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Thursday, February 06, 2020

February 6


Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (Friday, February 7th). Please check out the instructions for your Global Connections Map below. Please also see the study guide for the World Geography Test study guide below as well. 

Here are the instructions for the map (which is due on Monday):
  • your map must have a title ("Global Connections Map")
  • you do not need compass directions on your map
  • you do not need a border for your map
  • you must have a simple key on the front of the map and a detailed key on the back on the map
  • your simple key will consist of the following: 5-6 colored boxes (depending on how many categories you had for your 25 item chart) which will be labeled- food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, household goods, miscellaneous AND you must also draw a colored dot and label it "people" (for the information from the Global Bingo game that we played)
  • you will only color countries and label ones that you have a connection to through the 25 item chart (for example, you own a sombrero that is from Mexico, you would color Mexico and label it "Mexico")
  • there will only be 5-6 colors on the map, you don't need to have 25 different colors for each of your 25 items
  • you also have to label the 16 people that you talked to during our Global Bingo game, they will be represented by colored circles (pick a common color for all people) and numbers (1-16, if you didn't talk to 16 people, you label as many as you talked to)--you do not color the countries that are represented on your Global Bingo card, you simply draw a circle on the country, color it, put a number beside it, and label the country (for example, if the only connection you have to Australia is that one of your classmates went on a vacation there, you draw the circle, write the number beside the circle, and label the country "Australia"-- you don't color the country)
  • on the detailed key on the back of your map, you will be recreating your 25 item chart (make sure that you have the categories clearly colored and matching the simple key on the front of the map) and the information from the Global Bingo card (clearly identify people by number) Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday, February 10th.


This test will take place on Wednesday, February 12th. 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 27 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 G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, 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:



I covered a lot of territory today, teaching you the 20th century political spectrum, the political-economic grid, and the techniques of DICTatorship. You must complete the individualism and collectivism charts that are in your Social 30-1 coursebooks tomorrow. Please make sure that you read, highlight, and annotate the Ideology Notes (pages 17-22) in your Social 30-1 coursebooks tonight. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, February 10th. I'm giving you a Unit 1 WRA I Chart Assignment tomorrow that will be due on Tuesday. On Wednesday, you will be writing the Chapter 1-2 Test on Wednesday, February 12th, please see the study guide.

The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Friday, September  13th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short/long answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:
    Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts:

    • ideology
    • Thomas Hobbes
    • John Locke
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    • representative democracy
    • individualism
    • collectivism
    • private property
    • public property
    • ideology
    • radical
    • liberal
    • moderate
    • conservative
    • reactionary
    • communism
    • socialism
    • liberalism
    • conservatism
    • fascism
    • adherence to collective norms
    • economic freedom
    • economic equality
    • rule of law
    • competition
    • individual rights and freedoms
    • cooperation
    • self-interest
    • Adam Smith
    Other Study Tips:
    • you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
    • know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
    • what are the differences between communism and socialism
    • be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
    • be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
    • know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
    • know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)


    We finished off "Schindler's List" today, and then I started to show a YouTube video on the Nuremberg Trials, which I have posted on the wiki on the Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars page. Don't forget that your three source interpretation charts are due tomorrow.


    Wednesday, February 05, 2020

    February 5


    I started a lecture today called "Ideology and Identity", which introduced you to some of the impacts that ideology has individual identity, beliefs and values. I also taught you a mnemonic device to remember the principles of collectivism (PRINCE) and the principles of individualism (PRICES). Remember, the principles of individualism are synonymous with the principles of liberalism. It's really important that you understand the principle of liberalism because when you write the three source interpretation writing assignments you need to make links to liberalism. Please read the Ideology Notes in the Social 30-1 coursebooks tonight (pages 17-22). You should also start working on the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions (due on Monday). I collected your friendly letter assignment today. Please remember that your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (Thursday, February 6th). Please see the study guide below for the Chapter 1-2 Test.

    The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Friday, September  13th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short/long answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:
      Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts:

      • ideology
      • Thomas Hobbes
      • John Locke
      • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
      • representative democracy
      • individualism
      • collectivism
      • private property
      • public property
      • ideology
      • radical
      • liberal
      • moderate
      • conservative
      • reactionary
      • communism
      • socialism
      • liberalism
      • conservatism
      • fascism
      • adherence to collective norms
      • economic freedom
      • economic equality
      • rule of law
      • competition
      • individual rights and freedoms
      • cooperation
      • self-interest
      • Adam Smith
      Other Study Tips:
      • you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
      • know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
      • what are the differences between communism and socialism
      • be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
      • be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
      • know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
      • know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)


      We played "Global Bingo" today, and you met 16 classmates and gathered some information from them that you will use for a mapping assignment. You have a homework assignment tonight, you need to find 25 different items from 25 different countries.

      25 ITEM CHART INSTRUCTIONS:

      • find 25 items from 25 different countries (you can't have 5 items from one country!)
      • find items from any of the following categories: food, clothing, electronics, household goods, entertainment, and miscellaneous (if it doesn't fit into any of the previous categories)
      • don't just find items from one category (for example, 25 food items)
      • try to find 4-6 items from each category
      • collect your information about your items in a 3-column chart (item, country, category)
      • it's best to categorize your items right from the start!
      • don't assume that an item is from a particular country (for example, a Sony PS4 may be manufactured in Indonesia, Malaysia or South Korea, that is the information that we want)
      • for entertainment, for example a CD (or MP3), or DVD or BluRay disc, we want to know where the recording artist is from, not where the CD was manufactured, this will better illustrate social globalization
      • when you are collecting the information for your chart, number off the items (1-25) and have the categorized separate (in other words, the first 5 items on your chart should belong to the same category, etc.)
      • the more organized your chart is, the easier it will be to put that information on to a map!
      You have the World Geography Test next Wednesday, February 12th, please see the study guide below. 



      This test will take place on Wednesday, February 12th. 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 27 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 G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, 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:



      We continued watching "Schindler's List" today in class. We'll finish off this movie tomorrow, and then transition into talking about the Nuremberg trials and the Tokyo trials too. One week from today (Wednesday, February 12th) you will be writing a test on the Interwar Years (conferences, League of Nations), World War II, and Spanish Civil War and Chinese Civil War. You will be given a study guide on Friday. Please remember that the WRA I Chart Assignment is due on Friday! 


      Tuesday, February 04, 2020

      February 4


      We began our film study today of "Schindler's List". We will continue this movie tomorrow.




      I broke you into small groups to look at a variety of definitions of globalization. The key idea was to determine whether the speaker in the source embraced, challenged/criticized or rejected globalization. Being able to determine the perspective of sources is a key skill for the course, which will help you do better on three source interpretation writing assignments, and position papers. Don't forget, your friendly letter assignment is due tomorrow. The letter will probably be about 1 1/2 pages in length (single-spaced). Please make sure that your letter demonstrates your writing ability and covers some of the following topics:

      • family 
      • education plans (this year, and in the future; future career plans) 
      • what other courses you are taking this semester
      • post-high school plans 
      • favorite TV shows, movies, music 
      • hobbies 
      • extracurricular activities 
      • sports



      I delivered a lecture today called "Introducing Government", which focused on the ideas of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. The Chapter 1 Key Terms and Activities are due on Thursday, February 6th. Don't forget that the friendly letter assignment is due tomorrow. The letter will probably be about 1 1/2 pages in length (single-spaced). Please make sure that your letter demonstrates your writing ability and covers some of the following topics:

      • family 
      • education plans (this year, and in the future; future career plans) 
      • what other courses you are taking this semester
      • post-high school plans 
      • favorite TV shows, movies, music 
      • hobbies 
      • extracurricular activities 
      • sports

      Wednesday, November 06, 2019

      November 6



      You  had time today to go through the Cold War Key Events Notes charts today. I also showed you a video on the Korean War as well. I shared with you the Chapter 7 Google Doc. Please read Chapter 7 in your textbook, and work on the Google Doc. One week from tomorrow (Thursday, November 14th) you will be writing the Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Test), please see the study guide below. 

      It is a multiple choice test with 50 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:
      • study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
      • study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
      • study notes on the Korean War
      • study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
      • study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
      • make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (deterrence, detente, brinkmanship, etc.)
      • know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline)
      • know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
      • know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements)
      • know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence" (Eastern Europe for example)
      • anything that I gave you as a handout in your Social 30-1 coursebooks is testable material and should be reviewed!!
      • know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences


      We continued our film study of "Schindler's List", we will probably finish off the film tomorrow. 




      We finished off the "Sino-Japanese War" 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 The Move to Global War textbooks tomorrow as well, and complete the homework assignment. You should read the whole section on the Sino-Japanese War. We'll be looking at the international responses to the Sino-Japanese War tomorrow. 

        

      Tuesday, November 05, 2019

      November 5


      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 The Move to Global War textbooks tomorrow as well, and complete the homework assignment. 



      We started our film study of "Schindler's List", we will probably finish off the film on Thursday. 




      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. 


      Wednesday, April 10, 2019

      April 10


      I made two different Google Docs (one for each of my Social 30-1 classes) that everyone in the class can edit. You are all supposed to summarize the party platforms of the political parties running in the April 16th Alberta provincial election. I split you into groups, and each group is responsible for adding the party platform information into the Google Doc. Each group is also responsible for creating a Google Slides presentation (please share your group's Slides with my GMail account), and give a 10 minute presentation (maximum) of their assigned party's platform in tomorrow's class. On Friday, you will be doing a vote compass activity and having a discussion about the issues that matter to you as young adults in Alberta. We'll start the Cold War next week.


      We watched "Schindler's List" today in class. We'll continue watching the film in tomorrow's class.

      Friday, April 13, 2018

      April 13


      We watched the A & E Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Please make sure that you're working on your Google Docs group on your Paper 3 essay questions prep. Prep the second question over the weekend. 

      On April 17th you'll be writing Civil Rights Movement Test you can find the study guide below.


      This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer sectionand 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it.study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki  Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas).


      •  know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.) 
      • know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players) 
      • know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
      • know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration



      Thursday, April 12, 2018

      April 12


      We watched Episode 6 of "Eyes on the Prize" today, so the questions are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you're working on your Google Docs group on your Paper 3 essay questions prep. Prep on the first question is due tomorrow. On April 17th you'll be writing Civil Rights Movement Test you can find the study guide below.
      This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer section and 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it.study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki  Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas).


      •  know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.) 
      • know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players) 
      • know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
      • know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

      Wednesday, April 11, 2018

      April 11


      We watched Episode 5 of "Eyes on the Prize" today, so the questions are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you're working on your Google Docs group on your Paper 3 essay questions prep. On April 17th, you'll be writing a Civil Rights Movement Test, you can find the study guide below. If I don't see some activity on your Paper 3 Prep Google Doc Groups soon, I will set due dates for the questions. 

      This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer section, and 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it. 

      • study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki under Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas section)
      • know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.)
      • know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players)
      • know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
      • know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

      Thursday, April 13, 2017

      April 13

      Sorry for the later post tonight, I got watching the hockey game and almost forgot to post.



      We spent most of today's class preparing for Tuesday's debate (BIRT the 21st century will belong to China). Please check yesterday's post for all of the links to the infographics on China and other hyperlinks. Please remember that you're writing your Unit 2 Final Exam on Wednesday, April 19th, please see the study guide below. I did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Questions today.


      This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Wednesday, April 19th. 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



      I did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions today. We also continued watching "Schindler's List". You should be able to finish the movie on Tuesday.