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.