February 27

Social 33

I gave you most of today's class to work on Activity 5 and 6 on dictatorships. These activities should be completed on a separate piece of paper, I will do a homework check on it on Monday. Please remember that you have your Democracy Unit Final on Monday as well. It is 25 multiple choice questions and a written assignment. Please make sure that you study for it! The study guide is here, although I also sent it to you by e-mail as well.

Social 20-1

We started Unit 2 material today. I went through a presentation on "The Causes of World War I", which I will send to you tonight. I also collected your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. Here are some upcoming important dates for you:

• Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I (three source analysis) is on Tuesday, March 3rd
• Chapter 3-4 Test is on Thursday, March 5th (note the change of date, please see the study guide here)
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, March 9th (the study guide will be published here on the blog a week before the unit exam)
  

Social 30

We started our look at economic systems today, specifically capitalism. We looked at competing economic values associated with group welfare (collectivism) and individual welfare (individualism). We also looked at some introductory material associated with economics and did a quick comparison of a centrally planned economy and a market economy. We'll continue our study of capitalism on Monday after your Democracy Quiz (31 multiple choice questions). Make sure that you study for this Democracy Quiz and your Democracy Unit Final (which is on Wednesday). If you missed today's class, you'll need to get the notes from a classmate. Here is a link to the study for these exams.