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You wrote your Trial Final Exam today. You will get the results of this exam tomorrow, as well as your school awarded mark in Social 30-1 (this is the mark that will count for 50%, with the Diploma Exam counting for the other 50%). Please go directly to the Blenheim Room tomorrow.
Social 20-1
We played a game of review Jeopardy today. You have one week to prepare for your Social 20-1 Final Exam Part B. It is a 100 multiple choice question exam, and it is a tough test, especially if you don't study and prepare for it. STUDY!
You'll find out what your mark is going into Part B in tomorrow's class. Please go directly to the Blenheim Room tomorrow.
I had you sign off on which test you want to wipe out with your Trial Final tomorrow. You were supposed to initial next to the mark that I picked out as your lowest mark.
I had you split into small groups and each group was given a three source analysis assignment to analyze. I then had each group come up to the front of the classroom to present their three sources and analysis of the sources.
Remember to study for your Trial Final tomorrow. Do some practice multiple choice questions from the back of your Social 30-1 study booklets.
Part A of the Diploma Exam is on Monday, June 15th
Part B of the Diploma Exam is on Thursday, June 18th
Social 20-1
I did a homework check on your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions today at the beginning of class. You had class time to work with a partner on Unit 3 sample multiple choice questions. Tomorrow, we'll be playing a game of review Jeopardy!
Please remember that you are writing Part B of the Social 20-1 Final Exam on Wednesday, June 17th at 1-3 pm.
We finished watching the HBO documentary "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech" today. I also reminded you that you will be writing Part A of your Diploma Exam one week from today. I went through the active citizenship essay outline today. You can find this outline on the Social 30-1 wiki, as well as this essay with comments on it. Please remember that you have your Trial Final on Wednesday, use the study guide in the back of your Social 30-1 booklets.
Social 20-1
You were given Unit 4 multiple choice questions today that you answered while working with a partner. On your Final Exam Part B there will be 100 multiple choice questions, and 10 of them will come from Unit 4.
I gave you back your Unit 3 WRA I assignments today. We started looking at , and issues surrounding freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom to peacefully assemble. We started watching "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge Free Speech" today and we'll be able to finish this on Monday. Please remember that you have your Trial Final Exam on Wednesday.
Social 20-1
I went through a PowerPoint lecture called "Regional Disparity" today. I also assigned your Chapter 14 and 15 Key Terms and Questions for Monday.
You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today, so you should get the results for this test back tomorrow. If you were off on the Phys Ed camping trip this week, you will be writing your Chapter 10 Test tomorrow. We'll be starting an examination of issues surrounding the First Amendment tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Trial Final on Wednesday, June 10th. Please use the detailed study guide for your Diploma Exam that is at the back of your Social 30-1 study booklet. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (Friday, June 5th).
Social 20-1
You wrote Part A of your Final Exam today in the Blenheim Room. We'll be looking at regionalism and regional disparity in Canada tomorrow.
Yesterday, I went through the issue of privacy. I had you read an article from the Social 30-1 workbook on how Britain is becoming a "surveillance society" (the article is on pages 286-287). I also showed you some videos on CCTV camera usage. I'm embedding those videos below.
Today's class (Wednesday, June 3rd) was spent in one of two ways:
if you were in my Period 1 class, you had a work period to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions (due this Friday)
if you were in my Period 2 class, we went down to the theatre to hear Mr. Kay, the British Consul General speak (the Chapter 12 KTQs are due for my Period 2 group as well)
Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam tomorrow (study guide is posted below). Your Trial Final is one week from today (June 10th).
Social 30-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:
Please study the following material:
make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
"Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)
Review the following notes/packages:
Democratic Systems
Non-Democratic Systems
types of dictatorships
techniques of dictatorships
Civil Rights Movement
authoritarian systems (China notes)
review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
FLQ Crisis 1970
Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:
assimilation
self-interest
humanitarianism
Indian Act
residential school system
enfranchisement
the White Paper
the Red Paper
“war on terror"
authoritarianism
consensus decision-making
direct democracy
military dictatorship
oligarchy
one-party state
party solidarity
representation by population
proportional representation
representative democracy
responsible government
democracy
single-member constituency (first past the post)
the Senate
the House of Commons
the House of Representatives
the Senate
mixed-member proportional system
lobby groups
American Bill of Rights
Anti-Terrorism Act
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
emergency and security legislation
illiberal
language legislation
Bill 101
Bill 178
Bill 86
Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
respect for law and order
terrorism
rendition
the War Measures Act
enemy aliens
internment
the Emergencies Act
USA PATRIOT Act
consumerism
environmental change
extremism
pandemics
postmodernism
global warming
Kyoto Protocol
World Health Organization (WHO)
drought
I also showed you a video from HBO Vice that covered this same issue in Cambden, New Jersey. The story is called "Surveillance City".
Social 20-1
You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today. You'll get the results back on Friday. Please remember that you are writing your Final Exam Part A tomorrow. Please go directly to the Blenheim Room tomorrow.
You wrote your Chapter 10 Test today in class, so you'll get the results back tomorrow. Please remember that your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, June 4th. You can find the study guide for this exam below.
Social 30-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:
Please study the following material:
make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
"Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)
Review the following notes/packages:
Democratic Systems
Non-Democratic Systems
types of dictatorships
techniques of dictatorships
Civil Rights Movement
authoritarian systems (China notes)
review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
FLQ Crisis 1970
Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:
assimilation
self-interest
humanitarianism
Indian Act
residential school system
enfranchisement
the White Paper
the Red Paper
“war on terror"
authoritarianism
consensus decision-making
direct democracy
military dictatorship
oligarchy
one-party state
party solidarity
representation by population
proportional representation
representative democracy
responsible government
democracy
single-member constituency (first past the post)
the Senate
the House of Commons
the House of Representatives
the Senate
mixed-member proportional system
lobby groups
American Bill of Rights
Anti-Terrorism Act
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
emergency and security legislation
illiberal
language legislation
Bill 101
Bill 178
Bill 86
Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
respect for law and order
terrorism
rendition
the War Measures Act
enemy aliens
internment
the Emergencies Act
USA PATRIOT Act
consumerism
environmental change
extremism
pandemics
postmodernism
global warming
Kyoto Protocol
World Health Organization (WHO)
drought
Social 20-1
You had the entire class period to work on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 3rd. Please see the study guide below.
Please remember that you are writing Part A of your Final Exam on Thursday, June 4th.
Social 20-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:
Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations (you can find them on the Social 20-1 wiki):
"Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
"Canada's Foreign Policy"
"Nationalism and Internationalism"
Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:
know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
know the different foreign policy options
know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
what influences foreign policy decisions?
methods of foreign policy
motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
examples of INGOs and IGOs
the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples
