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)

December 7

Thursday was an incredibly busy day for me, so unfortunately, I didn't get a chance to post on the blog yesterday. Hence, I am posting on December 7th, a date that shall live in infamy....

IB 20

We watched part 1 of the "Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" on Thursday, as well as started looking at the Hitler PowerPoint. We'll watch Part 2 of the video on Monday, and continue to look at the Hitler and Nazi Germany presentation.

Social 10-1

After some technical difficulties with my Jeopardy game, we played a review game of Jeopardy for the entire class on Thursday. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Monday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30

We watched a short NFB film on the Great Depression called "The Dark Years: 1929-1939". You then wrote a quiz on the Great Depression. You have homework this weekend: create a compare and contrast chart on how the Canadian and American governments dealt with the effects of the Great Depression. If you are a Diploma student your EE rough draft is due on Monday. To all of the EE students that I am supervising: I want it sent to me as a Word document.

December 5

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization". I have sent this presentation to your e-mail accounts already. You also had some time to work on Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions today. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on December 10th. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20

I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia". While this video was playing you should have been taking extensive notes on the Five Year Plans and collectivization. We continued with the "Joseph Stalin and the USSR" PowerPoint presentation. I will not finish this presentation in class, you are responsible for the rest of the material in the presentation. I also talked a little bit about historiography as well, by going through the PowerPoint presentation "Stalin and the Historians", which is on the IB 20 wiki.

IB 30/35

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today on "The Great Depression in Canada". This presentation is already up on the IB 30/35 wiki. We may continue with the Great Depression in Canada tomorrow, but we should be transitioning into Latin America as well. I am going to put up some more information on the wiki on the Great Depression in Canada so you can complete an activity over the long weekend. What I'd like you to do is answer the following in chart format: Compare and contrast the Canadian and American governments' response to the effects of the Great Depression. You will be looking for similarities and differences in approach between Herbert Hoover's administration, FDR's New Deal and R.B. Bennett and Mackenzie King's response. This is preparation for the IB History Exams in May 2013.

November 30

IB 30/35

I went through a handout on the Great Depression and FDR's New Deal with you today. I also gave you some time to complete the Great Depression Study Guide as well. Your answers to these questions are due on Monday. The questions can be found on the IB 30/35 wiki under The Great Depression and the Americas. I'm also going to post the fiscal and monetary policy handout on the wiki. Please print it off and bring it to class on Monday.

Social 10-1

We played a Unit 3 Review Game for the entire period. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Monday in the Blenheim Room. Go to the Blenheim Room directly on Monday.

IB 20

You wrote your Paper 3 on Unit 6 for most of the period today. You also have homework this weekend. Please go to the Dictatorships unit on the IB 20 wiki, and complete the work sections on page 7 and page 9 in the Stalin and the USSR PDF file.