Thursday, September 17, 2015

September 17


I showed you a video from the U.S. History series on the Causes of the Civil War. I finished off my PowerPoint presentation on the Causes of the Civil War. Tomorrow, we will start watching Ken Burns' "Civil War" documentary.


I gave you the results of the Chapter 1-2 Test and the Unit 1 Final Exam today. I then spent half of the class lecturing on "The Development of Classical Liberalism", which I should be able to finish off tomorrow. As I went through this lecture, you were to take notes on the charts in your Social 30-1 study booklets. You had the second half of the class to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions.


We looked at a few different concepts today, namely media transnational corporations (media TNCs), mergers and acquisitions, media convergence, and whether or not we can equate social globalization and universalization of popular culture to Americanization. We'll be starting an assignment tomorrow on universalization of culture and hybridization. Keep working on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. You have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Tuesday, September 22nd.


  • Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
  • Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
  • Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):
  • How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
  • How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
  • How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
  • What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
  • What is the relationship between identity and language?
  • How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?
4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these chapters.

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