December 10

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We continued with the Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars (World History Topic 11) today in class, by moving on to the "Course of the Second World War in Europe and North Africa". We'll continue on with this theme for the next couple of days before we move on to the Asia-Pacific theatre of war next week. Please remember, you have your Paper 1 this Friday, and it could be on either of the two cases studies: German expansionism or Italian expansionism.

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Once I finally got down to business today, I moved quickly through the lecture on Canadian foreign policy. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions, and I also handed back your Unit 2 position papers. I will be giving you the essay question sheet for the Unit 3 position paper on Friday. You'll be writing the Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Monday, December 16th. I'll be posting the study guide for the Unit 3 Final Exam tomorrow on the blog.

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I gave you a work period today where you could have studied for tomorrow's Chapter 10 Test (please see the study guide below). You could have also started working on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Thursday. You also have your Unit 3 Final Exam next week (on Monday, December 16th), and you can find the study guide below as well.

Chapter 10 Test Study Guide:

• This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions.
• Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". 
• You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet.
• This test is on Wednesday, December 11th 

Please review the following as well:

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes) 
• Structure of Canadian Government 
• Structure of American Government 
• differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships 
•  techniques of dictatorships 
•  authoritarian systems 
•  proportional representation concept 
• first past the post system 
•  review political and economic spectrum (again!)

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Your Unit 3 Final Exam will be on Monday, December 16th. Please study the following material:

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below) 
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets 
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation) 

Review the following notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems 
• Non-Democratic Systems 
• types of dictatorships techniques of dictatorships 
• Civil Rights Movement 
• authoritarian systems (China notes) 
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!) 
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act) 
• FLQ Crisis 1970 

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people: 

• assimilation 
• self-interest 
• humanitarianism 
• Indian Act 
• residential school system 
• enfranchisement 
• the White Paper 
• the Red Paper 
• “war on terror" 
• authoritarianism 
• consensus decision-making 
• direct democracy 
• military dictatorship 
• oligarchy 
• one-party state 
• party solidarity 
• representation by population 
• proportional representation 
• representative democracy 
• responsible government 
• democracy 
• single-member constituency (first past the post) 
• the Senate 
• the House of Commons 
• the House of Representatives 
• the Senate (USA)
•  mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups 
• American Bill of Rights 
• Anti-Terrorism Act 
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 
• emergency and security legislation 
• illiberal 
• language legislation Bill 101 Bill 178 Bill 86 
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms 
• respect for law and order 
• terrorism 
• rendition 
• the War Measures Act 
• enemy aliens 
• internment 
• the Emergencies Act 
• USA PATRIOT Act 
• consumerism 
• environmental change 
• extremism 
• pandemics 
• postmodernism 
• global warming 
• Kyoto Protocol 
• World Health Organization (WHO) 
• drought

May 15

Social 30-1

I had you read the section in your coursebooks on the "Modern History of China", and then I showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series: "One Man's Revolution" and "China Since Mao". You had some time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions (these are due on Tuesday, May 21st). Don't forget that your USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due tomorrow. You're writing the Unit 3 position paper on Wednesday, May 22nd in the Blenheim Room. Some of you may be missing this class due to the PE 30 camping trip, if so, you will have to write it when you get back from the trip.

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I went through a lecture on "Canada's Foreign Policy" today. You have a hard copy in your Social 20-1 coursebooks and digitally on the wiki on the Unit 3 Presentations page. You were supposed to hand in your Unit 2 Dossier Assignment today as well. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due Tuesday, May 21st.  You're writing your Unit 3 position paper on Thursday, May 23rd in the Blenheim Room.

May 16

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I had you working in a computer lab today working on a Google Doc preparing for tomorrow's essay. All of you were working on the same Google Doc outlining arguments and evidence for the Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Please go directly to Room 109 tomorrow instead of coming to class. You will have ONE class period to type up your essay. You will only be allowed to bring in your Unit 3 WRA II essay question sheet with your prepared notes on the front side of the sheet. The notes must be hand written. On Tuesday, May 22nd you're writing your Unit 3 Final Exam. 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 50-60 multiple choice questions.

Social 20-1

I gave back your Unit 2 WRA II Essays today at the beginning of class. Marks are posted in HomeLogic. I started on a PowerPoint lecture on "Canada's Foreign Policy" today. You need to go through the last three slides on your own. Please remember that your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

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We don't have class again until Tuesday, May 22nd. You'll be writing the Social 30-1 Unit 1 Final Exam on that day, please see the study guide below.

UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Tuesday, May 22nd. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your study booklets, pages 5-10)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; see PowerPoint "Introducing Government" on the wiki)
• Study "Ideology and Identity" PowerPoint 
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet that is in your study booklets (pages 11-15)
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
• there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR)

May 17

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I went through a PowerPoint lecture on "Canada's Foreign Policy". I'll be giving you your Unit 3 WRA II Essay Question sheet tomorrow in class. You'll be writing this essay next Wednesday, May 24th. Don't forget that your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

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As a whole class we worked on the essay outline for your Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Please go directly to the computer lab tomorrow, the Period 2 class is writing the essay in the Red Lab, and the Period 4 class is writing in Room 104. On Tuesday, May 23rd you'll be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam 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 50-60 multiple choice questions.

December 13

FOOD DRIVE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW (DECEMBER 14TH) IN TUTORIAL!

Social 20-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "Canada's Foreign Policy" (which is already posted on the Social 20-1 wiki). I also did a homework check on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday.

IB 20 HOTA

You had most of the class to start research and organization of your authoritarian states presentations today. You'll have some class period in January to work on this project. For the next two days, I'll be teaching you how to write the WRA II Essay that you'll see on the Social 30-1 Diploma Exam in June 2018.

May 15

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I did a homework check on your USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment. If you don't hand this project in today, you will lose 10% per day that it is late. If you missed class today, please make sure that you get notes from a classmate. I wrote notes out for several Unit 3 key concepts such as civil rights, human rights, entrenching rights, and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I also discussed the usage of the War Measures Act. I'm starting to set the stage for the concept of illiberalism that we'll be dealing with next week. I gave you some handouts today for writing an analysis of a propaganda poster, which you will have to do tomorrow in class. You're allowed to have these handouts out when you're writing your analysis. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions will due on Wednesday, May 22nd.

Social 20-1

We continued Unit 3 material today. I went through a PowerPoint today on "Canada's Foreign Policy", and I will be sending this presentation to you this afternoon. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, May 21st.

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Please make sure that you complete your computer tutorial in D2L if you want to use a computer to write your English and Social Studies Diploma Exam