March 31

Social 20-1

I did a homework check to see if you printed off the Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII PowerPoint presentation. We then watched a video called "Tides of War" and completed a worksheet while watching the video. We then drew lots for your collaborative inquiry research projects. I'll try to get us lab time or time with the laptop mobile cart this week or early next week, so we can start working on the first phase of the project. You should be studying tonight for your Chapter 5-6 Test, which is on Thursday. Here is a hyperlink to the study guide (scroll down to find it).

Social 33

We started looking at the command economy today. I gave you a handout with the characteristics of a command economy, and advantages and disadvantages of a command economy. I then had you do some reading in A Changing World, Chapter 11. For homework tonight, you must complete the Getting it Straight questions, Q 1-7.
Don't forget that your USA in the 1920s and 1930s booklet is due tomorrow.

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent writing your Economics Unit Exam. We will be doing some review of Topic A tomorrow.

March 30

Social 33

We did a quick review of what we've covered so far in our Economics Unit. We also watched a video called "FDR and the New Deal" and as you were watching this video you were to take notes on it. If you missed today's class, you'll need to get these notes from a classmate. I also gave you some class time to work on the USA in the 1920s and 1930s booklet. This booklet is due on Wednesday (April 1st), for double homework check marks! Make sure that you get it done.

Social 20-1

I collected your answers to "The Way of Subjects" primary document analysis questions at the start of class. I'll be returning this to you tomorrow. Also, we talked about Japanese expansionism, and motivations for attacking Pearl Harbor in December 1941. We watched an excerpt from the movie "Pearl Harbor" as well today. I will be sending you a presentation on the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII tonight. It is your responsibility to read this presentation and print it off for tomorrow's class (it'll be a homework check tomorrow), it's better if you know a little bit about the internment for tomorrow's class since we'll be watching a video about the internment. Also, tomorrow we'll be doing a selection of topics for your Unit 2 collaborative inquiry research project. It's probably best to have an idea of who you will be working with on this project prior to tomorrow's class. You should be reviewing tonight for your Chapter 5-6 Test on Thursday, here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent in the Blenheim Room writing your In-Class Position Paper #2. Tomorrow, you have your Economics Unit Exam. I gave you a list of key terms that you need to know for this unit exam, make sure that you understand those concepts EXTREMELY well! Also, have a look back at the study guide for Market Economy and Mixed Economy test (the only addition will be material from the Command Economy): here is that study guide again (scroll down to find it).

March 20

Social 33

We were up in the computer lab today playing some computer simulation games ("Can You Survive the Stock Market Crash?" and "Lemonade Stand"). I will award prizes after Spring break the top 3 students who sold the most lemonade during the Lemonade Stand game (don't worry, I kept track of winners). Have a great Spring Break!

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, and to see if you printed off the PowerPoint presentation "Ultranationalism in Italy, Japan and Germany". If you did not receive this PowerPoint it is your responsibility to send me an e-mail message, and then I will reply back with the presentation. You worked on a primary document analysis and questions today on "The Way of Subjects". The questions from "The Way of Subjects" will be due on Monday, March 30th (most of you finished this in class, but if you were away, send me an e-mail and I can send this to you). You will have your Chapter 5-6 Test on Thursday, April 2nd. Also, you will write your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I (in-class three source analysis) on Monday, April 6th. I don't expect you to study over your Spring Break though. Relax, have some fun! See you on March 30th!

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• the Black Hand
• Gavrillo Princip
• Tsar Nicholas II
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Battle of Tannenberg
• the Schlieffen Plan
• Plan 17
• General von Moltke
• Battle of the Marne
• Alsace and Lorraine
• total war
• Battle of Verdun
• Battle of the Somme
• the Brusilov Offensive
• sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmermann Telegram
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• General Ludendorff
• Friedrich Ebert
• Paris Peace Conference
• David Lloyd George
• Woodrow Wilson
• Fourteen Points
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando
• League of Nations
• plebiscites
• reparations
• collective security
• war debts
• Treaty of Versailles
• "war guilt clause"
• "Manchurian Incident"
• Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
• expansionism
• Hirohito
• Hideki Tojo
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Kristallnacht
• the Nuremberg Laws
• any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material

2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (Causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and Arctic sovereignty won't be on the test)
3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

• MAIN Causes of World War I
• the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
• the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT)
• the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
• Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology)
• the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years booklet)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
• ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
• failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
• appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism)
  
  
  

Social 30

I have sent you some extra notes on Keynesian Economics and Supply-Side Economics, which will be helpful for your Economics Unit Exam (on March 31st), and for Position Paper #2 (on March 30th). I gave you some notes on "Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR" as well today. I gave you a list of key concepts to review for the Economics Unit Exam, if you missed class today, please send me an e-mail message, and I will send this list to you. When we come back from Spring Break I will be doing a review of Topic A material, and we will be moving on to the second half of the course. I will be giving you some outstanding review materials for Topic A after Spring Break. Make sure that you prepare for Position Paper #2 and study for your Economics Unit Exam. Here is the preamble and the essay question for your Position Paper #2:

"Some people believe that governments should intervene in the economy to combat economic problems such as inflation and unemployment. Still others oppose the idea of any government intervention in the economy, preferring to allow market forces to restore economic stability."

In an essay, take and defend a position on the issue:
To what extent should the government intervene in the economy?

Have a great break!

March 19

Social 30

I collected your "Totalitarianism: A Few Control Everything" questions at the beginning of class, as well as giving you back some chapter and case studies work that I had homework checked. We watched a video today called "Hitler's Germany" and you took notes during the video. After the video I gave you some brief notes on core fascist values. Then I gave you a comparison reading between Hitler and Mussolini. The comparison chart from this booklet is due tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Today was a work period, you were to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions from the Unit 2 Worksheet (these are due tomorrow). Also, make sure that you bring your printed off PowerPoint presentation called "Ultranationalism in Italy, Japan and Germany" to class tomorrow, it's also worth homework check marks.

Social 33

Most of today's class was spent writing your Political Systems Unit Final. If you finished the test early, you were to work on your USA in the 1920s and 1930s booklet (this will be due after Spring Break). Tomorrow we will be going to the computer lab 241, so please go there directly!

March 18

Social 30

I gave you some notes comparing fascism and communism at the beginning of the class. I gave you some background notes on the modernization of Russia, specifically the rise of the Bolshevik party in Russia, the Russian Civil War, War Communism, and the New Economic Policy. We watched a video called "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" which covered the Five Year Plans and massive modernization and industrialization, and collectivization. I then gave you a handout called "Totalitarianism: A Few Control Everything", the questions that go along with this reading are due tomorrow.

Social 33

We did a quick review of some basic economic concepts that we have studied so far in our economic systems unit. I then showed you a video called "Boom and Bust" and as you watched this video you were to take notes on this video. I then gave you a booklet on the USA in the 1920s and 1930s that you were to get started, you will get some time to work on this after tomorrow's test. You have your Political Systems Unit Final tomorrow, here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

Social 20-1

I went through the mnemonic device on the League of Nations called FAILURe:

French and British self-interest
Absent powers (USA is not a member)
Ineffective sanctions
Lack of armed forces
Unfair treaty (the League of Nations had to enforce unpopular post-WWI treaties)
Reaching decisions too slowly

I also delivered a presentation called "Ultranationalism in Italy, Japan, and Germany", which I finished today. I will be sending this presentation out so please check your e-mail.

March 17

Social 20-1

We covered a lot of ground today. We backtracked a bit to watch a video called "Make Germany Pay", which should have given you a greater indication of the devastating economic effects of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as other Interwar Years developments. We also watched "Why Appeasement?" and I gave you a handout called "Was Appeasement A Good Idea?", please make sure that complete the Focus Task with this sheet. If you missed today's class, you will need to get notes from a classmate to fill out the film study sheets that went along with the videos.

Social 33

Part of today's period was spent completing a worksheet called "The Basic of the Market Economy", which had you read pages 90-101 in A Changing World to complete a chart on the advantages and disadvantages of key ideas associated with capitalism. I also covered the laws of supply and demand and the business cycle today. You have your Political Systems Exam on Thursday, here is the study guide.

Social 30

Today I did a little bit of "housekeeping" giving a lot of homework checked work back, and also giving you the results back from some recent tests. Also, I went through a lot of material related to dictatorships. If you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate. Tonight would be a great night to do some preparation for your upcoming Position Paper #2.

March 16

Social 33

Most of today's class period was spent writing your Dictatorship Unit Final. You will get the results of the multiple choice part of this final tomorrow. You may have to wait a few days to get the results for the written part. Please remember that you have your Political Systems Unit Final (democracies and dictatorships) on Thursday, March 19th. Here is the study guide (scroll down to find it). I will be doing a homework check on your Chapter 7 questions tomorrow: Getting it Straight Q1-6 and Getting Organized Q2 and Q5.

Social 20-1

I gave you some notes today on nationalism and the rise of ultranationalism. We watched a video called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" for most of the period. We will be looking at the League of Nations tomorrow.

Social 30

Today's class was spent writing your Market Economy/Mixed Economy Exam (it was 70 multiple choice questions). I also took in your Case Studies 7-9, 12, 17.

March 13

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I collected your Dictator Project at the beginning of class. We went through a quick review of some basic economic concepts at the beginning of class as well. We started our examination of a market economy today. We watched a short video called "Capitalism", and while you were watching this video you were taking some notes on key points. If you missed today's class, you will need to get these notes from a classmate. Also, I gave you a handout that covered the characteristics of a market economy and the advantages and disadvantages of a market economy. Your Dictatorship Final Exam is on Monday, March 16th, here is the study guide. Your Political Systems Unit Final (democracies and dictatorships) is on Thursday, March 19th, here is the study guide.

Social 20-1

I collected your map of Europe in World War I assignment at the beginning of class today. I gave you a booklet called "Making Peace" which had you look at the different perspectives and positions of the Big Three at the Paris Peace Conference. I also gave you a handout called "The Interwar Years Timeline". You MUST read this booklet over the weekend. This is testable material! We are moving in to our next period of study, the years between the wars, the Interwar Years. I will be doing a homework check on Monday to see if you have printed off your "The Causes of World War I" and "Allied Victory and the Paris Peace Conference" PowerPoint presentations. If you are not sure about how to print these off, go to the search box at the top of the blog, and enter "Printing PowerPoint Presentations", you should be taken to a post where I have given instructions for printing.

Social 30

I have sent you your Position Paper #2 topic sheet, so please check your e-mail when you get home. You have plenty of time to prepare for this position paper, you will be writing it on Monday, March 30th. For some of you, who didn't do so well on Position Paper #1, this is a huge opportunity to improve your mark. Written assignments count for 30% of your school-awarded mark in Social 30, and we're doing 3 position papers this semester, so think of this position paper as being worth 10% of your course work. Prepare accordingly! You have your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam on Monday, March 16th (it's 70 multiple choice questions). Here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

March 11

Social 30

I gave you back your Position Paper #1 today at the beginning of class. I also gave you back your Canada/USA Government Comparison Assignments. You also got your interim report cards today. We talked briefly about advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy, and how a centrally planned economy would answer the basic economic questions. I gave you some summary notes on the Soviet Economy (Case Study 12), and other worksheets. Here is what's due and when:

• Chapter 4 and Chapter 8 are due on Friday, March 13th
• Case Studies 7-9, 12, 17 are due on Monday, March 16th

Other upcoming important dates are as follows:

• the Market Economy/Mixed Economy Exam is on Monday, March 16th (see study guide below)
• Position Paper #2 is on Monday, March 30th
• Economics Unit Exam (command, market, mixed economies) is on Tuesday, March 31st

Market Economy/Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:

• Chapter 6 (An Introduction to Economic Systems)
• Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• Case Study #11 (the American Economy)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
• self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions (p.289)
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy (p.290)
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• Chapter 9 (Mixed Economic Systems)
• Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada)
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (booklet that I gave you, and p.381-382)
• supply-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (see p.384-385)
  

Social 33

We started our unit on economic systems today. We looked at the basic problem facing all societies: scarcity. We talked about the means of production, the basic economic questions, and the economic spectrum and the three main types of economic systems. I gave you some handouts on these topics as well as assigning homework from A Changing World, which most of you finished. Here is what is due on Friday: from Chapter 7, Getting it Straight Q1-6, and Getting Organized Q2 and Q5. Also, don't forget to review for your Dictatorship Unit Final (click here for the study guide) and your Political Systems Unit Final (click here for the study guide).

Social 20-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation called "Allied Victory and the Paris Peace Conference". I have already sent this presentation to you, so please check your e-mail. Also, I gave you your next project, it's a Map of Europe in WWI. This map will be due on Friday. I have sent you a backup copy of the map, so please check your e-mail, just in case you made some mistakes.

March 10

Social 20-1

You got the results of the Chapter 3-4 Test and your Unit 1 Final Exam back today. I then started a presentation called "Allied Victory and the Paris Peace Conference". I will finish this PowerPoint presentation tomorrow. We'll be looking at the Paris Peace Conference in greater detail and specifically at the Treaty of Versailles.

Social 33

We finished off our look at dictatorships today, by looking at the breakup of the Soviet Union. I collected the "Lenin and His Heirs" booklet for homework check marks, and returned some assignments that were taken in for homework yesterday. I gave you hard copies of the study guides for the Dictatorship Unit Final, which is on Monday, March 16th (here is the study guide) and for the Political Systems Unit Final, which is on Thursday, March 19th (here is the study guide). Tomorrow, we will be moving on to our economic systems unit.

Social 30

I finished off the notes that I wanted you to add to your fiscal and monetary policy booklets today. Please make sure that you read and highlight these booklets completely. Like I said in class, if you read this booklet and understand this material extremely well you will get any questions on the Social 30 Diploma Exam dealing with these topics. I have sent you some fantastic notes on Keynes, Hayek and Freidman, so please check your e-mail. I strongly encourage you to do some investigating on your own time with regard to Keynes, Hayek and Freidman, a good website to check out is the companion website for Commanding Heights, where you can watch video clips from this show ("the Battle of Ideas" episode might be a good place to start). There are some questions on the Chicago School of Economics that I'd like you to answer (I will not be taking this in for a homework check, I will send the answers in a couple of days). This information will be helpful in preparing for your Position Paper #2 (which is on Monday, March 30th) and will deal with the role that government should play in the economy. I did a homework check on Chapter 9 and Case Studies 14 and 15, which I will give back to you tomorrow. I will be giving back your Position Paper #1, your USA/Canada Government Comparison Charts and your interim report cards tomorrow. Your homework assignment tonight is very light: you must complete the chart comparing Sweden and Canada on the back of the Democratic Socialism handout. Tomorrow, we'll start looking at command economies.

March 9

Social 33

I collected your homework assignments that were due today at the beginning of class. We then watched a video called "Joseph Stalin: Red Terror", and as you were watching this video, you were to complete the question sheet that went along with the video. After the video, I wrote some quick notes up on the board on totalitarianism and Stalinism. I then went through the Structure of the Soviet Government with you VERY quickly. Please remember that you have some homework tonight. I'll be taking in "Lenin and His Heirs" from you tomorrow. On Thursday, your Dictator Assignment is due (this is a two part assignment that you could complete with a classmate). One week from today is your Dictatorship Unit Final, please see the study guide below. Also, next Thursday is your Political Systems Unit Final (this covers both democracies and dictatorships), please see the study guide for this exam below as well.

Social 33 Dictatorship Unit Final Study Guide:

Dictatorship Unit Final is on Monday, March 16th. It is 35 multiple choice questions and 1 written assignment. Please know the following:

• types of dictatorships
• characteristics of dictatorships (key ingredients/"recipe for a dictatorship")
• techniques of dictatorships
• advantages/disadvantages of a dictatorship
• the individual's role in a dictatorship
• similarities and differences between a dictatorship and a democracy
• be able to draw upon case studies/examples (fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Stalin's USSR)
• techniques of dictatorship used by Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin

Social 33 Political Systems Unit Final Study Guide:

The Political Systems Unit Final is on Thursday, March 19th. It is 50 multiple choice questions. It covers both democratic systems and dictatorial systems. Please know the following:

• characteristics of democracies
• types of democracies
• advantages/disadvantages of democracies
• advantages/disadvantages of direct democracy
• advantages/disadvantages of representative democracy
• be able to draw upon case studies/examples (Canada, USA)
• understand other key concepts like first past the post, rep by pop, and proportional representation
• understand the political spectrum and related concepts (for example, values associated with liberals, radicals, conservatives etc.)
• types of dictatorships
• characteristics of dictatorships (key ingredients/"recipe for a dictatorship")
• techniques of dictatorships
• advantages/disadvantages of a dictatorship
• the individual's role in a dictatorship
• similarities and differences between a dictatorship and a democracy
• be able to draw upon case studies/examples (fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Stalin's USSR)
• techniques of dictatorship used by Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin
  

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. You will get the results of this exam tomorrow, as well as the results of your Chapter 3-4 Test. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. Your interim report cards will be going home on Wednesday.

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent writing your Economic Systems Quiz. After finishing the quiz, I started going through monetary and fiscal policy. I'll continue this tomorrow. You have your Chapter 9 and Case Studies 14 and 15 due tomorrow.

March 6

Social 33

I wrote some notes on the board to give you some background information on Russian/Soviet History at the start of class today. If you were away today, you'll have to get these notes from a classmate. The rest of the period was spent working on a worksheet called "Lenin and His Heirs", this is due on Tuesday. You have homework due on Monday, the Dictatorship Internet Project is due on Monday, and the "Rise of Adolf Hitler" booklet is also due on Monday. Your two-part Dictator Project is due on Thursday, March 12th (you could do this individually or with a partner).

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent in a simulation for a fictitious peace conference prior to the First World War, the purpose of the conference was to avert war. After completing this simulation to have a greater sense of the causes of the war, and how national interests and the foreign policies of the major powers helped lead Europe into war. Don't forget that your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, March 9th. Also, your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, it's 75 multiple choice questions. Here is the study guide (you may have to scroll down to find it).

Social 30

We finished watching "Boom and Bust" today, as well as watching "FDR and the New Deal". I collected your Chapter 7 and Case Study 11 questions at the beginning of class. On Monday, March 9th, you will have an Economic Systems Quiz. This quiz will be short answer and similar in format to the Basic Political Ideology Quiz that you wrote last month. The study guide for this quiz is below.

Economic Systems Quiz Study Guide:

This is a short answer quiz that will be on Monday, March 9th.
You should know the following extremely well:

• Adam Smith and his theories (see Capitalism notes for a quick summary)
• the "invisible hand"
• law of supply and demand (know the impact that supply and demand have on prices)
• basic economic questions
• synonyms for the market economy
• means of production (be able to identify examples)
• scarcity, what is it? when does it occur?
• be able to define any key terms from Chapter 6, Chapter 7 and Case Study 11
• what is a union? what role(s) does a union play? why did unions form?
• what are the advantages and disadvantages of a market economy?
  

March 5

Social 30

I gave you back the results of the Democracy Unit Final at the beginning of class, as well as collecting the Chapter 6 Questions. Please remember that your Chapter 7 and Case Study 11 Questions are due tomorrow. We covered a fair bit of material today, looking at the Law of Supply and Demand, and the Business Cycle, and finally looking at the Great Depression by starting a video called "Boom and Bust". We'll finish watching this video tomorrow, as well as watching another video on "FDR and the Great Depression".

Social 20-1

About 55 minutes of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 3-4 Test. The remainder of time was spent watching a video from the BBC series "Days That Shook the World" on the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. I also gave a you a reading booklet called "The Causes of World War I" that you are expected to read before tomorrow's class.

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, March 9th. It is 75 multiple choice questions. Make sure that you have read Chapters 1-4 in Exploring Nationalism. Please make sure that you know the key concepts from Unit 1 (see below). Also review the PowerPoint presentations that you should have in your notes.

These are the presentations that you should review:

• Nation and Identity
• The French Revolution
• The Napoleonic Era
• Contending Loyalties

Know the key concepts from the Unit 1 Worksheet. If you know the key concepts you'll be able apply them to test.

• nation
• nation-state
• nationalism
• patriotism
• self-determination
• sovereignty
• sovereign
• civic nation
• civic nationalism
• ethnic nationalism
• collective consciousness
• French Revolution
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• cahiers de doléances
• Ancien Régime
• bourgeoisie
• feudal system
• philosophes
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• National Assembly
• Tennis Court Oath
• constitutional monarchy
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• National Convention
• levée en masse
• Robespierre
• Danton
• Marat
• Reign of Terror
• Napoleon
• Napoleonic Code
• Continental System
• contending loyalties
• cultural pluralism
• reasonable accommodation
• sovereignists
• federalists
• royal commission
• expressions of nationalism
• non-nationalist loyalty
• alienation
• segregation
  

Social 33

Today's class was spent doing a reading and question sheet on Adolf Hitler from the A History of the 20th Century textbook. Also, I gave you a couple of assignments for our Dictatorship Unit. The Dictatorship Internet Project will be due on Monday, and the Dictator Project (which it is recommended you do with a partner) is due next Thursday, March 12th.

March 4

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent writing the Democracy Unit Final. You should have picked up a copy of the summary notes for Case Study 11 after the test, and received your Civil Rights Movement questions back. Please remember that your Chapter 6 Questions are due tomorrow, and your Chapter 7 and Case Study 11 questions are due on Friday. Tomorrow will be a very important class, we have lots of ground to cover, including the law of supply and demand, the business cycle, the Causes of the Great Depression, and we'll be watching a video called "Boom and Bust". Please make sure that you have read the Case Study 11 summary notes before tomorrow's class.

Social 33

I gave you a couple of handouts today, one was called Similarities and Differences Between Hitler and Mussolini. The other handout was called Dictatorship: Rule by Elites, this is or homework. We also watched a video today called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler".

Social 20-1

To further our understanding of World War I, we watched a couple of videos, one was called "The Clash of the Generals" and the other was called "Trench Warfare". You were to take notes on these videos. I also gave you a booklet on the Causes of World War I, which is an excellent resource. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow, here is the study guide.

March 3

Social 20-1

After waiting for as many late students to arrive as possible, we went ahead with the Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I (called a Part A last year). I also gave you the Unit 2 Organizational Web and the Unit 2 Worksheet. I did not assign anything from the Unit 2 Worksheet. Here is the study guide for the Chapter 3-4 Test (scroll down to find it), which is on Thursday, March 5th.

Social 33

We did a quick review of the political spectrum today, and looked again at the similarities of the extremes of the political spectrum.

I then gave you some handout related to dictatorship and the individual, and a GCSE booklet on the rise to power of Hitler in Germany. The Focus Task from page 101 of the booklet is due tomorrow.

Social 30

We continued our look at capitalism, by looking at how the market economy works. I had you take down some notes from the board (diagrams mostly) that illustrated how the capitalist system operates. I collected your answers to the advantages/disadvantages of democracy questions at the beginning of class today. Please remember that you have your Democracy Unit Exam tomorrow. It's 66 multiple choice questions, all past Diploma Exam questions, it's VERY difficult!! You need to study and review the Democracy Unit tonight! If you liked your mark from the Democracy Quiz, you need to keep studying and reviewing to keep that mark!

March 2

Social 33

Most of today's class was spent writing your Democracy Unit Final (25 multiple choice questions and 1 written assignment). If you were not in class today, and you do not have an excused absence, you will be receiving a mark of zero on this test.

Social 20-1

I collected your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today, as well as giving you the results of your Chapter 1-2 Test. We continued looking at WWI by watching a short video called "Doomed Dynasties". I then went over how to prepare and write the Written Response Assignment I (these were called Part A In-Class Writing Assignments last year in 10-1). I have sent you some documents to help you prepare for tomorrow's Unit 1 in-class writing assignment. Please check your e-mail! Here is the study guide for your Chapter 3-4 Test , which is on Thursday.

Social 30

Part of today's class was spent writing your Democracy Quiz (31 multiple choice questions), I'll be able to give you the results of this tomorrow. You have a Democracy Unit Final on Wednesday as well, so keep studying. Please remember that your Advantages/Disadvantages of Democracy questions are due tomorrow. We continued our study of capitalism as well today. Please check your e-mail, I will be sending you some supplementary notes on capitalism tonight! Regardless of your result on today's Democracy Quiz, you still need to review/study for the Democracy Unit Exam! It is significantly harder!