You wrote your
Chapter 3-4 Test today in class.
Please remember to go directly to Room 241 tomorrow for your class. We're going to do some
practice WRA Is in Google Docs in preparation for your
Unit 1 WRA I next week (Wednesday, October 3rd). Please remember that I've moved the
Unit 1 Final Exam to Tuesday, October 2nd. You can find the study guide below.
Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, October 2nd. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.
Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:
- globalization
- pluralistic society
- transnationals
- society
- “the global village”
- United Nations
- G-8
- La Francophonie
- NATO
- individual identity
- collective identity
- traditions
- minority group
- official bilingualism
- universalization of pop culture
- hybridization
- media transnationals
- media consolidation
- CBC/SRC
- Official Languages Act
- CRTC
- Canadian Content (CanCon)
- homogenization
- monoculture
- assimilation
- marginalization
- accommodation
- secularism
- integration
- cosmopolitan
- acculturation
- cultural revitalization
- Charter of Rights and Freedoms
2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!
You wrote your
Unit 1 WRA II Essay today in class. Hopefully I'll get a chance to mark them sooner rather than later. We're back in classroom tomorrow continuing on with Unit 2 material.
I did a homework check on your
Declaration of Independence and
Thomas Paine's Common Sense source-based questions. Please make sure that you have
printed off and read the summaries of the Articles of Confederation and added this to your notes. I gave you your historical figure assignment for our
Constitutional Convention simulation next week. The convention will run for three class periods: Monday to Wednesday. Now that you have your character assignment, you can get started with your research.
You will have today's class and tomorrow's class (and perhaps the weekend)
to prepare for this simulation.
Please go directly to Room 241 tomorrow. One week from today (
Thursday, October 4th) you will have your American Revolution Test. Please see the study guide below.
There will be 20 matching and 45 multiple-choice questions.
Know the various Acts that took place before/during the Revolution:
* Stamp, Sugar Act
* Townshend Acts
* Intolerable Acts
Causes of the Revolution:
* French Indian War
* Significant events that led up to the Revolutionary War – chronological order
* Grievances of the colonies – taxation, representation
Know significant individuals such as:
* James Madison
* John Adams
* Thomas Jefferson
* Thomas Paine
* George Washington
* Samuel Adams
* Benjamin Franklin
The Revolutionary War:
* British vs. American military strategy
* Advantages and disadvantages of both sides
* The challenges of the Continental Army
* Battle of Saratoga - significance
* Battle of Yorktown - significance
* Phases of the progression of the war
Differences between First and Second Continental Congress
The Founding Documents of the United States:
* Declaration of Independence
* Articles of Confederation
* US Constitution
* Bill of Rights
Please read the sections in your
History of the Americas textbook that relate to the American Revolution as well.
