May 11

Social 30-1

I went through the system of checks and balances and separation of powers in the American political system today. If you haven't read pages 216-218 (Types of Democratic Systems) in your Social 30-1 study booklet yet, please make sure that you read, highlight and annotate this section of your booklet. We also talked about American overseas territories such as Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Puerto Rico, and the rights of people on these islands. In most cases they are American citizens, but as we pointed out today, many of these American citizens don't get to vote for President. I also wrote four questions on the board, and you were to pick two questions to answer on a Post-It note. I broke you into groups to discuss the answers to the questions, and then we had a brief class discussion about it. It's probably a good idea to get a partner for the USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment right away.

Social 20-1

I gave back the results of your Unit 2 Research Project today. I also continued with Unit 3 material by starting the PowerPoint lecture on "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism". I will continue this presentation tomorrow. I gave you some class time (about 30 minutes) to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions. Please remember to study for your Unit 2 Final Exam on Wednesday, May 13th. You can find the study guide below.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 2 Final Exam will be written on Wednesday, May 13th. It is a multiple choice exam.

1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:

• The Causes of World War I
• Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
• Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
• The Holocaust
• Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide

2. Know the following key concepts:

• national interest
• domestic policy
• foreign policy
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• Treaty of Versailles
• Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
• appeasement
• ultranationalism
• propaganda
• conscription crisis
• Adolf Hitler
• Nazis
• Hirohito
• Tojo
• Kristallnacht
• The Way of Subjects
• League of Nations
• total war
• internment
• War Measures Act
• Great Depression
• the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• irredentism
• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination

3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):

• World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
• Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
• The Interwar Years
• Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
• Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
• The Holocaust
• Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
• Decolonization and self-determination (quick review of "Gandhi" film study booklet, what are successor states? What is self-determination? Kosovo case study)