July 31

Social 20-1

You wrote Part B of your Final Exam today, and you got the results of this test along with your final mark in Social 20-1. It has been a pleasure teaching you this month. I would like to wish you good luck next year, whether it's in Social 30-1 or 30-2. I think that you had to work extremely hard this month, so please enjoy the rest of your summer holidays!!

July 30

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 15 and 16 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. You also had a chance to look at some practice tests for Unit 4 and Unit 2 material. We also played a review game of Jeopardy!

Please be on time tomorrow for your Final Exam Part B. This test will be written between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. If you are late you will not be given extra time to complete the exam. The study guide for Part B is at the back of your Unit 3-4 green study booklets. You will have to return all of the study booklets tomorrow, don't forget them!

July 29

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 13 and 14 Key Terms and Questions today. Just a reminder, your Chapter 15 and 16 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. You had some time today to do some practice multiple choice tests on Unit 3 material. After the break, you wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam. You'll get the results of this test back tomorrow. You only have one more major assessment left in the course, and that's your Final Exam Part B which consists of 100 multiple choice questions. The study guide for this test is at the very back of your Unit 3-4 green study booklets. Tomorrow you'll get an opportunity to take some more practice tests (we'll finish off Unit 4 and you should get a chance to do Unit 2 as well). We'll also play a game of Jeopardy!

On Wednesday, you'll be writing the Final Exam Part B at the beginning of class. Please make sure that you bring all of the study booklets that you have signed out to class.

July 26

Social 20-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "Regional Disparity", the last presentation from Unit 4. You can find this lecture in your Unit 3-4 study booklets, as well as on the wiki under Unit 4 Presentations. You had some to work on some practice tests for Unit 4 material with a partner today. You'll get some time with these test booklets again on Monday, as well as the Unit 3 practice test booklets. You wrote Part A of the Final Exam (WRA II Essay) in the Blenheim Room today as well. You should get the results of this essay back on Monday.

Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, please see the study guide here. Your Chapter 13 and 14 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, and your Chapter 15 and 16 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Make sure that you read those chapters as well.

Your Final Exam Part B is on Wednesday, July 31st, so this weekend is your last weekend to study for this test. Part B is a 100 multiple choice question test, and you can find the study guide in the back on your Unit 3-4 green study booklet.

July 25

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I went through a PowerPoint lecture on "A History of French-English Relations" today. This presentation is on the wiki under Unit 3 Presentations and it is in your Unit 3-4 green study booklets as well. I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions today, and I'll be doing a homework check on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions tomorrow. You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today. You'll be writing your Final Exam Part A tomorrow, which is also a WRA II Essay. After Friday's class you have just two more assessment pieces: your Unit 3 Final Exam (which is on Monday) and Part B of your Final Exam which is on July 31st. Please see the study guide for the Unit 3 Final Exam below. Your Chapter 13 and 14 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Monday (July 29th), and your Chapter 15-16 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Tuesday (July 30th). Keep working hard, after today's class there's just 4 more classes left in Summer School!

Social 20-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions. It will be written on Monday, July 29th.

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations:

• "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
• 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

July 23

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 9 and 10 Key Terms and Questions. Incidentally, your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (July 25th). After you finished the Unit 2 Final Exam I went through a lecture called "Internationalism and Nationalism". You can find this presentation in your Unit 3-4 green study booklets, as well as on the wiki. We had some time to do some small group brainstorming on the Unit 3 WRA II Essay topic, and come up with some ideas for argumentation and evidence. I have sent you a link to the WRA II Essay Writing page on the wiki. It has a couple of Unit 3 sample outlines and a sample essay for Unit 3 as well. Check them out! You will be writing this essay tomorrow in the Blenheim Room from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Please see the important dates below.

• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, July 25th
• Final Exam Part A (WRA II Essay) is on Friday, July 26th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, July 29th, please see the study guide here
• Final Exam Part B (100 multiple choice questions) is on Wednesday, July 31st (the study guide is in your Unit 3-4 green study booklets)

July 23

Social 20-1

Today's class was very straightforward: you wrote your Chapter 7-8 Test, I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "Canada's Foreign Policy", and you had some work period time to complete key terms and questions from Chapter 9 and 10. The Chapter 9 and 10 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. I did a homework check on the Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions, as well as the "Shake Hands with the Devil" Film Study.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Chapter 9 and 10 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (July 24th)
• Unit 2 Final Exam is tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it)
• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, July 25th
• Social 20-1 Final Exam Part A (WRA II Essay) is on Friday, July 26th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, July 29th, please see the study guide here
• Social 20-1 Final Exam Part B (100 multiple choice questions) is on Wednesday, July 31st (the study guide is at the back on the Unit 3-4 study booklet)

July 22

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. Your answers to the post-viewing questions for this film are due tomorrow, as are your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions. You got your Unit 2 WRA II Essays back. You'll be writing a Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Thursday, and then Part A of your Final Exam on Friday (also a WRA II Essay). Gotta love democracy!

I also started Unit 3 material today. You got your Unit 3 and 4 study booklets today, and I went through a PowerPoint lecture called "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism". This presentation is on the wiki and in your study booklets.

You'll be writing your Chapter 7-8 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). On Wednesday, you'll be writing your Unit 2 Final Exam. You can find the study guide for the Unit 2 Final Exam here.

One week from today you'll be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions. It will be written on Monday, July 29th.

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations:

• "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
• 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

July 19

Social 20-1

We continued looking at genocide today by watching the CNN Special "Scream Bloody Murder". As you watched the film you should have been taking notes on the following genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries: Cambodian Killing Fields, Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur.

We also started our film study of "Shake Hands with the Devil". While you watched the video, you should have been answering questions from the Unit 2 study booklet.

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA II Essay in the Blenheim Room after the break. Don't forget that your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, and your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday (July 23rd), please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, July 24th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Please make sure that you keep up with the readings from the green study booklet, specifically the following:

• Down the Road to World War II
• Blitzkrieg to the Bomb
• Blitzkrieg! (reading on front with map on back)
• Barbarossa
• Japan's Pacific Blitzkrieg
• The Turn of the Tide: Hitler Tastes Defeat
• The Defeat of Hitler's Germany
• Japanese Defeat in the Far East
• Canada's Role in WWII

(The readings above were assigned on July 16th)

Some more readings and topics from the Unit 2 study booklet that you should be looking at this weekend are:

• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is a PowerPoint presentation that won't be delivered in class but contains valuable information)
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide readings (particularly focus in on Rwanda)

July 18

Social 20-1

We finished off looking at the Holocaust today by watching excerpts from "Schindler's List". We then moved on to our final topic of World War II, the usage of atomic bombs against Japan to end the war. We watched an HBO documentary called "White Light Black Rain" which covered the bombing and destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As you watched the film you should have been completing the film study questions from your Unit 2 study booklet. I did a class check on this film study. Tomorrow, we'll be watching a CNN special called "Scream Bloody Murder" to look at genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries. You'll also be writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay tomorrow from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm in the Blenheim Room. Don't forget that your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, and your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday (July 23rd), please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, July 24th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

July 17

Social 20-1

We had to cover a lot of ground today because we didn't finish everything that we needed to cover yesterday. We started the day off by watching an excerpt of the film "Saving Private Ryan" which showed the American experience on Omaha Beach during the D-Day operations. As I said in class yesterday, once the Allies had established a foothold in France, the Nazis were now fighting the Allies on three different fronts: the Soviet Union in the east, the British and Americans in Italy, and now the British, Americans, Canadians, and others in France. A little less than one year later Nazi Germany would surrender to the Allies, ended WWII in Europe. The Second World War would continue in the Pacific against the Japanese until August 1945.

I also went through a PowerPoint lecture on "The Holocaust", which is in your green study booklets and on the wiki. We also watched some of the documentary called "Genocide" today. You started writing the Unit 2 WRA II Essay today, and we did a peer edit on the introductory paragraph. You were to e-mail this essay to yourself and print off a hard copy for peer editing. We are booked into the Blenheim Room on Friday to finish writing your essays. DO NOT DO ANY EDITING OF YOUR ESSAY BEFORE FRIDAY.

Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, and your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Make sure that you read these chapters and complete the assigned work on time. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, please see the study guide below. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is one week from today (July 24th), please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, July 23rd. 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!

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.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Wednesday, July 24th.

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)

July 16

Social 20-1

I didn't get a chance to post anything on the blog yesterday, so here's a recap of what we did:

• You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I (I marked these yesterday, so that's why I didn't get around to posting)
• FAILURe of the League of Nations
• "Ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan" (ppt)
• Japanese expansionism and motivation for attacking Pearl Harbor
• Watched excerpt from "Pearl Harbor"
• You should have read over the "The Internment of Japanese-Canadians" PowerPoint notes from your green study booklet
• Started to learn how to write a WRA II Essay

You wrote your Chapter 5-6 Test today. We also continued looking at how to write a WRA II Essay by looking at the difference between argumentation and evidence. Please make sure that you keep up with the readings from the green study booklet, specifically the following:

• Down the Road to World War II
• Blitzkrieg to the Bomb
• Blitzkrieg! (reading on front with map on back)
• Barbarossa
• Japan's Pacific Blitzkrieg
• The Turn of the Tide: Hitler Tastes Defeat
• The Defeat of Hitler's Germany
• Japanese Defeat in the Far East
• Canada's Role in WWII

We also watched the video "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb", the notes that go along with the video are in the green booklet (see above). We didn't get a chance to watch an excerpt from "Saving Private Ryan" today, but we will tomorrow. Please see the study guides for the upcoming tests below. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, July 23rd, and your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, July 24th. Both study guides are posted below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, July 23rd. 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!

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.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Wednesday, July 24th.

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)

July 12

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You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam at the beginning of class today. Your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions were due today. Make sure that you complete your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions this weekend, they are due on Monday, July 15th. We watched a few videos to cover the Interwar Years Period, including from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay" and "Why Appeasement?". Please classify the arguments for and against appeasement from the Was Appeasement a Good Idea? activity in your study booklets. We also watched "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler". Please remember that your Chapter 5-6 Test is on Tuesday, July 16th, you can find the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You are also writing a Unit 2 WRA I on Monday.

July 11

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You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I in class today. I went through a lecture on "The Allied Victory in World War I and the Paris Peace Conference". You can find this presentation on the wiki under Unit 2 Presentations and in your Unit 2 study booklet. Please make sure that read the material on the Interwar Years from the green booklet. Tomorrow, you'll be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). On Monday, you'll be writing the Unit 2 WRA I. You should get the results from your Unit 1 WRA I on Monday as well. You'll be writing your Chapter 5-6 Test on Tuesday, see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

July 10

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You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today. These tests have been marked already (hence the later posting tonight) and you will get the results back tomorrow. We also watched a video from the BBC series Days That Shook the World, namely "The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand". You also had considerable time to work on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions today. These are due on Friday. You'll be writing your Unit 1 WRA I in class tomorrow. On Friday, you'll be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You'll be writing your Chapter 5-6 Test on Tuesday, see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

July 9

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Sorry for not posting yesterday on the blog. Yesterday, you did the following:

• Wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test
• Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions were taken in for homework check marks
• Reviewed how to write WRA I assignments, and you wrote a practice WRA I

We started Unit 2 material today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "The Causes of World War I". This presentation is already on the wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. We watched some videos from the CBS First World War series, namely "Doomed Dynasties", "The Clash of the Generals", and "Trench Warfare". You were to read The Causes of World War I in your Unit 2 study booklets. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is tomorrow, please see the study guide below. You also have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Friday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You will be writing the Unit 1 WRA I on Thursday. Your Chapter 5-6 Test is one week from today. Although we have not covered all of this material, I thought it would be good to give you a heads up about this upcoming test. Please see the study guide for this test below.

Chapter 3-4 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will be on Wednesday, July 10th. It will consist of a matching section (10 key concepts) and a short answer section.

• make sure that you study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties"
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts/key terms from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the quiz)

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

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

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

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

3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

• MAIN Causes of World War I
• the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
• the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT!!)
• the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
• Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology; order of events that violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles)
• the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years notes from the Unit 2 study booklet)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
• ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
• failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
• appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism) 

July 5

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We covered the Napoleonic Age for most of today's class. I delivered part of the PowerPoint lecture called "The Napoleonic Age", and I stopped at the Congress of Vienna. I then showed the A & E Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Turning Points of History video on Napoleon's invasion of Russia. I then returned to the PowerPoint presentation and completed the lecture on the Congress of Vienna. We also looked at the "Contending Loyalties" PowerPoint presentation. All of these lectures can be found on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations and in your green study booklets. I did a homework check on the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. Your Chapter 1-2 Test is on Monday, please see the study guide here. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is on Wednesday and you can find the study guide here. Next Friday, July 12th, you will be writing the Unit 1 Final Exam. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

One week from today, you will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. It is 75 multiple choice questions. Make sure that you have read Chapters 1-4 in Exploring Nationalism. Please make sure that you know the key concepts from Unit 1 (see below). Also review the PowerPoint presentations that you should have in your notes. They are also on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations. These are the presentations that you should review:

1. Nation and Identity
2. The French Revolution
3. The Napoleonic Era
4. Contending Loyalties

Know the key concepts from the Unit 1 Worksheet (a lot of them have been defined on the wiki by your classmates, check under Unit 1 Key Terms). If you know the key concepts you'll be able apply them to the test.

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

July 4

Social 20-1

You wrote the Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz at the beginning of class today, and you got the results today as well. We watched a video from the History Channel on the French Revolution. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. You have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday, please use the following study guide to help focus your review.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Monday, July 8th. The test has a matching section and a short answer section.

•  Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism 
•  Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet (this will be what makes up the matching section of your test) 
• study key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era glossary that is in your green study booklet
•  Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2 (short answer section questions come from this part of the worksheets): be able to answer questions about the differences between civic nationalism and ethnic nationalism, the different understandings of nation, the causes of the French Revolution, and the domestic achievements of Napoleon Bonaparte, among others.  
•  Study the following PowerPoint presentations: "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
•  "The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)
•  "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; you can find this on the wiki, and I will go through in class in the next couple of days)

Chapter 3-4 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will be on Wednesday, July 10th. It will consist of a matching section (10 key concepts) and a short answer section.

• make sure that you study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties"
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts/key terms from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the quiz)

July 3

Social 20-1

We covered a lot of ground today. We started the class by looking at the Enlightenment. You have an Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz tomorrow. I have posted this PowerPoint lecture on the Social 20-1 wiki already in the Unit 1 Presentations section. You should have been taking notes during this lecture. I also went through a lecture on the French Revolution as well. We'll be watching a video on the French Revolution tomorrow, so we're not completely finished with this topic yet. We'll be getting into the Napoleonic era tomorrow in all likelihood. I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions today. Your. Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday. Please remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday. As promised, here is the study guide for that test:

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Monday, July 8th. The test has a matching section and a short answer section.

• Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet (this will be what makes up the matching section of your test)
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2 (short answer section questions come from this part of the worksheets)

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
• "The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; you can find this on the wiki, and I will go through in class in the next couple of days)

Chapter 3-4 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will be on Wednesday, July 10th. It will consist of a matching section (10 key concepts) and a short answer section.

• make sure that you study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties"
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts/key terms from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the quiz)

July 2

Social 20-1

Welcome to Summer School! I will be teaching you Social Studies 20-1 for the next month. You should have all received an invitation to the course wiki by now, so please let me know if you are unable to access the wiki as it has important handouts, presentations, and information that you need in order to be successful in the course. Social 20-1 is an academically demanding course, we will be moving through material very quickly, so if there is something that you don't understand, ask questions. I will be updating the Social 20-1 tab above to reflect new deadlines for the Summer School version of the course. I went through a fair bit of material today, by going through the "Nation and Identity" PowerPoint presentation. This lecture is available for download on the wiki, or you can listen to the lecture again if you wish. The Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, and most of you would have finished these in class. Anytime you have an opportunity to move ahead with the Unit 1 Worksheet, do so. You also have a friendly letter assignment due tomorrow as well. Tomorrow we will look at the Enlightenment and start our examination of the French Revolution. Please have a look at my classroom rules, and rules for posting on the blog below. See you tomorrow. I'm also posting the study guide for the Chapter 1-2 Test below.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Monday, July 8th. The test has a matching section and a short answer section. Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism.

• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet (this will be what makes up the matching section of your test)
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2 (short answer section questions come from this part of the worksheets)

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

"Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)

"The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)

"The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; you can find this on the wiki, and I will go through it in class in the next couple of days)

Classroom Rules/Expectations of Behavior:

I think that I have very simple, straight-forward classroom rules and expectations. I will be discussing these in class tomorrow, but here's a quick recap:

• Please be on-task during classroom time (visit later)
• No cell phones (as per school policy; unless otherwise instructed); if your parents really need to get in touch with you, they should call the office. Please don't bring cell phones to class, or if you do, please remember to turn them off!
• Please don't listen to music on MP3 players or iPods during class time, unless I have given you permission to do so.
• Be polite. You should be listening during class lectures or when your classmates have questions to ask (you might have some of the same questions).
• Be on time. If you are late, please enter the classroom quietly and apologize for being late. If the door is locked, I have started the lecture or there is a class presentation in progress; I will open the door and let you in as soon as possible.
• Clean up after yourselves. Please don't leave garbage on the floor. I like my classroom fairly neat and tidy.
• Don't bring junk food to class. Healthy snacks only. Or you could always wait until lunchtime.
• You may chew gum in class on the following conditions: don't chew like a cow, I don't want to see the gum or hear you chewing it, that's just gross.
• Late assignments: 10% is deducted for every day an assignment is late. If you have an excused absence, then there is some flexibility with this rule.
• Please make sure that a parent or guardian calls the school to have absences excused. If you miss a test due to an unexcused absence you will be assigned a mark of "zero".
• I will be contacting parent/guardians if you have unexcused absences.
• Please adhere to the school's academic honesty policy which is on the back of your course outlines.
• It is Summer School: you are NOT allowed to take holidays or time off between July 3rd and July 31st. Every day of Summer School is the equivalent of 4-5 regular school days. If you were to miss a week of classes, it would be the same as missing 25-30 classes.

Posting on the Blog:

Here are some simple rules that I have established for using the blog, and some other informational items:

• Please post on the blog anonymously.
• If you feel the need to identify yourself, or clarify which grade you're in, please use your initials and your class and section (for example, K.G. in Social 20-1 Period 3).
• Some of you may have your own Blogger accounts. Please don't post on this blog using your Blogger ID, otherwise you may have people visiting your blog that you may not want to see what you're posting.
• Please be courteous, polite and respectful when posting comments on the blog. Don't be rude to your classmates on the blog.
• Please be patient with my response time.
• Please post comments and questions on the blog prior to 10 p.m.
• Between 6-8 p.m. I am usually not online.
• Please do not post links to questionable materials.
• Inappropriate comments will be deleted. Please don't do this, it's a waste of my time, I could be doing more productive things, like answering questions that you may have