Wednesday, October 31, 2007

October 31


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.


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

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

October 30


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.



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

Monday, October 29, 2007

October 29


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.



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.

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



Friday, October 26, 2007

October 26


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.


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.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

October 25


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:


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

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.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

October 24


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.



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.

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

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

October 23


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


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.
  • 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

Monday, October 22, 2007

October 22


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.

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


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?

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.

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

Thursday, October 18, 2007

October 18


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.




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:



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.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

October 17


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.


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!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

October 16

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

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.

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).

Monday, October 15, 2007

October 15


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).


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.

  • 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)

Friday, October 12, 2007

October 12


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 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


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.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

October 11


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.


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.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

October 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.


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.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

October 9


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.


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.

Friday, October 05, 2007

October 5


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.

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!

Thursday, October 04, 2007

October 4


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




  • 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

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.

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.


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


Wednesday, October 03, 2007

October 3


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


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

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

October 2


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


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.
  • 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)

Monday, October 01, 2007

October 1


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.
  • 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


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).

  • 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