March 5

Social 10-1

You worked in your debate groups building and organizing a Google Doc in preparation for tomorrow's debate on the following topic: BIRT globalization benefits the world's cultures. One week from today, you will be writing the Unit 1 position paper. I will teach you how to write a position paper next week, and you will get the essay question sheet in advance of the essay writing day.

Social 30-1

I gave you some notes on the movement from classical liberalism to welfare capitalism to modern liberalism. We also listened to an NPR podcast on the Obama administration usage of Keynesian economic policies in response to the global recession. You are supposed to go through the following section in your Social 30-1 course books, and read, highlight and annotate: pages 79-84. One week from tomorrow (Friday, March 13th) you will be writing the Chapter 3-4 Test (Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test), so I will be posting the study guide here on the blog tomorrow.

IB 30/35

I finished off the lecture on the Cuban Missile Crisis today, and then you moved into your three option debate groups. We'll be doing the debate tomorrow.

September 30

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today. I went through monetary and fiscal policy again in great detail. We also listened to a NPR podcast that discussed Keynesian economics and how the Obama administration was giving Keynesian economics a real-world test in 2009. You can find this link on the blog under the Social 30-1 links if you want to listen to it again.

IB 30/35

You were supposed to hand in your IA today. We continued watching Episode 5 ("The Universe of Battle") today. We will re-start the video tomorrow at the Gettysburg Address.

Social 10-1

If you didn't hand in your "Bend It Like Beckham" film study booklet today, please do so tomorrow. Your wrote your Unit 1 WRA I today. Please remember that your infographic assignment is due on Friday. If you have some questions about APA citation system, please check out this link.

September 26

Social 30-1

Since my Period 2 class had a visit from the guidance department, I gave them the remainder of class time to work on their Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. The Period 3 class had the entire period to work on the Chapter 4 work. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, September 30th.

IB 20 HOTA

We had another discussion about the international response to ISIS at the beginning of class today. We also watched the "Revolution" episode of America: The Story of Us. We'll watch another video on Monday from the U.S. History series on the American Revolution. Please remember that you'll be writing a test on the Colonial Period and the establishment of the Thirteen Colonies. This test will have a mixed format: matching, a map section, a multiple choice section and an OPVL document analysis assignment. You will write this test on Tuesday, September 30th.

September 17

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today in class. You will get the results back tomorrow for this test. We'll be moving on to Unit 2 material tomorrow.

IB 20 HOTA

Most of today's class was spent doing research for your Thirteen Colonies presentation. These presentations will take place on Tuesday (23rd) and Wednesday (24th) of next week. I also want to remind you that since we have a short week (no school Friday) we'll be dealing with our current issue tomorrow: American foreign policy response to ISIS. Please find/collect sources (newspaper clippings, web articles, political cartoons, photographs, etc.) and bring them to class tomorrow.

September 16

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today. You had the entire period to complete it, and hopefully I'll be reading some quality essays. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is tomorrow, please see the study guide below. I also recommend going through the Unit 1 Review Prezi, you can find this prezi at the bottom of the Unit 1 page on the wiki.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Wednesday, September 17th. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your study booklets, pages 12-17)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; notes on page 3 of your study booklet)
• Study the 19th Century Political Spectrum
• Study the 20th Century Political spectrum
• Study the political-economic grid
• Know the values and ideas associated with the various ideologies (on the 19th century and 20th century spectrums)
• Study the Individualism and Collectivism booklet that is in your study booklets (pages 4-7)
• you need to be able to apply your knowledge and understanding of these concepts/ideas
• there are a lot of source-based questions on this exam! (there are references to Nazi Germany, the USSR)

IB 20 HOTA

You watched a video from the U.S. History series called "The Era of Colonization". While you were watching this video, you should have been taking notes on the topics covered. If you missed today's class, you need to get these notes from a classmate. I also wen through some mnemonic devices to remember the Thirteen Colonies: Never Make Cynthia Run (New England colonies), New Pennies New Dimes (Mid-Atlantic or Middle colonies), My Vehicle Needs Some Gas (Southern colonies). I also assigned you duotangs with some supplementary material from the textbook The United States and Its People. The pages in the duotang cover the colonial period of American history. I also assigned you a colony to research for your Thirteen Colonies presentations. Please come to Room 111 tomorrow, and we'll go down to the Library together to start the research on your assigned colony. Please make sure that you acquaint yourself with the information that students need to take down to complete their charts.
This is a short week (it's a system-wide PD day on Friday), so we're going to revisit our current issues topic on Thursday, namely the U.S. foreign policy response to ISIS. Please look for news articles, political cartoons on the topic. For example, I found the following cartoon:

October 1

IB 30/35

You wrote a short quiz today comparing and contrasting the North and the South on the eve of the Civil War. We then finished off Episode 3 of "The Civil War" (we only had a few minutes left), and then we moved on to Episode 4 called "Simply Murder". We finished this episode off as well. The answers to Episode 3 and 4 are due tomorrow. We'll move on to Episode 5 tomorrow, which covers the Battle of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg.

Social 30-1

We finished off with the BBC 20th Century History series video "FDR and the New Deal". We also looked at some art and photography from the Great Depression. You can have a look at the websites that I showed you in class here and here. We also listened to a segment from NPR that focused on the connections between Obama and the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes. I also drew comparisons between the FDR administration and the Obama administration and how they each dealt with the Great Depression and global recession respectively. You can find a link to that NPR podcast here on the blog under Social 30-1 Links. We also went over monetary and fiscal policy again briefly. I also gave you a handout on the "USA and the Great Depression". This handout is extremely important because it deals with the causes and effects of the Great Depression, Keynesian economics and the alphabet agencies of the New Deal.

Social 20-1

We continued the PowerPoint presentation of "The Causes of World War I". You have a hard copy of this presentation in your blue Social Studies 20-1 booklets, as well as on the Social 20-1 wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. I went through which countries fought on the side of the Allied Powers and the Central Powers, so if you missed these notes, please make sure that you get them from a friend. You have your Chapter 3-4 Test on Thursday, October 3rd, please see the study guide (scroll down to find it).