September 30

IB 30/35

We continued with the "Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression" lecture today. The rough draft of your IA was due today. Like Is aid in class, if you know that there will be issues with your IA, you can continue to work on it for the next couple of weeks. You'll get some feedback from me in about two weeks on your IA. Your good copy is due on October 31st.  

SOCIAL 30-1

I went through some notes on Keynesian economics today, and I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Boom and Bust", as you watched this documentary, you should have filled out the film study questions that went along with it. We'll talk more about FDR and the New Deal tomorrow.  Make sure that you have finished off the Chapter 4 Google Doc, if I don't see any progress on the Google Doc, you're going to have to do these key terms and questions all by yourself!

SOCIAL 20-1

I finished off the "Contending Loyalties" lecture today. I did a homework check on the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions today. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is this Friday (October 4th). Please see the study guide below.  

CHAPTERS 3-4 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be on Friday, October 4th. It will consist of a matching section (10 key concepts) and a short answer section.

• make sure that you study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties"
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts/key terms from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the test)

March 6

SOCIAL 30-1

I went through the Unit 1 WRA I today. I showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Boom and Bust" and "FDR and the New Deal". Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. 

SOCIAL 20-1

I showed you "They Shall Not Grow Old" today. I collected your Unit 1 WRA I Chart Assignment today. Please remember that you're writing the Chapter 3-4 Test this Friday (please see the study guide below). Next Monday (March 11th) you are writing the Unit 1 Final Exam (please see the study guide below).

CHAPTERS 3-4 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be on Friday, March 8th. It will consist of a matching section (10 key concepts) and a short answer section.

• make sure that you study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties"
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts/key terms from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the test)

SOCIAL 20-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

You're writing this test on Monday, March 11th. It is a multiple choice test. Make sure that you have read Chapters 1-4 in Exploring Nationalism. Please make sure that you know the key concepts from Unit 1 (see below). Also review the PowerPoint presentations that you should have in your notes. They are also on the Social 20-1 wiki under Unit 1 Presentations.

These are the presentations that you should review:

1. Nation and Identity
2. The French Revolution
3. The Napoleonic Age
4. Contending Loyalties

• nation
• nation-state
• nationalism
• patriotism
• self-determination
• sovereignty
• sovereign
• civic nation
• civic nationalism
• ethnic nationalism
• collective consciousness
• French Revolution
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• cahiers de doléances
• Ancien Régime
• bourgeoisie
• feudal system
• philosophes
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• National Assembly
• Tennis Court Oath
• constitutional monarchy
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• National Convention
• levée en masse
• Robespierre
• Danton
• Marat
• Reign of Terror
• Napoleon
• Napoleonic Code
• Continental System
• contending loyalties
• cultural pluralism
• reasonable accommodation
• sovereignists
• federalists
• royal commission
• expressions of nationalism
• non-nationalist loyalty
• alienation
• segregation

October 4

Social 10-1

I split you into two sides for tomorrow's debate on the following topic: BIRT globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures. I gave each side in this debate a different reading with different perspectives on this debate. We spent most of the class period in the computer lab putting together a Google Doc to organize your arguments and evidence for the debate.

Social 30-1

Much of today's class was spent watching videos from the BBC 20th Century History series and note-taking. We watched "Boom and Bust" and "FDR and the New Deal", and while you were watching these videos you should have taken notes. If you missed class today, please get these notes from a classmate. We also went through the "Case Study: USA in the Great Depression" notes in your 30-1 coursebooks. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your American Revolution Test today. I'll post the results on PowerSchool later this evening. We'll talk about the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights tomorrow. On Tuesday, October 9th you'll be writing a Paper 3 and I'll teach you how to write this kind of assessment tomorrow as well.