April 17

Social 30-1

We finished off the documentary from the Turning Points in History series on the Korean War. I went through the origins of the Cold War again, a timeline of key events in the Cold War. Tomorrow you'll get to work on the Cold War Events Notes charts that are in your coursebooks. You should start working on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions, it will be due next week.

Social 20-1

We finished watching the HBO documentary "White Light/Black Rain" today in class. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Tuesday, April 23rd.

November 12

IB 20 HOTA

We continued talking the characteristics of democratic systems, and the Canadian parliamentary system. I stressed the type of electoral system that we have in Canada (FPTP) and we re-cast the 2015 Canadian Federal Election to reflect the change if Canada had proportional representation.

Social 30-1

We finished watching "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" today, and then I went through the End of the Cold War notes with you. We also started looking at McCarthyism today, we started a film study of "Good Night, and Good Luck". Hopefully, we will be able to finish off that film tomorrow. You have the Chapter 7 Test (Cold War) on Thursday, November 15th. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions, but with all of the omitted questions, it will be closer to 60 questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (deterrence, detente, brinkmanship, etc.)
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence" (Eastern Europe for example)
• anything that I gave you as a handout in your Social 30-1 coursebooks is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. The results of this test will go into Term 2, so it won't count towards the report card mark that is going home this week. I also returned your Unit 2 WRA I today.

April 18

IB 30/35

We started our presentations on American Presidents today. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, we'll be hearing presentations on the administrations of LBJ to Bill Clinton. I think that the bar was set at a really nice level today with the Lyndon B. Johnson presentation. Please post your videos and presentations on the IB 30/35 wiki on the American Presidents page. Here is the schedule for the remaining presentations: 

• Richard Nixon is on Tuesday, April 19th (tomorrow)

• Jimmy Carter is on Thursday, April 21st

• Ronald Reagan is on Tuesday, April 26th

• George H.W. Bush is on Thursday, April 28th

• Bill Clinton is on Thursday (April 28th) and Friday (April 29th)

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam. I have marked these exams and posted the results on D2L. ou also got your Unit 2 WRA I back today. We'll be continuing on with Unit 3 material tomorrow.

Social 30-1

I went over the Cold War in broad strokes today. Make sure that you read, highlight, and annotate the readings in your Social 30-1 workbook on the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Your Vietnam War Assignment is due tomorrow for homework check marks. One week from tomorrow you'll be writing your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Exam). I'll post the study guide tomorrow on the blog. I want you to re-read the section on McCarthyism in your textbook and read the movie review of "Good Night, and Good Luck". We're starting this film study tomorrow.  

November 4

Social 30-1

You had the entire period to work with the Cold War booklets and complete your Cold War Events Notes in your Social 30-1 study booklets. Please read, highlight and annotate the Korean War notes that are in your 30-1 booklets.

IB 30/35

I gave you your Paper 1 study duotangs at the beginning of class today. We finished off "The End of World War I and Paris Peace Conference" PowerPoint today. We also started looking at the League of Nations. We'll continue examining the structure and organization of the League tomorrow, and start watching "Paris 1919". Don't forget that you have a WWI test on Monday: 55 multiple choice and 39 matching key terms.

Social 10-1

I showed you a video called "Global Economic Issues" in first half of the class. We started a film study of a video from the China Rises series called "Getting Rich". We'll finish this video off tomorrow, and you'll have some time to prepare for Friday's debate.

Social 10-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 9th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims