December 18

IB 30/35

We had our debate today on the topic of "This house believes that government intervention in the economy is necessary". We also started watching "It's a Wonderful Life" today, and we'll continue the movie on Wednesday and Thursday.

IB 20

You wrote your Paper 2 on Topic 3, Authoritarian and Single-Party States today. We also started watching "Understanding Canadian Government".

Social 10-1

We continued our Model UN Conference on Child Soldiers today. We'll finish this conference off tomorrow, by looking at some working papers and resolutions that you were working on today. Please remember that you have homework tonight: your Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

December 17

IB 30/35

You split yourselves into TOK presentation groups today. TOK presentations will take place at the end of February. Please come to Room 111 directly tomorrow. We'll head down to Room 121 together for our debate on the topic: This house believes that government intervention in the economy is necessary.

Social 10-1

We started our Model UN conference today on child soldiers. As proceedings went, I think that it was a pretty good first day. I would expect a resolution on this issue to address the definition of a child and a child soldier, and try to address possible solutions to the issue. We ended with an unmoderated caucus to discuss working papers. Do not write resolutions at home tonight. The whole point of creating working papers is to modify them with the help of other delegates. We'll finish our Model UN conference tomorrow. If you haven't spoken yet or participated in discussion, you need to tomorrow!

IB 20

I went through the following concepts today: direct democracy, representative democracy, parliamentary democracy and presidential democracy. We looked at the structure of government in the USA and in Canada as our examples. Please remember that you will be assessed on your understanding of the dictatorships tomorrow with the writing of the Paper 2.

I'm going to give you a little advice for writing your Paper 2 on Tuesday. Some of this advice applies to the actual Paper 2 Exam that you will be writing in May 2014. The actual Paper 2 Exam consists of five topics, we'll deal with three of them over the course of this semester, and next year. The topics that we cover are Topic 1: Causes, Practices and Effects of War, Topic 3: Authoritarian and Single-Party States, and Topic 5: The Cold War. We'll deal with Topic 1 and Topic 5 next year. The Paper 2 that you write on Tuesday deals only with Authoritarian and Single-Party States. On the actual Paper 2 Exam, each of the five topics will have six questions, and you will have to answer two of them. For Tuesday's Paper 2 you just have to answer one of the questions.

• For each topic on the Paper 2 Exam, three out of the six questions will be 'named' questions. This means that in Topic 3, three of the questions will refer to particular states or leaders. (ex. Analyze the methods used by either Castro or Mao to maintain his position as the ruler of a single-party state.)
• For each topic on the Paper 2 Exam, two out of the six will be 'open-ended' or general questions. This means you can choose any suitable example that you have studied. (ex. Examine how and why one leader of a single-party state was able to make a successful bid for power.)
• For each topic on the Paper 2 Exam, one out of the six will ask about 'social, economic or gender issues'. (ex. Discuss the role and status of women in two single-party states, each chosen from a different region.)

Make sure that you know what your IB command terms mean.  (ex. analyze, compare and contrast, discuss, evaluate, examine, to what extent)

For the upcoming Paper 2 on Tuesday, make sure that you review Hitler and Stalin.

The themes that you should study for Topic 3 are as follows:

Origins and nature of authoritarian and single-party states
This theme asks you to look at the rise to power of authoritarian and single-party state leaders or the emergence of authoritarian or single-party states. You need to consider what kind of circumstances made it possible for this to happen and what kinds of methods were used by the leader to take power.

Establishment of authoritarian and single-party states
This theme asks you to look at the leader or the state once power has been assumed and other political parties or groups have been suppressed. You need to consider how power is maintained, probably through the use of popular policies and/or terror.

Domestic policies and impact
This theme asks you to look at the way the state is actually structured and what kind of policies are carried out. You need to consider what kind of programme is put into practice and how economic and social policies are created and implemented. You will also need to know something about the role of women, attitudes towards religion and the kind of culture that developed inside the state.

Other pieces of advice:

• choose your question carefully
• on the actual Paper 2 Exam, you'll only have about 45 minutes to write each answer (remember you answer two questions for a 90 minute exam)
• make sure that you do a quick 5 minute plan for your essay (if it's a compare and contrast question, set up a chart with similarities that two leaders had in common, and their differences in the other column)

Do's:

• Do read the question very carefully and make sure that you can answer it. If a specific time period is mentioned, do you have enough material to cover it all? If the question asks about social and economic policies, do you know enough about both?
• Do answer the question that is asked on the exam paper and not a similar one you prepared earlier!
• Do plan your answer and include this plan on your exam answer sheets.
• Do begin with an introduction and always refer to the question in the introduction.
• Do define any key words such as 'totalitarian' or 'authoritarian' if the question mentions these.
• Do use a comparative structure if the question asks you to compare and contrast.
• Do include DATES! When you are writing about why something happens, you will usually need to refer to what came before (cause and effect), and so knowing the order in which events happen is very important.
• Do refer to the question in each paragraph, to make sure that your answer stays focused.
• Do finish with a conclusion that sums up your arguments.
• Do include some reference to different historical interpretations, if this is appropriate.

Don'ts:

• Don't write down everything you know about a topic; you need to select only relevant material.
• Don't leave out facts and dates. Your arguments need to be supported, so saying that Castro used guerrilla tactics to come to power is fine, but you need to support this statement with evidence of how he did this.
• Don't just list what historians say about a topic; use historiography to support your arguments not replace them.
• Don't use quotations to replace your arguments. If you use quotations, explain why and link them to your arguments.
• Don't use 'I think ... ' or 'In my opinion ... ' but instead write, 'It is clear that..,' or 'Given the evidence. it can be seen that., .' Try to keep an 'academic' tone to your writing.

Introductions and conclusions - don't neglect these!

Introduction

There is no formula for a good introduction. While some students will state very clearly how they will structure their answers, others may simply give some relevant background and their thoughts on the question. Examiners will want to know that you have understood the question and have grasped its implications. Think of it as a 'first impression', leading the examiner to think 'Good, they are on the right track'. Also, if you are answering an 'openended' question that may, for example, ask about the rise to power of a leader, then you can state here what time period you will focus on. In the case of Nasser, for instance. would you begin in 1952 or 1948 or earlier? Also, are there terms that need to be defined? If so, it is a good idea to do this in the introduction.

Conclusion
Here is your chance to make a 'lasting impression'. You will need to summarize your arguments concisely, but not by repeating them one by one, this is tedious add much to the answer. If you have a nice quotation that is relevant (make sure it is!) and sums up your argument, then use it in the conclusion. It may spark the marker's interest and leave a good impression.

December 14

IB 30/35

We talked briefly about causes of WWII today before we watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Why Appeasement?" You also got the results back for your Market and Mixed Economy Exam. Please take some time this weekend to prepare for the debate that we're having on Tuesday. Remember that we agree with the following proposition: This house believes that government intervention in the economy is necessary.

 

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Blood Diamond" today. The "Blood Diamond" film study is due on Monday. Also on Monday we will be starting our Model UN conference on child soldiers. Please make sure that you have read the background guide that I have sent to you already. Please do some additional research this weekend. I will be taking in your research notes on Tuesday.

IB 20

The entire period was spent addressing the IA. We went through the PowerPoint presentation on the IA as well. You selected your IA topic as well today. I think most of the topics are very good and with a little guidance you should be able to find resources to help get you through the IA. You;re writing a Paper 2 on the Dictatorships unit on Tuesday.

December 13

IB 20

After this morning's fire drill we watched a short video on "Comparative Government" which introduced the concepts of a unitary system, a federal system and a confederated system, as well the distinctions between democratic and non-democratic systems. I also went through part of a PowerPoint presentation on non-democratic systems (different types of dictatorships)and just got into the parliamentary democracy example of Canada. I will post this presentation on the IB 20 wiki. Please print it off and add it to your notes. We'll start the American system of government on Monday. Tomorrow is the day when we you will get your IA topic.

Social 10-1

We continued the film study of "Blood Diamond" today in class. We'll finish with the film itself tomorrow, and the accompanying film study will be due on Monday. I assigned you a country for a Model UN conference. I have sent you a background guide for our Model UN conference on child soldiers already, so please check your e-mail accounts. Use the background guide as a starting point for your research. You need to know a little about the country that you are representing as well as that country's position on child soldiers. Look into what the UN has done about child soldiers, and what NGOs are doing about this issue as well. What is a child soldier? What are some underlying causes that leads to the usage of child soldiers? What are some possible solutions to this problem?

IB 30/35

Today's class was spent writing your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Test. This took the whole period. I also gave you the topic for next week's debate: This house believes that government intervention in the economy is necessary. We agree with the proposition, so we'd agree in favor of Keynesian economics and the benefits of intervention. On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week we'll be going down to Room 121. The debate is on Tuesday, and you'll just have to wait and see what we have planned for Wednesday and Thursday.

December 12

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms charts at the beginning of the class. I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society", which I will be sending to you today. When you get this PowerPoint presentation, please print it off 4-6 slides per page and add it to your notes. We started our film study of "Blood Diamond" today, and we will continue this film tomorrow.

IB 20

For the first 30 minutes of class today you completed the Tell Them From Me computer survey. For the remainder of the class we watched the documentary "Genocide". We will be leaving the Dictatorships unit and start looking at democratic systems tomorrow.

IB 30/35

 

I went through how demand-side and supply-side economics would deal with a recession at the start of class. We then proceeded to continue watching "Commanding Heights" Episode 1 "The Battle of Ideas". We did not finish this video in class. We finished a little over an hour of the video, and you can watch the rest of the video below. Tomorrow, you will have a test on the market economy and the mixed economy. Please see the study guide below. Many of the handouts and PowerPoint presentations that the study guide refers to are actually already on the wiki already under Social 30-1 Unit 2 material.

Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:

• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise
• 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 advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada)
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession

 

I also showed you a a short YouTube video which was a "rap battle" between "Keynes" and "Hayek". You can watch this video again below:



Round 2 is here:

December 11

IB 30/35

I went through some basic characteristics of a market economy, and gave you some notes on private enterprise and supply-side economics. If you missed today's class, you need to get the notes from a classmate that I wrote on the board. We also started watching the first episode of "Commanding Heights". We'll continue watching "The Battle of Ideas" tomorrow. We're going to have our class debate on Tuesday (December 18th) against Mr. Johnson's class. On Thursday you will have a test on the market economy and the mixed economy. Please see the study guide below. Many of the handouts and PowerPoint presentations that the study guide refers to are actually already on the wiki already under Social 30-1 Unit 2 material.

Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:

• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• 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
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada)
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession

IB 20

We powered through the remainder of the "Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany" PowerPoint presentation. As you know, this PowerPoint is already up on the IB 20 wiki under the Dictatorships unit. Please also study the Hitler and Historiography article that is up the wiki as well. You need to know Hitler and Stalin extremely well for the Paper 2 that you will be writing on Tuesday, December 18th. Start studying the PowerPoint presentations on Stalin and Hitler now, and study the historiography! Tomorrow we'll watch a short documentary on the Holocaust. We will be starting the last unit in IB 20 this week: Democracies.

Please make sure that you have printed off the "Hitler and Nazi Germany" PowerPoint (pictured above) with 4-6 slides per page. Also, you should have printed off the "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" PowerPoint presentation already (pictured below). Again, don't print them off one slide per page, I recommend 4-6 slides per page, and double-side print if you can.

Social 10-1

I gave you some notes today on human rights, civil rights, inalienable rights, entrenching rights, the War Measures Act (used in Canada during WWI, WWII, the FLQ Crisis), the Canadian Bill of Rights (1961, not entrenched in the Canadian constitution), and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I also gave you a booklet on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( a worldwide goal for human rights, serves as a model for other documents, such as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but it's not legally binding. Many UN member states ignore this Declaration). You were to complete the chart activity on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the application of the notwithstanding clause during class time. If you did not complete this chart, here is a hyperlink to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

December 10

IB 30/35

You completed the Tell Them From Me computer survey for part of today's class. We also looked at the Great Depression in Latin America. This Powerpoint presentation is already on the wiki in the Great Depression and the Americas section. On Thursday you will be writing a Social 30-1 test on the Market Economy and the Mixed Economy.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today. I also gave you back the results for your TNC Dossier Assignment as well. Your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20

I gave you back your Paper 3 Essays on Unit 6. We watched Part 2 of "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" today. We'll continue with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany this week. If you haven't printed off the Hitler PowerPoint presentation that I started last week yet, you should print it off before tomorrow's class (4-6 slides per page).

December 7

Thursday was an incredibly busy day for me, so unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to post on the blog yesterday. Hence, I am posting on December 7th, a date that shall live in infamy....

IB 20

We watched part 1 of the "Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" on Thursday, as well as started looking at the Hitler PowerPoint. We'll watch Part 2 of the video on Monday, and continue to look at the Hitler and Nazi Germany presentation.

Social 10-1

After some technical difficulties with my Jeopardy game, we played a review game of Jeopardy for the entire class on Thursday. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Monday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30

We watched a short NFB film on the Great Depression called "The Dark Years: 1929-1939". You then wrote a quiz on the Great Depression. You have homework this weekend: create a compare and contrast chart on how the Canadian and American governments dealt with the effects of the Great Depression. If you are a Diploma student your EE rough draft is due on Monday. To all of the EE students that I am supervising: I want it sent to me as a Word document.

December 5

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization". I have sent this presentation to your e-mail accounts already. You also had some time to work on Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions today. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on December 10th. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20

I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia". While this video was playing you should have been taking extensive notes on the Five Year Plans and collectivization. We continued with the "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" PowerPoint presentation. I will not finish this presentation in class, you are responsible for the rest of the material in the presentation. I also talked a little bit about historiography as well, by going through the PowerPoint presentation "Stalin and the Historians", which is on the IB 20 wiki.

IB 30/35

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today on "The Great Depression in Canada". This presentation is already up on the IB 30/35 wiki. We may continue with the Great Depression in Canada tomorrow, but we should be transitioning into Latin America as well. I am going to put up some more information on the wiki on the Great Depression in Canada so you can complete an activity over the long weekend. What I'd like you to do is answer the following in chart format: Compare and contrast the Canadian and American governments' response to the effects of the Great Depression. You will be looking for similarities and differences in approach between Herbert Hoover's administration, FDR's New Deal and R.B. Bennett and Mackenzie King's response. This is preparation for the IB History Exams in May 2013.

December 4

IB 30/35

I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "The New Deal" today. As I went through this lecture, you were to fill in accompanying charts. You also had time to look at what critics of the New Deal had to say and complete the chart for this activity as well. The challenges to the New Deal questions and chart are due tomorrow. I also highly recommend that you read Chapter 6 and 7 in the Modern America textbook as well.

IB 20

You watched an A & E Biography today called "Joseph Stalin: Red Terror", and while this video was playing you should have been taking notes on it. I continued with the PowerPoint presentation "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" today. Tomorrow we'll look at the Five Year Plans in greater detail. By Thursday, we will be starting our examination of Adolf Hitler.

Social 10-1

You had the entire class today to work on your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow. We also held a vote on whether or not we should have an in-class debate on Thursday, and by a narrow margin of 15 No votes to 13 Yes votes, we will not have a debate. Please see your Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide below. This test is on Monday, December 10th.

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions.

December 3

IB 30/35

Today was a pretty busy day. I walked you through the monetary and fiscal policy notes today that I asked you to print off and bring to class. After I lectured you on these notes I asked you to hand them in for class check marks. You also had your Great Depression and New Deal Study Guide due today, so you should have handed this in during class time to receive full homework check credit for it. I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "FDR and the New Deal". While you were watching this video you were to take notes on it. This video is on YouTube as well, and there is a link to it on the IB 30/35 wiki under the Great Depression and the Americas section. If you missed information from it, you could always watch it again. I also gave back your Prescribed Subject 1 Paper 1 essays today.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today in the Blenheim Room, which took the entire period.

IB 20

We watched a video on the Russian Revolution at the beginning of class. We then continued with the Joseph Stalin and the USSR PowerPoint presentation that I started last week. I also did a homework check on the work sections that were assigned last week.

November 30

IB 30/35

I went through a handout on the Great Depression and FDR's New Deal with you today. I also gave you some time to complete the Great Depression Study Guide as well. Your answers to these questions are due on Monday. The questions can be found on the IB 30/35 wiki under The Great Depression and the Americas. I'm also going to post the fiscal and monetary policy handout on the wiki. Please print it off and bring it to class on Monday.

Social 10-1

We played a Unit 3 Review Game for the entire period. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Monday in the Blenheim Room. Go to the Blenheim Room directly on Monday.

IB 20

You wrote your Paper 3 on Unit 6 for most of the period today. You also have homework this weekend. Please go to the Dictatorships unit on the IB 20 wiki, and complete the work sections on page 7 and page 9 in the Stalin and the USSR PDF file.

November 29

IB 20

We continued our look at Authoritarian and Single Party States today by looking at characteristics of non-democratic systems and totalitarianism. We then started looking at a PowerPoint lecture called "Joseph Stalin and the USSR". Tomorrow, you will write your Paper 3 on the History of the Americas. On the IB 20 wiki under Paper 3 you can find the Paper 3 Markbands, some advice on writing a Paper 3 Essay, and a short sample of a Paper 3. You should review the formation of American political parties after Washington's farewell address, the War of 1812, and the Mexican-American War.

Social 10-1

I gave you the Unit 3 WRA II essay question sheet today. Most of today's class was spent in small group discussion on appropriate arguments and examples that could be used.

IB 30/35

We did some review of economic concepts that I taught you yesterday. We built on the boom and bust cycle by introducing the Keynesian economic responses to various stages of the business cycle. We also watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Boom and Bust".

November 28

Social 10-1

I collected your TNC Dossier Projects at the beginning of class. I showed an interview between Jeff Rubin (former chief economist for CIBC) and George Stroumboulopoulos  , in which Rubin discussed the future of globalization with rising oil prices. Additionally, we continued looking at the sustainability of globalization by looking at e-waste in China. I gave you an article from National Geographic called "High Tech Trash". You can find the original article and the corresponding photo gallery and graphics here. Your Chapter 14 Key Terms are due tomorrow.

IB 20

We covered a lot of territory today as we began our unit on authoritarian and single party states. We reviewed the 19th century political spectrum, introduced the 20th century political spectrums, the principles of individualism (liberalism), the economic-political grid, the techniques of dictatorships.

IB 30/35

You wrote your Prescribed Subject 1 Quiz today, and we also went through some basic economics as well. I went through the basic economic problem facing all societies 9scarcity), basic economic questions, basic economic systems, basic economic values, and reviewed the mnemonics for the principles of individualism and collectivism. I also quickly reviewed the law of supply and demand, the economic-political grid and the boom and bust cycle. We will build on the business cycle tomorrow when we start looking at Keynesian economic response to the booms and busts of the business cycle. I also did a homework check on the 1920s study guide.

November 27

IB 30/35

You had class time today to work on the 1920s study guide. Your answers to these questions are due tomorrow. You can find this study guide on the IB 30/35 wiki under "The Great Depression and the Americas". I also taught you some mnemonic devices to remember the principles of individualism and collectivism. Please remember that you have your Prescribed Subject 1 Quiz tomorrow.

IB 20

We watched a video from the U.S. History series called "Expansionism" which followed the growth of the continental United States from 1800 to 1853. I also went through some advice on how to write a Paper 3. Remember, you are writing a Paper 3 on Friday.

Social 10-1

We finished watching the NFB documentary "Shipbreakers" today. I continued with the PowerPoint lecture on "Globalization and Sustainability". I have sent this PowerPoint to you already (as well as the "Impacts of Globalization on Environments"). Your Chapter 14 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. On Monday, December 3rd you will be writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on December 10th (a study guide will be posted here on the blog shortly).

November 26

IB 30/35

We looked conservatism in the USA in the 1920s today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "Conservatism in the 1920s", this presentation is already on the IB 30 wiki in the Great Depression unit. We also watched a video from the U.S. history series called "The Roaring Twenties". You have a quiz on Wednesday on Prescribed Subject 1. It is a matching quiz with a few other surprises.

Social 10-1

We started today looking at the "Impacts of Globalization on Environments" and then transitioned into "Globalization and Sustainability". We started a film study of a NFB film called "Shipbreakers". We will continue this video tomorrow along with the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation. One week from today, Monday, December 3rd, you will be writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday. Your Chapter 14 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Thursday, November 29th.

IB 20

Most of today's class was spent watching a video on the Mexican-American War. There were a lot of details in this video that should help you complete notes on causes, courses/practices, events and results of this war. Tomorrow, we'll backtrack a bit and make sure that we have completed understanding of the entire American expansionist movement.

November 23

IB 30/35

You spent all of today's period writing your Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1. Next week, we'll start transitioning into economics in preparing for our examination of the Great Depression. These next few topics that we'll cover in IB History are useful for your IB exam in May 2013 as well as your Social Studies 30-1 Diploma Exam in June. You'll have a quiz on Prescribed Subject 1 next week, on Wednesday to be exact. This quiz will have a matching format and source analysis.

Social 10-1

We watched "Globalisation is Good" for most of today's period. As you watched this film you were to take notes in the film study booklet. This is your last weekend to work on your TNC Dossier Project since the project is due on Wednesday, November 28th, so make sure that you find some time to get together with your partner to work on this project. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz today at the beginning of class. I finished my "American Expansionism" PowerPoint lecture today, and I will be posting it on the wiki in a matter of days. I assigned the following homework from the History of the Americas textbook:

• Read pages 95-101
• Answer questions 1-3 on page 103 on Sources A to E

We'll continue with the Mexican-American War on Monday. You will be writing a Paper 3 on Friday, November 30th, so I will also go through the expectations of a Paper 3 in class next week.

November 22

IB 20

Yesterday we finished off looking at the Jacksonian Age, and today we started looking at manifest destiny and American expansionism. We started a PowerPoint presentation called "American Expansionism" which we will continue tomorrow. You also wrote your Unit 6 Quiz today which required you to complete a matching section and some short answer questions including an OPVL chart.

Social 10-1

I started a lecture today on the "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization". I have sent this PowerPoint presentation to you already. We completed a film study of the video "The Other Side of Outsourcing" as well today. Tomorrow, we should be able to start "Globalization is Good".

IB 30/35

We watched the A & E Biography of Benito Mussolini today, and while you were watching this video you should have been taking notes on the topic. You have your Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1 tomorrow, please prepare for it!

November 20

IB 30/35

We finished off the "Japanese Invasion of Manchuria" PowerPoint presentation today in class. I will post this presentation on the IB 30 wiki. You have a homework assignment due tomorrow from your Paper 1 Study Booklet. Please make sure that you complete the Student Study Section on page78 and on page 80. Please continue to prepare for your Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1 on Friday.

IB 20

We had our War of 1812 debate today which took most of the class. On Thursday, you will have a matching quiz on material from Unit 6 up to the War of 1812. Tomorrow we'll look at Andrew Jackson's presidency.

Social 10-1

We finished our film study of "The Age of Wal-Mart" today. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Tomorrow, you'll be writing your Chapter 10-11 Test, please see the study guide here.

November 19

IB 30/35

You wrote your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test today. You will get your individual results tomorrow in class. After the test, we started looking at the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria, which we will continue tomorrow. Please start preparing for your Paper 1 that will happen on Friday.

Social 10-1

We finished off "The Corporation" today, and then we went right into "The Age of Wal-Mart" film study. We'll finish off that film study tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, please see the study guide here. Here's the video that I tried to show you in class:

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

IB 20

I gave you some notes on the formation of American political parties which will help you not only this year, but next year. I gave you the remainder of the class time to work in your groups for tomorrow's War of 1812 debate. On Thursday you will have a matching quiz on material covered so far in Unit 6.

November 16

I apologize for not posting on the blog last night, it was a busy afternoon and evening...

IB 20

You should have submitted your Facebook timeline assignment to me by now. I want a link to the group not to the individual profiles! We finished watching the PBS documentary on the War of 1812. I want you to complete the TOK Links in your History of the Americas textbook on pages 86-87. You should also complete the War of 1812 website assignment that is in Unit 6 Nation Building and Challenges on the IB 20 wiki.

Social 10-1

We continued our film study of "The Corporation", and I was able to show you some exemplars of the TNC Dossier Assignment as well. The TNC Dossier Assignment is due on November 28th, and you will not receive any class time to complete it. Don't forget that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

IB 30/35

I finished off the lecture on disarmament conferences in the Interwar Years at the beginning of class, and then you had some time to complete your homework assignments that are due on Monday. Please remember that you have your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Test on Monday, please see the study guide here.

November 14

Social 10-1

We started a film study today on the documentary film "The Corporation". As I told you in class, I split this up over three class periods. After we finished watching the first segment today I handed out the TNC Dossier Assignment sheets, and went over what the project entails. This project is due on November 28th. Tomorrow we should be able to select the TNCs and I should be able to show you some exemplars as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test next Wednesday (November 21st), please see the study guide below.

Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:

This quiz has a matching section and a short answer section. Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 Worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

1. "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
2. "Expansion of Economic Globalization"


You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system? (DETAILS!!)
• What are some criticisms of the WTO? (DETAILS!!)

IB 20

Your Latin American Independence Movement Assignment was due today. Please send me the link to your project page in Facebook. Please send the link to either my CBE e-mail address or my Gmail account if you prefer.I finished delivering the PowerPoint presentation on "Forging the New Republic" in class today. I will be posting this presentation on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 6 this evening.

IB 30/35

You completed a film study on the BBC 20th Century History video series episode entitled "Make Germany Pay" in class today. I also starting delievering a lecture on the League of Nations attempts to enforce the treaties and the disarmament conferences that took place in the Interwar Years. Please remember also that you have a test on the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs on Monday. Please see the study guide here. Also, next Friday you will be writing a Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1. Keep up with content covered in class!!

November 13

IB 30/35

I went through the League of Nations mandate system and differences between Class A,B and C mandates. This PowerPoint is already posted on the wiki. Please complete the Covenant of the League of Nations worksheet that has been posted on the wiki under Prescribed Subject 1. I also did a homework check on the Treaty of Rapallo work. Please see yesterday's post for the study guide for your Emdrgence of the Americas in Global Affairs test study guide. This test is on Monday, November 19th.

IB 20

I continued with the "Forging the New Republic" PowerPoint lecture today. I finished off the Jefferson presidency and then assigned the War of 1812 booklets to you. These booklets will provide you with even more details and help you prepare for our next full class debate.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Life + Debt" today. I went over the Unit 2 WRA I and gave back the results of the Unit 2 Imperialism Research Project. You have the Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, November 21st. The study guide will go up tomorrow.

November 12

IB 30/35

I lectured on the League of Nations today. This PowerPoint is already posted on the IB 30/35 wiki under Prescribed Subject 1. I talked about basic structure and organization of the League and successes and failures as well. Know the mnemonic FAILURe really well, and as we progress forward in Prescribed Subject 1 try to apply case studies back to this mnemonic. You have your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test next Monday. Please see the study guide below. Here is today's homework:

• Read pages 34-38 in the 20th Century World History textbook and complete the source-based questions on page 39, using sources A-E on pages 38-39.

The Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test Study Guide:

This is a 38 question multiple choice test. It will be administered in class on Monday, November 19th. It covers the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit. Here are some points to review:

• Teddy Roosevelt
• "big stick diplomacy"
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
• Alfred A. Mahan (naval sea power theory)
• What is the "Open Door Policy"?
• What is "dollar diplomacy"?
• Spanish-American War (causes, practices, effects/results)
• Venezuela crisis and jingoism
• Portsmouth Peace Conference (Russo-Japanese War; what role does Teddy Roosevelt play); results?
• President McKinley's accomplishments re: expansion/annexation
• MAIN causes of WWI
• nature of warfare in WWI World War I (causes, practices, effects/results: a word of caution here-don't spend any time studying the battles in WWI)
• Canadian participation in WWI (contributions, issues on the home front)
• key players/leaders in WWI (ex. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Nicholas II, etc.)
• Sedition Act and Espionage Act (USA)
• George Creel

Social 10-1

We started a film study of "Life + Debt" today, which we will finish off tomorrow. Your Chapter 11 Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20

I started lecturing on the situation in the United States from George Washington's time as President to the Adams administration. You should have a very clear sense of how and why political parties began to emerge in the United States after they won independence from Great Britain. You should understand who the Federalists were and the Democratic-Republicans and on what key issues facing the USA they differed on. You should also know key individuals within both political parties. Tomorrow, we'll pick up right where we left off with the Jefferson administration. Your Latin American Independence Movement assignments are due on Wednesday.

November 10

IB 20

For those of you who are still a little bit confused about your wars of independence in Latin America, I'd like to offer you the following bits of information: I think that you can complete this assignment completely in Facebook itself, although I noticed that the other IB 20 classes are using the fake Facebook page in Word if you're interested. You might have to set up some dummy/fake accounts in Facebook for Simon Bolivar, San Martin, O'Higgins, etc. Just focus on the revolutions/independence movement in South America. You don't have to get into the Haitian Revolution or the Mexican Revolution.

What events happened in these independence movements? What role did each of these individuals play in these wars of independence? What might they have put on their Facebook page about their experiences (if Facebook existed back then)?

That's the mindset that you have to get into: what would have appeared on their Facebook pages if Facebook were around back then? What would they have "liked"? What photos would they have put up on their page? Who would their friends be? What would they have commented on?

I hope that this has helped.

November 6

IB 30/35

We finished watching "Paris 1919" today, which took the entire period. We start looking at the battle to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in the USA tomorrow.

IB 20

I showed you some videos today on the electoral college system. I also showed you a video with fake campaign ads from the 1800 U.S. election (we'll be talking a little bit about this election next week in the lead-up to the War of 1812). I gave you some class time to get some work completed from the History of the Americas textbook on the Latin American independence movements. This is due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "China Rises: Getting Rich" today. I announced who would be participating in Friday's debate as well. Remember, you'll be debating "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China". Here's some more information on China:

Browse more data visualization.

November 5

IB 30/35

We continued looking at the Paris Peace Conference today,and specifically the various treaties that were negotiated with the Central Powers. As you should have seen there were common themes to all of the treaties: disarmament (limitations placed on the size of the military that defeated Central Powers were allowed to possess), loss of territory and recognition of successor states. We started watching "Paris 1919" today as well, and we'll finish it off tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We had a brief class discussion today on genetically modified foods before we got in to a film study on CBC documentary series "China Rises: Getting Rich". We'll finish this video off tomorrow. We were going to have a debate on Thursday, but I'm going to push it to Friday. About half of the class will be debating on Friday, with the other half of the class determining the winner. Remember the debate topic is "Be it resolved that the 21st Century will belong to China". This was a debate topic from the Munk Debate series. You can find the link to the Munk Debate on China here. At the Munk Debate site you can watch video highlights of the debate, and read the transcript from the debate. Another interesting link is to check out Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes. This is interesting to note the development of China and how there is a disparity between different regions in China. And now for a couple of links to videos and stories from Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square: challenges facing China's leadership, why China's leadership needs a PR overhaul, and another on China's one-child policy. I will split you into teams in class tomorrow.

IB 20

I went through a PowerPoint lecture on "Latin American Revolutions" which you should have taken extensive notes on. We'll continue with our examination of the wars for independence in South America tomorrow. Please remember to bring your History of the Americas textbook tomorrow.

November 2

IB 30/35

You wrote a Paper 2 on the First World War today. It took most of the class period. I will be going through more of your IAs this weekend. The goal is for you all to have your IA rough draft back by Wednesday. You have a World War I Quiz on Monday, it's a matching quiz with about 40 key terms, key people, and key events of WWI. If you are a Diploma student please remember that you have your EE outline due on Monday, November 5th.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent watching a video called "Global Economic Issues". I also gave you a handout on Dilemmas on Global Trade. We will have a full class discussion on a couple of the scenarios outlined in this handout. Your Chapter 10 Questions are due on Monday.

IB 20

Most of today's class was spent in our four options debate on the future of St. Domingue. On Monday, please make sure that you bring your History of the Americas textbook to class.

November 1

IB 20

Most of today's class was spent preparing for tomorrow's Haitian Revolution debate. You also wrote a current events quiz.

Social 10-1

I continued lecturing from the "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint presentation today. I will send this presentation to your e-mail accounts this afternoon.

IB 30/35

We started Prescribed Subject 1: Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, International Relations 1918-1936 today. I began a lecture on this topic, the lead in to understanding the Paris Peace Conference. We'll continue this topic on Monday. Tomorrow, you will have a Paper 2 on the First World War. On Monday, you'll have a matching quiz on WWI. Make sure that you complete the chart activity that I assigned yesterday from your 20th Century History IB Companion Textbook on the causes of WWI. This will help you with historiography for the outbreak of WWI.

October 29

IB 30/35

We finished off the WWI presentations today, focusing mainly on Canadian involvement in the war. After showing you a short video on the Battle of Vimy Ridge, I showed a video from the U.S. History Series called "The Great War". This video gave you a preview of the Paris Peace Conference (our Prescribed Subject 1) and some domestic issues facing the United States in the 1920s: amendments to the U.S. Constitution (women's suffrage, prohibition), nativism, and the red scare. Tomorrow we'll start looking at the role of Canada and Latin American countries on the First World War.

Please remember that your IA is due tomorrow!

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I today. At the conclusion of this in-class writing assignment I showed you a video from CBC News in Review on the residential school system.Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

IB 20

We started our examination of the Haitian Revolution today. I delivered a PowerPoint lecture which provided you with some basic information on the revolution (I'll post this on the wiki). You're going to learn more about the Haitian Revolution in the days to come, it is an important case study for us as you can use on a potential Paper 3 essay question if it asks you to compare and contrast two revolutions from your region of study (you'd do the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution). I also assigned you reading booklets on the Haitian Revolution as well today. Please remember that you have your Unit 5 Test on the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

October 25

IB 20

We started today's class with a current events quiz, which we marked in class. I then finished off "The Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint presentation today as well, which dealt with the Congress of Vienna. This PowerPoint is already on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 5 material. Please remember that you have your Unit 5 Test on Wednesday, October 31st, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today, and then you wrote a quiz on the film. I also gave you a reading on the residential school apology. Please make sure you read those articles! Your Unit 2 WRA I is on Monday, and your Imperialism Research Project is due on October 29th as well. You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

You wrote your Emergence of the Americas (1900-1914) Quiz at the start of the period. After the quiz, we started doing presentations on the various battles that Canadian and American troops were involved in. We'll finish those presentations off on Monday.

• IA rough drafts are due on October 30th.
• Extended Essay outlines are due on November 5th.
• The rough draft of the EE is due on December 10th.

October 24

Social 10-1

We started looking at the residential school system today. We started a film study on "Where the Spirit Lives" today. We will finish this film tomorrow, and then you'll write a quiz on it. Don't forget about your Unit 2 WRA I on Monday. Your Imperialism Research Project is due on Monday as well. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20

We continued our examination of Napoleon today. I delivered a PowerPoint lecture on "The Napoleonic Age" today. This PowerPoint presentation is already on the wiki under Unit 5: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Age. I also showed you a video from the History's Turning Point series on Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. We'll talk about the Congress of Vienna tomorrow. You have a test on Wednesday next week on Unit 5 material.

IB 20 Unit 5 Test Study Guide (The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Age):

This test will have a mixed format: matching section, short answer section and a multiple choice section. This test will be written on Wednesday, October 31st. Please use the following study guide tips.

• study "The French Revolution" PowerPoint presentation (on the IB 20 wiki)
• study "The Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint (on the IB 20 wiki; this presentation also contains information on the Congress of Vienna)

1. Study the following key terms, key events and key people associated with the French Revolution:

• cahiers
• Law of Suspects
• Marat
• the “Plain”
• National Assembly
• the Directory
• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• Danton
• Committee of Public Safety
• the Three Estates
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Clergy
• Nobility
• Bourgeoisie
• “nobles-of-the-sword”
• “nobles-of-the-robe”
• “nobles-of-the-bell”
• corvée
• gabelle
• vingtièmes
• Levée en Masse
• National Convention
• September Massacres
• Reign of Terror
• Robespierre
• Parlement du Paris
• the Tennis Court Oath
• the National Guard
• the Marquis de Lafayette
• Paris Commune
• National Guard
• émigrés
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• Estates-General
• Republic of Virtue
• Revolutionary Tribunal
• Declaration of the Rights of Man

(If you don't know some of these terms, I have posted a glossary of key terms for the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age on the IB 20 wiki, under Unit 5)

2. Other study tips:

• know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
• know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
• know Napoleon's domestic policy
• know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
• know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
• know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
• know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
• know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
• what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
• know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)

3. Study the 19th century political spectrum (click on the graphic to enlarge it). KNOW it EXTREMELY well. Knowing the 19th century political spectrum now will help you later on this semester when we get to our units on Democracy and Dictatorship, and it will help to know it for the Social 30-1 Diploma Exam.

IB 30/35

I talked about American involvement in the First World War for the entire period. The PowerPoint presentation that I lectured from is on the wiki already under the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs section of the IB 30 wiki. Tomorrow you will be writing a quiz on the Emergence of the Americas (1900-1914). This quiz has key terms from the PowerPoints in this unit and a map quiz of the Americas.

October 23

IB 30/35

I went through a quick set of notes that is already up on the wiki called "If WWI Were a Barfight". Your Emergence of the Americas (1900-1914) Quiz has been moved to Thursday. I assigned groups for quick presentations on American and Canadian involvement in the First World War. In small groups you'll have to do 5 minute presentations on one of the following battles:

• Cantigny
• Chateau-Thierry
• Belleau Wood
• Second Battle of the Marne
• St. Miniel
• Meuse-Argonne
• Second Battle of Ypres
• St. Eloi
• Battle of the Somme
• Courcelette
• Vimy Ridge
• Hill 70
• Passchendaele
• The 100 Days

These presentations will happen in class on Thursday. The audience members will have to make retrieval charts of the information that you share in your presentation. Make sure that you cover the date when the battle happened, who the participants were (commanders), description of the battle, and the significance of the battle.

IB 20

We covered a lot of ground today. I introduced the 19th century political spectrum to you. As you can see the origins of our reference to "left wing" and "right wing" stems from terminology used during the French Revolution and afterwards. We'll talk more about the Congress of Vienna in the days to come, so you'll understand the reactionary point of view a bit better then. You watched an A & E Biography on Napoleon today called "Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France". As you watched this video, you were supposed to take notes. I'll be talking more about the Napoleonic Age tomorrow in class. Hopefully we'll reach the Congress of Vienna too.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today, which took the entire period. We'll begin looking at the residential school system tomorrow, so it's probably a good idea to read Chapter 9 before tomorrow's class. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Your Imperialism Research Project is due on Monday, October 29th and you'll also be doing a Unit 2 WRA I on the 29th as well. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Tuesday, October 30th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

October 22

IB 30/35

I lectured today on the First World War, this PowerPoint presentation is already on the wiki. You can find it on the wiki in both the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs and in the Causes, Practices and Effects of War sections.

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I will send this lecture to your e-mail accounts. You have your Chapter 7 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). On Monday October 29th your Imperialism Research Project is due, and you will also be writing your Unit 2 WRA I next Monday. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20

I finally collected your U.S. Constitution graphic novels at the beginning of class. We continued watching the History Channel's "The French Revolution" today, and we finished it. I continued with my PowerPoint lecture on the French Revolution as well today.

October 18

IB 20

You wrote your American Revolution Quiz this morning. You have a current events quiz tomorrow, so make sure you add news events to the wiki tonight. We continued on looking at the French Revolution today, and we'll continue this topic tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We spent most of the class period doing research for the Imperialism Research Project. This was your one and only class period to do research. The Imperialism Research Project is due Monday, October 29th. It can be a PowerPoint or a Prezi. I'll try to show you some exemplars from previous years tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Tuesday, October 23rd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You also have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

We started to look at the causes of WWI today. This topic is part of both the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit and one of our 20th Century History topics, Causes, Practices and Effects of War. We'll continue studying this topic tomorrow. You'll have a matching quiz on the Emergence of the Americas unit mid-week next week. Study Mr. Johnson's PowerPoint presentations!

October 16

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Hopefully you found a question that you could sink your teeth into. There's no school tomorrow due PST Interviews, so I'll see you again on Thursday.

IB 20

You wrote your Paper 1 on the Independence Movements unit. See you on Thursday. I'll be asking for the U.S. Constitution graphic novels back on Thursday, so finish reading them!

Social 10-1

We finished off "Tools of Exploitation" video and the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentation. I will send this PowerPoint presentation to you this afternoon. We drew lots as well today and drafted countries for our Imperialism Research Project. The due date for this project is Monday October 29th. On Tuesday, October 23rd you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test, please see the study guide below. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, please see the study guide below as well.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, October 23rd. This test will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.
1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Quiz:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?

Unit 2 Final Exam

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Tuesday, October 30th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

October 15

IB 30/35

You wrote your document analysis questions on the Reconstruction era today. Also, we watched a video from the U.S. History series called "U.S. and the World" (1865-1917) which you should have taken notes on while you were watching the video. You are writing your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture today called "Legacies of Historical Globalization", which I will finish tomorrow. We also started a video called "Tools of Exploitation", while you were watching this video you were to answer questions from a film study sheet. We'll finish the video tomorrow as well.

IB 20

We watched a video on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights (you needed to take notes on this). We then also talked about how to write a Paper 1. You'll be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution tomorrow. You'll be writing your American Revolution Test on Thursday. Please see the wiki for more information on OPVL Document Analysis and Paper 1 advice.

October 12

IB 30/35

You wrote your Civil War and Reconstruction Test today. You'll write the second part of this exam on Monday when you write your in-class document analysis assignment. You have a Paper 3 on Tuesday, so please check out the PowerPoint that I posted on the wiki which gives you some advice on writing a Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Check out the historiography documents on the wiki as well.

Social 10-1

We did an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". This book addresses some of the themes that we'll be looking at Unit 2, such as cultural contact, assimilation, imperialism, differing world views, and residential schools. We spent a fair bit of time looking at the symbolism in the book and some of the themes that the book introduces. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday.

IB 20

We finished our constitutional convention today. Unfortunately we didn't have time to get to all of the agenda items. We'll be examining the U.S. Constitution some more on Monday, and I'll teach you how to write a Paper 1 as well. On Tuesday, you'll be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution. You'll also be having an American Revolution Test next week as well.

October 11

IB 20

We started our constitutional convention today. We'll continue this tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. I delivered a PowerPoint lecture called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". I have sent this presentation to you already.

Printing PowerPoint Presentations

When I send you presentations, here is what I recommend that you do: keep an electronic copy of the presentation, preferably in an appropriately named folder. Next you'll need to print it off. I recommend that you print off 4 slides per page. Here's how you do it. Open the presentation up in PowerPoint, then go under File and select Print. Then set things up like the picture below (it may be slightly different on newer versions of Microsoft Word):

IB 30/35

We talked a little bit about historiography of the Reconstruction period, and major legislation passed during Reconstruction. These documents are already on the IB 30/35 wiki under the United States Civil War section. We started our next unit which is The Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs. I delivered a PowerPoint presentation on this topic, which introduced you to several concepts related to American expansionism (manifest destiny, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Spanish-American War). Tomorrow you have Part 1 of your Civil War Test (matching and multiple choice), the full study guide is on wiki.

October 9

IB 30/35

We briefly assessed Lincoln's time as President, and the differing perspectives on his abilities as leader of the nation. As I said in class, C-SPAN does a survey every so often that ranks the U.S. Presidents. If you're interested, here is a link to their 2009 Presidential survey.
I also started a lecture on the Reconstruction Era. I have made some changes to the PowerPoint, so I will post the new version on the wiki tomorrow. Please remember to study for your Civil War Test (on Friday and Monday), please see the study guide on the wiki in the U.S. Civil War section.

IB 20

You wrote "The Patriot" quiz at the start of class. I then had you move back into your Articles of Confederation groups  to continue the activity that we started on Friday. You have to understand a few things about the Articles of Confederation, for one, it was a product of its time, so it's important to bear in mind the historical context in which this document was created. The United States had just successfully defeated the British in the Revolutionary War and there was a feeling among many Americans that they had just overthrown tyranny in their everyday lives. They didn't want a strong central government that they feared could grow just as powerful as the tyrannical government that had rid themselves of. That's why you see certain measures in the Articles of Confederation such as no executive branch. There are several conditions that led to the creation of the U.S. Constitution. There is a document on the IB 20 wiki under the Independence Movements section that is entitled Conditions in the USA 1781-1787 that should help you understand the motivations behind wanting to re-write the constitution. I started to deliver a lecture on the U.S. Constitution today, which I should be able to finish tomorrow. On Thursday, we will be having a constitutional convention simulation and you have all be assigned an actual delegate to that convention. Please follow the delegate research guide that I put up on the wiki. Check your e-mail for the link to the page on the wiki. I tried to include a mix of delegates who actually signed the Constitution, and those that did not.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today in class. This took all the period.

October 4

IB 20

We finished watching "The Patriot" today. We also talked a little bit about Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. We watched part of a video on the Declaration of Independence. You have a homework assignment tonight. Go to the IB 20 wiki, under Unit 4 Independence Movements and download the Declaration of Independence Study Guide. Here's a link to the Declaration of Independence at the U.S. National Archives website. Using the text of the Declaration, answer the questions in the study guide. You'll also have a current events quiz tomorrow. We'll try to cover the Articles of Confederation tomorrow too. It's going to be busy!!

Social 10-1

We started to look at how to write position papers today. We went through an exercise as a class on distinguishing between arguments and evidence. I had you brainstorm a list of arguments that you would use to convince a friend to attend Churchill. From there we categorized some of the ideas that were generated into groups. We also got to look at the "Recipe for Success" when writing WRA II essays. You'll get the essay question sheet tomorrow in class.

IB 30/35

We finished watching Episode 8 "War is All Hell" of "The Civil War" and started the last episode "The Better Angels of our Nature". You'll have a current events quiz tomorrow, and then we'll try to finish off the documentary. You will have a two-part exam on the Civil War starting next week. On Friday, October 12th you'll write the first part of this exam, which includes 25-30 multiple choice questions and 20 matching terms. You'll the second part of the exam on Monday, October 15th. The second part will consist of a document analysis writing assignment. The full study guide has been posted on the IB 30/35 wiki in the United States Civil War section.