April 19

Social 20-1

You finished watching "White Light/Black Rain" today. The film study questions are due on Monday. You should also start working on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions.

Social 10-1

You finished off the "Expansion of Economic Globalization" today, and had some class time to work on your Chapter 11 or 12 key terms and questions. The Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. You were also given a booklet on the WTO (and IMF and World Bank) that you should read, highlight and annotate. We'll be working with this information next week.

IB 30/35

You should have finished "American Experience: 1964" today. You should have taken notes on this video too! Make sure that you're ready for next week's Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement (Tuesday, April 24th).

November 14

IB 30/35

You started watching a documentary today called "Nanking". you'll finish up this film on Thursday. Tomorrow, you'll be going to the Red Lab to work on your Paper 1 assignment, which is due on Monday, November 20th.

Social 10-1

Please make sure that you go to the Social 10-1 wiki and download a copy of the PowerPoint presentation "The Expansion of Economic Globalization". I will not be delivering this lecture in class. Print off a hard copy with 4 slides per page. You were given booklets on the WTO, IMF and World Bank today. These booklets have criticisms of these global financial institutions. You have a homework assignment from this booklet. You need to create a detailed chart on the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO. This WTO chart is due on Monday, November 20th.

April 26

Social 20-1

We continued looking at contemporary examples of genocide by watching a CNN documentary called "Scream Bloody Murder" which examined genocides in Cambodia, Iraq, Bosnia, Rwanda, and in the Darfur region of Sudan. In each case Christianne Amanpour (the CNN reporter in the film) focused on certain individuals who witnessed genocide in these cases firsthand. In Cambodia, French Catholic priest Francois Ponchaud witnessed the rise of the Khmer Rouge regime. In Iraq, Peter Galbraith called Saddam Hussein's government use of chemical weapons on the Kurds in northern Iraq qualified as genocide. In Bosnia, the "Scream Bloody Murder" documentary profiled Richard Holbrooke and his efforts to recognize the atrocities of the Bosnian Serbs against the Bosnian Muslims. Next, the documentary profiled Romeo Dallaire and his efforts to get the UN to intervene in the Hutu killing of the Tutsi minority. We'll look more at the case of the Rwandan genocide tomorrow in class when we watch "Shake Hands with the Devil". Finally, the documentary examined the first genocide of the 21st century in the Darfur region of western Sudan with Mukesh Kapila witnessing the actions of the janjaweed. 

Social 10-1

Today we watched part of the documentary film "Life + Debt", and while you watched the video, you were supposed to complete film study questions. We'll finish this video off tomorrow (and start another one).

April 26

IB 30/35

We had the Ronald Reagan group present in today's class. It was a very detailed, thorough examination of his administration. All groups that have presented already, please make sure that you have uploaded a link to your Google Slides and videos on the IB 30/35 wiki. Tomorrow, we'll be watching an HBO documentary on Reagan.

 Here's the remaining schedule of presentations:

• George HW Bush is on Thursday, April 28th
• Bill Clinton is on Friday, April 29th

Please remember the following upcoming important dates for IB 30/35 History students: 

• Paper 1 and Paper 2 Review session is on Wednesday, May 4th (during regular class time)
• Paper 1 is on Friday, May 6th (pm)
• Paper 2 is on Monday, May 9th (pm)
• Paper 3 Review session is on Tuesday, May 10th (during regular class time)
• Paper 3 is on Thursday, May 12th (pm)

Social 30-1

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Exam) today, and you'll get the results tomorrow. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

Your WTO chart is due tomorrow, and your Chapter 11 Questions are due on Thursday, April 28th. One week from tomorrow you will write your Chapter 10-11 Test. I will post the study guide for this test tomorrow. We started a film study of "Life + Debt" today, which we'll finish tomorrow. It will provide you a case study (Jamaica) and a means to criticize the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO, in addition to the Inter-American Development Bank. We'll finish off the film study tomorrow.

April 20

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement today. I created a Google Doc for the class to work collaboratively to review for the Paper 1. I'll  create similar Google Docs for Paper 2 and Paper 3.

Social 10-1

I finished off "The Foundations of Economic Globalization" presentation today. I also gave you a booklet on the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank. You were supposed to read all of the articles, highlight and annotate them. One week from today (April 27th), you have a homework assignment due: a chart on the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO.

Social 30-1

We finished off the film study of "Good Night and Good Luck". Your film study questions are due tomorrow.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions (although about 11-13 questions will be dropped). 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
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you in subsequent class)
• 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), please study the notes that I will give you next week on this topic.
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

April 28

IB 30/35

I showed you a video from the United States History series that covered U.S. Politics from 1980 to 2000 (the Reagan to the Clinton administrations). While you watched the video, you should have taken notes. I talked a little bit about the 2000 U.S. Presidential election today as well. We're getting into Social 30-1 material tomorrow when we start talking about illiberalism and the USA PATRIOT Act.

Social 10-1

I showed you a video today called "Life + Debt", which is a good case study of Jamaica's increasing foreign debt, and impacts of economic policies from the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, and the Inter-American Development Bank. We looked at the impact on the Jamaican produce industry, the dairy industry, the banana industry and the impact of the "free zones". We'll Please remember that your WTO charts are due tomorrow, and your Chapter 11 Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20 HOTA

We finished off the War of 1812 documentary today and then you wrote your Unit 6 Quiz afterwards. Your War of 1812 Website Assignment is due tomorrow.