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?