September 7

IB 20 HOTA

You handed in your friendly letters at the beginning of class today. I gave you a handout that you had to categorize the advantages and disadvantages of various types of sources. You worked on this individually, and then as a class we discussed what some advantages and disadvantages of private letters, diaries, novels, films, and art, among others. I also gave you a booklet on the OPCVL guide. Over the weekend you should go the values and limitations exercise. We will discuss the values and limitations exercise on Monday. Please read over the Academic Integrity Policy, sign it, have your parent sign it, and return it on Monday. We will start talking about the Enlightenment on Monday as well.

Social 30-1

You handed in your friendly letters at the beginning of class. I went through a lecture on "Identity and Ideology". I taught you the principles of individualism (PRICES) and the principles of collectivism (PRINCE), and the 19th century political spectrum. I'll continue with this lecture on Monday. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 10th.

Social 10-1

You handed in your friendly letters today. We played "Global Bingo" today, where you got to meet 16 other students in the class. You're going to need that information for an upcoming assignment. You should work on your Chapter 1 Key Terms this weekend. I'll explain how to do the "skill path" question on Monday. This weekend you have a homework assignment: the 25 item chart. You need to find 25 different items from 25 different countries.

25 Item Chart Instructions:

• find 25 items from 25 different countries (you can't have 5 items from one country!)
• find items from any of the following categories: food, clothing, electronics, household goods, entertainment, and miscellaneous (if it doesn't fit into any of the previous categories)
• don't just find items from one category (for example, 25 food items)
• try to find 4-6 items from each category
• collect your information about your items in a 3-column chart (item, country, category)
• don't assume that an item is from a particular country (for example, a Sony PS4 may be manufactured in Indonesia, Malaysia or South Korea, that is the information that we want
• for entertainment, for example a CD (or MP3) we want to know where the recording artist is from, not where the CD was manufactured, this will better illustrate social globalization
  when you are collecting the information for your chart, number off the items (1-25) and have the categorized separate (in other words, the first 5 items on your chart should belong to the same category, etc.)
• the more organized your chart is, the easier it will be to put that information on to a map!

February 20

IB 30/35

We looked at the Cuban Missile Crisis today, by watching an episode of the CNN Cold War series on Cuba (1959-1962). I've created a Google Doc for this video where you need to add your notes to. Please remember that you have a Paper 2 this Friday on the origins of the Cold War. Please check the IB 30/35 wiki (the Cold War page) for some articles/documents on origins of the Cold War historiography.

Social 20-1

I taught you the 19th century political spectrum today. You should have put it in your study booklets either right after the French Revolution or the Napoleonic Age PowerPoint slides.

You also broke into groups to rank the causes of the French Revolution. I also dropped more hints about what will be on your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow. Please see the study guide for this test below. Your French Revolution DBA is due one week from today. 

You should also have a look at this timeline of key events in Napoleon's life that I made a few years ago on Timetoast: http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/3805

You could also check out this one that I made on the key events of the French Revolution: http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/3780

For both of these timelines, click on the slider button and drag it to advance through the years. 

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be on Wednesday, February 21st. The test has a matching section and ashort answer section.

• Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
• "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)

Social 10-1

We started a film study of "Bend it Like Beckham" today, and we should be able to finish it off tomorrow. Please remember that you have your infographic assignment due tomorrow. I want you to hand in a hard copy of the assignment, along with your works cited (bibliography). Don't forget that you're writing your Chapter 1-2 Test on Thursday, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer all of the chapter questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet

February 14

Social 10-1

We finished off the film study of "Whale Rider" today. I think I made a mistake on the blog the other day. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Wednesday, February 22nd along with your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment. I'll be posting the study guide for your Chapter 1-2 Test on the blog tomorrow, this test will be on Thursday, February 23rd.

Social 20-1

We finished watching the History Chanel documentary on the French Revolution today. I also introduced you to the 19th century political spectrum. We'll be revisiting this spectrum again next week. I'll be starting the Napoleonic Age tomorrow, and I will also post the study guide for the Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow on the blog. This test will be on Wednesday, February 22nd.

October 27

SOCIAL 20-1

I showed you a documentary called "Tides of War" today, which covered the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII.You need to go through the rest of the PowerPoint on the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII that I started in class yesterday (I will not finish it off in class). I did a homework check on the questions for analysis from the Way of Subjects reading in your Social 20-1 workbooks today. 

On Monday, October 31st you'll be writing your Chapter 5-6 Test, please see the study guide below. 

CHAPTER 5-6 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• the Black Hand
• Gavrillo Princip
• Tsar Nicholas II
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Battle of Tannenberg
• the Schlieffen Plan
• Plan 17
• General von Moltke
• Battle of the Marne
• Alsace and Lorraine
• total war
• Battle of Verdun
• Battle of the Somme
• the Brusilov Offensive
• sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmermann Telegram
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• General Ludendorff
• Friedrich Ebert
• Paris Peace Conference
• David Lloyd George
• Woodrow Wilson
• Fourteen Points
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando
• League of Nations
• plebiscites
• reparations
• collective security
• war debts
• Treaty of Versailles
• "war guilt clause"
• "Manchurian Incident"
• Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
• expansionism
• Hirohito
• Hideki Tojo
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Kristallnacht
• the Nuremberg Laws
• any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material

2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and Arctic sovereignty won't be on the test) 

3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

• MAIN Causes of World War I
• the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
• the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT!!)
• the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
• Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology; order of events that violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles)
• the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years notes in your Social 20-1 study booklet)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
• ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy (common characteristics?)
• failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
• appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism)

IB 20 HOTA

I showed you a video from the Turning Points of History series on Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Russia today, and while you watched the video you should have taken notes. I reviewed with you the 19th Century Political Spectrum. I also drew connections between the events that we have studied so far this semester: the Enlightenment, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Age of Napoleon, and what we will be studying in the next week or so, namely the Haitian Revolution and Forging the American Republic (Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison). Please check your e-mail, I've shared with you a Google Doc study guide link for Friday's Current Events Quiz #5. One week from today you'll be writing the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Test, be 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 Monday, November 3rd. Please use the following study guide tips.

• study "The French Revolution" PowerPoint presentation (on the IB 20 wiki)
• study "The Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint (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)

If you're still worried about the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Age, here is a Crash Course in History video hosted by John Green (yes, the author of "The Fault in Our Stars"; I had no idea he wrote young adult novels until recently, to me, he was "the Crash Course in History guy"). Enjoy!

September 21

Social 20-1

I taught you about the 19th century political spectrum at the start of class today. You should know it, not only for this year, but for next year in 30-1 or 30-2. Be familiar with the various groups (radicals, liberals, moderates, conservatives, reactionaries) and examples of each group (Jacobins, Girondins, etc.) and their position on change. We then watched a documentary on Napoleon's invasion of Russia from the Turning Points in History series. I also talked to you about the French Revolution DBA Assignment which is due next Thursday (September 29th). Please remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow (please see the study guide below).

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be on Thursday, September 22nd. The test has a matching section and ashort answer section.

• Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
• "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)

IB 20 HOTA

We continued our examination of the American Revolution today. We watched part of  "America: The Story of Us" today. We also set up the current events assignments.

February 19

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today in class. I will try to get these essays marked as soon as possible, but please bear in mind that I have the U of C HSMUN conference this weekend, so it's a busy time for me. You actually won't have another major assessment until mid-March. You can also check out when assessments are occurring in class by clicking on the Social 30-1 tab here on the blog, and then scrolling down the page to the list of test dates.

Social 20-1

We looked at Napoleon's invasion of Russia today by watching a short video from "Turning Points of History" video. We also looked at the 19th century political spectrum today as well. If you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate. Please remember that you are writing your Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday, February 23rd. You can find the study guide below. I also gave you your French Revolution DBA assignments today. The DBA is due next Thursday (February 26th).

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Monday, February 23rd. The test has a matching section and a short answer section. Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism.
Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet (this will be what makes up the matching section of your test)

• nation
• nation-state
• nationalism
• patriotism
• self-determination
• sovereignty
• civic nation
• civic nationalism
• ethnic nationalism
• collective consciousness
• French Revolution
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• cahiers de doleances
• Ancien Regime
• bourgeoisie
• feudal system
• philosophes
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• National Assembly
• Tennis Court Oath
• constitutional monarchy
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• Revolutionary Tribunal
• Lafayette
• National Convention
• levee en masse
• Robespierre
• Danton
• Marat
• Reign of Terror
• Law of Suspects
• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• September Massacres
• "The Plain"
• "The Mountain"
• the Directory
• Republic of Virtue
• Napoleon
• Napoleonic Code
• continental system

For any of the French Revolution or Napoleonic Age key concepts that you don't know, I recommend that you check out the glossary that I posted on the Social 20-1 wiki on the Unit 1 page.              
         

Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2 (short answer section questions come from this part of the worksheets)

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

"Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)

"The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)

"The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; you can find this on the wiki, and I will go through it in class in the next couple of days)

It might also be helpful to check out the French Revolution timeline that I posted on the Social 20-1 wiki, along with the Age of Napoleon timeline. You can find links to these timelines on the wiki, on the Unit 1 page.