July 23

SOCIAL 30-1

You wrote the Unit 2 Final Exam at the beginning of class today. Results of this exam have been posted into HomeLogic already. I went through the structure of the Canadian political system, we talked about federalism and the division of powers between the federal, provincial and municipal levels of government. We looked at different electoral systems, and focused in on first past the post (FPTP) and proportional representation (PR) and how the 2015 Canadian federal election would looked differently IF Canada employed a PR system. I also went through the "Political Challenges to Liberalism" PowerPoint lecture, focusing primarily on the non-democratic systems section. The first half of the lecture is a nice review of the democratic systems concepts that I have already taught to you. We finished up in the computer lab working on one of the three following activities: 

1. Chapter 10 Key Concepts and Activities (Google Doc)
2. Unit 2 WRA II Essay prep (Google Doc)
3. USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment (if you're working with a partner, it would be easiest to do this as a Google Doc to collaborate. You're going to hand in a hard copy of the assignment)

UPCOMING KEY DATES:

• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Tuesday, July 24th (you already have the invitation to edit the Google Doc)
• Chapter 10 Test is on Wednesday, July 25th (see study guide below)
• USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment (due on Wednesday, July 25th)
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 26th (see study guide below)
• Trial Final Exam is on Friday, July 27th (study guide is the same as for the Diploma Exam, it's at the back of your Social 30-1 coursebooks)

CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. 

Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". 

You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Key Terms and Activities Google Doc. Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• authoritarian systems
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system
• review political and economic spectrum (again!)

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please study the following material: 

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)

Review the following notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems
• Non-Democratic Systems
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• Civil Rights Movement
• authoritarian systems (China notes)
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
• FLQ Crisis 1970

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:

• assimilation
• self-interest
• humanitarianism
• Indian Act
• residential school system
• enfranchisement
• the White Paper
• the Red Paper
• “war on terror"
• authoritarianism
• consensus decision-making
• direct democracy
• military dictatorship
• oligarchy
• one-party state
• party solidarity
• representation by population
• proportional representation
• representative democracy
• responsible government
• democracy
• single-member constituency (first past the post)
• the Senate
• the House of Commons
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups
• American Bill of Rights
• Anti-Terrorism Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• emergency and security legislation
• illiberal
• language legislation
• Bill 101
• Bill 178
• Bill 86
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• respect for law and order
• terrorism
• rendition
• the War Measures Act
• enemy aliens
• internment
• the Emergencies Act
• USA PATRIOT Act
• consumerism
• environmental change
• extremism
• pandemics
• postmodernism
• global warming
• Kyoto Protocol
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• drought