July 4

Social 30-1

We finished watching the last bit of "Sicko" at the beginning of class today. You also wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today. You'll get the results of this test back on Monday. The rest of the class, before and after the break was spent dealing with argumentation and evidence in position papers. In your blue study booklets, make sure that you read through the "recipe for success" for essays starting on page 324. I have shared a page on the wiki with you called Diploma Exam Review. On this page there are sample Unit 1 WRA II Essays, and the essay outline that I was showing you in class is also on this page. I do recommend that you check out the PBS Frontline website for "Sick Around the World" because it will provide you with evidence on health care systems around the world, especially if you are going to agree with the ideological perspective in the source (in other words, you are writing a pro-collectivism essay, and using an argument such as collective responsibility and need evidence). Here's a link to the "Sick Around the World" website, which contains a lot of information and statistics about different health care systems. I really recommend that you take the time to watch this video this weekend, click here to watch. Please prepare for your essay this weekend, and contact me by e-mail if you need any advice. You will be writing this essay on Tuesday, July 8th. Remember, use the principles of individualism or principles of collectivism as a starting point for your arguments. You will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, July 7th, please see the study guide below. If you need extra practice discerning between individualism and collectivism, there is the activity in the blue study booklet with all of the charts that you could complete. You may even get some ideas of issues raised by these competing values.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Monday, July 7th. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms,  click here and scroll down to find them)
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the IB 30 wiki, and in your blue study booklets)
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet (in the Social 30-1 blue booklet)
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
• there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR)