November 28

Social 30-1

I gave you updated marks for your Unit 2 Final Exam. I went through the American system of checks and balances, and then assigned the Comparative Government Assignment. Please work with a partner on this assignment. This assignment is due on Monday, December 8th. Make sure that it is a comparative chart, and make sure that you include pros and cons for the appropriate sections. We spent the rest of class time doing small group discussion on the following four questions:

• Should the voting age be lowered?
• Should voting be mandatory?
• Should everyone over the age of 18 be allowed to vote?
• Is the first past the post system democratic?

IB 20 HOTA

I showed you a video from the U.S. History series on "Expansionism" today. As you watched the video you had to write notes on the documentary. I also went through how to write a Paper 3. You will be writing a Paper 3 on Monday. You will have 5 minutes to write an outline for your essay, and 50 minutes to write the Paper 3.

November 25

Social 30-1

I covered some key concepts today in class (if you missed class today, get the notes from a classmate), including first past the post (FPTP), simple plurality, single member constituency, single vote, and proportional representation (PR). We re-cast the 2011 Canadian federal election to reflect what the results might have been if Canada employed PR. You then got your Unit 2 WRA II essay question sheet today. You'll be writing the Unit 2 WRA II Essay on Thursday, November 27th in the Blenheim Room and breakout room. Both classes are working with Ronald Reagan quotes, funny how that worked out. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions.

IB 20 HOTA

We started a PowerPoint lecture on "American Expansionism" that I will finish off tomorrow. We'll do a closer examination of the Mexican-American War tomorrow. We should be able to finish off all of the content of our History of the Americas by Friday, and then you will be writing a Paper 3 on Monday. We'll start looking at Authoritarian and Single-Party States on Tuesday of next week.

May 15

IB 20 HOTA

I showed you a video from the U.S. History series on "Expansionism". I then went through a booklet on advice for writing the Paper 3. You will be writing a Paper 3 on Unit 6 material next Thursday (May 22nd). I assigned you to groups today as well. Each group member is supposed to help contribute to building a detailed essay outline for Unit 6. You can find the link to the essays on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 6: Nation-Building and Challenges.

Social 10-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation "Globalization and Sustainability" today. I will be posting this presentation on the wiki this afternoon. I also showed you an interview between George Stroumboulopoulos and former CIBC chief economist Jeff Rubin, which was part of the promotional tour that he was doing to support his book "Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller".

Upcoming important dates for Social 10-1 students:

• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Tuesday, May 20th
• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, May 22nd
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, May 26th (please see the study guide below)

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 50 multiple choice questions.

IB 30/35

You wrote your last IB History exam today, so hopefully that went well for you.
Your next class with me will be on Thursday, May 22nd.