April 30

Social 30

I did a presentation on "The Origins of the Cold War" at the beginning of class today. I will send you a copy of this PowerPoint presentation this afternoon. I will also be giving you some notes on the "big picture" of the Cold War tomorrow. At the end of class I gave you a reading on "The Seeds of the Cold War" (you MUST read this!), and some questions around the post-WWII map of Europe. The questions and the map are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you have read and taken notes on Chapters 9 and 10 in Global Forces in the 20th Century (use the information in the "Seeds of the Cold War" to focus your note-taking). I will post some maps of Europe here this evening.

World War II Unit Exam Study Guide:

This unit exam is on Wednesday, May 6th. It is a multiple choice format exam. Please make sure that you study the following material:

• Read Chapters 7 and 8 in Global Forces of the 20th Century
• Study the chronology of events leading up to WWII
• Causes of WWII concept map/notes
• Study "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb" notes
• Study key events/maps of WWII package (Blitzkrieg, Operation Barbarossa, War in the Pacific, Hitler Tastes Defeat, End of WWII in Europe and Asia)
• "The Holocaust" PowerPoint presentation
• WWII Conferences and Agreements (notes)
• Effects, results, consequences of WWII

Social 20-1

We continued watching "Gandhi" today in class. For homework tonight, please complete the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions. I will be doing a homework check on this tomorrow.

Social 33

We watched the opening sequence from "Saving Private Ryan". We'll continue our examination of WWII tomorrow and next week. You worked on putting key events of WWII in chronological order on a worksheet for the remainder of class time. I'll give you the key to this worksheet next week. Please remember that your Causes of WWII Assignment is due tomorrow.

April 29

Social 30

I covered the results and consequences of WWII for most of the class, first by going through some notes called "The Results of WWII" (which I have already sent to you, so please print them off and add them to your notes). I also gave you some handouts related to the effects and consequences of WWII, and finally you worked on an individual challenge: a "WWII Identification List". There were prizes for the winners. Tomorrow, we'll be moving on to the post-WWII era, looking at the seeds of the Cold War that were planted during the end of WWII. It would be a great idea to start reading Chapters 9-10 in Global Forces of the 20th Century, and taking notes on these chapters as well. Please make sure that you read the WWII Conferences and Agreement notes that I did a homework check on today in class. This will help your understanding of the post-WWII world a lot. Next Wednesday, there will be a WWII Unit Exam. I will post the study guide on the blog tomorrow.

Social 33

I showed an excerpt from "Enemy at the Gates" at the start of class, and then gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Events of World War II booklets. Please remember to do some work on your Causes of WWII Assignment that is due on Friday tonight.

Social 20-1

We started our film study of "Gandhi" today. Before I started the film, I took in Part 1 of your case study (the background information) on India.

April 28

Social 20-1

Most of today's period was spent working on background information on the history of India, which will set the stage for our case study of the Indian independence movement. If you didn't complete Part 1 of the booklet in class today, it is due for homework tomorrow. We'll be starting our film study of "Gandhi" tomorrow.

Social 33

Most of today's class was spent working on the Events of WWII booklet. Your Causes of WWII Assignment is due on Friday (May 1st), so you should be working on it a bit each night.

Social 30

Today was a very busy period. I delivered a PowerPoint presentation called "The Holocaust", which I will send to you by e-mail. Please print this presentation off and add it to your notes. Also, I have sent you another document by e-mail called "36 Questions About the Holocaust", please print it off and read it. We also watched a documentary film today called "Genocide". I will give you the results of your Interwar Years Unit Exam tomorrow, and do a homework check to see if you have printed off the WWII Conferences and Agreements notes that I have sent to you.

April 27

Social 33

We spent the first half of class today brainstorming in small groups the causes of WWII. If you missed class today, you will need to get the notes from a classmate. I also gave you an assignment on the Causes of World War II, this assignment will be due on Friday, May 1st.

Social 20-1

I gave you a couple of reading packages today. The first reading package covers various case studies of contemporary genocide: the Armenian genocide, the Ukrainian famine (the Holomodor), genocide in the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina), and the Rwandan genocide. The second reading package was an article written by Samantha Power entitled "Never Again: The World's Most Unfulfilled Promise", which we followed up with a class discussion. Tomorrow, we'll begin looking at decolonization and the drive towards Indian nationalism with some backgrounder activities on the history of India, which will lead us into our film study on Gandhi very nicely.

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent writing your Interwar Years Unit Exam. You will get the results of this unit exam back tomorrow. We will moving on in our study of WWII tomorrow by looking at the Holocaust in greater detail. You will be getting a WWII Unit Exam very soon, so I'll keep you posted on that. Please keep up with the readings that have been assigned!

April 24

Social 33

I showed you a video today called "Why Appeasement?", and while you were watching this video you were to complete a film study. I also gave you a GCSE package today that covered Mein Kampf, the Munich Conference, appeasement, and the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. In this package, on page 131, you find arguments for and against appeasement. What I want you to do is create a chart on a separate piece of paper, and organize these arguments into two columns "FOR" and "AGAINST" appeasement. Then I what you to write a paragraph where you outline which side has the stronger arguments, and WHY. I will take this in on Monday, April 27th. You MUST read all of this booklet!

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. The "Shake Hands with the Devil" film study will be due on Monday, April 27th. I am also setting a due date for your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects. You must be ready to make a presentation to the class by Thursday, May 14th.

Social 30

As a class we marked your Interwar Years Quiz that you wrote yesterday. I have made some changes to your study guide for Monday's Interwar Years Unit Exam, so please see the study guide below.

Interwar Years Unit Exam Study Guide:

This unit exam is 70 multiple choice questions. Make sure that you have read all of the relevant chapters in Global Forces of the 20th Century. This unit exam will be VERY hard, so you need to review the following to be successful on it:

• terms of the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe)
• organization of the League of Nations
• self-determination
• isolationism
• mandates of the League of Nations
• anschluss
• Sudetenland
• remilitarization of the Rhineland
• blitzkrieg
• Munich Agreement
• appeasement
• Neville Chamberlain
• Woodrow Wilson (Wilsonian principles: Wilson's Fourteen Points)
• Manchurian Crisis (what was the response of the League of Nations?)
• Kristallnacht
• lebensraum
• collective security
• Locarno Pacts
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• know the chronology of key events in the Interwar Years
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• Paris Peace Conference (key players, their goals/perspectives)
• "war guilt clause"
• reparations
• techniques of dictatorship
• Italian invasion of Abyssinia (what was the response of the League of Nations?)
• Spanish Civil War (key events, what happened? what was the response of the British and the French?)
• what were the successes of the League of Nations?
• the New Deal, FDR's response the Great Depression
• Maginot Line
• Lend-Lease Act
• Dawes Plan
• Young Plan

April 23

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent writing your Interwar Years Quiz. Please make sure to hand in your Interwar Years Timeline Assignment tomorrow in class, if you didn't hand it in today. You still have your Interwar Years Unit Exam on Monday, April 27th, please see the study guide here.

Social 20-1

I did a homework check to see if you had printed off your "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" PowerPoint presentation at the beginning of class. We then started to watch the film "Shake Hands with the Devil". We will finish this film tomorrow, the film study questions that go along with this film will be due next week.

Social 33

I started class by doing a quick review of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe) and the other mnemonic that I have taught to you, the FAILURe of the League of Nations. I then gave you a booklet on key events in the Interwar Years. This booklet is what you should review when it comes time to study for the Diploma Exam because it does a nice job of covering key events that occurred between WWI and WWII. We also did a worksheet on "Hitler's Road to WWII" from A History of the 20th Century (pages 30-38). Tomorrow, we'll be talking about appeasement, and whether or not it was the right approach in dealing with Hitler's demands prior to the outbreak of WWII.

April 23

Social 30

We brainstormed some of the causes of WWII in small groups at the beginning of class today, and then we collected our ideas into a concept map. I also gave you a package of maps and readings that cover many key events in WWII. Please make sure that you read through this material! I'm also sending you a timeline of sorts that charts the road to WWII, so please check your e-mail tonight. Your Interwar Years Timeline Assignment is due tomorrow. Also, you have your Interwar Years Quiz tomorrow (short answer format) and your Interwar Years Unit Exam on Monday, click here for the study guide for these exams.

Social 33

I went through some notes on the board today on the League of Nations, so if you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate. I taught you another mnemonic to remember that the League of Nations was a failure:

French and British self-interest
Absent powers
Ineffective sanctions
Lack of armed forces
Unfair treaties
Reaching decisions too slowly

I then gave you a worksheet on the League of Nations that you were to complete using pages 26-29 in A History of the 20th Century. We went over the answers to this worksheet in class. I also gave you a handout on how the League of Nations was organized that you must read.

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Scream Bloody Murder" today, which provided us with a nice lead into a PowerPoint presentation that I started on "Contemporary Examples of Genocide". I have sent this presentation to you already, please print it off and read it, and bring it class tomorrow for homework check marks.

April 21

Social 20-1

I gave you back the results of the Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I (Part A, in-class 3 source analysis writing assignment)and your Chapter 5-6 Test. I went through a presentation today from the Genocide Watch website which highlights the "Eight Stages of Genocide". If you want to find this PowerPoint on the Genocide Watch website please go here (scroll to the bottom of the page to find the PowerPoint file to download it). We then began watching a CNN program called "Scream Bloody Murder" which is providing us with an overview of genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries, and includes interviews with witnesses to these various genocides. We will continue watching this documentary tomorrow.

Social 33

We started off watching a short video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay". While you were watching this film you were to take notes on the video on a worksheet. We then moved on to an examination of the rise of Hitler in Germany. The worksheet is from material in A History of the 20th Century (pages 14-17).

Social 30

We started our examination of WWII today by looking at the "big picture", an overview of the entire war by watching a video called "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb". With this video I gave you summary notes of the video itself. I also gave you a package of maps and readings that covers major events in WWII as well. We'll continue looking at WWII tomorrow. Please remember to review for your Interwar Years tests, here is the study guide. Your first test on this material is on Thursday, April 23rd and it's your Interwar Years Quiz (short answer format). Your Interwar Years Timeline Assignment is due on Thursday as well.

April 20

Social 33

I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "Allied Victory in WWI and the Paris Peace Conference", which I will be sending to you this afternoon. I also gave you some other handouts/worksheets today, "The Price of Defeat" (we went over the answers to this one in class), and "Making Peace" (GCSE booklet), and another handout on the Treaty of Versailles. Make sure that you have read all of these handouts!

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent in the library doing research for your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Project. This is the only class period that you will get to work on this project, the rest of the time will be on your own.

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent working on the Munich Agreement, and looking at the chronology of events leading to the outbreak of WWII. Please make sure that you complete not only the Munich Crisis booklet questions, but also the chronology of events on the back of the booklet. That chronology of events is EXTREMELY important to understand for your Interwar Years tests coming up this week and next week. Please see the study guide for your Interwar Years tests here.

April 17

Sorry for posting later tonight...

Social 33

We finished watching "One Day of War" today. I then delivered a PowerPoint presentation to review the outbreak of WWI with you, we'll be moving onward in Topic B next week.

Social 20-1

We finished off "White Light/Black Rain" today, I hope that you enjoyed this documentary. We then talked about the organization of your collaborative inquiry projects. We're moving on to the next phase of this project on Monday, by heading down to the library and retrieving information on your chosen topics.

Social 30

Today was the class period to work on the Interwar Years Timeline Assignment. This assignment is due on Thursday, April 23rd. You should do the rest of this project outside of class time. You should also be preparing for your Interwar Years exams, please see the study guide here.

April 16

Social 30

Today's class was spent in the library working on your Interwar Years Timeline Assignment. This assignment will due in one week's time (April 23rd). Tomorrow will be your last class period to work on this project. You should also be preparing for your upcoming exams on the Interwar Years, please see the study guide here.

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent watching the documentary film "White Light/Black Rain" and completing a film study. We will finish this film off tomorrow.

Social 33

We did an opinion survey at the start of our study of Topic B. We also started watching "One Day of War", which we will finish tomorrow.

April 15

Social 30

We covered a lot of ground today! If you missed class today, you will need to get some Interwar Years Notes that I wrote up on the board. These Interwar Years notes were the lead-in to the BBC 20th Century History video that we watched today called "Why Appeasement?" While you were watching this film, you were to complete the film study worksheet that went along with the film. I also gave you note packages on three case studies which illustrate the failure of the League of Nations: the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War. I also gave you a booklet on the Great Depression, appeasement, the FAILURe of the League of Nations, and the Munich Agreement. I have also sent to you some summary notes on the League of Nations, and Making Germany Pay (post-WWI)which you must print off, read, and add to your notes. You need to prepare for your Interwar Years tests coming up next week. On Thursday, April 23rd (note the date change) you have your Interwar Years Quiz (short answer format), and then on Monday, April 27th (note the date change) you will have your Interwar Years Unit Exam (70 multiple choice questions). Please use the following study guide to prepare for both tests.

Social 30 Interwar Years Study Guide:

Make sure that you have read all of the chapters in Global Forces in the 20th Century that pertain to the Interwar Years (Chapters 3-6). Also, make sure that you have studied all of the summary notes that I have given to you and sent to you by e-mail.

Know all of the following key concepts:

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Washington and London Naval Conferences
• Dawes Plan
• Locarno Pact
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Young Plan
• isolationism
• collective security
• self-determination
• Maginot Line
• Treaty of Versailles
• appeasement
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
• Anit-Comintern Pact
• League of Nations
• demilitarization of the Rhineland
• the Spanish Civil War and bombing of Guernica
• Anschluss
• Sudetenland
• Berchdestgarden
• Badgottesberg
• Munich Conference
• invasion of Abyssinia
• invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese

Know key events (chronological order as well) in the rise of Hitler in Germany:

• invasion of the Rhineland
• Sudetenland
• rearmament of Germany
• Munich Agreement
• Beer Hall Putsch
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• democratic elections into the Reichstag
• the Enabling Act
• Kristallnacht (Crystal Night, the Night of the Broken Glass)
• Anschluss with Austria
• lebensraum announced as foreign policy (expansionism)
• the Night of the Long Knives (elimination of the SA)
• invasion of Poland (start of WWII)

Social 33

Much of today's class was spent writing your Economic Systems Unit Final (50 multiple choice questions). We did start working on the second half of the course, Topic B.

Social 20-1

Yesterday, we finished up our look at the end of WWII in Europe, and today was spent on looking at the end of the war in the Pacific. We began our discussion of the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and then took a few steps backward in time to look at the development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project in the United States. We watched a video from the Turning Points of History series called "The Atomic Bomb" which covers the development and use of the atomic bomb. We will continue our examination of the moral and ethical questions surrounding the use of the development and use of the nuclear bombs on Japan tomorrow.

April 14

Social 20-1

We watched some excerpts today from "Schindler's List" to help illustrate life in the ghetto and the concentration camps. We also started talking about the aftermath of WWII in Europe and the trial of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg. We watched a short video on the war crimes trials at Nuremberg and I also gave you a handout with all the defendants and the results of the trial. Tomorrow, we'll be moving on to look at the end of WWII in the Pacific.

Social 33

Most of today's class was spent writing your Economic Systems Quiz, which consisted of a short answer section and a past Diploma Exam writing assignment. Please remember that you have your Economic Systems Unit Exam tomorrow. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 30

I gave you back the results of Position Paper #2 at the beginning of class. The rest of the class period was spent working in one of the the library computer labs on the Interwar Years Timeline Assignment. This group project assignment is due on Wednesday, April 22nd. Please make sure that you are up-to-date with your reading in Global Forces of the 20th Century by checking the reading schedule.

April 9

Social 30

I gave you back the results of your Topic A Unit Exam at the beginning of class. Also, we watched a film called "Make Germany Pay" and completed a film study to go along with it. There were some additional notes to go along with this film study that I wrote on the board as well. It is really important that you stick to the following reading schedule as we progress through Topic B of Social 30. I am also sending this reading schedule to you by e-mail, so make sure that you check your accounts tonight.

Global Forces of the 20th Century Reading Schedule:

The Interwar Period:

• Chapter 3-5 complete reading by April 14th
• Chapter 6 complete reading by April 17th
  

The Second World War:

• Chapter 7 April 17th-20th
• Chapter 8 April 21st-24th

The Cold War (note chronological deviation):

• Chapter 9 April 25th-29th
• Chapter 10 April 30th-May 4th
• Chapter 11 May 5th-May 8th
• Chapter 13 May 9th-May 12th

The Contemporary World:

• Chapter 12 May 13th-May 16th
• Chapter 14 May 17th-May 20th
• Chapter 15 May 21st-May 24th
• Chapter 16 May 25th-May 28th
• Chapter 17 May 29th-June 1st
• Chapter 18 June 2nd-June 4th
• Chapter 19 June 5th-June 7th
  

Social 20-1

We continued our look at the Holocaust today by watching a video called "Genocide", and then continuing the discussion about common questions about the Holocaust.This weekend would be a great weekend to work on your collaborative inquiry projects. I will be checking them and offering suggestions regarding the essential questions that you will be investigating.

Social 33

We did a major review of the Economic Systems unit today. We looked at how each of the three economic systems would answer the basic economic questions, and we played a short review game on the Economic Systems unit. Please make sure that you review this weekend, you have major tests on this unit coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please see the study here (scroll down to find it; this has been sent to you by e-mail as well).

April 8

Social 30

You wrote your Topic A Unit Final today. You will get the results back tomorrow. For homework tonight, please read Chapters 1-2 in Global Forces of the Twentieth Century.

Social 33

We did a review of the business cycle today, as well as reviewed Keynesian economics, and fiscal and monetary policy (please keep reviewing all concepts that have been introduced in our Economic Systems unit so far). We then started looking at our next mixed economy case study, Canada. I have assigned the following questions out of Chapter 14 in A Changing World: Q 1-5, Q8. Here are some upcoming important dates for Social 33 students:

• Economic Systems Quiz is on Tuesday, April 14th
• Economic Systems Unit Exam is on Wednesday, April 15th
  

Please see the study guides below:

Study Guide for Economic Systems Tests:

Next week, you will be writing a couple of tests covering the Economic Systems unit that we have been working on. I've decided to combine the study guide into one, however, please realize that there are two tests:
Economic Systems Unit Quiz (fill in the blanks format) + a writing assignment from a past Diploma Exam, this quiz is on Tuesday, April 14th
Economic Systems Unit Final (50 multiple choice questions) is on Wednesday, April 15th

The following study guide covers both tests:
1. Market Economy

• synonyms for a Market Economy
• Economic Values associated with Market Economy
• Advantages/Disadvantages of a Market Economy
• Adam Smith
• Invisible Hand
• Business Cycle (booms, busts, depression, recession, recovery)
• Law of supply and Demand (effect on price; equilibrium)
• Characteristics of a Market Economy
• Basic Economic Questions (what are the basic economic questions? how does a market economy 'answer' them?)
• USA (model example, please see Ch. 8-9 in A Changing World)
• FDR and the New Deal
• the Great Depression
• Means of Production (examples)
• Economic Individualism
• Competition
• Monopoly
• Private Ownership
• Profit Motive
• Consumer Sovereignty
  

2. Command Economy

• synonyms for a Command Economy
• Economic Values associated with a Command Economy
• Advantages/Disadvantages of a Command Economy
• Basic Economic Questions (what are they? how does a Command economy 'answer' them?
• Karl Marx (Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto)
• Characteristics of a Command Economy
• Structure of the Soviet Economy
• "storming"
• the second economy
• Central Planning of Production in the Soviet Union
• Gosplan
• top-down decision making in Soviet economy
• Economic Planning in the USSR (booklet)
• Lenin
• Stalin
• Five Year Plans
• collective farms
• Stalin and Modernization
• collectivization
• Gorbachev and his economic reforms
• Perestroika
• Glasnost
• please see Chapters 10-11 in A Changing World
  

3. Mixed Economy

• Economic Values associated with a Mixed Economy
• Characteristics of a Mixed Economy
• Advantages/Disadvantages of a Mixed Economy
• Monetary Policy
• Fiscal Policy
• Basic Economic Questions (what are they? how does a mixed economy 'answer' them?)
• privatization
• Utopian socialism
• Louis Blanc
• Robert Owen
• Business Cycle
• John Maynard Keynes
• Keynesian Economics
• tax incentives
• government subsidies
• please see Chapter 12 in A Changing World
• case studies (Canada-Ch. 14 and Sweden- Ch. 13 in A Changing World)

Social 20-1

I delivered a presentation today on "The Holocaust" which I have sent to you already, so please check your e-mail accounts. I also gave you a reading called "36 Questions About the Holocaust", which I strongly encourage you to read. Tomorrow, we will be continuing our examination of the Holocaust.

April 7

Social 20-1

I talked a little bit about the end of WWII in Europe, and how after the failure of Operation Barbarossa, the success of the Allied invasion of Italy and the D-Day invasion that the end of the war was near for the Nazis in WWII. We watched an excerpt from the film "Saving Private Ryan" as well. Tomorrow, and for the next few days we will be looking at the Holocaust and other genocides in the 20th century.

Social 33

We looked at Keynesian economics, fiscal and monetary policy and its intended effect on the business cycle. Please review this tonight! Also, we started looking at one of case studies for the mixed economy, Sweden. I have assigned for homework tonight the following questions from Chapter 13 Getting it Straight: Q1, Q3-9. These questions are due tomorrow.

Social 30

We started Topic B officially today, by looking at the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles. We looked at the key players (David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson and Vittorio Orlando), key terms (remember the mnemonic GARGLe.

Guilt

Arms

Reparations

German territory

League of Nations

We also looked at other sections of the Treaty of Versailles as well. I have sent you today's PowerPoint presentation "Allied Victory and the Treaty of Versailles" already, so please print it off 4-6 slides per page. In that same e-mail message I have sent you a document called "Wilson's Fourteen Points" which you also need to print off and read. Make sure that you pay particular attention to Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and what actually makes into the Treaty of Versailles. Tomorrow, you have your Topic A Unit Exam, please make sure that keep studying to maintain or improve upon your results from yesterday's Topic A Quiz.

April 3

Social 33

We watched a video today from the BBC 20th Century History Series called "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia", and while you were watching the video you were to take notes. If you missed today's class, you need to get these notes from a classmate. For the remainder of the period, you were to work on the "Economic Planning in the USSR" booklet for the remainder of the class. This entire booklet's questions are due on Monday, April 6th.

Social 20-1

Today you watched the video "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb", which covers World War II in an hour, I gave you extensive notes to go along with this video. You need to read this note booklet! Also, I gave you some other handouts today that you must read as well.

Social 30

Your Topic A Quiz has been moved to Monday, April 6th, so please review all of Topic A this weekend. I started a Topic A Review PowerPoint presentation (which I didn't finish), I'll be sending it off to you this weekend. Your job this weekend is to study as much as possible. We want good results on these upcoming exams, so that's one of the motivations for giving you a weekend to do more review.

April 2

Social 30

Your Topic A Quiz has been moved to Monday!!
I gave you some time today to go back over tests that you have written so far in Topic A. You could have spent some time doing some review for your Topic A Quiz, which is on Monday, April 6th. Your Topic A Unit Exam is still on Wednesday, April 8th.

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 5-6 Test. You will probably get your results for this test next week.

Social 33

I gave you some handouts today on Marx's view of capitalism, the Soviet economy, and we also did a simulation of central planning by pretending to be GOSPLAN central planners. At the very end of class, I gave you a booklet called Economic Planning in the USSR. You'll get some more time to read this over in class tomorrow, as well as answer the questions that go along with it.

April 1

Social 30

I gave you class time today to start reviewing material covered in Topic A. You have some upcoming tests on Topic A:

• Topic A Quiz is on Friday, April 3rd (35 MCQs)
• Topic A Unit Exam is on Wednesday, April 8th (80 MCQs)

Social 33

We did some review of basic economic concepts at the beginning of class today. I also gave time to work on homework assignments that were due today and tomorrow.

Social 20-1

We did some brainstorming on the causes of WWII at the beginning of class. If you missed today's class, you should get the notes from a classmate. We also got a start on our collaborative inquiry projects as well today. Please remember that you have your Chapter 5-6 Test tomorrow, here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).