November 29

Social 10-1

You wrote the Chapter 10-11 Test today in class. Hopefully, you will get your results of this test next week. If you missed class today, you'll need to write the test tomorrow during class time. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, December 6th.

IB 30/35

We watched an episode of "Love, Hate and Propaganda" today, focusing on the episode "The 1930s: The Strongmen". While you watched this episode you should have taken notes on Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Hirohito.

November 28

IB 30/35

I went through a lecture today on "The Italian Invasion of Abyssinia", I shared this Google Slides presentation with you before class. I do recommend you download it as a PowerPoint and print off a hard copy to study from. Tomorrow we're going to do a transition day between topics in Case Study 2, since I'll be showing you an episode of the CBC show, "Love, Hate and Propaganda".

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint lecture today called "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization". This content will be tested on the Unit 3 Final Exam. Some of the key topics in the lecture were: economic trading blocs (NAFTA, EU, MERCOSUR), the World Bank and IMF, and trade liberalization. Don't forget that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test tomorrow (November 29th), you can find the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations). This test is on Wednesday, November 29th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "Expansion of Economic Globalization"

You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?

November 27

IB 30/35

I showed you a YouTube video called "The Road to War-Italy", which took most of the period. Hopefully, you took good jot notes while the video was playing. Here is the video again, if you need to re-watch certain sections of it:



I would also recommend that you have a look at the following Prezi:

Social 10-1

I showed you a video today called "The Other Side of Outsourcing", and while you were watching this video you were supposed to complete a film study sheet. I also gave you some time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Thursday, December 30th. Please remember that your Chapter 10-11 Test is on Wednesday, November 29th.

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations). This test is on Wednesday, November 29th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "Expansion of Economic Globalization"

You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?

November 24

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 1 on Case Study 1 in Prescribed Subject 3 today. Please don't forget that you have homework and projects due next week. The Case Study 1 Review Google Doc is due on Tuesday, November 28th. The chart will be for homework check marks. The sample Paper 1 is for marks. The two mini-essays will also be marked. Do not take extra time to write these assignments. Take 60 minutes to write the sample Paper 1. Take 30 minutes for each mini-essay, 60 minutes total. 

Social 10-1

We finished watching "The Age of Wal-Mart" today in class. I handed back some past homework checked assignments as well. You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. Please don't forget that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, November 29th, you can find the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations). This test is on Wednesday, November 29th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "Expansion of Economic Globalization"

You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?

November 23

Social 10-1

I showed you some exemplars of the TNC Dossier Assignment at the beginning of the class. Please remember this assignment is due on Wednesday, December 6th. We started a film study of the CNBC documentary called "The Age of Wal-Mart". While you were watching this film you should have written down the advantages and disadvantages of Wal-Mart on the chart that was provided. Please remember that you have the Chapter 10-11 Test next Wednesday (November 29th), and you can find the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations). This test is on Wednesday, November 29th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "Expansion of Economic Globalization"

You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?

IB 30/35

We watched the A & E Biography on Benito Mussolini in class today. You should have been taking notes on this film as you watched it. Please remember that you're writing the Paper 1 on the Japanese expansionism case study tomorrow in class. Please review how to write a Paper 1 (please see the Google Doc that I shared with you) and review the notes that you took on my lectures, and the Google Slides presentations that I have shared with you.

November 22

Social 10-1

Both classes were able to finish watching "The Corporation" today in class, and then move on to talking about the TNC Dossier Assignment. This assignment is due on December 6th (two weeks from today). I'll hopefully be able to show you some sample dossiers tomorrow. If you missed class today, please make sure that you pick up the assignment sheet from me tomorrow, and pick a TNC to profile. One week from today, you'll be writing the Chapter 10-11 Test, you can find the study guide below.

Social 10-1 Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:

Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations). This test is on Wednesday, November 29th. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "Expansion of Economic Globalization"

You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?

IB 30/35

We started Case Study 2 of Prescribed Subject 3 today. I delivered a lecture on "The Impact of Fascism on Italian Foreign Policy". Tomorrow, you'll be watching a Biography video on Benito Mussolini. You're writing your Paper 1 on Case Study 1 Japanese Expansion (1931-1941) on Friday, November 24th. This is a FULL Paper 1, and you'll have 60 minutes to write it.  

The Case Study 1 Review Google Doc is due on Tuesday, November 28th. The chart will be for homework check marks. The sample Paper 1 is for marks. The two mini-essays will also be marked. Do not take extra time to write these assignments. Take 60 minutes to write the sample Paper 1. Take 30 minutes for each mini-essay, 60 minutes total. 

November 21

IB 30/35

We spent the entire class period in the Red Lab working on a Case Study 1 Review Google Doc. This review Doc is due on Tuesday, November 28th. The chart will be for homework check marks. The sample Paper 1 is for marks. The two mini-essays will also be marked. Do not take extra time to write these assignments. Take 60 minutes to write the sample Paper 1. Take 30 minutes for each mini-essay, 60 minutes total. You will still be writing a Paper 1 in class on Friday, November 24th. We'll be starting Case Study 2 for Prescribed Subject 3 tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We continued watching "The Corporation" today, and we'll be able to finish it up tomorrow, except for maybe in my Period 4 class (due to the length of the lockdown practice today). One week from tomorrow (Wednesday, November 29th), you'll be writing the Chapter 10-11 Test. The study guide will go up tomorrow on the blog.

November 20

IB 30/35

We finished off the last topic in our first case study for Prescribed Subject 3 (The Move to Global War). We'll be doing some review tomorrow on the Japanese expansion in Asia in the Red Lab, please go there directly. We'll be starting the case study on Italian and German expansion on the road to WWII on Wednesday. Please remember that you are writing your Paper 1 on case study 1 on Friday, November 24th.

Social 10-1

We finished watching the key parts of "Life + Debt" today. We moved on to a film study for "The Corporation", which we will watch in parts for the next few days. One week from Wednesday you will writing the Chapter 10-11 Test, so watch for the study guide to go up on Wednesday. The Chapter 10-11 Test will be on Wednesday, November 29th.

November 16

Social 10-1

You started a film study today on the movie "Life + Debt". We'll finish it off (if you didn't complete it) on Monday. As you were watching this film, you should have been taking notes on it, and completing the film study questions. your WTO charts and Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, November 20th.

IB 30/35

You finished off the documentary "Nanking" today. You had the remainder of class time to work on essay preparation for your Paper 1 that you're writing on November 24th. Don't forget that your Paper 1 assignment is due on Monday, November 20th. you're going to hand in a hard copy and a digital copy of this assignment.

November 15

Social 10-1

You had a brief four corners debate today on the "Dilemmas of Global Trade". After you finished this activity, you had some class time to work on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions. These key terms and questions are due on Monday, November 20th, as is your WTO chart.

IB 30/35

You had the entire period to work on your Paper 1 assignment today in the Red Lab. Remember, you're handing in a hard copy AND a digital copy of this assignment on Monday, November 20th.

November 14

IB 30/35

You started watching a documentary today called "Nanking". you'll finish up this film on Thursday. Tomorrow, you'll be going to the Red Lab to work on your Paper 1 assignment, which is due on Monday, November 20th.

Social 10-1

Please make sure that you go to the Social 10-1 wiki and download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation "The Expansion of Economic Globalization". I will not be delivering this lecture in class. Print off a hard copy with 4 slides per page. You were given booklets on the WTO, IMF and World Bank today. These booklets have criticisms of these global financial institutions. You have a homework assignment from this booklet. You need to create a detailed chart on the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO. This WTO chart is due on Monday, November 20th.

November 13

IB 30/35

I went through the Sino-Japanese War today rather quickly. I shared the Google Slides with you, so make sure that you put it in your Move to Global War folder in your Google Drive. You're going to be starting a documentary tomorrow called "Nanking", and you'll finish it up on Thursday. On Wednesday, you'll be going to the Red Lab to work on your Paper 1 assignment (it's due on Monday, November 20th). On November 24th, you'll be writing a Paper 1 on Case Study 1 (Japanese expansionism).

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. I will post the results immediately into HomeLogic. This will affect your overall mark in the course, but it won't be included in the report cards that will be sent home soon.

November 10

IB 30/35

You have work out of your The Move to Global War textbook that is due on Monday. Here's what you have due:

• Read pages 54-64
• Answer all of the source questions (A-G) on pages 55-60
• Also answer this question: Why did no nation intervene militarily in the Manchurian Crisis? (pg. 57)

Here is the video that I showed in class today: 

Social 10-1

After doing research and preparation in the library all yesterday's class, today was the day of the debate. We debated: BIRT the 21st century will belong to China. Don't forget that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, please see the study guide below.

You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 13th. Please see the study guide below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 13th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

November 8

SOCIAL 10-1

We finished off the "China Rises: Getting Rich" video, so you should have finished the film study sheet to go along with this video. This Friday (November 10th) you will be doing a debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China".  I broke you into two teams today for this debate. This was a debate topic from the Munk Debate series. You can find the link to the Munk Debate on China here. At the Munk Debate site you can watch video highlights of the debate, and read the transcript from the debate. Another interesting link is to check out Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes. This is interesting to note the development of China and how there is a disparity between different regions in China. And now for a couple of links to videos and stories from Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square: challenges facing China's leadership, why China's leadership needs a PR overhaul.  To get a closer look at any of the infographics below, right click on the image and open in a new window. 

Useful links to prepare for the debate:

• Munk Debates on China
• Gapminder: 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
• China's Ghost Cities
• GPS: Can China reform in time?
• GPS: China's bold environmental move

You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 13th. Please see the study guide below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 13th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

IB 30/35

We looked at the international response to Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931, especially from the League of Nations. As you will see, the League of Nations was unable to deal with powerful nation-states that were determined to pursue an expansionist foreign policy. I finished off the lecture on the Japanese invasion of Manchuria today.

November 7

IB 30/35

We continued on with Prescribed Subject 3 today, by looking at the invasion of Manchuria. I started a lecture today on "Japanese Expansion in Southeast Asia (1931-1941)". We'll continue this lecture tomorrow. We'll look at the international response to Japan's annexation of Manchuria tomorrow. You should read pages xx-xx in The Move to Global War.

Social 10-1

I showed you a video at the beginning of the class, called "Global Economic Issues". You should have taken notes on this video. I also started a video called "China Rises: Getting Rich" and there was a film study sheet to go along with this video that you should have completed. This Friday (November 10th) you will be doing a debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China".  This was a debate topic from the Munk Debate series. You can find the link to the Munk Debate on China here. At the Munk Debate site you can watch video highlights of the debate, and read the transcript from the debate. Another interesting link is to check out Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes. This is interesting to note the development of China and how there is a disparity between different regions in China. And now for a couple of links to videos and stories from Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square: challenges facing China's leadership, why China's leadership needs a PR overhaul.  To get a closer look at any of the infographics below, right click on the image and open in a new window. 
Useful links to prepare for the debate:

• Munk Debates on China
• Gapminder: 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
• China's Ghost Cities
• GPS: Can China reform in time?
• GPS: China's bold environmental move

You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 13th. Please see the study guide below.

Social 10-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 13th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

November 6

IB 30/35

In today's lecture I covered Japan after the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) to the 1920s. We'll talk more about the Great Depression and its impacts on Japan, how Japan decided to invade Manchuria in 1931. You should probably read in your textbook, The Move to Global War, pages 23-30 at the minimum. Don't forget that your create a Paper 1 assignment is due on November 20th (two weeks from today).

Social 10-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation on "The Foundations of Economic Globalization". You really need to focus in on Keynes, Hayak, and Friedman from this lecture for the yet-to-come Chapter 10 Test. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms are due on Wednesday, and your Chapter 10 Questions are due on Thursday.

One week from today, you're writing your Unit 2 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.

Social 10-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 13th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

November 3

Sorry, I didn't get around to posting this yesterday.

IB 30/35

We were in the Blenheim Room today. I shared with you a sample Paper 1 so you could see some of the structure of the exam paper. It was missing a question 4 but other than that it had all of the elements of a Paper 1. Most of you were working on creating your own Paper 1 (remember this assignment is due on November 20th). I also gave you a copy of the Prescribed Subject 3 curriculum. Remember, you need to pick ONE bullet to focus in on, from either Case Study 1 or Case Study 2. I forgot to bring the scantron sheets to class to show you how well you did on the Economic Systems Exam.

Social 10-1

I continued on with the lecture on "The Foundations of Economic Globalization" that I started on Wednesday. I didn't finish it, so I'll probably finish it off on Monday. Please remember that your Chapter 10 Key Terms are due on Wednesday, November 8th, and your Chapter 10 Questions are due on Thursday, November 9th.

November 2

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I today in class. If you missed class today it is your responsibility to remind me that you need to write the WRA I. We're going to continue looking at "The Foundations of Economic Globalization" tomorrow.

IB 30/35

You wrote your Economic Systems Exam today, and you'll get the results back tomorrow. We'll also get back into our Prescribed Subject 3 tomorrow. We'll be meeting in the Blenheim Room. I have a few sample Paper 1 exams that I'd like you to get some practice working on.

November 1

IB 30/35

You had the entire class to write your WRA II essay on economic systems. If you missed class today, you'll have to write it next week, because you're writing your Economic Systems Exam tomorrow (please see study guide below).

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES FOR IB 30/35 STUDENTS:

• Economic Systems Exam is on Thursday, November 2nd (please see the study guide below)

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This exam will be written on Thursday, November 2nd. It is a multiple choice question format test. 
This is a comprehensive exam that covers all of the major economic systems: market economy, mixed economy, and command economy. It is 74 multiple choice questions. 

• Chapters 3-6 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study the applicable PowerPoint presentations that are on the wiki under Unit 2 (check your notes): The Development of Classical Liberalism, Responding to Classical Liberalism, The Evolution of Modern Liberalism, 20th Century Rejections of Liberalism (just the USSR section of this PowerPoint)
• In Chapter 5, just focus on the Soviet Union, and left-wing of economic spectrum (command economy), we haven't covered aspects of dictatorships or Nazism yet (the techniques of dictatorship and fascism will be on a Chapter 5 Test)
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics 
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle 
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression 
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics/"womb to tomb economics")
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy) 
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (on the wiki, under Unit 2)
• Lenin notes (on the wiki, under Unit 2)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• Stalin notes (on the wiki, under Unit 2)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev) (on the wiki, under Unit 2)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes (on the wiki, under Unit 2)
• Market Socialism (on the wiki, under Unit 2)

Social 10-1

We started Unit 3 material today in class. I lectured for about 40 minutes on "The Foundations of Economic Globalization". You can find this presentation on the Social 10-1 wiki under Unit 3 Presentations. You had the remainder of class to start working on your Chapter 10 Key Terms (due on November 8th). We'll pick up this lecture again on Friday.You're writing your Unit 2 WRA I tomorrow. Period 3 is in the Blue Lab and Period 4 is in Room 104.