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We finished off the "Shouting Fire" documentary today. I also had you read a short article from BBC News on the amount of CCTV cameras in the UK, and then I showed you a short 15 minute video from the HBO series "Vice" that focused on Camden, New Jersey.
Please remember that you have your Chapter 10 Test on Thursday, December 17th. In your yellow multiple choice booklets, please refer to Test III (questions 1 to 69, 84).
CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well:
Democratic Systems (handout notes)
Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
Structure of Canadian Government
Structure of American Government
similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
types of dictatorships
techniques of dictatorships
authoritarian systems
proportional representation concept
first past the post system
review political and economic spectrum (again!)
IB 30/35
You wrote your Market and Mixed Economy Test today, please remind me to give you the results back tomorrow.
Social 10-1
We finished off the "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization" PowerPoint lecture today. I gave you the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Plain Language version), and gave you an activity to do on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.
We were in the computer lab today working on five different Google Docs, working collaboratively on essay outlines. If you want to make some changes to your group's essay outline, please make your changes tonight. I'll probably post the links to all of the Google Docs on the wiki on Thursday. Please remember that you have your Market and Mixed Economy Test tomorrow (please see the study guide below).
MARKET ECONOMY AND MIXED ECONOMY EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
This exam will be on Wednesday, December 16th
please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
supply-side economics
boom and bust cycle/business cycle
laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
basic economic problems/questions
advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
nationalization
democratic socialism
welfare capitalism
Keynesian economics
the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
demand-side economics
neo-conservatives
monetarism
trickle down economics
supply-side economics
Thatcherism and Reaganomics
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
how supply-side economics deals with a recession
Social 30-1
You wrote your Unit 3 WRA I today in the computer lab. You'll get this back after the Christmas Break. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10 Test on Thursday, December 17th. We'll finish off the "Shouting Fire" documentary tomorrow.
CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well:
Democratic Systems (handout notes)
Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
Structure of Canadian Government
Structure of American Government
similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
types of dictatorships
techniques of dictatorships
authoritarian systems
proportional representation concept
first past the post system
review political and economic spectrum (again!)
Social 10-1
I started a PowerPoint presentation today called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization", which I'll finish off tomorrow. I gave you the Unit 4 Worksheet today, and assigned the Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions for Thursday, December 17th. I also gave you the results of the Unit 3 Final Exam today as well.
You had a work period to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 work. Please check out the important dates below.
Unit 3 WRA I is on Tuesday, December 15th
Chapter 10 Test is on Thursday, December 17th (please see the study guide below)
CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well:
Democratic Systems (handout notes)
Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
Structure of Canadian Government
Structure of American Government
similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
types of dictatorships
techniques of dictatorships
authoritarian systems
proportional representation concept
first past the post system
review political and economic spectrum (again!)
IB 30/35
I gave you a couple of handouts today: "Market Socialism" and "Modern History of China", and I showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series: "One Man's Revolution" and "China Since Mao". Please remember that you have your Market and Mixed Economy Test on Wednesday, December 16th (please see the study guide below). Please remember to go to the IB 30/35 wiki and complete the Google Form for our in-class assignment. Please complete the form this weekend. I shared the wiki page where the Google Form is located today, so check your e-mail for the link to the right wiki page. If you don't have a Gmail account, please set one up.
Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:
This exam will be on Wednesday, December 16th
please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
supply-side economics
boom and bust cycle/business cycle
laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
basic economic problems/questions
advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
nationalization
democratic socialism
welfare capitalism
Keynesian economics
the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
demand-side economics
neo-conservatives
monetarism
trickle down economics
supply-side economics
Thatcherism and Reaganomics
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
how supply-side economics deals with a recession
Social 10-1
I collected your TNC Dossier Assignments today. If you didn't hand them in today you'll be deducted 10% for a late assignment. We played a Unit 3 Review Game today, I hope that you enjoyed it. You'll be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam on Monday. Please see the study guide below.
Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:
Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
"Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
"The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
"Globalization and Sustainability"
Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 60+ multiple choice questions.
We continued looking at the command economy in the USSR today. I gave you notes on leaders of the Soviet Union that you had to copy down off the board. I gave you the following readings today:
"Changes to the Soviet System After Stalin"
"Gorbachev to Collapse"
"Economic Planning in the USSR"
I also showed a short documentary called "Marx to McDonald's" which covered the economic changes that the Soviet Union experienced with perestroika.
On Wednesday, December 16th you will be writing the Market and Mixed Economy Test, please see the study guide below.
Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:
This exam will be on Wednesday, December 16th
please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
supply-side economics
boom and bust cycle/business cycle
laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
basic economic problems/questions
advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
nationalization
democratic socialism
welfare capitalism
Keynesian economics
the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
demand-side economics
neo-conservatives
monetarism
trickle down economics
supply-side economics
Thatcherism and Reaganomics
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
how supply-side economics deals with a recession
Social 30-1
We looked at the USA PATRIOT Act again today, and looked at the sweeping powers it gave to the U.S. government. I showed you part of the documentary "Unconstitutional" today, and while you were watching this documentary, you should have been answering the film study questions that went along with it. We also talked the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. I also took in your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Assignment. Please check out the important dates below.
Unit 3 WRA I is on Tuesday, December 15th
Chapter 10 Test is on Thursday, December 17th (please see the study guide below)
CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well:
Democratic Systems (handout notes)
Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
Structure of Canadian Government
Structure of American Government
similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
types of dictatorships
techniques of dictatorships
authoritarian systems
proportional representation concept
first past the post system
review political and economic spectrum (again!)
Social 10-1
You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today in class. Please remember the following upcoming important dates:
TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th (see study guide below)
UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
"Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
"The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
"Globalization and Sustainability"
Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 60+ multiple choice questions.
We finished off the documentary called "9/11: The Day that Changed the World", and we started talking about the USA PATRIOT Act. We'll watch "Unconstitutional" tomorrow. Please remember the following key dates:
US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due tomorrow (December 10th)
Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, December 11th
Unit 3 WRA I is on Tuesday, December 15th
Chapter 10 Test is on Thursday, December 17th (the study guide will be posted on the blog tomorrow)
IB 30/35
We covered a lot of territory today looking at Karl Marx, Lenin and Stalin, while also reviewing some basics related to the economic spectrum. We also started talking about the Soviet economic system. If you are an IB Diploma student, your EE rough draft is due tomorrow.
Social 10-1
We went to the computer lab to work collaboratively on an essay outline in a Google Doc. I've posted the link to view the Unit 3 WRA II Essay outline on the Social 10-1 wiki. You can find the link on the Student Writing Sample page. Please remember the following upcoming important dates:
Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th (see study guide below)
UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
"Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
"The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
"Globalization and Sustainability"
Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 60+ multiple choice questions.
This should help Social 10-1 students who are working on their TNC Dossier Assignments...
Image Citations in APA Format:
Step 1
Most of you will probably use Google for your image search. Just type in your image search term.
Step 2
A bunch of different images will pop up. Just click on one that you like. Go to the website where the image is hosted.
Step 3
Right click on the image and then click on "Properties" and then you'll get the address of the image.
Step 4
The pop up dialogue box will look something like this.
Step 5
This is where it's nice to have either Microsoft Word 2007 or later because it has a built-in reference tab that makes it easy to cite your sources. Click on the References tab, make sure it is set to APA. If you click on Insert Citation or Bibliography, you'll get a pop up that will look something like this. I've put in the information for the image that I used in this example.
We continued examining the mixed economy today. I went through a detailed handout on monetary and fiscal policy. I gave you a booklet on democratic socialism and the mixed economy. I also showed you a couple of videos from the 60 Minutes TV newsmagazine show, one called "Dutch Treat" and "Welfare a la carte". We'll begin looking at the command economy tomorrow.
Social 30-1
In order to understand post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation I needed to give you some historical context. I showed you a video from the Smithsonian TV channel called "9/11: The Day that Changed the World". We'll finish this video off tomorrow, and start looking at the USA PATRIOT Act. I also collected your USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment.
Please remember the following upcoming important dates:
Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, December 9th
US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th
Social 10-1
In connection with watching "Shipbreakers" last week, and talking about the life cycle of a ship and the sustainability of the shipbreaking industry, I thought it would be interesting to look at another example of an industry that has environmental consequences that are sort of "out of sight, out of mind". I'm talking about e-waste. We watched a short excerpt from the CBC News in Review on "Electronic Waste and China". Here is a link to an article that was in National Geographic Magazine in their January 2008 issue that I would like you to read. Here is the hyperlink to the article: click here. We also started to look at the Unit 3 WRA II Essay question sheet. We'll be working on a Google Doc tomorrow and collectively write an essay outline.
Please remember the following upcoming important dates:
Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th (see study guide below)
UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
"Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
"The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
"Globalization and Sustainability"
Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 60+ multiple choice questions.
We covered the usage of the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis in 1970 in Quebec today. I showed you a video from the Turning Points of History series on the FLQ Crisis, and while you were watching this video, you needed to complete the film study questions in your Social 30-1 study booklets (pages 248-249). Please remember the following upcoming important dates:
USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due tomorrow.
Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, December 9th
US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th
IB 30/35
We covered a lot of ground today with market and mixed economies, all in preparation for your Market and Mixed Economy Test which is on Wednesday, December 16th. I will post the study guide for this test on Wednesday (December 9th).
Social 10-1
We looked at the controversy surrounding biofuels today, and we talked about measures of prosperity in the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation. As I said in class, the Millennium Development Goals have hit their expiration date, and the UN has negotiated a new framework for development called the Sustainable Development Goals, or more simply put, the Global Goals. You are responsible for going through any material that I may have skipped over in this lecture. Please remember the following upcoming important dates:
Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th (see study guide below)
Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:
Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
"Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
"The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
"Globalization and Sustainability"
Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 50+ multiple choice questions.
We finished off "The Great Depression in Canada" PowerPoint lecture. We quickly reviewed the boom and bust cycle, demand-side economics responses to the various stages of the business cycle, and how demand-side and supply-side economics respond to a recession.
Social 30-1
We looked at civil rights, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, human rights, liberalism and illiberalism. We'll be looking at the usage of the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis of 1970 next week, along with post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation that was passed in the USA and Canada. You also had class time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions.
Please remember the following key dates:
USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on Tuesday, December 8th
Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, December 9th
US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th
Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, December 11th
Social 10-1
I did a homework check on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions. We finished off the NFB documentary "Shipbreakers". After watching the video, I had you work in small groups to generate a T-chart on the advantages (opportunities, benefits) of the shipbreaking industry and its disadvantages (challenges, detriments). We talked a little bit about alternative energy sources, and we'll talk about biofuels on Monday.
Please remember the upcoming important dates:
Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
We watched a couple of videos today from the BBC 20th Century History series: "One Man's Revolution" and "China Since Mao". Obviously, the case study that we were looking at today was China as an authoritarian state. You should also review "Market Socialism" (pages 130-133 in your Social 30-1 study booklets) in addition to the "Modern History of China" reading. Please remember the following key dates:
USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on Tuesday, December 8th
US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th
IB 30/35
I gave you an in-class assignment today that looked at the Challenges to the New Deal. We also started looking at "The Great Depression in Canada". We should be able to finish this off tomorrow.
Social 10-1
We started a PowerPoint lecture today called "Globalization and Sustainability", which we'll continue tomorrow. I also showed you part of the NFB documentary called "Shiphreakers". Please remember the following key dates:
Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions are due Thursday, December 3rd
Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
I gave back a lot of homework checks, your Social 30-1 WRA I in-class writing assignment on the First World War. We also covered the New Deal with a PowerPoint presentation and note-taking chart.
Social 30-1
I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "The Political Challenges to Liberalism", with an emphasis on the dictatorships section. I will be making some updates to this presentation and uploading a new version on the Social 30-1 wiki tonight. I also assigned the Civil Rights Movement Assignment today, it's due on December 10th. The USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is still due on December 8th. You had some time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions as well today.
Social 10-1
I quickly went through a lecture on "The Impacts of Globalization on the Environment". You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th.
We did a class discussion today where everyone was given two Post It notes to write out their answers to two of the following questions:
Should the voting age be lowered?
Should voting be mandatory?
Should everyone over the age of 18 be allowed to vote?
Is the first past the post system democratic?
Next, I split you into four groups to summarize some of the viewpoints in the classroom, and then we had a whole class discussion about the issues related to these questions. Please remember that your USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignments are due on Tuesday, December 8th. You are strongly encouraged to work with a partner on this assignment.
IB 30/35
You were encouraged to take detailed notes on the following videos from the BBC 20th Century History series:"Boom and Bust", and "FDR and the New Deal". Tomorrow, we'll talk more about the Roosevelt administration's response to the Great Depression.
Social 10-1
Basically, the entire class was spent today going through the documentary "Globalization is Good", and completing the film study sheet that goes along with it. Please check out the upcoming important dates.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Unit 3 WRA II is on Thursday, December 10th
TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
I went through the structure of the American political system. I also covered the electoral college system. We looked at some electoral college maps from previous presidential elections. Please read, highlight and annotate the presidential system section in your Social 30-1 study booklets. We'll talk about the system of checks and balances on Monday. Enjoy your weekend!
IB 30/35
You wrote your Paper 1 today. We'll talk more economics on Monday. Please don't forget to complete the Great Depression Study Guide for Monday's class.
Social 10-1
We completed a film study of "The Other Side of Outsourcing" today. Please remember your TNC Dossier Assignmentis due on Friday, December 11th.
We covered a lot of territory today with the Canadian political system. If you missed today's class, please get the notes from a classmate. Tomorrow, you will be writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay in Room 118. Please go directly there tomorrow.
IB 30/35
We did some review of economic concepts that I taught to you last year, including: scarcity, basic economic questions, economic values, economic systems and how those systems answer the economic questions. I also covered the 19th century political spectrum, the 20th century spectrum, and the economic-political grid, as well as the techniques of dictatorship. I also did a quick review of the principles of collectivism (PRINCE) and the principles of individualism (PRICES). We'll talk about more economics tomorrow when we look at the boom and bust cycle and Keynesian economics.
Social 10-1
You wrote your Chapter 10-11 Test today in class. Hopefully you will get the results back next week.
I finished off the PowerPoint lecture on "Conservatism in the 1920s" today.
You had the remainder of class time to work on the 1920s Study Guide. I'll take in your study guides tomorrow.
Social 30-1
I gave you the results of the Unit 2 Final Exam today. You had the class period to work on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow.
Social 10-1
We finished the film study of the CNBC documentary "The Age of Wal-Mart" today. Your Chapter 10-11 Test tomorrow (Wednesday, November 25th) You had class time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. Please see the Chapter 10-11 Test study guide below.
Social 10-1 Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:
Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).
Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"Expansion of Economic Globalization"
You should know these key terms really well:
Bretton Woods Agreement
international monetary system
fixed exchange rate
gold standard
floating exchange rate
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
centrally planned economy
free market economy
recession
John Maynard Keynes
Friedrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
totalitarian
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
tariff
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
You should also be able to answer the following questions:
What is economic globalization?
How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, and you'll get the results back tomorrow. I also gave you the essay question sheet for the Unit 2 WRA II Essay. You'll be writing this position paper on Thursday, November 26th. You can only put notes under the line, on the front side of the essay question sheet.
IB 30/35
I showed you the A & E Biography on Benito Mussolini. We started the "Conservatism in the 1920s" PowerPoint presentation today. Please bring the textbook, The United States and Its' People tomorrow.
Social 10-1
You should have started the film study sheet on the CNBC documentary "The Age of Wal-Mart" today. We'll finish the film study tomorrow. Your Chapter 10-11 Test is on Wednesday, November 25th (sorry for the confusion in previous posts). Please see the Chapter 10-11 Test study guide below.
Social 10-1 Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:
Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).
Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"Expansion of Economic Globalization"
You should know these key terms really well:
Bretton Woods Agreement
international monetary system
fixed exchange rate
gold standard
floating exchange rate
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
centrally planned economy
free market economy
recession
John Maynard Keynes
Friedrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
totalitarian
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
tariff
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
You should also be able to answer the following questions:
What is economic globalization?
How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
We covered "The Italian Invasion of Abyssinia" PowerPoint lecture today in class. You should be studying for your Paper 1, which is on Friday, November 27th. Please review using the PowerPoint notes, the 20th Century IB History Companion textbook (pages 13-76), and the Prescribed Subject 1 duotang. Please review how to write a Paper 1 by visiting the IB 30/35 wiki, and looking under Paper 1.
Social 30-1
I gave you some time to read through the differences between unitary systems and federal systems. We also looked at various political terms, and started talking about types of democratic systems. We talked about direct democracy and representative democracy, including the parliamentary system and the presidential system. You had about 30 minutes to work on your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions (which are due on Monday, November 23rd). This is also the date of your Unit 2 Final Exam. You are writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay on Thursday, November 26th.
Social 30-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:
The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 23rd. It will be a 70-75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:
study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
supply-side economics
boom and bust cycle/business cycle
laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
basic economic problems/questions
advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
characteristics of a mixed economy
nationalization
privatization
democratic socialism
welfare capitalism
Keynesian economics
the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
demand-side economics
neo-conservatives
monetarism
trickle down economics
supply-side economics
Thatcherism and Reaganomics
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
characteristics of a centrally planned economy
advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
establishment of the Soviet Union
Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
"Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
"Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
modern liberalism
features of the Nazi state
Hitler's rise to power
Characteristics of Democracy
Characteristics of Dictatorship
Democratic Systems notes
Non-Democratic Systems notes
Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
Totalitarianism notes
Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model
Social 10-1
We finished watching "The Corporation" today. I did a class check on your film study sheets for the film. I gave back some homework checked work as well today. We did the TNC draft today. The due date for the TNC Dossier Assignment is Thursday, December 3rd. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Tuesday, November 24th. Please see the study guide below.
Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:
This test has a matching section and a long answer section. Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).
Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"Expansion of Economic Globalization"
You should know these key terms really well:
Bretton Woods Agreement
international monetary system
fixed exchange rate
gold standard
floating exchange rate
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
centrally planned economy
free market economy
recession
John Maynard Keynes
Friedrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
totalitarian
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
tariff
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
You should also be able to answer the following questions:
What is economic globalization?
How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
We watched a video from BBC World called "10 Questions About Democracy" (here is a link to the companion website if you'd like to here what people had to say again). You are responsible for finishing the entire film study that went along with this video for tomorrow's class (I'll be doing a homework check on it, and in all likelihood, we'll be able to discuss some of the questions in the video). Please remember that your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, November 23rd. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 23rd, please see the study guide below (scroll down to find it). You're also writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay next Thursday (November 26th).
Social 30-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:
The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 23rd. It will be a 70-75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:
study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
supply-side economics
boom and bust cycle/business cycle
laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
basic economic problems/questions
advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
characteristics of a mixed economy
nationalization
privatization
democratic socialism
welfare capitalism
Keynesian economics
the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
demand-side economics
neo-conservatives
monetarism
trickle down economics
supply-side economics
Thatcherism and Reaganomics
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
characteristics of a centrally planned economy
advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
establishment of the Soviet Union
Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
"Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
"Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
modern liberalism
features of the Nazi state
Hitler's rise to power
Characteristics of Democracy
Characteristics of Dictatorship
Democratic Systems notes
Non-Democratic Systems notes
Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
Totalitarianism notes
Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model
IB 30/35
I finished off my PowerPoint lecture on "The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria". I assigned some work from your Paper 1 duotang. You are to complete the Student Study Sections on pages 78 (bottom of the page) and page 80 (both sections). You will be writing a Paper 1 on Friday, November 27th. Review how to write the Paper 1 by looking at the appropriate sections of the IB 30/35 wiki.
Social 10-1
We continued watching "The Corporation". I hope that you're completing the worksheet answers as we're watching the film! I showed you some TNC Dossier Assignment exemplars at the end of the class. We'll be doing the TNC draft tomorrow after we finish off the last part of the documentary. One week from today (Wednesday, November 25th), you'll be writing your Chapter 10-11 Test, please see the study guide below.
Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:
This test has a matching section and a long answer section. Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).
Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"Expansion of Economic Globalization"
You should know these key terms really well:
Bretton Woods Agreement
international monetary system
fixed exchange rate
gold standard
floating exchange rate
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
centrally planned economy
free market economy
recession
John Maynard Keynes
Friedrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
totalitarian
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
tariff
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
You should also be able to answer the following questions:
What is economic globalization?
How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
We finished off the "Enforcement of the Treaties and Disarmament" PowerPoint lecture. I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay", and then we started looking at the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Social 30-1
You wrote your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Exam) today. Please remind me to share the results with you tomorrow.
Social 10-1
We started a film study of "The Corporation" today. We watched about 50 minutes of the film, and then I gave you the TNC Dossier Assignment sheet. I'll show you another section of "The Corporation" tomorrow, and I should have time to show you some exemplar TNC dossiers.
We finished watching "Good Night, and Good Luck" today in class. This film explores a lot of issues that are relevant to today. You also have to understand the political climate at the time in the United States to fully understand the movie. Many Americans were drawn to communism in the 1930s due to the effects of the Great Depression, especially academics and those in the labour fields. In the movie they made reference to friends and spouses that had attended meetings long ago. The "Red Scare" caused a huge backlash against those sympathetic to communism or the USSR. Remember, during WWII the Soviet Union was an ally, and many people may have attended meetings out of curiosity. The junior Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy in 1950 charged there were communist sympathizers in the U.S. State Department. Hearings were held, charges were discovered to be unfounded. McCarthy continued accusing communist infiltration in the Democratic Party. McCarthy became the chairman of the House Subcommittee on the investigation of un-American activity (HUAC). On December 2, 1954, McCarthy’s actions were called into question and his accusations were deemed unfounded. On Murrow's show "See it Now", he begins to publicly go after McCarthy. A very public feud develops when McCarthy responds by accusing Murrow of being a communist. Murrow is accused of having been a member of the leftist union Industrial Workers of the World, which Murrow claimed was false.
In this climate of fear and reprisal (which we now refer to as McCarthyism), the CBS crew carries on and their tenacity ultimately strikes a historic blow against McCarthy. Historical footage in the movie also shows the questioning of Annie Lee Moss, a Pentagon communication worker accused of being a communist based on her name appearing on a list seen by an FBI infiltrator of the American Communist Party. In the first half of the film Murrow talks about how McCarthy didn't create the political climate and anti-Communist hysteria sweeping the country, but that he capitalized on it for political gain very effectively. As David Strathairn (playing Murrow in the film says, "We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment, unpopular. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate responsibility." The film is framed by the performance of the speech given by Murrow to the Radio and Television News Directors Association in 1958, in which Murrow harshly admonishes his audience not to squander the potential of television to inform and educate the public. I found this short video on YouTube that spliced together Edward R. Murrow's speech that appears at the beginning of the film and continues at the end of the film. I find that this speech has relevance even today when you talk about the level of discourse in the media. Your answers to the film study questions (1-12) are due on Wednesday, November 18th.
Don't forget that you are writing your Chapter 7 Test on the Cold War, please scroll down for the study guide AND what questions to study from your yellow booklet.
Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:
It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:
study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
study notes on the Korean War
study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts
know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you in subsequent class)
know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I will give you next week on this topic.
know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences
Please get some practice with the following questions from Test II (in your yellow booklets):
Questions 23-37
Questions 88-98
Questions 110-128
IB 30/35
We started a PowerPoint lecture on "Disarmament and International Treaties". We'll pick up with the London Naval Conference tomorrow.
Social 10-1
We finished watching the documentary "Life + Debt" today. I also gave you results of your Unit 2 Final Exam.
You should have gone through the "End of the Cold War Notes" that are in your Social 30-1 study booklets. You should have also started the film study for "Good Night, and Good Luck" (this film study is in your 30-1 booklets starting on page 203). We'll continue this film on Monday. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Tuesday, November 17th, you can find the study guide below.
Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:
It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:
study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
study notes on the Korean War
study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts
know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you in subsequent class)
know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I will give you next week on this topic.
know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences
IB 30/35
You wrote a Social 30-1 style Written Response Assignment I today (a three source analysis assignment). You will be getting the results of your World War I Test back on Monday, November 16th. Please remember to complete theStudent Study Section work that was assigned in yesterday's class for Monday.
Social 10-1
You started a film study "Life + Debt" today. We'll finish off this film study on Monday. Please remember that your WTO chart is due on Monday, November 16th.
You should have handed in your Covenant of the League of Nations worksheet homework at the beginning of class today. You should have finished up the "Treaties and Mandates" PowerPoint lecture today. Don't forget to bring in items for the Operation Christmas Child shoebox!!
You have a homework assignment that is due on Monday, November 16th--complete the Student Study Sections in your Prescribed Subject 1 duotangs on the following pages:
page 58
page 60
page 62
page 64
page 67
Social 30-1
You should have handed in your Vietnam War Assignment today at the beginning of class. You should have watched "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" today. This would have taken up most of the period.
Please see the Chapter 7 Test Study Guide below. You have a lot of review and studying to do, that's why I'm posting this study guide so far in advance (this test is on November 17th).
Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:
It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:
study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
study notes on the Korean War
study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts
know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you in subsequent class)
know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I will give you next week on this topic.
know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences
Social 10-1
You should have handed in your Chapter 11 Key Terms today at the beginning of class. You should have finished off the "Expansion of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint lecture today. You should have been given the World Trade Organization booklets today. You must create a DETAILED chart listing off the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO system. You can't simply put "The WTO is killing people", you need to EXPLAIN your bullet points! This WTO chart is due on Monday, November 16th.
