May 1

IB 30/35

I did some review today for the Paper 1 and Paper 2. I didn't finish talking about the Paper 2 exam today, so that's where I'll start tomorrow. I shared a couple of Google Slides lectures, and an OPVL grid in Google Sheets. You should look at the Google Sheets for ideas on how to approach the OPCVL question on the Paper 1. I gave you some advice on what to review for Paper 1 and Paper 2. I'll try to get to Paper 3 tomorrow.

Social 20-1

We started talking about essay writing today. I posed two questions to you: How would you convince a friend to come to Churchill? What arguments would you use to convince them? From there, you needed to generate a point form list of ideas to "sell" Churchill to your friend. We looked at the difference between argumentation and evidence, and we'll talk more about objectivity vs. subjectivity tomorrow. On Monday, May 7th, you'll be writing the Unit 2 WRA II Essay, so we'll continue talking about position papers/argumentative essays all this week. One week from today, on Tuesday, May 8th you'll be writing the Chapter 7-8 Test, you can find the study guide below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, May 9th. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3-4 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust" (this is posted on the wiki)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is posted on the wiki)

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust  
• White Light/Black Rain (film notes)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)
• Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!

1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
genocide:

• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• the Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination
• Wansee Conference
• Nuremberg Trials
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah
• home rule
• Hutu
• Tutsi
• Romeo Dallaire
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki
• Robert Oppenheimer
• FDR
• Harry Truman
• Potsdam Conference
• Slobodan Milosevic

2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet on Chapter 7 or 8.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "The Age of Wal-Mart" today. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. You have your Chapter 10-11 Test this Thursday (May 4th), please see 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 Thurssday, May 4th. 

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?