May 29

Social 33

I gave you a couple of readings today, one of which is a timeline of major events since the end of the Cold War, and the other reading was a summary of major events since the end of the Cold War. Have a great weekend!

Social 20-1

I collected your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "A History of French-English Relations". I have already sent this presentation to you, make sure that you print it off and bring it class on Monday for homework check marks. This weekend is a great time to study for your Unit 3 Final Exam and to prepare for your Unit 3 Position Paper. Please see the study guide here for the Unit 3 Final Exam. Have a great weekend!

Social 30

I gave you a handout today that covers the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Please make sure that you have finished reading this booklet before you come to class on Monday. We started watching the documentary "Why We Fight" today, and we'll finish it in Mondays class. Make sure that you have Chapter 14 and taken notes on it as well, we'll be getting to China very soon!

May 28

Social 30

I gave you back the results of your Cold War Unit Final today. We continued our look at the Middle East today, by examining the Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War in greater detail, as well as looking at a history of Afghanistan since the Soviet pull-out. Tonight, please read Chapter 14 in Global Forces of the 20th Century. We probably won't be getting to China tomorrow, but rather make connections between what has happened in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan in the past and the current tensions in the contemporary world in these countries. In the days to come, we'll look at the American led invasion of Iraq in 2003, and a documentary film called "Why We Fight".

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Darfur: On Our Watch" today. I did a homework check on the Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions as well. We started Unit 4 material today. I distributed Unit 4 Organizational Web and the Unit 4 Worksheet. Your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Make sure that you study for your Unit 3 Final Exam (which is on Wednesday, June 3rd), here is the study guide (scroll down to find it). Also, you should be preparing for your Unit 3 Position Paper, which is on Tuesday, June 2nd.

Social 33

You had time today to work on your Contemporary Events booklet today. This booklet is based on your textbook Stories of the Century. This booklet is due tomorrow.

May 27

Social 30

You wrote your Cold War Unit Final today (you'll get the results back tomorrow). Make sure that you have read Chapter 12 in Global Forces in the 20th Century (and taken notes on it) by tomorrow's class. You should take notes under the following headings and subheadings:
1. Arab-Israeli Conflict:

• Arab-Israeli War (1948)
• Suez Crisis (1956)
• Six Day War
• Yom Kippur War

2. Superpower Involvement in the Middle East
3. Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Don't worry about taking notes on the Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War since I have notes packages to give you on these topics. We'll be looking at the Iran-Iraq War tomorrow as well as the Persian Gulf War.

Social 33

I gave you most of today's class time to work on a booklet of questions on the Contemporary World part of the Social 33 course. The questions in the booklet were from the textbook Stories of the Century. We'll work on this again tomorrow.

Social 20-1

I gave you some notes today on "Internationalism and Contemporary Global Issues". We also watched part of a video called "Darfur: On Our Watch", which we will finish off tomorrow. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Also, please remember that you have a Unit 3 Final Exam to be studying for, please see the study guide here.

May 26

Social 20-1

After doing some homework checks at the beginning of class, I gave you some upcoming important dates:

• Unit 3 Position Paper is on Tuesday, June 2nd
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 3rd
• Final Exam Part A (In-Class Essay) is on Wednesday, June 10th
• Final Exam Part B (100 Multiple Choice Questions) is on Tuesday, June 16th

You should start preparing for your Unit 3 Position Paper tonight (I have sent it to you by e-mail), and start reviewing material already covered in Unit 3 for the Unit 3 Final Exam (70 multiple choice questions). I gave you the rest of the class period to work on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow.

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations that I have sent to you:

• "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
• "Canada's Foreign Policy"
• "Nationalism and Internationalism"
  

Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:

• know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
• know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
• know the different foreign policy options
• know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
• what influences foreign policy decisions?
• methods of foreign policy
• motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
• how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
• tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
• what are INGOs and IGOs? examples of INGOs and IGOs
• the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
• peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
• different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
• why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples
  

Social 33

You wrote your Cold War Unit Final Exam today in class. You'll get the results of the multiple choice section tomorrow in class.

Social 30

We started looking at the Middle East today. We covered a lot of ground today! We looked at some background information to understand politics and conflict in the Middle East, and we watched a video on "The Arabs and Israel Since 1947". I gave you numerous handouts today, including: a timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, summary charts of the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 and the Suez Crisis of 1956. I also gave you some pointers on note-taking on Chapter 12 (The Middle East) from Global Forces of the 20th Century, you should take notes under the following headings and subheadings:

1. Arab-Israeli Conflict:

• Arab-Israeli War (1948)
• Suez Crisis (1956)
• Six Day War
• Yom Kippur War

2. Superpower Involvement in the Middle East

3. Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Don't worry about taking notes on the Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War since I have notes packages to give you on these topics.

Don't forget that you have your Cold War Unit Final tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

May 25

Social 33

I gave you most of today's class to work on another UN booklet that I gave you today. You have your Cold War Unit Final tomorrow (it's 30 multiple choice and 1 written assignment), I have sent the study guide to you by e-mail, but you can also see the study guide here on the blog (scroll down to find it). This is the last big opportunity that you will have to make a change to your school-awarded mark for Social 33. STUDY!!

Social 20-1

I finished off the presentation "Internationalism and Nationalism" in class today. I have already sent it to your e-mail accounts, so make sure that you print it off and bring it to class tomorrow for homework check marks. Your Foreign Policy Worksheet is due tomorrow as well, so make sure that you complete it. If you haven't read Chapter 11 yet, I would do so tonight because I will be assigning the Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions very soon.

Social 30

We watched another video from the CNN Cold War series, and this one was titled "The Wall Comes Down". I gave you some notes to go along with this video. Make sure that you have read all applicable chapters in your textbook in preparation for Wednesday's Cold War Unit Final (here's a link to the study guide, scroll down to find it). Tomorrow, I'll be covering the situation in the Middle East very quickly, so make sure that you have read Chapter 12 in advance of tomorrow's class.

May 22

Social 33

I gave you the entire class period to work on the United Nations: Organization booklet that I gave you late in yesterday's class. I have moved your Cold War Unit Final to Tuesday, May 26th, please see the study guide here.

Social 20-1

You got back your Unit 2 Position Papers today. I collected your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions for homework check marks and did a homework check to see if you printed off the "Canada's Foreign Policy" PowerPoint from yesterday. I started a PowerPoint presentation that corresponds to Chapter 11 in your textbook (with some supplementary material) that I will finish on Monday.

Social 30

We continued our look at the Cold War by watching another short video from the CNN Cold War series, this episode was called "Soldiers of God" and focused on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the American response to it. I also gave you a short reading package on Afghanistan as well. Your Cold War Unit Final is on Wednesday, please have a look at the study guide here.

May 21

Social 30

Today we looked at American intervention in the Western Hemisphere during the Cold War era by watching a video from the CNN series on the Cold War called "Backyard". I also had you copy some notes off the board that will be helpful as well in understanding this topic. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at the effects of the Cold War on Afghanistan. Next Wednesday, you will be having your Cold War Unit Final. Please see the study guide below.

Social 30 Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-11, 13 and 15 and have taken notes on key parts of each chapter
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (please see the Cold War Concepts Quiz Study Guide)
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences
  
  

Social 20-1

We finished off the Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry projects today. After that presentation I went through a PowerPoint on "Canada's Foreign Policy" which I will be sending to you this afternoon. Please print this PowerPoint off and bring it to class tomorrow for homework check credit. I also gave you back the results of your Unit 2 Final Exam as well today. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 33

I gave you a quick reading on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. You also had to work on worksheet called "Detente and After", we went over it in class. Your Cold War Unit Exam is on Tuesday, May 26th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

May 20

Sorry for the later post tonight...

Social 30

You wrote your Position Paper #3 in the Blenheim Room today, which took up the whole period.

Social 33

We watched "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" today, which took up most of the period. You have your Cold War Unit Exam on Tuesday, please see the study guide below.

Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

Key Terms/Key Concepts/Key Events/Key People:

• Yalta Conference
• Potsdam Conference
• Stalin
• NATO
• brinkmanship
• detente
• Berlin Airlift
• Berlin Wall
• Warsaw Pact
• Iron Curtain
• mutually assured destruction (M.A.D.)
• disarmament
• Marshall Plan
• containment
• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Kennedy
• Khrushchev
• SALT I
• SALT II
• Vietnam War
• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• Cold War
• United Nations
• collapse of the Soviet Union/collapse of communism
• Hungarian Revolution (1956)
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Partial Test Ban Treaty
• balance of power (between USA and USSR)
• domino theory
• Korean War

Here's how I would prepare for this unit final:

• study the Cold War timeline (handout)
• study the 6Ws for each of those Cold War Events
• study the chart on the nuclear arms race (it's the back page of the Cold War Events handout, legal sized paper)
• study the timeline of events on the Cold War Events booklet
• study the key terms listed above (prepare for each them, they're on the test)

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, which took most of the period. You should be able to get the results of this exam as well as some other assignments tomorrow (if we have time). We have one more Unit 2 Collaborative Project presentation tomorrow, and then we'll be looking at Canadian foreign policy and some Chapter 10 material in Exploring Nationalism.

May 19

Social 20-1

We continued with presentations for the Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects today. We will finish with the last presentation on Thursday. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow, here is a link to the study guide (scroll down to find it). After the last presentation on Thursday, we will be continuing with the Unit 3 material, specifically looking at Canadian foreign policy.

Social 33

Most of today's class was wiped out with Graduation Ceremony Rehearsals, but I was able to squeeze in a couple of Cold War concepts that you need to know for your Social 33 Diploma Exam: nuclear deterrence, M.A.D. (mutually assured destruction), and détente. If you missed class today, you can get the notes for these concepts from a classmate.

Social 30

I covered a fair bit of ground today. You are expected to read and study the packages that you were given today. I gave you a nice two page summary sheet of the arms reduction treaties and agreements (it's in chart format) as well as a timeline for the end of the Cold War. I also gave you an expanded timeline of "the Cold War at a glance" (1945-1992). I also gave you a package that is a nice supplement to the "American sphere of influence", which focused on American intervention in the Western Hemisphere, specifically, Central America: Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala. This information might be useful when preparing for your Position Paper #3, which goes tomorrow in the Blenheim Room (go there directly).

May 14

Social 30

We watched excerpts of some Cold War related films today like "War Games", "Fail Safe", and "The Day After". I also gave you a handout on arms reduction. Of the key terms and agreements in that arms reduction package, the ones that you should definitely memorize are: deterrence, mutually assured destruction (MAD), detente, SALT I, SALT II, Helsinki Accords, INF Treaty, START I, START II, Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI, nicknamed "Star Wars"), and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. I will be sending you the essay topics for your Position Paper #3 tonight, so please check your e-mail and start planning your essay for Wednesday May 20th.

Social 20-1

Today was the first day of the presentations for the Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects, we will be continuing this on Tuesday. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on May 20th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 33

I collected your Cold War Events booklets today. I will do a homework check on this and return it to you on Tuesday. We watched an excerpt from "Born on the Fourth of July" today. On Tuesday, we will be watching a documentary film on the Vietnam War called "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam".

May 13

Social 30

We marked the Cold War Concepts Quiz in class today, and then we started talking about the nuclear arms race during the Cold War. We watched a short video called "Duck and Cover" as well today. I will be either sending you notes on the nuclear arms agreements, or giving them to you in class tomorrow, depending on how successful I am at reducing the document down in length.

Social 33

We continued working on the Cold War Events booklet in class today. By now, you should be at least in the 1970s, probably near the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, if not finished the entire booklet. We watched a short video on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 called "Mr. Kennedy Mr. Khrushchev". Tomorrow and on Tuesday, I will be showing you some films on the Vietnam War.

Social 20-1

Today was a work period, where you were reading Chapters 9 and 10 in Exploring Nationalism and completing the Chapter 9 and 10 Key Terms and Questions from the Unit 3 Worksheet. The Chapter 9 Key Terms will be due on Tuesday, May 19th. Please remember that your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Project presentations will be going ahead tomorrow, so be prepared! I have sent you rubrics for evaluation of this project already, so make sure that your projects meet or exceed the expectations for this project.

May 12

Social 20-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation called "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism" today, and I will be sending this presentation to you this afternoon. Please print this presentation off (4-6 slides per page) and add it to your notes. I will be doing a homework check on this tomorrow. Also, tomorrow, I will be having the students who have missed class due to IB exams or illnesses write your Chapter 7-8 Test. If you can write this outside of classroom time, that would be preferable, so you don't miss more class time (so if you have a spare, write it during the spare). Tonight, I would be working on finishing off your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects and preparing for your classroom presentations. It would be a good idea to start working on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions from the Unit 3 Worksheet as well, I am not assigning it for homework yet, but it will be due very soon.

Social 33

We continued working on your Cold Events booklets today. You should be events in the 1960s by now, preferably in the Cuban Missile Crisis or Vietnam War era. You'll get a little bit of classroom time to work on these booklets again tomorrow, and we'll also watch a video on the Cuban Missile Crisis tomorrow.

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent writing your Cold War Concepts Quiz. Please make sure that you are up-to-date with your reading and note-taking in the Global Forces of the 20th Century textbook. At this point, you should have read and taken notes on Chapter 11 material, and you should be reading and taking notes on Chapter 13 as well. I just want to point out the reading schedule that I set for you when we started looking at Topic B, I'm posting the reading schedule as it pertains to our study for the rest of the semester:

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
  

You must be keeping up with the reading in the textbook! I will start to give you pop quizzes on material from Chapter 11 and onward, so BE PREPARED!! Here's a reminder of what to be looking for in Chapters 11 and 13 (I've made some revisions to this, so please pay attention!):

Chapter 11: Superpower Detente (1962-1988)

• Soviet bloc
• Brezhnev Doctrine
• Prague Spring
• Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
• Solidarity movement in Poland
• detente and the Helsinki Accord
• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• possible essay questions: To what extent should powerful nation-states become involved in the resolution of crisis situations? and To what extent does weapons production promote international stability?

Chapter 13: Nationalism in Asia

• Japan 1945-1980
• self-determination and sovereignty
• breakup of empires-decolonization-wars of national liberation
• Korean War
• Vietnam War
• North Korea today (nuclear threat)
• possible essay question: To what extent should nations promote their national interests?
  

May 11

Social 33

I gave you back your Cold War Maps of Europe back today, and I went over the answers to the questions on this worksheet. I also did a homework check on your Cold War booklets as well today. I gave you a package of maps that focused on three significant events in the Cold War: The Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Most of today's class was spent working on Events of the Cold War, which we will continue tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 2 Position Paper in the Blenheim Room. Please remember that your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Project presentations begin this week on Thursday, the order of these presentations will be determined on the first day of presentations, it is "luck of the draw", you must be ready to present on Thursday! Please check your e-mail this afternoon, I will be sending you some more documents on evaluation of the project.

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent watching the film "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam". Make sure that you have read the remainder of the Vietnam War package that I gave you on Friday. I will collect the homework from this booklet (sections A-C) tomorrow, so you've got a day of reprieve. Tomorrow, you will write your Cold War Concepts Quiz, please see the study guide below.

Cold War Concepts Quiz Study Guide:

This short answer quiz will be on Tuesday, May 12th. Be able to define each of the following key terms, and be able to provide real-world examples of each of these concepts in action (review the Motives and Forms of Conflict and Cooperation notes that I have sent to you by e-mail, and review these concepts from your textbook as well):

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security

Know key information about the United Nations (review Chapter 9 and the UN Organization Notes and United Nations PowerPoint presentation that I sent to you by e-mail):

• What is the primary goal of the UN?
• Be able to describe how the UN is involved in the world today
• Be able to explain the following concepts related to the UN: the Security Council, General Assembly, voting procedures, veto power
• criticisms of the UN
  
  

May 8

Social 33

I collected your Cold War Maps of Europe today. I gave you plenty of time to work on a Cold War booklet that covers the following events in the Cold War: the end of WWII and the division of Germany into zones of occupation, the Berlin Blockade, the Korean War, containment, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the domino theory, and the Vietnam War. We will be looking at these concepts and events in greater detail next week.

Social 20-1

We started our examination of Unit 3 today. Yesterday, you were to have picked up the Unit 3 Organizational Web and the Unit 3 Worksheet as well. Today, we did a brief opinion survey to help us establish the different viewpoints of nationalists and internationalists, and then I started a PowerPoint presentation called "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism", which I will finish on Monday. This is your last weekend to work on your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects. You need to begin discussing how you will be presenting your findings to the class on May 14th. I will be sending you a document on the final phases of this project this weekend. Also, I will be sending you the Unit 2 Position Paper topic by e-mail later today (you're writing this in the Blenheim Room on Monday), so please check your e-mail! (I'm including it here on the blog as well, just in case):

"Hitler did not wage war because of the Treaty of Versailles, although he found its existence a godsend for his propaganda. Even if Germany had been left with its old borders, even if it had been allowed whatever military forces it wanted … [Hitler] would still have wanted more."
- Margaret MacMillan

To what extent should we embrace the perspective(s) reflected in the source?

Please check the upcoming important dates below:

• Unit 2 In-Class Position Paper is on Monday, May 11th
• Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Project presentations begin on Thursday, May 14th (all groups must be ready to present on this date, there will be a random draw to see which groups present, prepare for a 10-15 minute presentation plus question and answer session)
• Unit 2 Final Exam (75 multiple choice questions) is on Wednesday, May 20th (please see the study guide below)
  

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:

• The Causes of World War I
• Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
• Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
• The Holocaust
• Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide

2. Know the following key concepts:

• national interest
• domestic policy
• foreign policy
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• Treaty of Versailles
• Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
• appeasement
• ultranationalism
• propaganda
• conscription crisis
• Adolf Hitler
• Nazis
• Hirohito
• Tojo
• Kristallnacht
• The Way of Subjects
• League of Nations
• total war
• internment
• War Measures Act
• Great Depression
• the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• irredentism
• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination

3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):

• World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
• Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
• The Interwar Years
• Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
• Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
• The Holocaust
• Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
• Decolonization and self-determination (quick review of "Gandhi" film study booklet, what are successor states? What is self-determination? Kosovo case study)
  

Social 30

I gave you a package on Southeast Asia today that was intended to give you some background information on the Vietnam War. When you completed the activities in this booklet you were to take a copy of a booklet on the Vietnam War. Your homework for Monday is to complete the People, Concepts/Terms, and Issues sections on the front of the booklet (please see below). Use your textbook and other sources to complete this information-gathering exercise. We will be watching a documentary on the Vietnam War on Monday, so you need to have completed the information-gathering prior to that class (please be on time on Monday, it is an 80 minute film). On Tuesday, May 12th, you will be writing a "Cold War Concepts Quiz", please see the study guide for this quiz below.

A. People

• Ho Chi Minh
• Ngo Dinh Diem
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Richard M. Nixon
• Viet Minh
• Viet Cong
• Le Duc Tho
• Henry Kissinger
• William Westmoreland
• "draft dodger"

B. Concepts/Terms

• Ho Chi Minh Trail
• defoliation
• "search and destroy" mission
• "Vietnamization"of the war
• Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• My Lai Massacre
• domino theory
• Kent State University protest (May 4, 1970)
• Tet Offensive (January 1968)
• Geneva Agreements (1954)

C. Issues

1. The predominant religion of Vietnam

2. The battle which marked the end of French colonial rule in Indo-China

3. The scandal which led to the only resignation of an American President

4. The Vice President who replaced the President after his resignation

5. Why was November 1963 a "bad month" for the governments of South Vietnam and the United States?

Cold War Concepts Quiz Study Guide:

This short answer quiz will be on Tuesday, May 12th. Be able to define each of the following key terms, and be able to provide real-world examples of each of these concepts in action(review the Motives and Forms of Conflict and Cooperation notes that I have sent to you by e-mail, and review these concepts from your textbook as well):

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security

Know key information about the United Nations (review Chapter 9 and the UN Organization Notes and United Nations PowerPoint presentation that I sent to you by e-mail):

• What is the primary goal of the UN?
• Be able to describe how the UN is involved in the world today
• Be able to explain the following concepts related to the UN: the Security Council, General Assembly, voting procedures, veto power
• criticisms of the UN
  

May 7

Social 30

We looked at the formation of alliances in the Cold War, and in turn, how the formation of these alliances led to some increased tensions during the Cold War. We looked at the formation of NATO, the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, the Baghdad Pact (which is renamed after Iraq leaves in 1958), and NORAD (renamed North American Aerospace Defence Command or NAADC in 1981). We watched a video on the Cuban Missile Crisis called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". I also gave you some handouts and background information on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and events in Europe in the 1950s (such as the Hungarian uprising). If you missed class today, you need to get the notes that you missed from a classmate.

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 7-8 Test today. If you missed today's class due to an excused absence, you will have to write this test at a later date (just know that the test that you will be writing will be different from the one given to students who were in class today). I also had you take a couple of handouts with you today: the Unit 3 Organizational Web and the Unit 3 Worksheet. I would like you to read Chapter 9 in the textbook tonight.

Social 33

You wrote your Interwar Years-WWII Exam today. You will get the results of the multiple choice component of this test back tomorrow. We'll continue looking at the Cold War tomorrow.

May 6

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent writing your World War II Unit Exam. We'll continue our examination of the Cold War tomorrow, by looking at the formation of rival alliances (NATO, OAS, SEATO, and the Warsaw Pact), and start looking at the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Social 33

We started the Cold War today. I gave you some notes on the board about the origins of the Cold War, and gave you the "big picture" by giving you a timeline of the key events of the Cold War, from the 1940s to the 1990s. We also looked at a map of Europe post-WWII, and how the rival military alliances of NATO and the Warsaw Pact divided up the continent. We watched a short video called "We Didn't Start the Fire", and I gave you a booklet on the Cold War. Busy day!Please remember that you have your Interwar Years-WWII Exam tomorrow, so please study for it. Here is a link to the study guide.

Social 20-1

We continued preparing for Written Response Assignment II (Part A of your Final Exam this year) by looking at how you should approach analyzing quotations. You were a list of quotations that pertained to Unit 2 and had to select a few of the quotations for analysis. You have your Chapter 7-8 Test tomorrow, so please use the study guide to review for this exam (scroll down to find it).

May 5

Social 20-1

I went over the new major writing assignment format that you will be facing next year on your Social 30-1 Diploma. I gave you a handout package, giving you a "recipe for success" on the Written Response Assignment II. A part of this package includes a section on "Analyzing Quotes", which we'll be looking at tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7-8 Test on Thursday, here's the study guide (scroll down to find it).

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We looked at the Nuremberg Trials that occurred after WWII, and did some wrap-up activities to cover WWII. Please remember that you have your Interwar Years-WWII Exam on Thursday (40 multiple choice questions and 1 writing assignment), please see the study guide here.

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We watched a video on North Korea today called "Inside North Korea" which provides a fascinating look at the "hermit kingdom" of Kim Jong Il. Please study tonight for your World War II Unit Exam, which is tomorrow, here is the study guide.

May 4

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I gave you the study for the Interwar Years-WWII Exam, which is on Thursday, May 7th. I am also posting it here on the blog, so please check below if you missed class today. I gave you a handout on the Timeline of the Holocaust, and had you add notes to this handout. I then showed you a documentary called "Genocide" which does a very good job of summarizing the Holocaust. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at the Nuremberg Trials which occurred after WWII was over.

Interwar Years-WWII Exam Study Guide:

Key Terms, Key People, Key Events:

• League of Nations


• Woodrow Wilson


• Nazis


• Treaty of Versailles


• Paris Peace Conference


• "Big Three"


• isolationist policy of the United States


• self-determination


• Manchuria


• Abyssinia


• Mein Kampf


• Neville Chamberlain


• appeasement


• Munich Conference/Munich Agreement


• Anschluss


• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact


• blitzkrieg


• the Holocaust


• concentration/extermination camps


• Pearl Harbour


• collective security and the League of Nations


• Maginot Line


• Rhineland


• Stalin


• Battle of Britain
  

Other Tips:

• key points in the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe)


• FAILURe of the League of Nations (why did the League of Nations fail?)


• examples of the failure of the League of Nations (Abyssinia, Manchuria, the Spanish Civil War)


• who were the "Big Three" at the Paris Peace Conference, and what did they each want?


• know about the breakup of empires in post-WWI world (Austro-Hungarian as an example)


• what is self-determination?


• Hitler's main ideas and how he put them into action


• what is appeasement? why did Chamberlain employ it at the Munich conference?


• how did Hitler rise to power?


• what is Anschluss?


• what does blitzkrieg mean? what tactics are used in blitzkrieg?


• be able to name some Nazi concentration camps


• significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour


• major turning points in WWII (fall of France, attack on Pearl Harbour, D-Day landing, use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki)

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Today, we looked at the case study of Kosovo today. We watched an episode of CBC News in Review April 2008 on Kosovo. While you were watching this video, you were to work on the question booklet that went with the video. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, I will do a homework check on this tomorrow. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Thursday, May 7th, please see the study guide below. If you miss class on Thursday due to IB Exams, you will write this test when I see you next (the exam, of course, will be different from the one written by the rest of the class).

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Thursday, May 7th. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust"


• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/)


• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide"
  

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust


• Turning Points in History: The Atomic Bomb (film notes)


• White Light/Black Rain (film notes)


• Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)


• Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)


• make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!


• read the links about the genocide in Darfur that I will send to you!
  

1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
genocide:

• crimes against humanity


• war crimes


• the Holocaust


• ethnic cleansing


• lebensraum


• Weimar Republic


• Final Solution


• decolonization


• successor state


• self-determination


• Wansee Conference


• Nuremberg Trials


• Mahatma Gandhi


• Jawaharlal Nehru


• Mohammed Ali Jinnah


• home rule


• Hutu


• Tutsi


• Romeo Dallaire


• Manhattan Project


• Hiroshima


• Nagasaki


• Robert Oppenheimer


• FDR


• Harry Truman


• Potsdam Conference


• Slobodan Milosevic

2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet from Chapter 7 and 8.

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We covered a lot of ground today. I have sent you a PowerPoint presentation on "The United Nations" and notes on the United Nations, so please check your e-mail. Print these notes off, read them, and add them to your binders. I also went through a PowerPoint presentation on "The Korean War" ans showed you a video on the Korean War. Please remember your WWII Unit Exam is on Wednesday, May 6th, here is a link to the study guide.

May 1

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I gave you some time to finish your "Events of WWII" booklets at the beginning of class. We watched an excerpt from the film "Pearl Harbor". You were supposed to hand in your Causes of WWII Assignment today.

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You handed in your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. We finished watching "Gandhi" today. All of the questions from the "Gandhi" film study are due on Monday, May 4th (content questions and thought questions). This weekend might be a good time to do some more work on your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects.

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I gave you a package on the "End of World War II" which also went beyond to cover the "Iron Curtain Speech", the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift, the division of Germany, the formation of the NATO and Warsaw Pact military alliances. I then showed you a video called "The Road to Berlin" which quickly covers the final years of WWII. We then watched "Cold War Confrontation". I published a study guide for your World War II Unit Exam (which is on Wednesday, May 6th) yesterday on the blog, please see the study guide here.