April 18

IB 30/35

We started our presentations on American Presidents today. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, we'll be hearing presentations on the administrations of LBJ to Bill Clinton. I think that the bar was set at a really nice level today with the Lyndon B. Johnson presentation. Please post your videos and presentations on the IB 30/35 wiki on the American Presidents page. Here is the schedule for the remaining presentations: 

• Richard Nixon is on Tuesday, April 19th (tomorrow)

• Jimmy Carter is on Thursday, April 21st

• Ronald Reagan is on Tuesday, April 26th

• George H.W. Bush is on Thursday, April 28th

• Bill Clinton is on Thursday (April 28th) and Friday (April 29th)

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam. I have marked these exams and posted the results on D2L. ou also got your Unit 2 WRA I back today. We'll be continuing on with Unit 3 material tomorrow.

Social 30-1

I went over the Cold War in broad strokes today. Make sure that you read, highlight, and annotate the readings in your Social 30-1 workbook on the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War. Your Vietnam War Assignment is due tomorrow for homework check marks. One week from tomorrow you'll be writing your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Exam). I'll post the study guide tomorrow on the blog. I want you to re-read the section on McCarthyism in your textbook and read the movie review of "Good Night, and Good Luck". We're starting this film study tomorrow.  

April 16

Social 10-1

You watched a video from the "China Rises" series today called "Getting Rich". As you watched the documentary you were to complete the film study sheet. You had a little bit of time to work on your Chapter 10 Questions for the remainder of class. Your Chapter 10 Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, April 22nd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20 HOTA

You had the entire class period to work on fake Facebook page for your assigned Latin American revolutionary leader. This assignment is due on Thursday, April 24th.

Please remember that you have your Unit 5 Test (The French Revolution and Napoleonic Age)tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

I finished with my lecture on the Nixon administration today. I also gave you an assignment that has four parts to it on the Nixon administration (and partly the LBJ administration as well) that is due on April 22nd. Please remember that you are writing your Paper 3 on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement tomorrow, please check out the comments/changes that I made to your group task pages on the IB 30/35 wiki.

April 11

IB 30/35

You should have continued to discuss the presidency of LBJ today. You were given a summary of LBJ's domestic and foreign policies and were asked to rate him as a president in the following categories: public persuasion, crisis leadership, economic management, moral authority, international relations, administrative skills, relations with Congress, vision/setting an agenda, pursued equal justice for all, performance within the context of times. If you want to see how LBJ compares to other U.S. Presidents, you should check out this assessment from C-SPAN.

Social 10-1

You should have started Unit 3 material today, "Foundations of Economic Globalization". I'll continue this lecture with you on Monday.

IB 20 HOTA

You completed the four options debate today. Make sure that you go through the Haitian Revolution booklet this weekend, I will be taking it in from you on Monday. A student from the class of 2013 put together excellent companion notes to this booklet. You should be able to find these notes on the IB 20 wiki under Collaborative Notes.

Unit 5 Test Study Guide (The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Age):

This test will have a mixed format: matching section, short answer section and a multiple choice section. This test will be written on Thursday, April 17th. Please use the following study guide tips.

• study "The French Revolution" PowerPoint presentation (on the IB 20 wiki)
• study "The Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint (on the IB 20 wiki; this presentation also contains information on the Congress of Vienna)

1. Study the following key terms, key events and key people associated with the French Revolution:

• cahiers
• Law of Suspects
• Marat
• the “Plain”
• National Assembly
• the Directory
• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• Danton
• Committee of Public Safety
• the Three Estates
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Clergy
• Nobility
• Bourgeoisie
• “nobles-of-the-sword”
• “nobles-of-the-robe”
• “nobles-of-the-bell”
• corvée
• gabelle
• vingtièmes
• Levée en Masse
• National Convention
• September Massacres
• Reign of Terror
• Robespierre
• Parlement du Paris
• the Tennis Court Oath
• the National Guard
• the Marquis de Lafayette
• Paris Commune
• National Guard
• émigrés
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• Estates-General
• Republic of Virtue
• Revolutionary Tribunal
• Declaration of the Rights of Man

2. Other study tips:

• know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
• know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
• know Napoleon's domestic policy
• know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
• know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
• know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
• know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
• know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
• what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
• know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)

3. Study the 19th century political spectrum (click on the graphic to enlarge it)

April 9

Social 10-1

You finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today, and wrote a quiz afterwards. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 WRA I tomorrow. Hopefully, you made good use of the sample WRA I today.

IB 20 HOTA

You started the Haitian Revolution today in class. Make sure that you read the Haiti Revolution booklets extremely well. Tomorrow you will be preparing for a four options debate that will take place on Friday. Please use your classtime effectively!

IB 30/35

You should have examined the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson today. You'll return to looking at LBJ's presidency on Friday as well. Please remember that you are writing your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

April 16

IB 30/35

You hopefully finished off looking at the LBJ administration today. If Mr. Johnson didn't start the Nixon administration with you today, hopefully he will tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Today was spent doing research in the library for your Unit 2 Research Project. This is the first and only day for research that you will get in class, so hopefully you used your time wisely. These projects are due on April 30th.

Social 30-1

You watched a video on the construction of the Berlin Wall today, as well as watching another video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". Please remember that your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday.

April 15

IB 30/35

You wrote your Civil Rights Movement Test for part of the period today. I then delivered a PowerPoint lecture on "LBJ and the Great Society". This presentation should already be on the wiki under American Presidents. Hopefully, you'll finish off this lecture tomorrow. Please remember that for April 16th to 18th that I'll be in Toronto for SOMA, so you need to go directly to Room 121 for class. You're writing a Paper 3 on Thursday. I also returned homework to you.

Social 30-1

We watched a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series today. One was called "The Road to Berlin" and the other "Cold War Confrontations". I also covered the Korean War today as best I could. I gave you the Korean War notes today that went along with the PowerPoint.

Social 20-1

We finished watching "White Light/Black Rain" today. You should have completed the film study sheet that went along with the video. I'm including some links here to the CBC Digital Archive on the Hiroshima Maiden Project. If you have some time, you might want to check out these stories.

• CBC Digital Archive: Hiroshima Maidens
• Hiroshima Bombing was justified says survivor