March 21

PST Conferences are tomorrow (Thursday, March 22nd) from 2 pm to 4 pm, and 5 pm to 7:30 pm. No appointments necessary. The Social Studies department will be in the Library.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today in class. I have posted the results in HomeLogic. No classes for the rest of this week or next. Please enjoy your Spring Break!

Your Chapter 7 Test is on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and ashort answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I today. You'll get the results back after the Spring Break.

You will also have the Chapter 5-6 Test on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below. 

CHAPTER 5-6 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will have a matching section, and a long answer section.

1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• the Black Hand
• Gavrillo Princip
• Tsar Nicholas II
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Battle of Tannenberg
• the Schlieffen Plan
• Plan 17
• General von Moltke
• Battle of the Marne
• Alsace and Lorraine
• total war
• Battle of Verdun
• Battle of the Somme
• the Brusilov Offensive
• sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmermann Telegram
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• General Ludendorff
• Friedrich Ebert
• Paris Peace Conference
• David Lloyd George
• Woodrow Wilson
• Fourteen Points
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando
• League of Nations
• plebiscites
• reparations
• collective security
• war debts
• Treaty of Versailles
• "war guilt clause"
• "Manchurian Incident"
• Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
• expansionism
• Hirohito
• Hideki Tojo
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Kristallnacht
• the Nuremberg Laws
• any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material

2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (Causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and Arctic sovereignty won't be on the test)

3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

• MAIN Causes of World War I
• the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
• the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT!!)
• the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
• Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology; order of events that violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles)
• the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years notes from the Unit 2 study booklet)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
• ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
• failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
• appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism) 

IB 30/35

I started a lecture today on the Reconstruction era, which I'll come back to after Spring Break. NO homework over the break.

If you're interested in the documentary that I mentioned today in class, I found it on YouTube (it's split into four parts):

March 20

IB 30/35

I showed you the rest of  Episode 1 of the Ken Burns' The Civil War and the key parts of the last episode. On your Paper 3 exam in May, please do not write on any of the Civil War topics. I'm just covering the Civil War to get to Reconstruction, so that you can see the historical context of the African-American Civil Rights Movement ()which we will look at after the Spring Break). 

SOCIAL 20-1

We brainstormed the causes of the Second World War in small groups, and then as a class we put together a massive mind map on the board. I also started the "Ultranationalism in WWII" PowerPoint lecture but didn't finish it. Please go over the rest of this lecture on your own, and I'll start with these concepts when we get back from the Spring Break. 

Please remember that you're writing the Unit 2 WRA I tomorrow in Room 104 (go there directly), and you will not be allowed to have any writing guides or analyzing political cartoon sheets out to assist you this time. You will also have the Chapter 5-6 Test on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below. 

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

This test will have a matching section, and a long answer section.

1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• the Black Hand
• Gavrillo Princip
• Tsar Nicholas II
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Battle of Tannenberg
• the Schlieffen Plan
• Plan 17
• General von Moltke
• Battle of the Marne
• Alsace and Lorraine
• total war
• Battle of Verdun
• Battle of the Somme
• the Brusilov Offensive
• sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmermann Telegram
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• General Ludendorff
• Friedrich Ebert
• Paris Peace Conference
• David Lloyd George
• Woodrow Wilson
• Fourteen Points
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando
• League of Nations
• plebiscites
• reparations
• collective security
• war debts
• Treaty of Versailles
• "war guilt clause"
• "Manchurian Incident"
• Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
• expansionism
• Hirohito
• Hideki Tojo
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Kristallnacht
• the Nuremberg Laws
• any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material

2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (Causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and Arctic sovereignty won't be on the test)

3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

• MAIN Causes of World War I
• the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
• the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT!!)
• the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
• Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology; order of events that violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles)
• the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years notes from the Unit 2 study booklet)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
• ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
• failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
• appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism) 

SOCIAL 10-1

You had the entire class to work on Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions (these will be due after the Spring Break). 

You have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, March 21st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

Your Chapter 7 Test is on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and ashort answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?

March 19

IB 30/35

I started talking about the American Civil War today, and then started Episode 1 of the Ken Burns' The Civil War. We'll finish this video off tomorrow. I've decided to not to teach you specific battles in the Civil War, but rather look at the sectionalism between the North and South, and how the war ends, which will lead to the Reconstruction period. I also gave you back the 30-1 WRA I that you wrote while I was in New York for NHSMUN, this writing assignment was on the Cold War.  

SOCIAL 10-1

I delivered a lecture on the "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" today. This presentation is on the Social 10-1 wiki under Unit 2 Presentations if you want a digital copy or hard copy. I gave you back your Unit 1 WRA II Essays today as well. 

You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, March 21st, please see the study guide below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, March 21st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

Your Chapter 7 Test is on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and ashort answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?

SOCIAL 20-1

I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Why Appeasement?". We also looked at the Munich Conference is greater detail and did an activity from your Social 20-1 coursebooks called "Was Appeasement a Good Idea?" 

Please remember that you're writing the Unit 2 WRA I on Wednesday, March 21st, and you will not be allowed to have any writing guides or analyzing political cartoon sheets out to assist you this time.

March 16

IB 30/35

We finished watching "The Causes of the Civil War" video that we started yesterday at the beginning of class today. We also finished off a PowerPoint lecture on the causes of the American Civil War today too. We'll talk about the Civil War briefly next week and hopefully get into the Reconstruction period as well, but that might be pushing it, since it is a short week next week. I have shared with you my last two major lectures on the Antebellum South and the Causes of the Civil War, so please add them to your Google Drive and put them into your Paper 3 folder. No homework this weekend.

Social 10-1

We finished off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" lecture today. I did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class as well. 

You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, March 21st, please see the study guide below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, March 21st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

Your Chapter 7 Test is on Wednesday, April 4th, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and ashort answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?

Social 20-1

I gave you time today to read, highlight and annotate the Interwar Years reading in your Social 20-1 workbooks. I taught you a mnemonic device on the League of Nations (FAILURe) as well today. We also stated talking about the concept of appeasement as well, which we talk about again next week.

Please remember that you're writing the Unit 2 WRA I on Wednesday, March 21st, and you will not be allowed to have any writing guides or analyzing political cartoon sheets out to assist you this time.

March 15

Social 20-1

I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay", while you were watching the video you should have been answering the questions on the film study sheet that's in your Social 20-1 coursebook. I did a quick review of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe), and gave you a definition of a demagogue, and make links between the definition and what Hitler and the Nazis were trying to achieve in Germany. We also started watching "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" today, and we'll finish this video up tomorrow. Please remember that on March 21st you will be writing a WRA I on Unit 2 material. The Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We finished off the "Historical Globalization and Imperialism" lecture today. We also started looking at the "Legacies of Historical Globalization". Please remember that your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, March 16th. 

You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, March 21st, please see the study guide below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, March 21st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

IB 30/35

We finished watching "12 Years a Slave" today. I think you can all agree that this was an excellent movie, and very deserving of winning the Oscar for Best Picture in 2014, along with two other Oscar wins (Lupita Nyong'o also won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Patsey). I had enough time to show you a video from the U.S. History video series, on the causes of the American Civil War. I'll lecture on this topic tomorrow.

March 14

Social 10-1

We started a presentation today called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, March 16th.

You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, March 21st, please see the study guide below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, March 21st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

Social 20-1

We finished off "Paris 1919" today, and then we did the activity "Making Peace" from your Social 20-1 workbooks. One week from today, on March 21st you will be writing your Unit 2 WRA I, but you will have to do it without the help of the analyzing political cartoons sheet or the student writing guide (colorful sheet of paper). I've moved the due date for your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions to Friday, March 16th.

IB 30/35

We continued our film study of "12 Years a Slave" today, hopefully we'll be able to finish it off tomorrow. I also showed you the results of your Cold War Exam today.

March 13

IB 30/35

You wrote your Cold War Exam today, and you'll get the results back tomorrow. We'll continue our film study of "12 Years a Slave" tomorrow.

Social 20-1

I gave you the results back for your Chapter 3-4 Test at the beginning of class today. We watched "Paris 1919" today, and we'll finish it off tomorrow. We'll continue our examination of the Paris Peace Conference tomorrow as well with an activity out of your workbooks. Next week, on March 21st you will be writing a WRA I on Unit 2 material.

Social 10-1

You finished writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today, hopefully within a week you'll get the results back for this writing assignment. You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, March 21st, please see the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, March 21st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

March 12

IB 30/35

We skipped backwards in time today to talk about the Antebellum South and the issue of slavery. One thing that I forgot to show was an animation of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade (please have a look at it below). Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade


We also started a film study of "12 Years a Slave" which we will pick up again on Wednesday. Please remember that you are writing your Cold War Exam tomorrow (please see the study guide below).

COLD WAR EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

On Tuesday, March 13th you will have a Cold War Unit Exam. Please see the study guide below. This test will be a Social 30-1 test and it will be all multiple choice test format. 

SOCIAL 30-1 COLD WAR UNIT FINAL STUDY GUIDE:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts: 

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 10-1

We spent the entire period in the Blenheim Room working on your first draft of the first paragraph of your Unit 1 WRA II Essay. After writing the first paragraph, you were able to have a few classmates peer edit your work, and then you could have made the edits to your position paper. You're finishing off this essay tomorrow.

Social 20-1

I lectured about the Paris Peace Conference today, I taught you the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe). We might look at the Paris Peace Conference in greater detail tomorrow.

Your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday, March 15th.

March 9

IB 30/35

You watched a National Geographic video called "Inside North Korea" today in class. This video was set during the time of Kim Jong-il, but North Korea is relatively unchanged since the making of the video. The divided Korean peninsula is a legacy of the Cold War, and Mr. Kerr may have discussed current events surrounding Kim Jong-un and North Korean missile testing. Please be ready to write your Cold War exam next Tuesday (March 13th), you can find the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1

We were able to do an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". This book addresses some of the themes that we'll be looking at Unit 2, such as cultural contact, assimilation, imperialism, differing world views, and residential schools. You would have spent a fair bit of time looking at the symbolism in the book and some of the themes that the book introduces.Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. 

Social 20-1

Mr. Kerr would have lectured today on how the Allied Powers won the First World War, and how that led into the Paris Peace Conference. I'll continue lecturing on this topic on Monday.