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.