Friday, March 04, 2016

March 4


You were in the Blenheim Room this period working on the Google Doc on the Vietnam War (causes, practices, effects, results). I'm really looking forward to seeing the results of this activity.


You had a debate today using the following topic: BIRT globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures. You started your preparation's for this debate in Monday's class.


You spent some class time writing an analysis of a political cartoon today. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, March 7th. Please see the study guide for the Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test below (the test is on March 10th).


This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Thursday, March 10th. This test covers material from Chapter 3 and part of Chapter 4. 

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations: 
  • "The Development of Classical Liberalism"
  • "Responding to Classical Liberalism"
2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4. 
3. The Industrial Revolution: 
  • understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
  • understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
  • understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system
4. Review material in the "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet 
5. Key beliefs of the various ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation: 
  • Adam Smith
  • laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
  • John Stuart Mill
  • Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels (see "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet)
  • Edmund Burke and classical conservatism
6. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well 

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