October 31

SOCIAL 30-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I today in Room 109. You have  the Chapter 5 Test on tomorrow (please see study guide below).   

CHAPTER 5 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

The Chapter 5 Test will be on Thursday, November 1st. It is a 70 multiple choice question test. Please review the following:

• "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" (ppt)
• Marx notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• Lenin notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• Stalin notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• 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
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has 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

You handed in the film study questions for "Indian Horse" today. We watched the first episode of the APTN series "First Contact". We started watching the second episode, so if you want to watch the rest of Episode 2, here's the link: http://aptn.ca/firstcontact/

We won't be watching anymore of the series, so if you want to check out Episode 3, you can find it here: http://aptn.ca/firstcontact/

You are writing a Unit 2 WRA I on Thursday, November 1st. You will not be allowed to have your WRA I source interpretation writing guide out while you write it, so you need to memorize the format. Please go directly to Room 104 tomorrow. 

IB 20 HOTA

We had another IA research period  to work on Phase II of your IA. Phase II of the IA research process will be due on Monday, November 19th. We'll be looking at the Washington, Adams, and Jefferson administrations starting tomorrow. 

October 30

IB 20 HOTA

We did the four options debate on the Haitian Revolution today, which went well.  You have another IA research period tomorrow to work on Phase II of your IA. Phase II of the IA research process will be due on Monday, November 19th. We'll be looking at the Washington, Adams, and Jefferson administrations starting on Thursday. 

SOCIAL 10-1

We finished watching "Indian Horse" today, and then the film study questions are due tomorrow. You are writing a Unit 2 WRA I on Thursday, November 1st. You will not be allowed to have your WRA I source interpretation writing guide out while you write it, so you need to memorize the format. 

SOCIAL 30-1

We went through the Totalitarianism notes from your Social 30-1 coursebooks today, as well as the comparison between communism and fascism. You have a Unit 2 WRA I on tomorrow (economics themed sources, mostly market and mixed economy), and the Chapter 5 Test on Thursday (please see study guide below). Please go directly to Room 109 tomorrow.  

CHAPTER 5 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

The Chapter 5 Test will be on Thursday, November 1st. It is a 70 multiple choice question test. Please review the following:

• "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" (ppt)
• Marx notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• Lenin notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• Stalin notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• 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
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has 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

October 29

IB 20 HOTA

I finished off the lecture on the Haitian Revolution today, and then you had the rest of the class to prepare for tomorrow's four options debate on Haiti. You have another IA research period on Wednesday to work on Phase II of your IA. Phase II of the IA research process will be due on Monday, November 19th. We'll be looking at the Washington, Adams, and Jefferson administrations starting on Thursday.

Social 30-1

I gave you a list of readings that you need to go through in your Social 30-1 coursebooks. I also gave back your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions today. I showed you a documentary called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" today as well, and you should have taken notes on the video as you watched it. You have a Unit 2 WRA I on Wednesday (economics themed sources, mostly market and mixed economy), and the Chapter 5 Test on Thursday (please see study guide below).

Chapter 5 Test Study Guide:

The Chapter 5 Test will be on Thursday, November 1st. It is a 70 multiple choice question test. Please review the following:

• "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" (ppt)
• Marx notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• Lenin notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• Stalin notes (see 30-1 booklet)
• 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
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has 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

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today in class. We'll finish off "Indian Horse" tomorrow, and then the film study questions be due on Wednesday. You are writing a Unit 2 WRA I on Thursday, November 1st. You will not be allowed to have your WRA I source interpretation writing guide out while you write it, so you need to memorize the format.

October 25

SOCIAL 10-1

We started watching "Indian Horse" today. We'll finish watching this film on Tuesday of next week. On Monday, October 29th, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test. 

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE

You will write this test on Monday, October 29th. This chapter test  will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short 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 30-1

You went down to the Main Gym together to hear our guest speaker today. Next Wednesday (October 31st) you'll be writing a Unit 2 WRA I (it will have an economics focus). 

IB 20 HOTA

We started our examination of the Haitian Revolution. I've posted a link to the Google Slides presentation on the wiki, so you can now download the slides on your own. I also gave you a reading on the Haitian Revolution to set up our debate next week. You'll have another IA research period in the library on Wednesday, so keep up to date finding your resources to complete Phase II of the research process. 

October 24

Social 30-1

You wrote your Market and Mixed Economy Test today in class. I will be marking this test during my prep period and posting the results on PowerSchool (hopefully it's working today). Your Chapter 5 Questions are due tomorrow. Please come to class quickly tomorrow so we can go down to the Main Gym together to hear our guest speaker.

Social 10-1

We finished off the lecture on "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" today. On Monday, October 29th, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test. 

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE

You will write this test on Monday, October 29th. This chapter test  will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short 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?

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your test on the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age today in class. I'll try to mark this test as quickly as possible to get you back the results. I gave back your French Revolution DBA Assignment today as well. We'll be going back to our region of study tomorrow, the Americas, by starting our examination at the Haitian Revolution.

October 23

IB 20 HOTA

You handed in your French Revolution DBA Assignment today. I gave back your Paper 3 essay and your Napoleon's Domestic Policies assignment as well today. We went down to the library for some IA research time. You will have more IA research time next Wednesday (October 31st) to work on your Phase II of the IA research process. Phase II won't be due until late November. Please remember that you have your French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Test tomorrow. Please see the study guide for this test below.

UNIT 5 TEST STUDY GUIDE: (FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC AGE TEST) 

This test will have a mixed format: matching section, short answer section and a multiple choice section. This test will be written on Wednesday, October 24th. Please use the following study guide tips.

• study "The French Revolution" Google Slides presentation (on the IB 20 wiki)
• study "The Napoleonic Age" Google Slides presentation (on the IB 20 wiki; this presentation also contains information on the Congress of Vienna)

1. Study the following key terms, key events and key people associated with the French Revolution: (check the glossary of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age that is on the wiki; also check out the Timetoast timeline links on the IB 20 wiki)

• cahiers
• Law of Suspects
• Marat
• the “Plain”
• National Assembly
• the Directory
• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• Danton
• Committee of Public Safety
• the Three Estates
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Clergy
• Nobility
• Bourgeoisie
• “nobles-of-the-sword”
• “nobles-of-the-robe”
• “nobles-of-the-bell”
• corvée
• gabelle
• vingtièmes
• Levée en Masse
• National Convention
• September Massacres
• Reign of Terror
• Robespierre
• Parlement du Paris
• the Tennis Court Oath
• the National Guard
• the Marquis de Lafayette
• Paris Commune
• National Guard
• émigrés
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• Estates-General
• Republic of Virtue
• Revolutionary Tribunal
• Declaration of the Rights of Man

2. Other study tips:

• know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
• know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
• know Napoleon's domestic policy
• know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
• know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
• know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
• know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
• know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
• what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
• know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)

3. Study the 19th century political spectrum (click on the graphic to enlarge it)

SOCIAL 10-1

We finished off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" lecture today in class, and then we moved on and started talking about the legacies of historical globalization in Canada.  On Monday, October 29th, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test. 

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE

You will write this test on Monday, October 29th. This chapter test  will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short 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 30-1

I taught you about leaders of the Soviet Union, so if you missed class today, you should get the notes from a classmate. I also started a lecture on "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism", which I'll continue next week. 

Don't forget that you are your writing the Market and Mixed Economy Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below. 

MARKET ECONOMY AND MIXED ECONOMY EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This exam will be on Wednesday, October 24th

• Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (percolator)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (coffee pot)

October 22

Sorry missing a couple of days posting there. I got really busy in the lead up to our Model UN conference. Here's what you missed if you missed class today.

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your WRA I on the French Revolution today. I will give back the Paper 3 essays tomorrow, and I should be able to upload those marks into PowerSchool soon enough. Remember, we're in the Blue Lab tomorrow to do some more work on your IA. You also have your French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Test on Wednesday, you can find the study guide below. your French Revolution DBA Assignment is due tomorrow as well.

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES FOR IB 20 HOTA:

• IA research session, Blue Lab booked Tuesday, October 23rd
• French Revolution DBA Assignment is due October 23rd
• French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Test is on Wednesday, October 24th (please see the study guide below)

UNIT 5 TEST STUDY GUIDE: (FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEONIC AGE TEST) 

This test will have a mixed format: matching section, short answer section and a multiple choice section. This test will be written on Wednesday, October 24th. Please use the following study guide tips.

• study "The French Revolution" Google Slides presentation (on the IB 20 wiki)
• study "The Napoleonic Age" Google Slides presentation (on the IB 20 wiki; this presentation also contains information on the Congress of Vienna)

1. Study the following key terms, key events and key people associated with the French Revolution: (check the glossary of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age that is on the wiki; also check out the Timetoast timeline links on the IB 20 wiki)

• cahiers
• Law of Suspects
• Marat
• the “Plain”
• National Assembly
• the Directory
• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• Danton
• Committee of Public Safety
• the Three Estates
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Clergy
• Nobility
• Bourgeoisie
• “nobles-of-the-sword”
• “nobles-of-the-robe”
• “nobles-of-the-bell”
• corvée
• gabelle
• vingtièmes
• Levée en Masse
• National Convention
• September Massacres
• Reign of Terror
• Robespierre
• Parlement du Paris
• the Tennis Court Oath
• the National Guard
• the Marquis de Lafayette
• Paris Commune
• National Guard
• émigrés
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• Estates-General
• Republic of Virtue
• Revolutionary Tribunal
• Declaration of the Rights of Man

2. Other study tips:

• know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
• know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
• know Napoleon's domestic policy
• know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
• know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
• know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
• know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
• know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
• what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
• know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)

3. Study the 19th century political spectrum (click on the graphic to enlarge it)

Social 30-1

I showed you the A & E Biography on Joseph Stalin today, and you should have answered the film study questions in your Social 30-1 coursebook as you watched it. We also went through some advantages and disadvantages of the command economy, and revisited the techniques of dictatorship. Don't forget that you are your writing the Market and Mixed Economy Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below. 

MARKET ECONOMY AND MIXED ECONOMY EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This exam will be on Wednesday, October 24th

• Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (percolator)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (coffee pot)

Social 10-1

We talked about the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" today in class. One week from today, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please see the study guide below for this test.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide

You will write this test on Monday, October 29th. This chapter test  will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short 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?