January 3

Social 20-1

I gave you back your Unit 2 Dossier Assignments today, these were by and large very well done, and helped to improve your assignment and project mark. We also covered Canadian foreign policy goals and methods in your Social 20-1 workbooks. Please complete the foreign policy methods activity from the booklet.

Social 20-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations that I have sent to you:

• "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
• "Canada's Foreign Policy"
• "Nationalism and Internationalism"

Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:

• know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
• know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
• know the different foreign policy options
• know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
• what influences foreign policy decisions?
• methods of foreign policy
• motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
• how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
• tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
• examples of INGOs and IGOs
• the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
• peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
• different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
• why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples

IB 20 HOTA

I gave you back your comparative government assignments and your Paper 2 essays. You had the remainder of class time to work on your dictator presentations, which we will start next week. Tomorrow, you'll be writing a Social 30-1 multiple choice test on dictatorships, with an emphasis on Nazi Germany and the USSR. This test will have 70 questions on it, but 18 of them will be omitted, so it will have 52 questions. Please see the study guide below. On Thursday, you will be writing a Social 30-1 WRA II Essay assignment in class. You will get the essay question sheet in class, but you will be allowed to have out your "recipe for success".

Dictatorships Exam Study Guide:

• please review the "Types of Political Systems" PowerPoint (the dictatorship part)
• review the political spectrum and the economic-political grid
• review techniques of dictatorship
• review Nazi Germany and Stalin's USSR