March 6

Sorry, I forgot to post this yesterday....

IB 30/35

We completed our three options debate on the Cuban Missile Crisis. On Monday, we will be starting our examination of the Vietnam War. I will post the Vietnam War lecture on the IB 30/35 wiki this evening.

Social 30-1

We watched two videos "Dutch Treat" and "Welfare a la Carte", and while you watched these videos you should have taken point form notes on both. Next Friday (March 13th) you will be writing the Chapter 3-4 Test (Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test), please see the study guide below.

Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test Study Guide:

This test is on Friday, March 13th. 

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations: 

• "The Development of Classical Liberalism" + charts
• "Responding to Classical Liberalism" + charts

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

4. Key beliefs of the various ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels 
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

5. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well 

Social 10-1

You did the debate on the following topic: BIRT globalization benefits the world's cultures. You will do another class debate in Unit 3. Next week, you'll be learning how to write a position paper.

March 5

Social 10-1

You worked in your debate groups building and organizing a Google Doc in preparation for tomorrow's debate on the following topic: BIRT globalization benefits the world's cultures. One week from today, you will be writing the Unit 1 position paper. I will teach you how to write a position paper next week, and you will get the essay question sheet in advance of the essay writing day.

Social 30-1

I gave you some notes on the movement from classical liberalism to welfare capitalism to modern liberalism. We also listened to an NPR podcast on the Obama administration usage of Keynesian economic policies in response to the global recession. You are supposed to go through the following section in your Social 30-1 course books, and read, highlight and annotate: pages 79-84. One week from tomorrow (Friday, March 13th) you will be writing the Chapter 3-4 Test (Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test), so I will be posting the study guide here on the blog tomorrow.

IB 30/35

I finished off the lecture on the Cuban Missile Crisis today, and then you moved into your three option debate groups. We'll be doing the debate tomorrow.

March 4

Social 30-1

I did a review of the business cycle and the Keynesian economic responses to the various stages of the boom and bust cycle. I also went into some detail on the New Deal attempts at relief, recovery and reform through the "alphabet agencies". I also went into greater detail on monetary and fiscal policies (pages 70-76) in the Social 30-1 course books.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions today. I split into two groups, side proposition and side opposition. We will be having a debate on Friday, on the following topic: BIRT globalization benefits the world's cultures. I also gave you a sheet on debate structure. We are booked into a computer lab tomorrow so each side can build a Google Doc to create arguments and evidence that your side will use during the debate. One week from tomorrow (Thursday, March 12th) you will be writing the Unit 1 position paper. That is one of the reasons why were doing this debate, to learn how to build argumentation and evidence to support your position in a contentious debate.

IB 30/35

I lectured briefly today on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and then split you into your three options debate groups for Friday's debate on how the USA should handle the Cuban Missile Crisis. You'll get some class time tomorrow to work in your groups again.

July 17

SOCIAL 30-1

You wrote the Chapter 5 Test at the start of class. I've already posted the results of this test in PowerSchool. We finished off "The Origins of the Cold War" PowerPoint lecture today as well. We also covered key concepts and events from the Berlin Blockade and Airlift to the Korean War to the Cuban Missile Crisis. 


Please have a look at the other key dates below (and study guides).

UPCOMING KEY DATES:

• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, July 22nd (see study guide below)
• Unit 3 WRA I is on Tuesday, July 23rd 
• Chapter 10 Test is on Wednesday, July 24th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, July 25th
• Trial Final Exam is on Friday, July 26th

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, July 22nd. It will be a 50 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal 
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes (chart)
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model

February 21

SOCIAL 10-1

We finished our film study of "Bend it Like Beckham", the film study booklet questions are due tomorrow. I collected your infographic assignments today as well. Don't forget that you're writing your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below. The Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday. 

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer all of the chapter questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet

SOCIAL 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today. Hopefully, you'll get your results back on Friday. We'll be moving on to Chapter 3 material tomorrow, including contending loyalties.

IB 30/35

I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series, today's episode was called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". I also gave you a booklet with maps and articles on the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

When I stopped today's video when Sputnik was launched I also started talking about how some people think that the Apollo moon landing was a hoax. I said that I'd seen a video on the subject and how the conspiracy theories can be refuted by looking at how difficult it would have been to fake the lunar landing, I'm embedding the video below:

February 20

IB 30/35

We looked at the Cuban Missile Crisis today, by watching an episode of the CNN Cold War series on Cuba (1959-1962). I've created a Google Doc for this video where you need to add your notes to. Please remember that you have a Paper 2 this Friday on the origins of the Cold War. Please check the IB 30/35 wiki (the Cold War page) for some articles/documents on origins of the Cold War historiography.

Social 20-1

I taught you the 19th century political spectrum today. You should have put it in your study booklets either right after the French Revolution or the Napoleonic Age PowerPoint slides.

You also broke into groups to rank the causes of the French Revolution. I also dropped more hints about what will be on your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow. Please see the study guide for this test below. Your French Revolution DBA is due one week from today. 

You should also have a look at this timeline of key events in Napoleon's life that I made a few years ago on Timetoast: http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/3805

You could also check out this one that I made on the key events of the French Revolution: http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/3780

For both of these timelines, click on the slider button and drag it to advance through the years. 

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be on Wednesday, February 21st. The test has a matching section and ashort answer section.

• Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
• "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)

Social 10-1

We started a film study of "Bend it Like Beckham" today, and we should be able to finish it off tomorrow. Please remember that you have your infographic assignment due tomorrow. I want you to hand in a hard copy of the assignment, along with your works cited (bibliography). Don't forget that you're writing your Chapter 1-2 Test on Thursday, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer all of the chapter questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet

July 20

SOCIAL 30-1

I covered the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) today. I showed you a short documentary video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". While you were watching this video, you should have been taking notes. We then talked a little bit about the lead into the Vietnam War (pages 193-194 in your Social 30-1 study booklets). I then showed you a movie called "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". I did the homework check on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions today as well. We started "Good Night, and Good Luck" today, but we didn't finish it. We'll finish this film study off tomorrow.

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:

• Vietnam War Assignment is due on Thursday, July 21st
• Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, July 22nd
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Friday, July 22nd (please see the study guide below)
• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Monday, July 25th
• Chapter 10 Test is on  (please see the study guide below)

VIETNAM WAR ASSIGNMENT

A. PEOPLE
Identify and explain the role each played in the Vietnam War
1. Ho Chi Minh
2. Ngo Dinh Diem
3. Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Richard M. Nixon
5. Viet Minh
6. Viet Cong
7. Le Duc Tho
8. Henry Kissinger
9. William Westmoreland
10. "Draft Dodger"

B. CONCEPTS/TERMS
Explain the significance of the following with regards to the Vietnam War (identify participants or individuals if appropriate)
1. Ho Chi Minh Trail
2. defoliation
3. "search and destroy" mission
4. "Vietnamization of the war"
5. Gulf of Tonkin Incident
6. My Lai Massacre
7. domino theory
8. Kent State University protest (May 4, 1970)
9. Tet Offensive (January 1968)
10. Geneva Agreement (1954)

C. ISSUES
Provide the information requested
1. The predominant religion of Vietnam
2. The battle which marked the end of French colonial rule in Indo-China
3. The scandal which led to the only resignation of an American President
4. The Vice President who replaced the President after his resignation
5. Why was November 1963 a "bad month" for the governments of South Vietnam and the United States?

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Friday, July 22nd. It will be a 70-75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal 
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model

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. Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/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!)

February 29

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 10: Cuba from the CNN Cold War series today. As you watched this video, you should have taken notes on key events from the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis is your go-to example of brinkmanship. I also talked about mutually assured destruction (MAD), balance of power, and deterrence today.

Social 10-1

You had time today to work on preparing for Friday's debate on the following topic: BIRT globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures. I hope that you used your time wisely.

Social 30-1

You had class time to work on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today (they are due on Wednesday). Hopefully you used your time effectively.

November 5

IB 30/35

We looked a little more at "The League of Nations" PowerPoint presentation. We started the film "Paris 1919", you should be able to finish this film off tomorrow. Please remember that you have your World War I Test on Monday. Next Friday (November 13th) you will write a Social Studies 30-1 WRA I (three source analysis) on WWI.

Social 30-1

We covered a couple of topics today: the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I showed you two documentaries, one from the Turning Points of History series called "Crisis in Korea". The other documentary was from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". Please make sure that have read the sections on the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis from your Social 30-1 study booklets. Your Chapter 7 Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We finished off the China Rises "Getting Rich" video today. The rest of the class period you were split into your debate groups so that you can plan out for tomorrow's debate. Remember the debate topic is BIRT the 21st Century will belong to China. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, please see the study guide below.

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

April 16

Social 30-1

I showed you a couple of videos today, the first one was about the construction of the Berlin Wall, and the lengths to which the East German government went to prevent its' citizens from escaping to the West. I also recommended a German movie to you today called "Goodbye Lenin!" (please see below). I then showed you a short documentary on the Cuban Missile Crisis from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev", which gave you some historical context for the crisis. You then had the remainder of class to work on your Cold War Events charts in your Social 30-1 workbooks.

Social 20-1

 

Your Unit 2 Inquiry Project is due on Monday, May 4th.

February 20

IB 20 HOTA

We started our examination of the Spanish conquest of the Americas today by watching the PBS documentary "When Worlds Collide". We'll finish this video off tomorrow, and then continue to examine the Spanish conquest. I also did a homework check on last night's homework on the "Invasion and Settlement of North America". Please remember that you have an Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz on Wednesday, February 26th. Please see the study guide below. Your "Seeds of Change" assignment focusing on your assigned Enlightenment thinker is due one week from today (February 27th). Please make sure that your assignment meets the following requirements: As I said in class the other day, I was thinking about rock stars, movie stars and athletes today and wondering why Enlightenment thinkers aren't as well known as some of them. After all, some of these Enlightenment thinkers have made greater contributions to society, yet they don't enjoy the fame and notoriety as some these entertainment and sports celebrities. We're going to change that. I gave you some ideas in which direction this creative project could go (trading cards, magazine cover stories, Prezis, infographics, etc.), show me how creative you are! Just make sure that you present the information in a concise, fun, informative way, and that your project meets all of the requirements, which are as follows:

• Biographical Information (3 marks)
• Area(s) of Work (what fields did they work in?) (2 marks)
• Ideas Introduced (2 marks)
• Aspect of medieval society that they challenged (2 marks)
• Were they influential in their own time? (5 marks)
• What were their contributions to modern society? (3 marks)
• Mechanics, spelling, grammar, and list of sources cited using a recognized citation system (APA, MLA, Chicago) (3 marks)

This assignment ("Seeds of Change") is due on February 27th.

Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz Study Guide:

This is a matching quiz, and it is on Wednesday, February 26th. Please make sure that you focus your review on the following Enlightenment thinkers:

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• Francois Quesnay
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Voltaire

Please make sure that you know their views on the nature of human beings, quotes attributed to them, their main ideas/key beliefs, and their major works (what books, articles they wrote).

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Whale Rider" today. You are expected to hand in your completed film study of this movie tomorrow in class. Please see the study guide for your Chapter 1-2 Test here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

We watched a video from the CNN Cold War series today which focused on Cuba (1959-1962). While you were watching this documentary, you should have been taking detailed notes. Please remember that you are writing a Paper 2 tomorrow on the origins/causes of the Cold War. Study your key events, and historiography for this essay. You'll have some choice as to what you will write your essay on. You'll have 5 minutes to outline/pre-write and 45 minutes to write your Paper 2. Make sure that you know what your IB command terms mean (ex. analyze, compare and contrast, discuss, evaluate, examine, to what extent).

February 19

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. You also wrote your World Geography Test today. You should be able to get the results of this test tomorrow in class. Additionally, I'll be giving back the global connections essays tomorrow. We started a film study of "Whale Rider" today, which we'll be able to finish tomorrow. One week from today, you'll be writing your Chapter 1-2 Test. Please see the study guide below. Please remember that your Illustrated Concept Map assignment is due on Thursday, February 27th.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these chapters.

Format for the test is a word ladder section and short answer questions.

IB 20 HOTA

We finished off the PowerPoint lecture on "The Age of Enlightenment" today. As I said to you in class today, I was thinking about rock stars, movie stars and athletes today and wondering why Enlightenment thinkers aren't as well known as some of them. After all, some of these Enlightenment thinkers have made greater contributions to society yet they don't enjoy the fame and notoriety as some these entertainment and sports celebrities. We're going to change that. I gave you some ideas in which direction this creative project could go (trading cards, magazine cover stories, Prezis, infographics, etc.), show me how creative you are! Just make sure that you present the information in a concise, fun, informative way, and that your project meets all of the requirements, which are as follows:

• Biographical Information (3 marks)
• Area(s) of Work (what fields did they work in?) (2 marks)
• Ideas Introduced (2 marks)
• Aspect of medieval society that they challenged (2 marks)
• Were they influential in their own time? (5 marks)
• What were their contributions to modern society? (3 marks)
• Mechanics, spelling, grammar, and list of sources cited using a recognized citation system (APA, MLA, Chicago) (3 marks)

This assignment ("Seeds of Change") is due on February 27th.

You have the Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz on Wednesday, February 26th. Please see the study guide below. You will have your first current events quiz on Friday, February 28th, please start adding events to the Current Events section of the IB 20 wiki.

IB 30/35

I? strongly recommend that you check out the American Experience website for their "The Presidents" series. I've put a link directly to the Eisenhower section on the IB 30/35 wiki. Please check out the domestic policies and foreign policies sections. I also strongly recommend that you check out the PDF file on the Eisenhower administration on the wiki (under Topic 5: The Cold War). I showed you an A & E Biography of Fidel Castro called "El Comandante", which puts the US-Cuban relations in historical context and should help you to understand the Cuban Missile Crisis better.  We also watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev".

April 16

IB 30/35

You hopefully finished off looking at the LBJ administration today. If Mr. Johnson didn't start the Nixon administration with you today, hopefully he will tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Today was spent doing research in the library for your Unit 2 Research Project. This is the first and only day for research that you will get in class, so hopefully you used your time wisely. These projects are due on April 30th.

Social 30-1

You watched a video on the construction of the Berlin Wall today, as well as watching another video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". Please remember that your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday.

February 21

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today, which took the entire period. Please remember that your French Revolution DBA assignment is due on Wednesday, February 27th.

Social 30-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation called "The Development of Classical Liberalism", which I will send out this evening. The remainder of class time was spent working on the Chapter 3 Questions, which are due tomorrow. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms at the beginning of class.

IB 30/35

You wrote a quiz on the Cold War at the start of class. We finished watching the CNN Cold War series episode on Cuba (1959-1962) today. You will be writing a Paper 2 tomorrow on the origins of the Cold War.

February 20

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on "Sick Around the World" today at the beginning of class. We started looking at Unit 2 material, specifically "The Development of Classical Liberalism". We didn't finish this PowerPoint lecture today, but we will tomorrow. Your homework tonight is your Chapter 3 Key Terms, with the Chapter 3 Questions being due on Friday.

Social 20-1

I gave you back the results for the World Geography Test today. There are a few of you that haven't written this test yet, and you will have to complete it at a later date. I have sent to you the PowerPoint covering the Napoleonic Age, so check your e-mail for it. We watched a short video from the Turning Points of History series called "Napoleon's Invasion of Russia". I then gave you the remainder of class time to study for your Chapter 1-2 Test, which is tomorrow. Please find the study guide for this test here. Your French Revolution DBA assignment is due on Wednesday, February 27th.

IB 30/35

We continued looking at the A & E Biography on Fidel Castro, and finished watching it today. We then turned our attention towards other key players in the Cuban Missile Crisis by watching a video from the BBC 20th Century series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". We also started the CNN Cold War series Episode 10 Cuba (1959-1962), which we will continue tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Paper 2 on the origins of the Cold War on Friday, be prepared! Review how to write a Paper 2, and anticipate potential essay questions.