July 28

SOCIAL 30-1

Today was your last day of summer school. You wrote your Trial Final Exam today. You have considerable time off to prepare for the Diploma Exam. Make sure that you go back through all of the course content that we covered. Please DON'T re-read Perspectives on Ideology! I think that you should review all of the PowerPoint lectures that I went through. You should also make sure that you go through all of the notes and activities in the Social 30-1 workbook. Please review the sections on how to write a WRA I, how to analyze political cartoons and other images and the "Recipe for Success" on the WRA II, and the propaganda techniques. 

There is also a VERY detailed Diploma Exam Study Guide at the back of your 30-1 study booklets. Go through the multiple choice questions in the yellow booklet that I gave you at the beginning of July, it will really help you out. 

Check out the review Prezis that are on the Social 30-1 wiki under Unit 1 and Unit 2. You'll have access to the Social 30-1 wiki in August, I'll remove you from the wiki after you write the Diploma Exams. 

Here are the dates for your Diploma Exam:

• Social Studies 30-1 Part A is on Thursday, August 4th (9:00 am to 12:00 pm; you can take an extra 1/2 hour to make it a 3 hour exam. This is strongly recommended, then you have 1 hour for the WRA I and 2 hours for the WRA II)
• Social Studies 30-1 Part B is on Monday, August 8th (9:00 am to 11:30 am)

Please remember that you are writing both parts of the Diploma Exam at Viscount Bennett Centre. Please keep in mind that it may take you longer to travel to this school than it did getting to Churchill. 

It was a pleasure having you all in class this summer! You all made it enjoyable coming into work in July! Please post on the wiki what the WRA I and WRA II looked like, I'm curious.