May 30

Social 30-1

If you're in my Period 4 class, we finished off "Snowden" today. If you're in my Period 3 class, you had your Grade 12 Grad Rehearsal today, so we'll try to finish off the movie tomorrow. You should be doing review for the Trial Final on June 10th, start studying now for this exam! The study guide is at the back of your Social 30-1 coursebooks.

Social 20-1

We finished watching "The Rocket" today in class. Your film study is due tomorrow. Your Chapter 14-15 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, June 5th. Don't forget that you're writing Part A of the Social 20-1 Final Exam on Wednesday, June 5th. You're writing the Unit 3 Final Exam the next day, on June 6th (please see the study guide below).

Your Unit 3 Final Exam is one week from today, on Thursday, June 6th. 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 two weeks 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. Please check pages xxx-xxx in your Social 20-1 coursebooks for the study guide.