November 25

Social 30-1

I covered some key concepts today in class (if you missed class today, get the notes from a classmate), including first past the post (FPTP), simple plurality, single member constituency, single vote, and proportional representation (PR). We re-cast the 2011 Canadian federal election to reflect what the results might have been if Canada employed PR. You then got your Unit 2 WRA II essay question sheet today. You'll be writing the Unit 2 WRA II Essay on Thursday, November 27th in the Blenheim Room and breakout room. Both classes are working with Ronald Reagan quotes, funny how that worked out. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions.

IB 20 HOTA

We started a PowerPoint lecture on "American Expansionism" that I will finish off tomorrow. We'll do a closer examination of the Mexican-American War tomorrow. We should be able to finish off all of the content of our History of the Americas by Friday, and then you will be writing a Paper 3 on Monday. We'll start looking at Authoritarian and Single-Party States on Tuesday of next week.

May 2

IB 30/35

We watched part of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11". Before starting this movie, I asked you to view this film critically, to think critically about whether you were watching a documentary film or a propaganda film. If you're interested in reading a little bit about how some people view "Fahrenheit 9/11" a propaganda film that uses propaganda-style film-making techniques you might want to check out the following link.

Here is your class schedule for next week:

• Wednesday, May 7th Paper 1 Review Session
• Thursday, May 8th Paper 2 Review Session
• Friday, May 9th Paper 3 Review Session

I think I misspoke in class about this. After our Paper 3 Review Session on May 9th, the next time we have class will be Thursday, May 22nd.

Social 10-1

You made your selections of corporations today for your TNC Dossier Assignment. This assignment is due on Tuesday, May 20th. This weekend you could get some research completed on your corporation. I will show you some exemplars on Monday of past projects. We also finished off "The Corporation" as well today. Please make sure that you have answers written down for all three parts of the documentary. Please remember that your Chapter 10-11 Test is on Wednesday, May 7th. Please see the study guide here.

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote a current events quiz today. I started a PowerPoint lecture on "American Expansionism and Manifest Destiny" which I will post on wiki today. You will have to go through this presentation on your own. I then started a History Channel documentary on the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), which we should be able to finish off on Monday.

Please take your History of the Americas textbook home this weekend to complete the following work:

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