IB 30/35
I was able to finish off the "Origins of the Cold War" PowerPoint presentation today, and show you a short documentary from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Cold War Confrontation". I was able to talk a little bit about the United Nations afterwards, but you are responsible for the remainder of the UN PowerPoint. Tomorrow, we'll look at the Korean War. As you'll see, we moved through the Cold War era very systematically, in chronological order for the most part, while also looking at examples of Cold War concepts such as brinkmanship, proxy wars, deterrence, detente, and the arms race and the space race. Please familiarize yourself with these concepts from the "Origins of the Cold War" PowerPoint.
IB 20
You completed a survey as part of the five year review of the IB programme at Churchill for the first 15 minutes or so in class today. We then returned to class to continue moving through the PowerPoint lecture on the Enlightenment period. Tomorrow, we'll be going down to the library to get some initial work completed on your IA. We'll meet up in the classroom and then go down to the library. We'll return to our study of the Enlightenment next week.
Social 10-1
I reminded you that your global connections essay is due tomorrow, and I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. Please remember that your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, February 19th. I had you complete some "Top 10" lists today (favorite TV shows, movies, bands/musicians) along with their country of origin. The pattern that emerged was some students had 10% of their favorite TV shows or musicians/bands were Canadian. This figures are especially low when you consider that the Canadian government engages in "cultural protectionism" when it comes to TV and radio broadcasting. We talked about the NFB, CAVCO, and the CRTC today as well. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions. Please remember that you have your World Geography Test on Wednesday, February 19th, and you can find the study guide below.
World Geography Test Study Guide:
This test will take place on Wednesday, February 19th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries identified by number and you need to be able to write out what country it is on the answer sheet.
Here are the countries that may appear on the test:
- any of the EU countries (there are 28 countries in the EU, your textbook is out of date. Croatia joined the EU in July 2013)
- any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
- any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
- full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
- to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
- other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China, India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel
- **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**
Geography Games
- World Geography Games
- Test Your Geography Knowledge
- Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)
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