May 31

Hmmm, I guess I forgot to post on the blog yesterday. No school tomorrow due to graduation exercises. Here's today's post:

Social 20-1

You worked with a partner today and tried to answer multiple choice questions from Unit 3. Please remember that your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Tuesday, June 5th (please see the study guide below). Don't forget that Part A of your Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 6th.

SOCIAL 20-1 UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations (you can find them on the Social 20-1 wiki):

• "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

Social 10-1

We were in a computer lab today working on 8 different Google Doc groups. Each group had its own set of three sources to analyze and try to find the relationship between the sources. I'll have a look at these Google Docs this weekend and give you some feedback. Please remember that Part A of your Final Exam is on Thursday, June 7th (one week from today).

IB 30/35

I tried to cover 9/11 and the anti-terrorism legislation that was passed in its aftermath. I showed you a video from the CBC News in Review series on 9/11 from 10 years after the event. Please read, highlight and annotate the following pages in your green coursebooks this weekend:

• The Patriot Act (pages 74-78)
• Concerned Citizens Against the Patriot Act (pages 79-80)
• The USA PATRIOT Act and Government Actions that Threaten our Civil Liberties (page 81)
• Permanent War Threatens Freedoms (op-ed piece , pages 84-85)

May 29

IB 30/35

I continued the Social 30-1 review today. I finished off the structure of the American government (page 66 in your coursebook) and I also covered the structure of the Canadian system. We'll keep working on democratic systems tomorrow. I've decided to cancel the Political Systems Exam that I was going to give you on Thursday. We need the review time for the course. 

SOCIAL 20-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. I went through a lecture on French-English Relations in Canada today, and tomorrow I will deliver my last lecture on Unit 4 material, which looks at regionalism in Canada. 

Your Unit 3 Final Exam is one week from today, on Tuesday, June 5th. Please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations (you can find them on the Social 20-1 wiki):

• "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

For your Final Exam Part "A",you should prepare arguments and evidence for an essay that is discussing the value conflict between the pursuit of national interest and the pursuit of international interest. You have 16 days until your Final Exam Part "B" (80 multiple choice questions). I pointed out that you have the study guide at the back of your Social 20-1 coursebooks. Most of the PowerPoint lectures are in the booklet. Please don't re-read the textbook to study! Please study from the coursebook. You should have nice notes in the booklet at this point in the course, it's just time to start going back and reviewing what you've learned. I listed off all of the key concepts from all four units, gave you a list of the lecture titles (most are in the coursebook), and gave you even more tips for review. 

SOCIAL 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 15-16 Test today. Tomorrow's debate topic is as follows: "BIRT globalization helps spread democracy and improve human rights in the world". On the Unit 4 page of the Social 10-1 wiki, you'll see that I've posted some articles with different perspectives on this topic, which should help you frame your arguments. 

May 28

IB 30/35

I continued the Social 30-1 review today. I talked very briefly about market socialism, and how to classify the Chinese economy, and where China fits on the economic-political grid. I went through the democratic systems section of your coursebook (pages 48-51). When we got to the section "dominance of special interest groups" we talked a little bit about the NRA. I also went through the structure of the American government (page 66 in your coursebook). We'll keep working on democratic systems tomorrow. Please have a look at the study guide for the Political Systems Exam (see below). Some of the notes aren't in your coursebooks, but they're on the wiki.  

POLITICAL SYSTEMS TEST STUDY GUIDE:

The Political Systems Test will be on Thursday, May 31st. It is a 70 multiple choice question test. Please review the following:

• "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" (ppt)
• Marx notes
• Lenin notes
• Stalin notes
• Soviet Economy notes
• Soviet Economic System notes
• Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin notes
• Gorbachev to Collapse notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• review fascism and Nazism (test has questions on the techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political and economic spectrums

The following key concepts/key events/key people are mentioned in this test, if you (re-)familiarize yourself with them it will help you out immensely!

• centrally planned economies
• initiative
• FDR and the New Deal
• Reaganomics
• consumer sovereignty
• invisible hand
• Keynesian economics
• laissez faire economics
• War Communism
• Five Year Plans
• mixed economies
• indicative planning
• proportional representation
• democracy
• dictatorship
• political spectrum (characteristics associated with the various ideologies)
• status quo
• egalitarianism
• conservative
• reactionary
• liberal
• radical
• SA
• Hitler
• Bolshevik
• fascism
• communism
• indoctrination
• controlled participation
• terror and force
• direction of popular discontent
• democratic socialists
• supply-side economics
• authoritarian
• tyrant
• totalitarian
• totalitarianism
• ultranationalism
• nationalization
• privatization
• propaganda
• progressive taxation
• Marx
• Lenin
• utopian socialism
• Gorbachev
• martial law
• Reichstag (Reichstag Fire, Reichstag election results)
• referendum
• collectivization
• modernization
• classical liberal
• laissez faire free market economy
• mixed economy
• planned economy
• (review your economic political quadrant model)
• Das Kapital
• Mein Kampf
• The Wealth of Nations    

SOCIAL 10-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions today. We spent most of the period preparing for Wednesday's debate. I split you into two groups, side proposition and side opposition. Wednesday's debate topic is as follows: "BIRT globalization helps spread democracy and improve human rights in the world". On the Unit 4 page of the Social 10-1 wiki, you'll see that I've posted some articles with different perspectives on this topic, which should help you frame your arguments. 


You have your Chapter 15-16 Test on Tuesday, May 29th (tomorrow). You can find the study guide below. 

CHAPTER 15-16 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide. This test will be written on Tuesday, May 29th.



Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?

SOCIAL 20-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions, and your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday (tomorrow). I gave back your Unit 2 research projects, and your Unit 3 WRA II Essays as well. Please have a look at your current mark in HomeLogic. 

For your Final Exam Part "A", I would make sure that I prepared arguments and evidence for an essay that is discussing the value conflict between the pursuit of national interest and the pursuit of international interest. You have 17 days until your Final Exam Part "B" (80 multiple choice questions). I pointed out that you have the study guide at the back of your Social 20-1 coursebooks. Most of the PowerPoint lectures are in the booklet. Please don't re-read the textbook to study! Please study from the coursebook. You should have nice notes in the booklet at this point in the course, it's just time to start going back and reviewing what you've learned. I listed off all of the key concepts from all four units, gave you a list of the lecture titles (most are in the coursebook), and gave you even more tips for review. 

May 25

IB 30/35

I continued the Social 30-1 review today. I went through a review of the economic spectrum, the economic-political grid, and the business cycle. We also looked at how demand-side economics and supply-side economics respond to a recession. Please read, highlight, annotate the following pages in your coursebook: 

• Keynesian economics (pages 23-25)
• Supply-side economics (pages 28-30)
• Private enterprise notes (pages 31-33)
• If you really want to challenge yourself, have a look at the Causes of the Global Recession (pages 36-43) 

Over the weekend, you really should be previewing Unit 3 material on the IB 30/35 wiki. On Thursday, May 31st, you have the Political Systems Exam (please see the study guide below). You really need to start paying closer attention to current events, international news and national news and start making connections to political and economic ideologies. 

Political Systems Test Study Guide:

The Political Systems Test will be on Thursday, May 31st. It is a 70 multiple choice question test. Please review the following:

• "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" (ppt)
• Marx notes
• Lenin notes
• Stalin notes
• Soviet Economy notes
• Soviet Economic System notes
• Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin notes
• Gorbachev to Collapse notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• review fascism and Nazism (test has questions on the techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political and economic spectrums

The following key concepts/key events/key people are mentioned in this test, if you (re-)familiarize yourself with them it will help you out immensely!

• centrally planned economies
• initiative
• FDR and the New Deal
• Reaganomics
• consumer sovereignty
• invisible hand
• Keynesian economics
• laissez faire economics
• War Communism
• Five Year Plans
• mixed economies
• indicative planning
• proportional representation
• democracy
• dictatorship
• political spectrum (characteristics associated with the various ideologies)
• status quo
• egalitarianism
• conservative
• reactionary
• liberal
• radical
• SA
• Hitler
• Bolshevik
• fascism
• communism
• indoctrination
• controlled participation
• terror and force
• direction of popular discontent
• democratic socialists
• supply-side economics
• authoritarian
• tyrant
• totalitarian
• totalitarianism
• ultranationalism
• nationalization
• privatization
• propaganda
• progressive taxation
• Marx
• Lenin
• utopian socialism
• Gorbachev
• martial law
• Reichstag (Reichstag Fire, Reichstag election results)
• referendum
• collectivization
• modernization
• classical liberal
• laissez faire free market economy
• mixed economy
• planned economy
• (review your economic political quadrant model)
• Das Kapital
• Mein Kampf
• The Wealth of Nations    

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions today. Please remember that the Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. I gave you back your Unit 3 WRA II Essays, and gave you the result of your Unit 3 Final Exam. Hopefully, I can get through the TNC Dossier Assignments this weekend. I went through a PowerPoint lecture today (I didn't get to the last 4 slides, so you'll have to go through them on your own). The PowerPoint in question was called "The Effects of Globalization on Individuals and Communities". You have your Chapter 15-16 Test on Tuesday, May 29th. You can find the study guide below.

CHAPTER 15-16 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide. This test will be written on Tuesday, May 29th.



Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?

Social 20-1

I showed you a video from the CBC series Doc Zone called "Darfur: On Our Watch". Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, and Chapter 12 is due on Tuesday.

May 23

Social 10-1

I went through a lecture today called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization". Please work on your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions tonight, they will be due on Friday. I will take in the Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions on Monday. On Tuesday, May 29th, you will be writing the Chapter 15-16 Test, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 15-16 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide. This test will be written on Tuesday, May 29th.



Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today. Hopefully, I'll be able to get them marked before your write the Final Exam Part "A" (which is another WRA II Essay).

IB 30/35

I continued the Social 30-1 review today. I went through "The Development of Classical Liberalism" lecture today. You really need to start paying closer attention to current events, international news and national news and start making connections to political and economic ideologies.

May 22

IB 30/35

We took the class photo at the beginning of class today. You wrote your Social 30-1 Unit 1 Final Exam today. Please review the Unit 2 material (namely the PowerPoint lectures from the wiki) tonight. I'll be going through and reviewing Unit 2 content with you for the rest of this week.

Social 20-1

I booked us into a computer lab today so that you could work on a Google Doc collectively. This Google Doc had the Unit 3 essay source, and it allowed you to work on analyzing the source and coming up with arguments and evidence prior to tomorrow's Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Please go directly to Room 104 tomorrow.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today. You should get the results back tomorrow. We're going to move on with Unit 4 material for the rest of this week. One week from today, you'll be writing the Chapter 15-16 Test. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 15-16 Test Study Guide:

This test will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide. This test will be written on Tuesday, May 29th.



Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?

May 17

Social 20-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture with you today on "Internationalism and Nationalism". I didn't finish it, and in all likelihood I will pick this lecture up next week on Thursday. I covered key concepts like hegemonic internationalism, revolutionary internationalism, and liberal internationalism. I also covered unilateralism, bilateralism, and multilateralism. You're going to need to understand what hegemonic internationalism is and how it is different from liberal internationalism to understand the speaker's perspective in the Unit 3 essay source. I gave you the Unit 3 WRA II Essay question sheet today. If you missed class today you I sent the essay question sheet to you by email. On Tuesday, May 22nd I have booked us into Room 104 so you can collectively work on a Google Doc that should help you prepare your analysis of the source, argumentation and evidence for the Unit 3 essay. Please come to class prepared to participate in this activity. Don't be a sponge! You are writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Wednesday, May 23rd. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Thursday, May 24th.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today. Hopefully you'll get results back next week. On Tuesday, May 22nd you will be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam, please check out the study guide below.

UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 50-60 multiple choice questions.

IB 30/35

Back to regular classes on Tuesday, May 22nd. You will be writing a Social 30-1 Unit 1 Final Exam on May 22nd. Please check out the study guide below.

UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Tuesday, May 22nd. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your study booklets, pages 5-10)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; see PowerPoint "Introducing Government" on the wiki)
• Study the "Ideology and Identity" PowerPoint 
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet that is in your study booklets (pages 11-15)
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
• there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR)

May 16

Social 10-1

I had you working in a computer lab today working on a Google Doc preparing for tomorrow's essay. All of you were working on the same Google Doc outlining arguments and evidence for the Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Please go directly to Room 109 tomorrow instead of coming to class. You will have ONE class period to type up your essay. You will only be allowed to bring in your Unit 3 WRA II essay question sheet with your prepared notes on the front side of the sheet. The notes must be hand written. On Tuesday, May 22nd you're writing your Unit 3 Final Exam. Please see the study guide below.

UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 50-60 multiple choice questions.

Social 20-1

I gave back your Unit 2 WRA II Essays today at the beginning of class. Marks are posted in HomeLogic. I started on a PowerPoint lecture on "Canada's Foreign Policy" today. You need to go through the last three slides on your own. Please remember that your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

IB 30/35

We don't have class again until Tuesday, May 22nd. You'll be writing the Social 30-1 Unit 1 Final Exam on that day, please see the study guide below.

UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Tuesday, May 22nd. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your study booklets, pages 5-10)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; see PowerPoint "Introducing Government" on the wiki)
• Study "Ideology and Identity" PowerPoint 
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet that is in your study booklets (pages 11-15)
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
• there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR)

May 15

IB 30/35

Our next class together will be on Tuesday, May 22nd. You're writing the Unit 1 Final Exam on that day. Please see the study guide below. You will need to study for this exam completely on your own. I have taught this material to you already (for the most part), some of the content was taught in Grade 11, and some in the first semester of Grade 12. You need to use the study guide below to prepare for this exam. Study hard people! 

UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Tuesday, May 22nd. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your study booklets, pages 5-10)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; see PowerPoint "Introducing Government" on the wiki)
• Study "Ideology and Identity" PowerPoint 
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet that is in your study booklets (pages 11-15)
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
• there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR)

Social 20-1

You had the entire period to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions. These are due on Thursday, May 17th. I collected the Unit 2 Research Projects (dossiers or Prezis) today. For every day that you hand an assignment in late you lose 10%. You should get your Unit 2 essays back tomorrow. We'll look at Canada's foreign policy tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave you the Unit 3 WRA II essay question sheet today, and a handout on how to analyze a source as well. I split you into groups and each group worked through an analysis of the source, and came up with one argument that agreed with the source's perspective and one against. You put all of that information on to a flip chart sheet. You also needed evidence to back up your position. Tomorrow, please go directly to Room 241, and when you're in class, take a photo of your group's sheet. I'll have a Google Doc set up and you will able to edit the Google Doc and analyze the source and put your arguments and evidence in the Google Doc. You won't be able to access the Google Doc on Thursday when you're writing the essay, so you'll need to write out what arguments and evidence you want on to your essay question sheet. The essay question sheet is the only thing that you'll be allowed to have out when you write your essay in class on Thursday. On Tuesday, May 22nd, you will be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.

UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 50-60 multiple choice questions.

May 14

IB 30/35

I gave you back the results of your Chapter 1-2 Test today, and gave back the Paper 3 that you wrote on the Civil Rights Movement. Today's class was focused reviewing how to write the WRA I. I gave you a revised version of the writing guide (this time it's a yellow booklet). You MUST memorize ALL of the steps to writing the WRA I prior to your Diploma Exams in June. I split you into 5 groups. Each group was responsible for analyzing one set of three sources, and then delivering a short presentation on their analysis and the relationship between the sources. You all did an amazing job on this activity! 

We next have class on May 22nd. On that day you will have the Unit 1 Final Exam. You will need to study for this exam completely on your own. I have taught this material to you already (for the most part), some of the content was taught in Grade 11, and some in the first semester of Grade 12. You need to use the study guide below to prepare for this exam. Study hard people!

UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Tuesday, May 22nd. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your study booklets, pages 5-10)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; see PowerPoint "Introducing Government" on the wiki)
• Study "Ideology and Identity" PowerPoint 
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet that is in your study booklets (pages 11-15)
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
• there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR)

Social 10-1

I showed you a short documentary on the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. The documentary was from the CBC show "The Fifth Estate", and it was called "Made in Bangladesh" (see below). I also collected your TNC Dossier Assignments today at the beginning of class. On Tuesday, May 22nd you will be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam, please see the study guide below (under the embedded YouTube video). This Thursday (May 17th) you will be writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay. I did some review today after the "Made in Bangladesh" on how to write the WRA II. I'll be giving out the essay question sheet tomorrow in all likelihood.

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, you should get the results later today on HomeLogic. Don't forget that your Unit 2 research project is due tomorrow.

May 10

Social 20-1

We continued talking today about "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism". I'll finish this lecture off tomorrow. Please come to class and be able to participate in a discussion on the Iranian nuclear deal. Here are the links that I posted yesterday (this is the recommended reading). Print off the articles, read them, highlight them, and annotate them. Don't forget that you're writing the Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, May 14th. Your dossier/Prezi assignment for Unit 2 is due on Tuesday, May 15th.

Here's more information on the JCPOA:

• What is the Iran nuclear deal and why does Trump want to scrap it? 
• Iran deal: Trump breaks with his European allies
• Fact-checking Trump's reasons for leaving the Iran nuclear deal

UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Monday, May 14th. 

1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:

• The Causes of World War I
• Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
• Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
• The Holocaust
• Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide

2. Know the following key concepts:

• national interest
• domestic policy
• foreign policy
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• Treaty of Versailles
• Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
• appeasement
• ultranationalism
• propaganda
• conscription crisis
• Adolf Hitler
• Nazis
• Hirohito
• Tojo
• Kristallnacht
• The Way of Subjects
• League of Nations
• total war
• internment
• War Measures Act
• Great Depression
• the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• irredentism
• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination

3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):

• World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
• Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
• The Interwar Years
• Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
• Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
• The Holocaust
• Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
• Decolonization and self-determination (what are successor states? What is self-determination?)

Social 10-1

I finished off the lecture on "Globalization and Sustainability" today in class. I also showed a video from the old CBC show "The Hour" and George Stroumboulopoulos' interview of Jeff Rubin. The main point of showing this video was linking the sustainability of globalization if oil prices increase, transportation costs rise so that distance begins to matter once again. Please don't forget that your TNC Dossier Assignments are due on Monday, May 14th.

IB 30/35

I did a massive review of Social 30-1 concepts that you'll need to know for tomorrow's test. Please see the study guide below. Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau do appear in the matching section of the test, so you should have a look at the "Introducing Government" PowerPoint lecture on the wiki.

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

The Chapter 1-2 Test is tomorrow (Friday, May 11th). It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short/long answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:

Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts:

• ideology
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• representative democracy
• individualism
• collectivism
• private property
• public property
• ideology
• radical
• liberal
• moderate
• conservative
• reactionary
• communism
• socialism
• liberalism
• conservatism
• fascism
• adherence to collective norms
• economic freedom
• economic equality
• rule of law
• competition
• individual rights and freedoms
• cooperation
• self-interest
• Adam Smith

Other Study Tips:

• you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
• know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
• be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
• be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes (PDF, available on the wiki) and the notes I gave you in class)
• know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts (PRICES and PRINCE)
• know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)
• study "Introducing Government" (ppt), this is on the wiki. You'll need to look over this PowerPoint to get the differences between Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau so that you differentiate between them on the matching section.