November 28

Social 30-1

I gave you updated marks for your Unit 2 Final Exam. I went through the American system of checks and balances, and then assigned the Comparative Government Assignment. Please work with a partner on this assignment. This assignment is due on Monday, December 8th. Make sure that it is a comparative chart, and make sure that you include pros and cons for the appropriate sections. We spent the rest of class time doing small group discussion on the following four questions:

• Should the voting age be lowered?
• Should voting be mandatory?
• Should everyone over the age of 18 be allowed to vote?
• Is the first past the post system democratic?

IB 20 HOTA

I showed you a video from the U.S. History series on "Expansionism" today. As you watched the video you had to write notes on the documentary. I also went through how to write a Paper 3. You will be writing a Paper 3 on Monday. You will have 5 minutes to write an outline for your essay, and 50 minutes to write the Paper 3.

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

May 1

IB 20 HOTA

I went through a PowerPoint lecture called "The Jacksonian Age" which you can find on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 6: Nation-Building and Challenges. We'll continue our examination of the expansion of the United States tomorrow, and we should get into the Mexican-American War tomorrow as well. You have a current events quiz tomorrow as well.

Social 10-1

We watched another section of "The Corporation" today, and while you watched the video, you were supposed to take notes on it. We didn't quite have enough time to pick corporations for your TNC dossier assignment today, so we'll start with that tomorrow. We'll hopefully have enough time left over to complete "The Corporation". Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, May 7th. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

 

IB 30/35

We did the class picture today. We continued talking about 9/11 and its aftermath. Please make sure that you read the material on the wiki under Social 30-1 Unit 3 on the USA PATRIOT Act, the Anti-Terrorism Act, and "Permanent War Threatens Freedoms". I showed you an excerpt from "Unconstitutional" as well today. Hopefully you were able to complete the film study sheet that went along with this video.

September 5

Social 30-1

I went through a PowerPoint lecture called "Introducing Government" which looked at the ideas of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. This PowerPoint is up on the Social 30-1 wiki already, so I'll make sure that you all get access to this wiki in tomorrow's class.

Social 20-1

You got your Social Studies 20-1 booklets today in class. I'll get the numbers on the booklets from you tomorrow. I started a PowerPoint lecture today called "Nation and Identity" which I'll finish tomorrow. I would start reading Chapter 1 tonight, and maybe start chipping away at the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions (which are due on Tuesday, September 10th).

IB 30/35

You wrote a quick quiz at the beginning of class. We also talked about the criteria that you used yesterday to determine the most important events that happened over the course of the summer holidays. You'll be getting regular current events quizzes this year again, so you need to add events to the wiki. I did a quick review of American expansionism and the Mexican-American War today. You'll be writing an OPVL on the Mexican-American War tomorrow and a Paper 1 on manifest destiny and the Mexican-American War on Tuesday. After you write the OPVL tomorrow we'll talk about the IA again, and look at how to write the Plan of Investigation.

November 22

IB 20

Yesterday we finished off looking at the Jacksonian Age, and today we started looking at manifest destiny and American expansionism. We started a PowerPoint presentation called "American Expansionism" which we will continue tomorrow. You also wrote your Unit 6 Quiz today which required you to complete a matching section and some short answer questions including an OPVL chart.

Social 10-1

I started a lecture today on the "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization". I have sent this PowerPoint presentation to you already. We completed a film study of the video "The Other Side of Outsourcing" as well today. Tomorrow, we should be able to start "Globalization is Good".

IB 30/35

We watched the A & E Biography of Benito Mussolini today, and while you were watching this video you should have been taking notes on the topic. You have your Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1 tomorrow, please prepare for it!