May 8

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA II Essay today. Hopefully within 1-2 weeks you will get the results of this essay back. Please remember that you are writing your Chapter 7-8 Test tomorrow, you can find the study guide below. I'm also re-posting the Unit 2 Final Exam below. You're writing your Unit 2 Final Exam next Monday (May 15th).

CHAPTER 7-8 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Tuesday, May 9th. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3-4 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust" (this is posted on the wiki)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is posted on the wiki)

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust  
• White Light/Black Rain (film notes)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)
• Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!

1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
genocide:

• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• the Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination
• Wansee Conference
• Nuremberg Trials
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah
• home rule
• Hutu
• Tutsi
• Romeo Dallaire
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki
• Robert Oppenheimer
• FDR
• Harry Truman
• Potsdam Conference
• Slobodan Milosevic

2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet.

UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Monday, May 15th. 

1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:

• The Causes of World War I
• Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
• Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
• The Holocaust
• Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide

2. Know the following key concepts:

• national interest
• domestic policy
• foreign policy
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• Treaty of Versailles
• Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
• appeasement
• ultranationalism
• propaganda
• conscription crisis
• Adolf Hitler
• Nazis
• Hirohito
• Tojo
• Kristallnacht
• The Way of Subjects
• League of Nations
• total war
• internment
• War Measures Act
• Great Depression
• the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• irredentism
• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination

3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):

• World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
• Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
• The Interwar Years
• Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
• Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
• The Holocaust
• Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
• Decolonization and self-determination (what are successor states? What is self-determination? Kosovo case study)

SOCIAL 10-1

Most of today's class was spent watching the video "Globalization is Good". As you watched this video, you were supposed to complete the film study booklet questions. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Thursday, May 11th. 

May 9

IB 30/35

Today was the review session for Paper 3. Instead of going through the Paper 3 Review Session PowerPoint in class, I sent it to you by e-mail. I gave you a sample answer to a U.S. Civil War question and had you read it and mark it. I also gave you a booklet with a number of past Paper 3 questions. I will send you some sample markschemes for past Paper 2 and Paper 3 as well by e-mail.

Please note your test dates:

• Wednesday, May 14th: Paper 1 and Paper 2
• Thursday, May 15th: Paper 3

Your next class with me will be on Thursday, May 22nd.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 12 Questions today. We started a film study called "Globalization is Good", and luckily we were able to finish it.

Upcoming important dates for Social 10-1 students:

• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Tuesday, May 20th
• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, May 22nd
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, May 26th

November 23

IB 30/35

You spent all of today's period writing your Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1. Next week, we'll start transitioning into economics in preparing for our examination of the Great Depression. These next few topics that we'll cover in IB History are useful for your IB exam in May 2013 as well as your Social Studies 30-1 Diploma Exam in June. You'll have a quiz on Prescribed Subject 1 next week, on Wednesday to be exact. This quiz will have a matching format and source analysis.

Social 10-1

We watched "Globalisation is Good" for most of today's period. As you watched this film you were to take notes in the film study booklet. This is your last weekend to work on your TNC Dossier Project since the project is due on Wednesday, November 28th, so make sure that you find some time to get together with your partner to work on this project. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz today at the beginning of class. I finished my "American Expansionism" PowerPoint lecture today, and I will be posting it on the wiki in a matter of days. I assigned the following homework from the History of the Americas textbook:

• Read pages 95-101
• Answer questions 1-3 on page 103 on Sources A to E

We'll continue with the Mexican-American War on Monday. You will be writing a Paper 3 on Friday, November 30th, so I will also go through the expectations of a Paper 3 in class next week.