February 21

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 2 on the origins of the Cold War today. Please remember to print off the Vietnam War notes from the IB 30/35 wiki (under the Topic 5: The Cold War section, you'll find it under the Eisenhower administration section). We're obviously starting the Vietnam War on Monday. The Vietnam War is our case study of guerrilla warfare for Paper 2 Topic 1: Causes, Practices and Effects of War, so it's very important for your IB exams. I have a surprise for you on Monday too. TOK Presentations will go on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week.

Social 10-1

We talked a little bit about media TNCs today, if you missed class today, you need to get the notes from a classmate. You had some class time to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions as well today. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. Please remember that your Chapter 1-2 Test is on Wednesday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Please remember that your Illustrated Concept Map assignment is due on Thursday, February 27th.

IB 20 HOTA

We finished watching the PBS documentary "When Worlds Collide" today. I'll take in the film study sheets for this documentary on Monday. I quickly went through the European Colonization of the Americas PowerPoint presentation. We also split into groups for your Thirteen Colonies presentations. We'll head down to the Blenheim on Tuesday to do some research for these presentations. I also gave you duotangs with some sections from the textbook The United States and Its People.

Please remember that you have an Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz on Wednesday, February 26th. Please see the study guide below. Your "Seeds of Change" assignment focusing on our assigned Enlightenment thinker is due one week from today (February 27th). As I said in class the other day, I was thinking about rock stars, movie stars and athletes today and wondering why Enlightenment thinkers aren't as well known as some of them. After all, some of these Enlightenment thinkers have made greater contributions to society, yet they don't enjoy the fame and notoriety as some these entertainment and sports celebrities. We're going to change that. I gave you some ideas in which direction this creative project could go (trading cards, magazine cover stories, Prezis, infographics, etc.), show me how creative you are! Just make sure that you present the information in a concise, fun, informative way, and that your project meets all of the requirements, which are as follows:

• Biographical Information (3 marks)
• Area(s) of Work (what fields did they work in?) (2 marks)
• Ideas Introduced (2 marks)
• Aspect of medieval society that they challenged (2 marks)
• Were they influential in their own time? (5 marks)
• What were their contributions to modern society? (3 marks)
• Mechanics, spelling, grammar, and list of sources cited using a recognized citation system (either APA, MLA, or Chicago) (3 marks)

This assignment ("Seeds of Change") is due on Thursday, February 27th.

Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz Study Guide:

This is a matching quiz, and it is on Wednesday, February 26th. Please make sure that you focus your review on the following Enlightenment thinkers:

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• Francois Quesnay
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Voltaire

Please make sure that you know their views on the nature of human beings, quotes attributed to them, their main ideas/key beliefs, and their major works (what books, articles they wrote).