October 1

IB 30/35

You wrote a short quiz today comparing and contrasting the North and the South on the eve of the Civil War. We then finished off Episode 3 of "The Civil War" (we only had a few minutes left), and then we moved on to Episode 4 called "Simply Murder". We finished this episode off as well. The answers to Episode 3 and 4 are due tomorrow. We'll move on to Episode 5 tomorrow, which covers the Battle of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg.

Social 30-1

We finished off with the BBC 20th Century History series video "FDR and the New Deal". We also looked at some art and photography from the Great Depression. You can have a look at the websites that I showed you in class here and here. We also listened to a segment from NPR that focused on the connections between Obama and the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes. I also drew comparisons between the FDR administration and the Obama administration and how they each dealt with the Great Depression and global recession respectively. You can find a link to that NPR podcast here on the blog under Social 30-1 Links. We also went over monetary and fiscal policy again briefly. I also gave you a handout on the "USA and the Great Depression". This handout is extremely important because it deals with the causes and effects of the Great Depression, Keynesian economics and the alphabet agencies of the New Deal.

Social 20-1

We continued the PowerPoint presentation of "The Causes of World War I". You have a hard copy of this presentation in your blue Social Studies 20-1 booklets, as well as on the Social 20-1 wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. I went through which countries fought on the side of the Allied Powers and the Central Powers, so if you missed these notes, please make sure that you get them from a friend. You have your Chapter 3-4 Test on Thursday, October 3rd, please see the study guide (scroll down to find it).