started a lecture/presentation today on "The Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada", which I will finish tomorrow in class. I also went through the format and expectations for the Imperialism Research Project, so if you were away today, you need to get those notes from a classmate. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 7 Quiz is on Wednesday, October 24th (please see the study guide below)
• Imperialism Research Project is due on Wednesday, October 31st

Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Quiz:

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

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

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

Social 20

I gave a you booklet today called "European Imperialism", which had the motives for imperialism on it. This is a very important booklet, so please make sure that you pick up a copy of it if you missed today's class. Also, I gave out a booklet called "Imperialism in Action", which you are to complete for homework by Thursday. I don't think it should take you until Thursday to complete it but you have a unit final that I would like you to review for over the course of the next few evenings.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• African Colonies/Imperialism Map is Tuesday, October 23rd
• Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final is on Wednesday, October 24th (please see the study guide here)

October 18

Social 20

You wrote your Industrial Revolution Quiz today. Hopefully, you'll get the results of this quiz early next week. Please remember that you have your Industrialization and Ideologies Unit Final is on Wednesday, October 24th. The study guide for this unit final is below. Please remember that your Industrial Revolution crossword puzzle and wordsearch are due tomorrow. Make sure that you print off your "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization" chart and complete it for homework for Monday.

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"
• 2 booklets: Industrial Revolution, Problems/Benefits of Industrialization, Philosophies of Industrialism
  
  


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

You're going to need this map as a reference after tomorrow's class:

Social 10

You got your test results back from your Unit 1 Final Exam as well as your position paper from Unit 1. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, so please make sure that they are finished. Tomorrow you will receive a study guide for your Chapter 7 Quiz, which is on Wednesday, October 24th.

October 17

Social 10

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today in class. You'll get the results of this test tomorrow. Please remember that your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday.

Social 20

I went through a presentation today on the "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization", I will be sending this presentation to you right away. I have also sent to you a chart that needs to be completed by Monday. Please use the presentation to help fill in the chart. You have your Industrial Revolution Quiz tomorrow (please scroll down to previous Social 20 posts to find the study guide), so please make sure that you are prepared!

October 16

Sorry for the later post, I've been kind of busy...

Social 10

Today I gave you a copy of the Imperialism Research Project. You picked your country to research and I gave you about 60 minutes in the library. This is the only library research time that I can give you this week. The library is starting t get booked up for research projects (a popular thing to do in the Social Studies department this time of year), so in all likelihood this was the last library time that you will get as a class. You'll have to do some work on your own time. I'm posting some useful hyperlinks here that may help you with your research:

• CIA World Factbook
• Nation Master
• Countries of World (e-book, use the password: chartwell to access it, click on Gale Virtual Reference Library, then click on the hyperlink next to Nation and World, then click on Countries of the World and Their Leaders) this is the e-book that I showed at the beginning of our time in the library.
  

Social 20

We went over the results of the Nationalism Unit Final. I then went over some answers to the Industrial Revolution booklet. I then gave you a crossword puzzle and word search that is due on Friday. You should be studying for your Industrial Revolution Quiz, which is on Thursday. Please scroll down to yesterday's post to see the study guide (you copied it out today from the board if you were in class).

October 15

Social 10

I started a presentation that I will finish a few days from now called "Legacies of Historical Globalization". We then watched a video called "Tools of Exploitation" you were supposed to watch the video and fill out a video study guide. Please remember that your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Wednesday. Please see the study guide from the October 12th post (just scroll down and you'll find it).

Social 20

You wrote your Nationalism Unit Final today, we'll go over some of the problematic questions tomorrow in class. I also announced that you will be having an Industrial Revolution Quiz this Thursday, October 18th. The study guide is below. Please remember that the Industrial Revolution booklet is due tomorrow.

Industrial Revolution Quiz Study Guide:

• Causes of the Industrial Revolution
• Results of the Industrial Revolution
• Why did England industrialize first?
• What is the Agricultural Revolution?
• What is the Enclosure movement?
• What are the problems and benefits of industrialization?
• Key terms, key people associated with the Industrial Revolution
  

Format for this quiz:
1. Matching Section (18 key terms)
2. Multiple Choice Section (6 questions)
3. Short Answer Section (3 questions)

October 12

Social 10

I went through a presentation/lecture today on "Historical Globalization and Imperialism" which I will be sending to you. Please read Chapter 7 in your textbook, and start working on those key terms and questions, they will be due soon enough. Please review Unit 1 this weekend in preparation for your Unit Final Exam on Wednesday. Here is the study guide for your Unit 1 Final Exam:

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

• Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, October 17th
• The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice
• It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions
• 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions
• In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source
• The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions
• Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit
  
  

Social 20

Your task this weekend is to study for your Nationalism Unit Final, which is on Monday. You also have your Industrial Revolution booklet due on Tuesday, but for now concentrate on that unit final, it's worth a lot! Here is a link to the study guide.

October 11

Social 20

I gave you time to work on your Chapter 6 Questions (Q1-6), which are due tomorrow, or you could have worked on the booklet on the Industrial Revolution which is due on Tuesday, October 16th. You could have also studied for your Nationalism Unit Final, which is on Monday October 15th. I have finished marking your in-class position papers, I will be returning them tomorrow.

Social 10

We spent out short 40 minute period looking at a picture book called "The Rabbits" and trying to see if we could find some connections between this book's themes and the concepts that we have studied and will study further in Unit 2. Please do some studying for your Unit Final Exam, which is on Wednesday of next week. Please be really comfortable with the concepts/key terms from Unit 1 so you can apply your knowledge.

October 10

Social 10

You wrote your in-class position papers today. You will hopefully get the results next Wednesday. Please remember that Chapter 6 Questions and Key Terms are due tomorrow. Your Unit 1 Final Exam will be next Wednesday (October 17th). The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. These questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions. Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-4, and the topics covered in that unit.

Social 20

We started our next theme "Industrialization and Ideologies" today by looking at the Industrial Revolution. I assigned questions 1-6 in Chapter 6 for homework on Friday. I also gave you a booklet on the Industrial Revolution that is due on Tuesday. Please remember that your Nationalism Unit Final is on Monday.

October 9

Social 10

We started Unit 2 today, by looking at different worldviews that the Europeans and Aboriginals had. I gave you a Unit 2 concept web, and a Unit 2 Worksheet today. If you missed class today, you need to get these handouts. You have your in-class position paper tomorrow in class, please go directly to the Blenheim Room.

Social 20

You wrote your in-class position paper today in class. If you didn't get a chance to print your essay off in class, I'll give you a chance to do it tomorrow.

October 5

Social 10

I went through some tips for writing your position paper on Wednesday. I gave you some ideas of arguments that you could use to organize the position paper, and gave you some time to copy out notes from classmates that they took when they read the articles in yesterday's class. I'd also like to recommend a couple of useful quotes from your textbook, that might be useful if you're using "affirmation of identity" as one of your arguments. Your textbook has a quote from Gandhi on p.53 and one by e.e. cummings on p. 73 that could be potentially useful. Try to do an outline of your position paper, it will be helpful. Have a great long weekend.

Social 20

I went over the answers to the Chapter 9 Key Terms, and collected your crossword puzzles and wordsearches for a homework check. I then gave you back the results of your Nationalism Test, and we went through some questions that were problematic. I also gave you a hard copy of the Nationalism Unit Final Study Guide. Please make use of your time before this unit final to review. Please remember to go directly to the Blenheim Room on Tuesday. I have also sent the Napoleon essay sheet again, so please check your e-mail! Have a great long weekend!

October 4

Social 20

You wrote your Nationalism Test in class today. The results were quite good, but we will still be going over the tests in class tomorrow. I gave you a couple of worksheets to complete for homework tonight, one was a Chapter 9 key terms matching worksheet, and the other had a wordsearch and a crossword puzzle on the other side. These worksheets are all for homework tomorrow. I also have sent to you "The Age of Bismarck" presentation from yesterday. I will give you a little bit of help with some of the crossword puzzle clues because you are not required to know them for Social 20:

Across: #1 DUELS, #21 PRAGUE
Down: #1 DIET, #2 OLMUTZ, #6 NASSAU, #11 SADOWA, #23 HEGEL

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Chapter 9 Key Terms Worksheet is due tomorrow
• Bismarck Crossword Puzzle and Wordsearch are due tomorrow
• In-Class Position Paper #1 is on Tuesday, October 9th in the Blenheim Room
• Nationalism Unit Final is on Monday, October 15th (75 multiple choice questions), please see the study guide below
  

Nationalism Unit Final Study Guide:

This unit final is on Monday, October 15th. 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.
  

Social 10

If you missed today's class, you should try to get the notes that you missed from a classmate. I distributed two articles, one entitled "Globalization Harms the World's Culture" and the other "Globalization Benefits the World's Cultures". Half the class got one of the articles, and the other half of the class got the other article. As you read the article you were to take notes by trying to identify arguments and supporting evidence within the essay. You were also required to write down any interesting facts, figures or quotations that appeared in the essay. Next, I had you work in groups to try and categorize the examples into arguments, and to formulate a statement of position. We had a brief class discussion/debate on the issues raised in the articles. These articles will be helpful in writing your essays next week, so I hope that you took good notes. I also recommend that you try to get the notes from the other side of the argument.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 5 Questions due tomorrow
• In-Class Position Paper #1 is on Wednesday, October 10th in the Blenheim Room
  

October 3

Social 10

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Quiz today. Your Chapter 5 questions are due tomorrow, I will be doing a homework check on them.

Social 20

You should be studying for your Nationalism Test (Chapters 2-5), which is tomorrow. Here is a link to the study guide.

October 2

Social 10

Today we spent most of the period looking at how to write a position paper. The first exercise was designed to show you how to brainstorm ideas for position papers. I had you brainstorm reasons that would help you convince another high school student to attend Churchill. Then we took those ideas and categorized them into larger categories called arguments. We then looked specifically at academic reasons why Churchill might be a good school to attend. I gave you a couple of handouts today as well, one of them was called "The Recipe for Success: How to Write Effective Position Papers", and the other was the marking guide for Social 10 position papers. I have sent you your essay topic for next week's position paper.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 3-4 Quiz is on Wednesday, October 3rd
• In-Class Position Paper #1 is on Wednesday, October 10th
  
  

Social 20

I collected your Chapter 5 Questions at the beginning of class. For the first part of the class we played the first round of a Jeopardy review game that you helped to create. I will be sending you the entire presentation/game to you later tonight. I then went over the answers to the Chapter 8 Key Terms worksheet. I then went over writing position papers for the remainder of class. I gave you a handout called "Recipe for Success: How to Write Position Papers". If you missed today's class, you will need to get this handout from the Social 20 folder at the side of the room.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Nationalism Test (covers Chapters 2-5) is on Thursday, October 4th
• In-Class Position Paper #1 is on Tuesday, October 9th (I have sent you the essay sheet already)
  

October 1

Social 10

I went through a presentation/lecture today that took about 60 minutes. While I was going through this presentation you were to take notes on concept webs that I passed out to you. I also told you to finish off the Unit 1 Worksheet (just the Chapter 5 questions should be completed). I did not set a due date for the Chapter 5 questions though. I also told you that you have a Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Wednesday. It is matching and short answer, similar in format to your Chapter 1-2 Quiz. I gave you the results of your Chapter 1-2 Quiz towards the end of class.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Chapter 3-4 Quiz is on Wednesday (matching, short answer)
• Chapter 3-4 Quiz Study Guide: study key concepts in Chapters 3-4, as well as the questions for inquiry, be able to refer to specific examples/case studies in your answers
  
  

Social 20

I collected your Napoleonic Europe maps at the beginning of class. I also returned your DBA #2 as well. I went through a presentation/lecture today on "The Unification of Italy and Germany". I have sent this presentation to you already. I gave you a Chapter 8 Key Terms worksheet that is due tomorrow. I have also sent you the essay topic for the Napoleon essay which you will be doing next week (see date below).

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20 Students:

• Chapter 5 Questions (Q1-5, 12) are due tomorrow
• Chapter 8 Key Terms Worksheet is due tomorrow
• Nationalism Test is on Thursday, October 4th
• In-Class Position Paper (on Napoleon) will be held on Tuesday, October 9th
  

September 28

Social 10

I did a homework check of your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. We also did a Wesbite Evaluation Assignment that is a requirement of all Social 10 students coming into Churchill. Have a great weekend!

Social 20

Today I collected four homework assignments that were due today and gave you homework check credit on them. I also gave you a homework assignment: you must send me by e-mail 10 Jeopardy! style questions to my CBE mail account (krgilchrist@cbe.ab.ca) before Sunday at 8 p.m. This will be a homework check as well. Please check the list of upcoming important dates below:

• 10 Jeopardy! Questions (with answers) due before Sunday at 8 p.m.
• Napoleonic Europe Map is due Monday, October 1st
• Chapter 5 Questions (Q1-5, 12) are due Tuesday, October 2nd
• Nationalism Test (which covers Chapters 2-5) is on Thursday, October 4th (here is the study guide)
  
  

This is a modern map of Europe, however, it will be useful if you haven't labeled the latitude and longitude on your Napoleonic Europe Maps yet.

Here's another map that might be helpful, it's from 1815, but it'll still be useful.