February 4

Social 30

I quickly went through the collectivism and individualism charts that were in "The Many Shades of Opinion" booklet. I also gave you another booklet with diagrams of the Political Spectrum (similar to the diagrams that I had in the presentation "Introducing Government"). I gave you a reading called "How a Liberal and Conservative Might View the Same Event", with a question sheet. I gave you time to work on this activity in class before giving you the Chapter 1 and 2 Questions. I will give you the Chapter 3 Questions tomorrow. The Chapters 1-3 Questions will be due on Monday February 9th. If I were you, I would complete at least the Chapter 1 Questions tonight.

Social 33

I went through a very short presentation called "Ideology, Individualism and Collectivism". Once we have the e-mail list working I will send it to you. We then did various activities surrounding individualism and collectivism. Your first short quiz in Social 33 will be on individualism and collectivism, so make sure that you understand these two very important concepts. Tomorrow, we will talk about the political spectrum.

Social 20-1

I finished the presentation "Nation and Identity" today. I have sent this presentation to you already, so please check your e-mail. I handed out the Unit 1 Worksheet and assigned Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions for homework, due on Friday. You have a World Geography Test on February 14th. I will post the study guide for this test below.

Social 20-1 World Geography Test Study Guide:

This test will take place on Wednesday, February 18th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:

• any of the EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265)


• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO!)


• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom


• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador


• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe


• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China, India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel


• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

Please use the following links for studying for this test:

• World Geography Games


• Test Your Geography Knowledge


• Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)