October 16

PST Interviews:

Thursday, October 17th in the Main Gym (Social Studies) 
1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

SOCIAL 30-1

You wrote the Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test today in class. The results of the test will be posted on PowerSchool today. There's no school tomorrow due to Interviews. 

SOCIAL 20-1

We finished off the documentary "Paris 1919", and we had a lock down drill today as well so it was quite eventful. There's no classes tomorrow. I'll see you back at school on Friday. 

IB 30/35

Both classes spent time in Room 111 going through how to write a Paper 3 on the Great Depression and the Americas. You'll be writing the Paper 3 on Friday, October 18th. We also covered some Alberta Social 30-1 curriculum outcomes by reviewing the economic and political spectrum, classical and modern liberalism, and how the economic systems response to the various stages of the business cycle. You should have a very good grasp of demand-side and supply-side economics after today's class. 

Make sure that you have completed the following assignments related to the Great Depression unit before you write your Paper 3 on Friday:

• Challenges to the New Deal (on the IB 30/35 wiki)
• Was the First New Deal a planned programme or simply a series of unrelated measures to deal with specific problems? (pages 98-100)
• New Deal Programs Chart (you worked with a partner on this Google Doc)
• How much impact did the New Deal have on American politics and the economy? (make a note-taking chart, content pages 126-128)
• Great Depression in Canada and Latin America comparison chart

October 15

IB 30/35

Both classes spent time in Room 111 getting feedback on your IA. The good copy of the IA will be due on October 31st. We also started looking at how to write a Paper 3 on the Great Depression and the Americas. We'll continue looking at preparing for a Paper 3. You'll be writing the Paper 3 on Friday, October 18th.

Make sure that you have completed the following assignments related to the Great Depression unit before you write your Paper 3 on Friday:

• Challenges to the New Deal (on the IB 30/35 wiki)
• Was the First New Deal a planned programme or simply a series of unrelated measures to deal with specific problems? (pages 98-100)
• New Deal Programs Chart (you worked with a partner on this Google Doc)
• How much impact did the New Deal have on American politics and the economy? (make a note-taking chart, content pages 126-128)
• Great Depression in Canada and Latin America comparison chart

SOCIAL 20-1

I showed you a couple of videos today, one from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay". We also started another documentary called "Paris 1919", which we will finish off tomorrow. 

SOCIAL 30-1

We finished watching "Inequality for All" today. On Wednesday, October 16th you will be writing the Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test. This is a multiple choice format test, and it corresponds to material in Chapter 3 and the first half of Chapter 4. Please see the study guide below.

IDEOLOGICAL REACTION TO INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Wednesday, October 16th. 

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations: 

• "The Development of Classical Liberalism" + charts
• "Responding to Classical Liberalism" + charts

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

4. Key beliefs of the various ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels 
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

5. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well 

March 14

Social 10-1

We started a presentation today called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, March 16th.

You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, March 21st, please see the study guide below. 

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, March 21st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

Social 20-1

We finished off "Paris 1919" today, and then we did the activity "Making Peace" from your Social 20-1 workbooks. One week from today, on March 21st you will be writing your Unit 2 WRA I, but you will have to do it without the help of the analyzing political cartoons sheet or the student writing guide (colorful sheet of paper). I've moved the due date for your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions to Friday, March 16th.

IB 30/35

We continued our film study of "12 Years a Slave" today, hopefully we'll be able to finish it off tomorrow. I also showed you the results of your Cold War Exam today.

March 13

IB 30/35

You wrote your Cold War Exam today, and you'll get the results back tomorrow. We'll continue our film study of "12 Years a Slave" tomorrow.

Social 20-1

I gave you the results back for your Chapter 3-4 Test at the beginning of class today. We watched "Paris 1919" today, and we'll finish it off tomorrow. We'll continue our examination of the Paris Peace Conference tomorrow as well with an activity out of your workbooks. Next week, on March 21st you will be writing a WRA I on Unit 2 material.

Social 10-1

You finished writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today, hopefully within a week you'll get the results back for this writing assignment. You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, March 21st, please see the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, March 21st. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

September 18

IB 30/35

We continued watching "Paris 1919" today, and you should have tried to fill in as many answers as you could on the film study guide. Please make sure that you read through the guide at some point. We continued on the "Allied Victory and the Treaties" Google Slides lecture today as well, and I'll finish it off tomorrow. We're going to talk about the League of Nations over the course of the next few days, and by Thursday, you'll be writing a 30-1 WRA I style writing assignment. We're booked into a computer lab, and I'll re-teach you how to write a WRA I.

Social 10-1

I've already posted how to cite images that you find on the Internet on the post below, so please check that out, it will help with citing images that you're going to use on your Illustrated Concept Maps (due one week from today, September 25th). I gave you the results on World Geography Test and your Global Connections Map today. I went through some notes on media TNCs, and then you had time to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow. One week from today you have your Chapter 1-2 Test, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Monday, September 25th.

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these chapters.

September 13

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions, and I collected your global connections map for marking today. I gave you the Illustrated Concept Map Assignment sheet, and you had some to move into small groups to do some brainstorming. The Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Monday, September 25th. You also had class time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Friday, September 15th. 

SOCIAL 10-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will take place on Friday, September 15th. It is simply a country and capital cities identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries, capital cities, and places identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:

• any of the EU countries (there are 28 countries in the EU)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G7 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, China, India, Myanmar (Burma), Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

Please use the following links for studying for this test:

• World Geography Games
• Test Your Geography Knowledge
• Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)

IB 30/35

I continued with the lecture on "The End of WWI and the Treaties" Google Slide lecture today. We started a film study of "Paris 1919", which we will continue next week. We're booked into the Red Lab tomorrow and Friday to work on your IA. Please come to my class first and then we'll go down to the Library together.

November 5

IB 30/35

We looked a little more at "The League of Nations" PowerPoint presentation. We started the film "Paris 1919", you should be able to finish this film off tomorrow. Please remember that you have your World War I Test on Monday. Next Friday (November 13th) you will write a Social Studies 30-1 WRA I (three source analysis) on WWI.

Social 30-1

We covered a couple of topics today: the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. I showed you two documentaries, one from the Turning Points of History series called "Crisis in Korea". The other documentary was from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". Please make sure that have read the sections on the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis from your Social 30-1 study booklets. Your Chapter 7 Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We finished off the China Rises "Getting Rich" video today. The rest of the class period you were split into your debate groups so that you can plan out for tomorrow's debate. Remember the debate topic is BIRT the 21st Century will belong to China. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, 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 9th. 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