March 31

IB 30/35

We continued our examination of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, by watching Episode 2 of "Eyes on the Prize" called "Fighting Back (1957-1962)". Your film study for this episode is due tomorrow. You will be writing a Paper 3 on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement on April 17th, so please stay up to date with this unit.

Social 10-1

I gave you back your Unit 1 Essays today. If you want to go over this essay with me, please come and see me in tutorial (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in the morning). I finished off a PowerPoint lecture today called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". This presentation is on the wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. One week from today(April 7th), you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please check out the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• 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?

IB 20 HOTA

I showed you a video today on the "United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights". While you watched this video you need to take notes. You should definitely have notes on the following concepts: the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, the Connecticut Compromise, and the 3/5ths compromise, republic, and federalism, among others. I also walked you through how to write a Paper 1 today. Please make sure that you review the OPVL Analysis handout that I gave you earlier in the term. You need to know the difference between primary sources and secondary sources. Pay special attention to the organizational chart as how to deal with the origins, purpose, value and limitations of sources. Please make sure that you examine very carefully the Paper 1 section on the IB 20 wiki tonight. Also, you might want to look at some sample sources from your History of the Americas textbook on pages 71-73.

Since we've been talking a fair bit about the U.S. Constitution of late, I thought you might find this segment from Fareed Zakaria's GPS interesting:

March 20

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote a current events quiz today at the start of class, and then you settled into the computer lab to work on your IAs. Please remember that I'll be taking in your Part A and C of your IA on Friday, April 4th, so the Spring Break would be a great time to get some research/reading and work completed on it. You will be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution on April 1st, which means I'll teach you how to write a Paper 1 on March 31st when you get back from the Spring Break. You are also writing an American Revolution Quiz on Wednesday, April 2nd.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture on "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". I didn't try to finish it all in one day because I gave you time to work on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions (they are due on April 1st). When we get back from Spring Break, I will post the study guide for the Chapter 7 Test (it's on April 7th).

IB 30/35

I finished off the U.S. Civil Rights Movement PowerPoint lecture today, you can find an electronic version of this presentation on the IB 30/35 wiki under the Civil Rights Movement section. Your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on April 4th. Over the course of the Spring Break, I would recommend that you review the following two topics: Prescribed Subject 1-Peacemaking, Peacekeeping and International Relations (1918-1936) AND for your Paper 2: Authoritarian and Single-Party States. Good luck!

March 19

Social 10-1

We were able to do an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". These 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 bot of time looking at the symbolism in the book and some of the themes that the book introduces. I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions today. Please remind me tomorrow to show you the results of your Unit 1 Final Exam.

IB 20 HOTA

We spent the entire period discussing the IA. I gave you a booklet that you should use as a guide to complete the various sections of your IA. We're booked into a computer lab tomorrow so that you can start working on your IA.

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 1 of "Eyes on the Prize" today. You were given a question sheet to go along with this episode, the questions from this worksheet are due tomorrow (April 4th). Episode 1 of "Eyes on the Prize" focused in on the murder of Emmett Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. On the timeline that is on the video study guide for this episode it also mentions the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, however, the makers of Eyes on the Prize focus in on Emmett Till's murder, and the short public trial of his murderers. You can see Till's murder as a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement, and the open casket funeral of Emmett Till and the publication of the photos in Jet magazine as a catalyst for change in America's attitudes. Mississippi, where Till's murder took place gained national notoriety as a hotbed for white supremacy as well. If you are interested in the Till case you might want to do a little investigation of your own into the impact that the murder had on popular culture. Numerous songs, plays, poems, novels, TV shows and movies have drawn inspiration from the murder of Emmett Till and the court case. You may see parallels between the Till case and Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird (one of my personal favorites) to the TV show In the Heat of the Night (it was previously a movie too),and to the Bob Dylan song "The Death of Emmett Till". With the Montgomery Bus Boycott segment of the episode you saw the emergence of Martin Luther King on the national stage. We'll be exploring his role and leadership in the movement in the days to come.

I also talked briefly about rhetoric in the speeches of Martin Luther King. Check out this link for a bit of rhetorical analysis of the "I Have a Dream Speech", and a transcript of the speech.

March 18

IB 30/35

Most of you wrote your Cold War Exam today, and if you did write it today, you should get the results back tomorrow. If you missed writing the exam today, you will either write it during a spare tomorrow, or during class time. We'll continue our examination of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement unit tomorrow. Please remember that your Civil Rights Movement assignment will be due on Friday, April 4th. If you missed getting this handout from me in class, please pick up a copy from the file folders at the front of the room tomorrow.

IB 20 HOTA

Today was the last day of the constitutional convention. Given the feedback that I've received for the last two years on the constitutional convention, we'll have to extend it to three days next year. Tomorrow, we'll have to move on to looking at the IA again. Please bring all relevant materials to class tomorrow and on Thursday for completing sections of your IA in class this week. The upcoming Spring break would be a great time to get some reading and research completed on your IA. DON'T PROCRASTINATE!!

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today in class. You had the entire period to complete it. Please remember that your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. We are obviously moving on to Unit 2 material tomorrow.

March 17

IB 30/35

We started the U.S. Civil Rights Movement today. I started a PowerPoint lecture on this topic, and then I showed an excerpt from Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. We'll return to this topic on Wednesday. Please remember that you have your Cold War Exam tomorrow, this is a Social 30-1 multiple choice exam. Please see the study guide below.

Cold War Exam Study Guide:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts:

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security

• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 10-1

You did a first draft of your introductory paragraph for your Unit 1 WRA II Essay for part of today's class. You then had an opportunity to get two other students do a peer edit of the essay when we returned to the classroom. Tomorrow you'll go directly to Room 104 to finish writing your essays.

IB 20 HOTA

We started our constitutional convention today, and we'll finish it off tomorrow.

March 13

IB 20 HOTA

I did a homework check on your study guide for the Declaration of Independence at the beginning of class today. Most of today's class was spent examining the Articles of Confederation. I split you into groups, and each group had to read a section or sections of the Articles of Confederation and try to summarize their assigned section for the class. Hopefully by the end of the exercise you have a good idea of the historical context for the creation of the Articles of Confederation, and some its key characteristics, such as the following:

• “firm league of friendship”
• no national executive
• no national judiciary
• unicameral congress (like Continental Congress)
• 2-7 delegates per state (one vote per delegation in Congress)
• Powers of Congress – foreign policy, coin money, Indian affairs, settle state disputes, requisition troops and taxes (based on state property value)
• legislators selected by state legislatures (3 year / 6 year term limit)
• routine votes required simple majority / critical decisions (declaring war)– unanimity 
• amendment of the Articles (unanimous consent of delegates to Congress and of state legislatures)

As we'll see, the Articles of Confederation led to some political problems for the United States, so it only lasts as the first constitution of the USA from 1781 to 1789. In 1789, a constitutional convention is called, and delegates from the 13 states all meet to draft a new U.S. Constitution. Tomorrow will be a busy day because I will lecture on the U.S. Constitution, I will assign you roles for the constitutional convention that we'll be doing on Monday and Tuesday next week, I will teach you some Model UN parliamentary procedure, and assign you a copy of the United States Constitution graphic novel.

Social 10-1

We had a very spirited debate on the following topic: "BIRT globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures". I found it interesting that many of you focused in language so much during the course of the debate. I then did a little exercise after concluded the debate on argumentation and evidence, in which you had to brainstorm arguments to convince a friend to attend Churchill. We'll talk more about essay writing tomorrow, and you will get the Unit 1 WRA II Essay question sheet tomorrow. Please remember that you're writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay over the course of two days next week: on Monday, you will write your 1st paragraph, save it to your H-drive and print off a hard copy. We'll then come back to the class, do some peer editing of the essay. On Tuesday, you will have the entire period to finish off your Unit 1 WRA II Essay.

IB 30/35

We watched another video from the CNN Cold War series today called "Conclusions". I also showed you some photos from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and I put some notes up on the board of the overlapping Soviet and American leaders during the Cold War. Please remember that you have your Social 30-1 Cold War Exam on Tuesday, March 18th. Please see the study guide below.

Social 30-1 Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts:

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

March 11

IB 30/35

I showed you a couple of videos today, one was called "Escape from Berlin" which discussed the construction and changes that were made to the Berlin Wall over time, and the second video was from the CNN Cold War series called "The Wall Comes Down (1989)". While you were watching the second video you were to have been taking copious notes. Most of the focus on this episode was on the breakdown of Eastern European governments in 1989, with the greatest emphasis on East Germany and Erich Honecker's government. On October 17, 1989 Honecker was voted out of the Politburo. The original crisis in East Germany had been caused in part over restrictions on travel. Egon Krenz's government started to make reforms for free travel for East Germans. Street demonstrations demanded more and more from Krenz's government. Many of the East German opposition members wanted Gorbachev-era inspired reforms such as glasnost and perestroika. In the end, a bureaucratic mistake led to East Berliners to mass outside of the gates to West Berlin because the East German government had said that travel restrictions had been lifted. East German border guards then allowed people to pass over to the West. The episode also touched on Poland's Solidarity movement under Lech Walesa, too.

I have noticed recently while I have showing these videos that some of you aren't paying attention as closely as you should be. I really hope that it is all sinking in and that you have been paying attention. Otherwise, there will be a reckoning very soon. Very soon.

Please remember that there's no school tomorrow due to Parent Student Teacher interviews. I will see you all again on Thursday. One week from today you will be writing a Social 30-1 Cold War Exam. Please see the study guide below for this exam.

Cold War Exam Study Guide:

On Tuesday, March 18th you will have a Cold War Unit Exam. Please see the study guide below. This test will be a Social 30-1 test and it will be all multiple choice test format.

Social 30-1 Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts:

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

IB 20 HOTA

We finally finished watching "The Patriot" today. I told you to go on to the wiki under Collaborative Notes to find the Causes, Courses/Practices, Events and Results chart for the Revolutionary War. Please modify this page on the wiki, and make sure that you have a hard copy of the chart in your notes. We also talked a little bit about the Common Sense and Declaration of Independence assignments that you had to complete previously. When I see you again on Thursday, we'll be looking at the Articles of Confederation, America's first constitution. You have some homework due on Thursday as well, please complete the Declaration of Independence study guide sheet that you can find in Unit 4: Independence Movements section. Also, please adding events to the current events section for this week.

March 10

IB 30/35

Most of today's class was spent writing a WRA I three source analysis on the early stages of the Cold War.

Social 10-1

I split you into two teams for our upcoming debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that globalization harms the world's cultures." For part of the period you were able to read an article that supported your side of the debate's position, and then you were given a reading that covered the opposing side's perspective. We will have this debate on Thursday. Please remember that you'll be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.

1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

I gave you back some of your marked assignments, before I showed you some more of the movie "The Patriot".

March 7

IB 30/35

We watched a video from the CNN Cold War series "Soldiers of God" which focused on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, I hope that you took copious notes. I also gave you a handout to remind you how to write a Social 30-1 WRA I. Please remember that you're writing a WRA I on Monday.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I today, which took the entire class period. Please remember that you'll be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam on Tuesday, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.

1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote a current events quiz today, and then we continued to watch "The Patriot". We'll finish this film on Monday.

March 6

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your Thirteen Colonies Quiz today, and we finished watching "The American Revolution" documentary. We then started watching "The Patriot". We'll continue with this film tomorrow, and probably finish it off on Monday. Tomorrow is Friday, so chances are you'll have a current events quiz. Please keeping adding content to the wiki on the current events page.

 

Social 10-1

As a class, we went through the sample WRA I that you wrote a couple of days ago. I will post the finished product on the wiki today and share the page with you this evening. You will be writing your Unit 1 WRA I tomorrow. Please remember that your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Tuesday, March 11th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

 

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.

1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

 

 

IB 30/35

We continued our examination of the Cold War today by watching the CNN Cold War series video called "Backyard 1954-1990" which covered U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean during the Cold War era. If you want notes on this topic, please go to Collaborative Notes on the wiki, and find the link to the American Interventionism in Latin America page. Please remember that you're writing a Social 30-1 WRA I assignment on the Cold War on Monday.

March 5

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions today. You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today, which took most of the period. I've decided to move the Unit 1 WRA I to Friday, so I can teach you a little bit more about structure and style for a WRA I tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Tuesday, March 11th. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

 

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.

1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

I continued the PowerPoint lecture on "The American Revolution" today, and we watched a little bit more from the documentary "America: The Story of Us". I also did a homework check on your History of the Americas work from last night on the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

IB 30/35

We looked at another Cold War concept today, namely mutually assured destruction (MAD). We watched another video from the CNN Cold War series called "MAD (1960-1972)". Please remember that on Monday, March 10th you will be writing a Social Studies 30-1 WRA I (written response assignment I, in other words a three source analysis assignment) on the Cold War.

March 4

IB 30/35

We watched a documentary film today called "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam", which took the entire period. The film study sheet for this documentary is due tomorrow. Tomorrow, we'll be moving on to another topic in the Cold War, namely mutually assured destruction (MAD).

IB 20 HOTA

I continued with the "American Revolution" PowerPoint lecture today, and then we watched a little bit more of "America: The Story of Us". You have homework tonight out of your History of the Americas textbook, please do the following:

• Please read pages 22-26 in the History of the Americas textbook and pages 30-34
• Complete the historiography activity on pages 22-23 (Thomas Paine's Common Sense) and the activity on page 32 on the Declaration of Independence
• this assignment is due tomorrow!

Social 10-1

I gave you back your "Bend it Like Beckham" film studies and your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. I also showed you your result on the Chapter 1-2 Test as well. You have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow (please see the study guide here) and you are writing a Unit 1 WRA I on Thursday. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Tuesday, March 11th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.

1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

March 3

IB 30/35

I did a homework check on your Vietnam War Assignment at the beginning of class today. You watched an excerpt from the Oliver Stone film "Born on the Fourth of July". We'll continue our examination of the Vietnam War tomorrow by watching a documentary film.

Social 10-1

We continued practicing how to write a WRA I three source analysis assignment. You had some time to peer edit the first paragraph of your WRA I, and then you wrote the remainder of the WRA I today. I'll try to give you some feedback on the WRA I prior to Thursday. You have your Chapter 3-4 Test this Wednesday, please see the study guide here. On Tuesday, March 11th you will writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. Please see the study guide below for this major exam.

Social 10-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.

1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

I finished off the "French and Indian War" PowerPoint lecture today, which I will post on the wiki under the Colonial Period. I also started "The American Revolution" PowerPoint today, and I'll continue it tomorrow. If you're looking for this PowerPoint, you can find it on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 4: Independence Movements. Please make sure that you bring your duotangs and your History of the Americas textbook too.