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We finished the "Japanese Expansion into Southeast Asia" lecture today. You can print off this lecture from the IB 30/35 wiki if you would like. I'm going to post the lecture on the Sino-Japanese War today, so please download it and print it off if you would like. Please make sure that you bring your TheMove to Global War textbooks tomorrow as well, and complete the homework assignment.
SOCIAL 20-1
We started our film study of "Schindler's List", we will probably finish off the film on Thursday.
SOCIAL 30-1
We picked up where we left off yesterday, by starting with the Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift. I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Cold War Confrontation". This video covered the Berlin Blockade and the Korean War. I also showed you a video on construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. You also had time today to go through the Cold War Key Events Notes today. You'll get time tomorrow to work on these note-taking charts too.
I gave back your Paper 3 on the Great Depression and your 30-1 WRA II Essay on economics today. I started the "Japanese Expansion into Southeast Asia" lecture today. You can print off this lecture from the IB 30/35 wiki if you would like. Please make sure that you bring your TheMove to Global War textbooks tomorrow.
Social 30-1
I gave back your marked Unit 2 WRA I today in class, and I went through how to interpret the three sources. We started "The Origins of the Cold War" PowerPoint lecture today. Tomorrow, we'll start the Berlin Blockade.
Social 20-1
You handed in your Unit 2 WRA I Chart Assignment today at the beginning of class. We started our examination of "The Holocaust" today. Please go through the '36 Questions about the Holocaust' tonight. Chances are some of your questions about the Holocaust will be answered. Tomorrow, we'll start our film study of "Schindler's List".
You have work out of your The Move to Global War textbook that is due on Monday. Here's what you have due:
Read pages 54-64
Answer all of the source questions (A-G) on pages 55-60
Also answer this question: Why did no nation intervene militarily in the Manchurian Crisis? (pg. 57)
Here is the video that I showed in class today:
Social 10-1
After doing research and preparation in the library all yesterday's class, today was the day of the debate. We debated: BIRT the 21st century will belong to China.
Don't forget that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, please see the study guide below.
You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 13th. Please see the study guide below.
SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 13th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:
We finished off the "China Rises: Getting Rich" video, so you should have finished the film study sheet to go along with this video. This Friday (November 10th) you will be doing a debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China". I broke you into two teams today for this debate. This was a debate topic from the Munk Debate series. You can find the link to the Munk Debate on China here. At the Munk Debate site you can watch video highlights of the debate, and read the transcript from the debate. Another interesting link is to check out Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes. This is interesting to note the development of China and how there is a disparity between different regions in China. And now for a couple of links to videos and stories from Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square: challenges facing China's leadership, why China's leadership needs a PR overhaul. To get a closer look at any of the infographics below, right click on the image and open in a new window. Useful links to prepare for the debate:
You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 13th. Please see the study guide below.
SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:
This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 13th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:
"Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
"Legacies of Historical Globalization"
"Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"
Key Concepts from Unit 2:
world views
historical globalization
cultural contact
depopulation
the Silk Road
international trade
mercantilism
capitalism
free market
entrepreneurs
Adam Smith
exploitation
communism
industrialization
Industrial Revolution
cottage industries
imperialism
"new" imperialism
"old" imperialism
colony
protectorate
sphere of influence
paternalistic
Confederation
residential schools
the Oka crisis
First Nations Policing Policy
legacy
ethnocentrism
Eurocentrism
Scramble for Africa
Leopold II
migration
displacement
British East India Company
Queen Elizabeth I
the Raj
Mohandas Gandhi
swadeshi
deindustrialization
colonization
the Hundred Associates
Hudson’s Bay Company
Rupert’s Land
North West Company
Seven Years’ War
Proclamation of 1763
Quebec Act of 1774
the Numbered Treaties
the Indian Act
Status Indian
Non-Status Indian
multiculturalism
specific claims
comprehensive claims
IB 30/35
We looked at the international response to Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931, especially from the League of Nations. As you will see, the League of Nations was unable to deal with powerful nation-states that were determined to pursue an expansionist foreign policy. I finished off the lecture on the Japanese invasion of Manchuria today.
We continued on with Prescribed Subject 3 today, by looking at the invasion of Manchuria. I started a lecture today on "Japanese Expansion in Southeast Asia (1931-1941)". We'll continue this lecture tomorrow. We'll look at the international response to Japan's annexation of Manchuria tomorrow. You should read pages xx-xx in The Move to Global War.
Social 10-1
I showed you a video at the beginning of the class, called "Global Economic Issues". You should have taken notes on this video. I also started a video called "China Rises: Getting Rich" and there was a film study sheet to go along with this video that you should have completed. This Friday (November 10th) you will be doing a debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China". This was a debate topic from the Munk Debate series. You can find the link to the Munk Debate on China here. At the Munk Debate site you can watch video highlights of the debate, and read the transcript from the debate. Another interesting link is to check out Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes. This is interesting to note the development of China and how there is a disparity between different regions in China. And now for a couple of links to videos and stories from Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square: challenges facing China's leadership, why China's leadership needs a PR overhaul. To get a closer look at any of the infographics below, right click on the image and open in a new window. Useful links to prepare for the debate:
You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 13th. Please see the study guide below.
Social 10-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:
This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 13th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:
We watched a video from BBC World called "10 Questions About Democracy" (here is a link to the companion website if you'd like to here what people had to say again). You are responsible for finishing the entire film study that went along with this video for tomorrow's class (I'll be doing a homework check on it, and in all likelihood, we'll be able to discuss some of the questions in the video). Please remember that your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, November 23rd. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 23rd, please see the study guide below (scroll down to find it). You're also writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay next Thursday (November 26th).
Social 30-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:
The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 23rd. It will be a 70-75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:
study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
supply-side economics
boom and bust cycle/business cycle
laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
basic economic problems/questions
advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
causes of the Great Depression
FDR and the New Deal
please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
characteristics of a mixed economy
nationalization
privatization
democratic socialism
welfare capitalism
Keynesian economics
the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
demand-side economics
neo-conservatives
monetarism
trickle down economics
supply-side economics
Thatcherism and Reaganomics
Milton Friedman
Friedrich Hayek
how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
characteristics of a centrally planned economy
advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
establishment of the Soviet Union
Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
"Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
"Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
modern liberalism
features of the Nazi state
Hitler's rise to power
Characteristics of Democracy
Characteristics of Dictatorship
Democratic Systems notes
Non-Democratic Systems notes
Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
Totalitarianism notes
Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model
IB 30/35
I finished off my PowerPoint lecture on "The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria". I assigned some work from your Paper 1 duotang. You are to complete the Student Study Sections on pages 78 (bottom of the page) and page 80 (both sections). You will be writing a Paper 1 on Friday, November 27th. Review how to write the Paper 1 by looking at the appropriate sections of the IB 30/35 wiki.
Social 10-1
We continued watching "The Corporation". I hope that you're completing the worksheet answers as we're watching the film! I showed you some TNC Dossier Assignment exemplars at the end of the class. We'll be doing the TNC draft tomorrow after we finish off the last part of the documentary. One week from today (Wednesday, November 25th), you'll be writing your Chapter 10-11 Test, please see the study guide below.
Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:
This test has a matching section and a long answer section. Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).
Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:
"Foundations of Economic Globalization"
"Expansion of Economic Globalization"
You should know these key terms really well:
Bretton Woods Agreement
international monetary system
fixed exchange rate
gold standard
floating exchange rate
World Bank
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
centrally planned economy
free market economy
recession
John Maynard Keynes
Friedrich Hayek
Milton Friedman
totalitarian
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
tariff
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
You should also be able to answer the following questions:
What is economic globalization?
How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
We finished off the "Enforcement of the Treaties and Disarmament" PowerPoint lecture. I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay", and then we started looking at the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
Social 30-1
You wrote your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Exam) today. Please remind me to share the results with you tomorrow.
Social 10-1
We started a film study of "The Corporation" today. We watched about 50 minutes of the film, and then I gave you the TNC Dossier Assignment sheet. I'll show you another section of "The Corporation" tomorrow, and I should have time to show you some exemplar TNC dossiers.
After your current events quiz today we began our examination of the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. We'll finish off this topic on Monday. Please make sure that you keep up with the topics that we're covering in Prescribed Subject 1. Make sure that you know that the areas on which the source-based questions in Paper 1 will focus on are:
aims of the participants and peacemakers: Wilson and the Fourteen Points
terms of the Paris Peace Treaties 1919-1920: Versailles, St. Germain, Trianon, Neuilly, S'evres/Lausanne 1923
the geopolitical and economic impact of the treaties on Europe; the establishment of the mandate system
enforcement of the provisions of the treaties: U.S. isolationism-the retreat from the Anglo-American Guarantee; disarmament-Washington, London, Geneva conferences
the League of Nations: effects of the absence of major powers; the principles of collective security and early attempts at peacekeeping (1920-1925)
the Ruhr Crisis (1923); Locarno and "the Locarno Spring" (1925)
Depression and threats to international peace and collective security: Manchuria (1931-1933) and Abyssinia (1935-1936).
You'll be writing a Paper 1 during the week of November 25th. We'll have a definite date for you next week.
Social 20-1
We finished off our film study of "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. Your film study answers will be due on Monday. This would be a great weekend to get some work completed on your Unit 2 Research Project, which is due on November 25th. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on November 28th, I will be posting the study guide on the blog next week.
Social 30-1
We finished watching "Good Night, and Good Luck" today. Your film study questions are due tomorrow. The film study for this is due on Monday, November 18th. "Good Night, and Good Luck" contains a few powerful scenes that I will post here on the blog. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Cold War Exam on Tuesday, November 19th. You can find the study guide here (scroll down to find it).
This film explores a lot of issues that are relevant to today. You also have to understand the political climate at the time in the United States to fully understand the movie. Many Americans were drawn to communism in the 1930s due to the effects of the Great Depression, especially academics and those in the labour fields. In the movie they made reference to friends and spouses that had attended meetings long ago. The "Red Scare" caused a huge backlash against those sympathetic to communism or the USSR. Remember, during WWII the Soviet Union was an ally, and many people may have attended meetings out of curiosity. The junior Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy in 1950 charged there were communist sympathizers in the U.S. State Department. Hearings were held, charges were discovered to be unfounded. McCarthy continued accusing communist infiltration in the Democratic Party. McCarthy became the chairman of the House Subcommittee on the investigation of un-American activity (HUAC). On December 2, 1954, McCarthy’s actions were called into question and his accusations were deemed unfounded. On Murrow's show "See it Now", he begins to publicly go after McCarthy. A very public feud develops when McCarthy responds by accusing Murrow of being a communist. Murrow is accused of having been a member of the leftist union Industrial Workers of the World, which Murrow claimed was false.
In this climate of fear and reprisal (which we now refer to as McCarthyism), the CBS crew carries on and their tenacity ultimately strikes a historic blow against McCarthy. Historical footage in the movie also shows the questioning of Annie Lee Moss, a Pentagon communication worker accused of being a communist based on her name appearing on a list seen by an FBI infiltrator of the American Communist Party. In the first half of the film Murrow talks about how McCarthy didn't create the political climate and anti-Communist hysteria sweeping the country, but that he capitalized on it for political gain very effectively. As David Strathairn, playing Murrow in the film says, "We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment, unpopular. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate responsibility." The film is framed by the performance of the speech given by Murrow to the Radio and Television News Directors Association in 1958, in which Murrow harshly admonishes his audience not to squander the potential of television to inform and educate the public. I found this short video on YouTube that spliced together Edward R. Murrow's speech that appears at the beginning of the film and continues at the end of the film. I find that this speech has relevance even today when you talk about the level of discourse in the media.
