October 14

Social 10-1

I delivered a presentation today called "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I have sent this presentation to you already, so please check your e-mail. I'll try to post it on to the wiki tonight as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Quiz next Tuesday, October 21st. Tonight would be a good time to look at the study guide (it's on the wiki, and it's in Friday's post) and do some review. It's a very challenging quiz. You'll get your interim report cards tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Today was a pretty busy class, with lots of topics covered. I gave you a reading that went over some of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, why the United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations. This reading also had information about the organizational structure of the League of Nations. I talked about some key events in the Interwar Years which clearly illustrated the failure of collective security and the ability of the League of Nations to deal with aggressive nation-states. The key events that I mentioned were the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War. I reviewed how the League of Nations was a FAILURe (please memorize this mnemonic). I then showed you a video on appeasement called "Why Appeasement?" You were to fill out a film study sheet as you watched this video. Tomorrow we'll continue to look at appeasement, and further analyze why many people turned to this foreign policy in the hope that it would help avert war. We'll also start looking at the rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan. You'll be getting your interim report cards tomorrow.