March 10

IB 30/35

We finished off the Google Slides lecture on "The Vietnam War" today. You can download a hard copy from the IB 30/35 wiki if you like. We also watched the "Vietnam" episode from the CNN Cold War series as well (with my technical difficulties with the DVD, we didn't see the last 4-5 minutes). If you were in New York City during the last IB Paper 2 exam, you're writing it today after school in Ms. Phui's classroom. In tomorrow's class, we'll be looking at US foreign policy in Latin America from the Kennedy to the Carter administrations. Please make sure that you're ready for Thursday's activity!

Social 10-1

I taught you how to write a position paper today. I gave you the "recipe for success" handout (the writing guide) and the essay question sheet for Thursday's WRA II position paper.

Social 30-1

We finished off the "Inequality for All" documentary that we started yesterday. You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday, March 16th. This Friday (March 13th) you will be writing the Chapter 3-4 Test (Ideological to Industrialization Test), please see the study guide below.

Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test study Guide:

This test is on Friday, March 13th. This is a multiple choice test.

 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

October 15

IB 30/35

Both classes spent time in Room 111 getting feedback on your IA. The good copy of the IA will be due on October 31st. We also started looking at how to write a Paper 3 on the Great Depression and the Americas. We'll continue looking at preparing for a Paper 3. You'll be writing the Paper 3 on Friday, October 18th.

Make sure that you have completed the following assignments related to the Great Depression unit before you write your Paper 3 on Friday:

• Challenges to the New Deal (on the IB 30/35 wiki)
• Was the First New Deal a planned programme or simply a series of unrelated measures to deal with specific problems? (pages 98-100)
• New Deal Programs Chart (you worked with a partner on this Google Doc)
• How much impact did the New Deal have on American politics and the economy? (make a note-taking chart, content pages 126-128)
• Great Depression in Canada and Latin America comparison chart

SOCIAL 20-1

I showed you a couple of videos today, one from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay". We also started another documentary called "Paris 1919", which we will finish off tomorrow. 

SOCIAL 30-1

We finished watching "Inequality for All" today. On Wednesday, October 16th you will be writing the Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test. This is a multiple choice format test, and it corresponds to material in Chapter 3 and the first half of Chapter 4. Please see the study guide below.

IDEOLOGICAL REACTION TO INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Wednesday, October 16th. 

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 

March 12

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I today in class in the Red Lab. If you missed today's assessment, or any other assessment this week, you will need to make it up tomorrow and/or Thursday.

Social 30-1

We finished watching "Inequality for All" today in class. I also showed you a short video from the TV show 60 Minutes called "The Dutch Treat". Please don't lose the graphics package that I handed out with this video, it could come in handy when you write your Unit 2 WRA II Essay. Please don't forge that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test (Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test) on Friday. Please see the study guide below.

IDEOLOGICAL REACTION TO INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Friday, March 15th. 

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations: 

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

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 

October 10

Social 30-1

We finished watching "Inequality for All" today. If you missed today's class or yesterday's class, it is advisable to have the graphics package with you and watch the film from the YouTube link below. We moved on to democratic socialism today, and the mixed economy. We'll look at a few countries that employ "the Nordic model".

Social 10-1

We continued looking at how to write a position paper. I gave you a booklet called "the recipe for success" today, which is essentially a writing guide for WRA II essays. I also gave you the essay question for this Friday's essay. You'll write the first paragraph on Friday, and then finish off the essay on Monday.

IB 20 HOTA

I gave you a cross class booking form for our Holocaust guest speaker that is coming in on October 25th. Please give this form to your Period 3 teacher to sign. We started the French Revolution today, and we'll talk about the causes in tomorrow's class.

October 9

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your Paper 3 today. I'll try to mark them as soon as possible. I gave you back your IA Phase I and the rubrics for our Constitutional Convention today. You'll have to back the graphic novels on the U.S. Constitution on Thursday. We're starting the French Revolution tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave back your Unit 1 WRA I writing assignments today, please see me in tutorial if you want to discuss it. I also gave back the infographic assignment results today. We started talking about essay writing today, and we'll do so tomorrow as well. By Friday, you're going to be writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay, and you'll continue it on Monday of next week.

Social 30-1

Sorry that it took me to photocopy the graphics/notes package for today's video. We'll finish off "Inequality for All" tomorrow, and then we'll move on to democratic socialism and the mixed economy in Sweden.