February 8

IB 30/35

You had most of today's class to work in your debate groups, to prepare for tomorrow's debate. You'll have a little bit of time tomorrow to do some last second preparation. You are strongly encouraged to work on your group's Google Doc to keep yourselves organized. Make sure that you read, highlight, and annotate the historiography of the atomic bomb article that I gave to you.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Global Connections Map Assignment today. On Tuesday, February 16th you'll be writing a World Geography Test, please see the study guide below. We also did an activity where you listed off your favorite TV shows, movies, and musicians. The point of that exercise was to introduce the concepts of CAVCO, CRTC, CanCon, and cultural protectionism to you. I also talked a little bit about media consolidation. No one met the percentages that the CRTC imposes on TV and radio.

SOCIAL 10-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will take place on Tuesday, February 16th. It is simply a country and capital cities identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries, capital cities, and places identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:

• any of the EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, China, India, Myanmar (Burma), Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

Please use the following links for studying for this test:
World Geography Games
Test Your Geography Knowledge
Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)

Social 30-1

I went through a lot of material today: I covered the 19th century political spectrum, the 20th century political spectrum, the economic spectrum, the basic economic values (GESSEF), the techniques of dictatorship, and the economic-political spectrum. Along the way, we reviewed the principles of collectivism (PRINCE) and the principles of individualism (PRICES). If you didn't read it over the weekend, please make sure that you read the Ideology Notes (pages 12-17 in your workbook). Also, please complete all of the individualism and collectivism charts in your workbook as well, this is due tomorrow. I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Questions today, and I handed back your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions. If you have your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions in a notebook, please hand those in at the beginning of the class tomorrow.