May 31

Social 10

After doing a few "housekeeping" tasks at the beginning of class, we moved into the main activity for the day. You were split into four groups, and as an individual you were to create 5-7 sets of "Find the Fib" statements. As a group, you were to select 5-7 of your best sets, and then choose someone to type them up and send them to me by e-mail. We will play this review game on Monday. Have a great long weekend!! REVIEW!!

Social 33

Hopefully, in class today you finished off finding the 6Ws for each of the Cold War events listed in the booklet that I gave you last week. You will be having a unit final on the Cold War on Tuesday, June 5th. It will be entirely made up of 30-40 multiple choice style questions. Here is the study guide for this unit final...

Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

Key Terms/Key Concepts/Key Events/Key People:

• Yalta Conference
• Potsdam Conference
• Stalin
• NATO
• brinkmanship
• detente
• Berlin Airlift
• Berlin Wall
• Warsaw Pact
• Iron Curtain
• mutually assured destruction (M.A.D.)
• disarmament
• Marshall Plan
• containment
• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Kennedy
• Khrushchev
• SALT I
• SALT II
• Vietnam War
• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• Cold War
• United Nations
• collapse of the Soviet Union/collapse of communism
• Hungarian Revolution (1956)
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Partial test Ban Treaty
• balance of power (between USA and USSR)
• domino theory
• Korean War

Here's how I would prepare for this unit final:

• study the Cold War timeline (handout)
• study the 6Ws for each of those Cold War Events
• study the chart on the nuclear arms race (it's the back page of the Cold War Events handout, legal sized paper)
• study the timeline of events on the Cold War Events booklet
• study the key terms listed above (prepare for each them, they're on the test)
  

May 30

Social 33

For most of the period we watched a documentary called "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam". See you in class tomorrow, when we'll close out the Cold War era.

Social 10

You wrote your in-class position paper today in the Blenheim room. Hopefully, I will be impressed. I will probably have these papers marked by next Wednesday. Once this essay is marked, you will have completed the major course work in Social 10. The coursework that you have completed up until this point in time: all the essays, tests, quizzes and assignments and projects will amount to 75% of you mark in Social 10. The last 25% is yet to be determined with the results of your final exam in June. It's time to start reviewing all of the units in Social Studies that we have covered. If you want to see past unit finals, and study from them, please come to tutorial next week.

May 29

Social 10

I went over the Social Studies 10 Final Exam blueprint today with you. This should have given you lots of hints and tips for the final exam. Hopefully, you took notes. I have uploaded the video/screencast of the blueprint via "YouSendIt", so please check your inboxes for a hyperlink to this video. I also sent you a list of key terms/concepts that you NEED to know for the final exam, please make sure that you print this off and use it to study. Please remember that you will be writing your final in-class essay tomorrow in the Blenheim room, so please go there directly.

Social 33

Today was a very short class due to the graduation ceremonies rehearsal. I gave you some notes on how the Cold War was fought, and I talked about the nuclear arms race.

May 28

Social 33

Today we finished watching the video that we had started last week on the Vietnam War. This video should have given you a nice overview of the key events and key characteristics of how this war was waged. Clearly, the United States had the firepower and technological advantage throughout most of this war, and yet they ultimately lost the war. Key to the American defeat was their inability to win support of the south Vietnamese villagers who increasingly became alienated by the American troops due to their actions. Additional reasons for the American defeat in Vietnam were the guerrilla warfare waged by the Vietcong, and the ever stronger anti-war movement back in the US that was putting pressure on the government to pull out of Vietnam. We also watched a segment of the movie "Born on the Fourth of July", which covered a young man's journey to enlisting in the Marines, and ultimately being wounded in action in Vietnam.

Social 10

For the vast majority of the period, you wrote your Rights and Responsibilities unit final in class today. I am sending you a very important e-mail document today, it is the Final Exam blueprint. You MUST print it off and bring it to class tomorrow, as I will be talking about the Social Studies 10 Final Exam blueprint in tomorrow's class.

May 25

Social 33

I gave you back your Cold War booklets and map assignments today in class. I gave you a homework check credit for the booklet, but there were some problems with the maps so I went over them with you in class. We then watched a documentary on the Vietnam War for the remainder of the period, we will finish this video in class on Monday. Have a good weekend!

Social 10

I gave you a pop quiz at the start of class, and then we went through some of the questions that you sent to me on Wednesday night. Please make sure that you study this weekend for your Rights and Responsibilities Unit Final, which is on Monday. Please come and see me on either Monday or Tuesday in tutorial with help on your in-class position paper. Please remember that your last in-class position paper will be held on Wednesday, May 30th in the Blenheim Room. Have a good weekend!

May 24

Social 10

We played a review game of Jeopardy for most of the period today. I will be sending this to you later this afternoon, so please use it to review for your unit final. I also gave you a small package of "documents" covering the FLQ Crisis that could be VERY useful in writing your in-class essay next week, so please read it over!

Social 33

We watched a short 30 minute video on escaping from East Berlin during the Cold War. For the remainder of the period you continued working on your note-taking on the events of the Cold War period.

May 23

Social 33

We watched a short video on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and most of you had finished up to the Vietnam War in your note-taking on the Cold War Events worksheet. We'll be continuing our look at the Cold War tomorrow.

Social 10

I gave you some time to work on your YOA/YCJA assignment at the beginning of class. Next, you spent some time doing some review of the Rights and Responsibilities unit. I gave you a homework assignment in which you must e-mail me 7 multiple choice questions, 7 Jeopardy style questions, and 1 "hint" style question. Please send me these questions by e-mail tonight. I also gave you the essay topic today in class. Please check yesterday's post for the study guide for the unit final.

May 22

Social 10

For most of the period you worked on a worksheet that showed the differences between the Young Offenders Act and the Youth Criminal Justice Act. This is the last "big" topic in our Rights and Responsibilities unit, which we will finish up tomorrow in class. Please remember to complete the worksheet on Native Rights, which is due tomorrow.

Rights and Responsibilities Unit Final Study Guide:

• UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (know the different types of rights, for example democratic rights, mobility rights, fundamental freedoms)
• The War Measures Act (WWI, WWII, the October Crisis of 1970)
• Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
• FLQ Crisis of 1970 (study handouts)
• Emergencies Act of 1988 (study handout)
• Native Rights (questions)
• Young Offenders Act/Youth Criminal Justice Act
  
  

Social 33

We continued our look at the Cold War today in class. I gave you a worksheet on "Cold War Events", from the Truman Doctrine to Afghanistan, and you were to read from The Cold War and After, and complete the 6Ws for each event. I also showed you a video that covered key Cold War events from the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift, and the Korean War. We'll finish this video tomorrow, and then we'll watch one on the Cuban Missile Crisis tomorrow as well. I will also collect the homework assignment that I was supposed to check today in tomorrow's class.

May 18

Social 33

Since there were so few of you in class today, I just gave you time to work on the map assignment and the Cold War activity booklet, both of which will be due on Tuesday. Please enjoy your long weekend!

Social 10

I talked briefly today about the Emergencies Act, and how it is different than the War Measures Act. I also emphasized that when the War Measures Act was invoked in WWI, WWII, and the FLQ Crisis in 1970 the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was not in effect yet. When the War Measures Act was used in WWI and WWII it restricted rights that were upheld by custom. In 1970, it was the rights enjoyed by Canadian citizens under the Canadian Bill of Rights that were affected. You are to complete the Native Rights question sheet for homework, this assignment is due on Wednesday.

May 17

Social 10

We finished the video study of the FLQ crisis in class today. I had you work on the "Analyzing a Document: The October Crisis" for the rest of the period. If you didn't finish this in class, it is homework.

Social 33

You wrote a test covering the Interwar Years and WWII, which took about half of the period. We then continued with the Cold War topic. I gave you a couple of assignments, one a map, and the other a booklet, both of which are due on Tuesday.

May 16

Social 33

We did a quick review of key people, key events, and key places in WWII at the beginning of class, and then we moved into looking at the origins of the Cold War. If you missed class today, you will need to get notes from a classmate, and handouts as well. Study!!

Social 10

We finished watching "Tides of War" today, and then moved on to our next case study, the FLQ Crisis of 1970. Before we move on completely, I would like you to go to the CBC Archives hyperlink below and watch a few of the videos from the archive on the internment of the Japanese-Canadians. I would highly recommend that you all view at least the very last video on redress, but select others that interest you. Here is the hyperlink to the archive, CBC Archives: From Relocation to Redress.

May 15

Social 10

I collected your Government Poster Projects at the beginning of class. After the current events presentation, you were to copy down a few key terms from the blackboard (so if you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate). We then started watching a video called "Tides of War", which we will finish off tomorrow.

Social 33

I gave you a timeline at the beginning of class that covered the Nazi period in Europe, and the systematic persecution of the Jews over a twelve year period beginning with the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany in 1933. We then watched a video called "Genocide" for most of the rest of the period. I also gave you a copy of the study guide for the upcoming unit test on Thursday. Start studying! The unit test covers the Interwar Years and WWII.

May 14

Social 33

We tied up some loose ends in our look at WWII today. We went through the "Events of WWII" chronology worksheet together as a class, and then we watched an excerpt of the movie "Pearl Harbour". We will wrap up our look at WWII in all likelihood tomorrow, when we look at the Holocaust in greater detail. Please remember that you have a test on the Interwar Years and WWII on Thursday, May 17th. This unit test consists of 40 multiple choice questions. Please print off the following study guide.

Interwar Years and WWII Unit Test Study Guide:

Key Terms, Key People, Key Events:

• League of Nations
• Woodrow Wilson
• Nazis
• Treaty of Versailles
• Paris Peace Conference
• "Big Three"
• isolationist policy of the United States
• self-determination
• Manchuria
• Abyssinia
• Mein Kampf
• Neville Chamberlain
• appeasement
• Munich Conference/Munich Agreement
• Anschluss
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• blitzkrieg
• the Holocaust
• concentration/extermination camps
• Pearl Harbour
• collective security and the League of Nations
• Maginot Line
• Rhineland
• Stalin
• Battle of Britain

Other Tips:

• key points in the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe)
• FAILURe of the League of Nations (why did the League of Nations fail?)
• examples of the failure of the League of Nations (Abyssinia, Manchuria, the Spanish Civil War)
• who were the "Big Three" at the Paris Peace Conference, and what did they each want?
• know about the breakup of empires in post-WWI world (Austro-Hungarian as an example)
• what is self-determination?
• Hitler's main ideas and how he put them into action
• what is appeasement? why did Chamberlain employ it at the Munich conference?
• how did Hitler rise to power?
• what is Anschluss?
• what does blitzkrieg mean? what tactics are used in blitzkrieg?
• be able to name some Nazi concentration camps
• significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
• major turning points in WWII (fall of France, attack on Pearl Harbour, D-Day landing, use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki)

Social 10

We continued with the Rights and Responsibilities unit today. It was a pretty busy class, as far as the amount of material covered. I talked briefly about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (it's an ideal remember, it's not legally binding) and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and then we looked briefly at protecting human rights in Alberta. Next, we stepped back in time to look at a case study in which the rights of one group were suspended with the War Measures Act in WWII, the group being the Japanese-Canadians. I delivered a presentation/lecture on this topic, which I will send to you. I also gave you some notes to copy down from the blackboard as well today. Please remember that your Government Poster Project is due tomorrow.

May 11

Social 33

We finished watching some of the opening scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and then we continued working on the "Events of World War II" booklet. Next week, we'll backtrack a bit and look at how the Americans became involved in the war by looking at the attack on Pearl Harbour and the end of WWII with Japan. We will also be looking at the Holocaust as well next week. Have a good weekend.

Social 10

I gave you an assignment on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which is due on Monday. If you didn't complete it in class, you have access to the Charter through a hyperlink on the blog. Please look for it under "Social 10 Links". Please remember that your Government Poster Projects are due on Tuesday.

May 10

Wow, it's been a bad week for the blog. I missed posting on Monday and Wednesday, which is pretty unusual for me. Sorry for not responding to comments either. We're getting into a busy time of the year, so I'll try to be more active on the blog.

Social 10

We continued our Rights and Responsibilities unit today, by doing a comparison between the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We'll continue our examination of the Charter tomorrow in class. I also returned your essays to you at the beginning of class. I will be running your Government unit final answer sheets through the scantron machine again, and I'll be able to give you the results of that test tomorrow.

Social 33

For most of the period, you continued working on the "Events of World War II" booklet, and then we were able to watch the first part of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" which covers the Allied invasion of the beaches of Normandy in northern France.

May 8

Social 10

You wrote your Politics and Government Unit Final today in class. After the test I went through a presentation/lecture on Citizenship in Canada. I will not send this presentation to you, if you wanted to take notes from it, you needed to in class. Just another gentle reminder: you have a project due one week from today. Please make sure that you set up meeting times for Government Poster Project group members!

Social 33

I went through some key terms, key places, and key events of WWII very quickly at the beginning of class. If missed class today, you need to get these notes from someone. I then gave you some class time to finish up the "Causes of WWII Assignment", this is due tomorrow. Most of you finished that, and moved on to the activity worksheets from WWII. You will be given some class time tomorrow to work on these worksheets.

May 3

Social 10

You wrote your Government In-Class Position Paper today in class in the Blenheim computer lab. Please remember to study and prepare for your Politics and Government Unit Final, which is on Tuesday. The study guide for this unit final is here.

Social 33

After writing your "Interwar Years Quiz" you had the remaining class time to work on "The Causes of WWII Assignment". Please remember that we are booked into the computer lab on Monday to work on the computer-based portion of this assignment.

May 2

Social 33

We continued looking at WWII today in class. I gave you an assignment called "Causes of World War II", which we started working on today. You will get some class time to work on this assignment tomorrow after you write your Interwar Years Quiz. Please remember to study for your Interwar Years Quiz, which is tomorrow. You should all have the study guide for this quiz. If you were away the day that I wrote it up on the board, please get the study guide from a classmate.

Social 10

For most of the period we reviewed for your upcoming Politics and Government Unit Final. Please remember that this unit final is all multiple choice, and that it is on Tuesday, May 8th. Here is the study guide for this unit final.

Politics and Government Unit Final Study Guide:

1. Key Concepts/Key Terms (see outline)

• most of these concepts can be found in the PowerPoint presentations that I delivered with this theme
• also check out the Parliamentary Key Terms (know the basics!)

2. Structure and Function of Government (see outline):

• focus on PowerPoint presentations!
• study from notes that you took from the videos!
• executive, legislative, judicial branches
• BNA Act (1867)
• Constitution Act (1982)
• powers and responsibilities of the branches of government
• federalism/federal system
• how a bill becomes a law
• House of Commons and Senate
• roles of the constitutional monarchy (Queen, Governor General, PM and Cabinet)
  

3. The Role of Pressure Groups and the Media (focus on second PowerPoint presentation) in the Government

May 1

Social 10

You wrote your second government pop quiz at the beginning of class. Hopefully, I will be able to share the results of this quiz with you tomorrow. We also looked briefly at the Elections Canada website, and another website that the CBC produced in time with the last federal election. I would like you to visit the website "Vote By Issue Quiz" and take the quiz. Be prepared to discuss this in class tomorrow. I am also sending you an assignment related to the Elections Canada website, please check your e-mail for this assignment and its due date.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10 Students:

• Politics and Government In-Class Position Paper is on Thursday, May 3rd
• Politics and Government Unit Final is on Tuesday, May 8th
• Government Poster Project is due on Tuesday, May 15th
  
  

Social 33

We continued looking at the lead up to the outbreak of WWII today, by watching a film called "Why Appeasement?" and completing an activity on appeasement from a handout.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 33 Students:

• Interwar Years Quiz is on Thursday, May 3rd