November 28

SOCIAL 20-1

There are some important key dates coming up in the course:

• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Monday, December 2nd (one week from yesterday)
• Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, December 3rd (please see the study guide below) 
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, December 9th (the study guide will be posted on the blog on December 2nd)

I reviewed how to write a Social Studies position paper with you today. I gave you some time in small groups to look at the source and start thinking about argumentation and evidence that you might use on the essay. We'll continue working on your argumentation and evidence tomorrow in class. Please go directly to Room 104 tomorrow. 

CHAPTER 7-8 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Tuesday, December 3rd. 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, and it's in your course books)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is posted on the wiki, and it's in your course books)

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
• 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 30-1

We watched a couple of videos today, one on the electoral college and the other on gerrymandering. I also skimmed through the lecture on "Political Challenges to Liberalism". Tomorrow, we'll be watching a documentary on Vladimir Putin (case study fro oligarchy). Just a friendly reminder: the comparative government assignment is due next Tuesday (December 3rd). 

IB 30/35

I showed you a video today called "The Road to War-Italy" today at the start of class. You must read pages 130-135 in your textbook The Move to Global War tonight. I also want you to get a little Paper 1 practice in, so I'd like you to do the Paper 1 Practice for Question 11 for Case Study 2 on page 139 in the textbook. Pick either question 2 (regarding the importance of economics for Italy's foreign policy under Mussolini) which uses Source I (page 114) and Source K (page 116) OR, you can do question 3 (concerning the international response to Italy's invasion of Abyssinia) which uses Source U (page 124) and Source X (page 126).

November 27

SOCIAL 30-1

We continued studying Unit 3 material today. We covered different types of electoral systems (FPTP and PR). We re-cast the 2019 Canadian federal election with PR. We also looked at the structure of the American government and their system of checks and balances. We watched a video on the electoral college system (see below), and we talked about the comparative government assignment which is due next Tuesday (December 3rd). 

SOCIAL 20-1

There are some important key dates coming up in the course:

• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Monday, December 2nd (one week from yesterday)
• Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, December 3rd (please see the study guide below) 
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, December 9th (the study guide will be posted on the blog on December 2nd)

We looked at the concept of national self-determination today (I didn't specifically refer to it as such, but that was the concept that was covered today). You did a reading on Kosovo, and we watched a CBC News in Review on Kosovo declaring independence. We also looked at another case of a region of Spain (Catalonia) that has had a referendum on independence from Spain, and the results of that referendum vote.  

CHAPTER 7-8 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Tuesday, December 3rd. 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, and it's in your course books)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is posted on the wiki, and it's in your course books)

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
• 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.

IB 30/35

I went through the lecture on the Italian invasion of Abyssinia today. I broke you into small discussion groups to go over your  homework assignment from last night where you completed a ranking (and rationale) of the international responses to the Abyssinian crisis, from most severe response to least severe response. Tomorrow we should be able to start wrapping up Italy, and begin moving on Germany. 

November 26

IB 30/35

We watched the A & E Biography of Benito Mussolini today. We also finished off the lecture that I started yesterday on Italian foreign policy. For homework tonight, please read pages 119-129 in The Move to Global War textbook, and complete a ranking (and rationale) of the international responses to the Abyssinian crisis, from most severe response to least severe response. It would probably be best to do this in a chart.

Social 20-1

There are some important key dates coming up in the course:

• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Monday, December 2nd (one week from yesterday)
• Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, December 3rd (please see the study guide below) 
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, December 9th (the study guide will be posted on the blog on December 2nd)

You had time to work on your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions today, since they are due on Thursday. I also did a homework check on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions and the "Shake Hands with the Devil" film study questions. 

CHAPTER 7-8 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Tuesday, December 3rd. 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, and it's in your course books)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is posted on the wiki, and it's in your course books)

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
• 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 30-1

We continued studying Unit 3 material today. I shared the Chapter 10 Google Doc with the class today. Start working on it! We also looked types of democratic systems (namely parliamentary systems and presidential systems), as well as the structure of Canadian government.

November 25

IB 30/35

We started Case Study 2 today of Prescribed Subject 3 (The Move to Global War). We looked at the impact of Italian fascism on foreign policy. We'll continue this lecture tomorrow. You can find this lecture posted on the IB 30/35 wiki on the Prescribed Subject 3-The Move to Global War page.

Social 30-1

You got back your Unit 2 position papers today. Please see me in tutorial if you have any questions about them. You also wrote the Unit 2 Final Exam today. I've already posted the results in PowerSchool.

Social 20-1

You wrote the Unit  2 WRA I (three source interpretation) today in class. One week from today (Monday, December 2nd), you will be writing the Unit 2 position paper. I will teach you how to write a position paper this week in class in preparation for this essay next week. The Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, December 3rd, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, December 3rd. 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, and it's in your course books)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is posted on the wiki, and it's in your course books)

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
• 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.

November 21

SOCIAL 20-1

We finished off watching the film "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. The post-viewing questions are due on Monday. On Monday, November 25th, you will also be writing the Unit 2 WRA I (three source interpretation). You will NOT be allowed to have the writing guide out for this one. 

SOCIAL 30-1

You wrote the Unit 2 WRA II Essay today in the Blenheim Room. On Monday, November 25th you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 25th. It will be a 50 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• 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), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• 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 (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (in the course book)
• Lenin notes (in the course book)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (in the course book)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes

IB 30/35

We started to transition from our case study on Japanese expansionism, to our second case study in Prescribed Subject 3. We watched an episode of "Love, Hate and Propaganda" called 'The Strongmen', and we also watched parts of the episode called 'Selling the War'. I gave you a homework assignment that needs to be completed by Monday, November 25th.

November 20

SOCIAL 30-1

We finished preparing for the position paper tomorrow, and then we moved on to Unit 3 material today. Please work on your argumentation tonight, and start planning out what evidence you will use to support your position. You're writing the Unit 2 WRA II Essay tomorrow in the Blenheim Room. On Monday, November 25th you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 25th. It will be a 50 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• 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), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• 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 (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (in the course book)
• Lenin notes (in the course book)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (in the course book)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes

SOCIAL 20-1

We started the film study of "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. We will finish off the film study tomorrow. 

IB 30/35

You wrote the Paper 1 on Japanese Expansionism today. 

November 19

IB 30/35

We went through the sample Paper 1 that you got yesterday, and talked about your answers to questions 9-11 that you worked on last night. We then tackled question 12 in small groups and discussed possible ways to approach the mini-essay. You're writing the Paper 1 on Japanese Expansionism tomorrow. You'll have 5 minutes to read the sources and 60 minutes to write it. Make sure that you visit the Paper 1 page on the IB 30/35 History Wiki to see how to write the Paper 1 (there's lots of advice/strategies on this page).

Social 20-1

We finished off the CNN documentary "Scream Bloody Murder" today. I also collected your Unit 2 Research Projects as well. Tomorrow, we'll look at the Rwandan genocide in greater detail.

Social 30-1

We'll finish preparing for the position paper tomorrow, and we'll move on to Unit 3 material tomorrow as well. Please work on your argumentation tonight, and start planning out what evidence you will use to support your position. You're writing the Unit 2 WRA II Essay on Thursday in the Blenheim Room. On Monday, November 25th you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 25th. It will be a 50 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• 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), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• 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 (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes

November 18

IB 30/35

I went through a lecture on the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor today. I also gave you a homework assignment tonight, it's a Paper 1 sample. Please complete questions 9-11. We'll go through the questions tomorrow in class, and then we will go through question 12 in small groups. Please remember that you're writing the Paper 1 on Case Study 1 on Wednesday, November 20th.

Social 30-1

I went through a lecture today called "The Imposition of Liberalism", please go through the videos at the end of the Google Slides version of this lecture. One week from today (November 25th) you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam. I'm posting the study guide below. The results of your Chapter 7 Test have been posted in PowerSchool. You are writing Unit 2 WRA II Essay this Thursday, November 21st. You will get the essay question sheet in advance. I will re-teach how to write a position paper tomorrow and Wednesday, then on Thursday you will write the position paper.

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 25th. It will be a 50 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• 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), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• 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 (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes

 

Social 20-1

I went through a lecture on "The Eight Stages of Genocide" and we started a documentary called "Scream Bloody Murder". We'll finish off the documentary tomorrow.

November 15

IB 30/35

You were in the Red Lab again today, working on your Paper 1 Assignment. This was the last class period that you will get to work on this assignment. Remember, the Paper 1 Assignment is due on Friday, December 6th.

Social 30-1

You finished off the film study for "Good Night, and Good Luck". You must hand in your answers to the film study questions on Monday.

Social 20-1

You were in the Blue Lab today working on your Unit 2 Research Project. This is the only class period that you will get to work on this project. Please remember that this project is due on November 19th.

November 14

Social 20-1

You finished watching "White Light/Black Rain" today. You had time to work on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions, they are due on Monday, November 18th. If you had finished these key terms and questions, you could have moved on to working on your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today. Once I'm back in Calgary, I'll post the results on PowerSchool.

IB 30/35

You worked on your Paper 1 Assignment today in the Red Lab. You'll also be working on this tomorrow. Please remember that the Paper 1 Assignment is due on Friday, December 6th.

November 13

Social 30-1

You started your film study of "Good Night, and Good Luck" today. You'll finish off this movie on Friday. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test tomorrow, see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

It is a multiple choice test with 50 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (deterrence, detente, brinkmanship, etc.)
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence" (Eastern Europe for example)
• anything that I gave you as a handout in your Social 30-1 coursebooks is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 20-1

You started your film study of the HBO documentary "White Light/Black Rain" today. You'll finish this movie off tomorrow. As you're watching this movie you should be completing the film study in your Social 20-1 course books.

IB 30/35

If you didn't finish off the "Nanking" movie yesterday you probably did today. You also watched a movie on "The Road to War: Japan". Please go to Room 111 tomorrow on and Friday. You'll be working on your Paper 1 Assignment.

November 12

IB 30/35

You watched the documentary "Nanking" today in class. You'll continue learning more about Japan's road to WWII tomorrow.

Social 20-1

You should have re-read pages 168-169 in Exploring Nationalism today. Then you watched a video from the Turning Points of History series called "The Atomic Bomb" which covered the Manhattan Project. You also should have taken notes on the video and put them into your Social 20-1 course books.

Social 30-1

You watched a documentary on the Vietnam War today called "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on the Cold War this Thursday, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 7 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

It is a multiple choice test with 50 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (deterrence, detente, brinkmanship, etc.)
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence" (Eastern Europe for example)
• anything that I gave you as a handout in your Social 30-1 coursebooks is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences (there's a reading in your Social 30-1 course books on this very subject)

November 6

SOCIAL 30-1

You  had time today to go through the Cold War Key Events Notes charts today. I also showed you a video on the Korean War as well. I shared with you the Chapter 7 Google Doc. Please read Chapter 7 in your textbook, and work on the Google Doc. One week from tomorrow (Thursday, November 14th) you will be writing the Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Test), please see the study guide below. 

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 50 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (deterrence, detente, brinkmanship, etc.)
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence" (Eastern Europe for example)
• anything that I gave you as a handout in your Social 30-1 coursebooks is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

SOCIAL 20-1

We continued our film study of "Schindler's List", we will probably finish off the film tomorrow. 

IB 30/35

We finished off the "Sino-Japanese War" lecture today. You can print off this lecture from the IB 30/35 wiki if you would like. Please make sure that you bring your The Move to Global War textbooks tomorrow as well, and complete the homework assignment. You should read the whole section on the Sino-Japanese War. We'll be looking at the international responses to the Sino-Japanese War tomorrow.