Social 20-1
I finished off the lecture on the French Revolution today. I assigned your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions for Friday, September 16th. We'll be watching a History Channel documentary on the French Revolution tomorrow and Friday. Don't forget that you have your World Geography Test on Friday (please see the study guide below).
SOCIAL 20-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test will take place on Friday, September 16th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries 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- any of the EU countries (there are 28 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265, but it's out of date, it says that there's 27 countries in the EU. I'm not even talking about Brexit here...)
- 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: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
- 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, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, 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!!**
GEOGRAPHY GAMES
- World Geography Games
- Test Your Geography Knowledge
- Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)
IB 20 HOTA
You had time to write your Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz today. I also had you copy down notes on the principles of individualism and the principles of collectivism. We'll revisit these principles later in the semester, and definitely next year in Grade 12. We started looking at the colonization of the Thirteen Colonies today by watching about 20 minutes of "America: The Story of Us". Don't forget that your "Seeds of Change" Assignment is due on September 20th. Please make sure that your project meets the marking criteria. Please remember that your "Seeds of Change" assignment where you will have to investigate an Enlightenment era philosopher. As I said in class today, I was thinking about rock stars, movie stars and athletes today and wondering why Enlightenment thinkers aren't as well known as some of them. After all, some of these Enlightenment thinkers have made greater contributions to society, yet they don't enjoy the fame and notoriety as some these entertainment and sports celebrities. We're going to change that. I didn't get a chance to elaborate on some possibilities of which direction this creative project could go (trading cards, magazine cover stories, Prezis, infographics, website--I changed my mind, what can I say?), show me how creative you are! Just make sure that you present the information in a concise, fun, informative way, and that your project meets all of the requirements, which are as follows:
- Biographical Information (3 marks)
- Area(s) of Work (what fields did they work in?) (2 marks)
- Ideas Introduced (2 marks)
- Aspect of medieval society that they challenged (2 marks)
- Were they influential in their own time? (5 marks)
- What were their contributions to modern society? (3 marks)
- Mechanics, spelling, grammar, and list of sources cited using a recognized citation system (APA, MLA, Chicago) (3 marks)
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