IB 30/35
I continued the Social 30-1 review today. I talked very briefly about market socialism, and how to classify the Chinese economy, and where China fits on the economic-political grid. I went through the democratic systems section of your coursebook (pages 48-51). When we got to the section "dominance of special interest groups" we talked a little bit about the NRA. I also went through the structure of the American government (page 66 in your coursebook). We'll keep working on democratic systems tomorrow. Please have a look at the study guide for the Political Systems Exam (see below). Some of the notes aren't in your coursebooks, but they're on the wiki.
POLITICAL SYSTEMS TEST STUDY GUIDE:
The Political Systems Test will be on Thursday, May 31st. It is a 70 multiple choice question test. Please review the following:
- "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" (ppt)
- Marx notes
- Lenin notes
- Stalin notes
- Soviet Economy notes
- Soviet Economic System notes
- Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin notes
- Gorbachev to Collapse notes
- Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
- Characteristics of Democracy
- Characteristics of Dictatorship
- Democratic Systems notes
- Non-Democratic Systems notes
- Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
- A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
- Totalitarianism notes
- review fascism and Nazism (test has questions on the techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
- do a brief review of the political and economic spectrums
- centrally planned economies
- initiative
- FDR and the New Deal
- Reaganomics
- consumer sovereignty
- invisible hand
- Keynesian economics
- laissez faire economics
- War Communism
- Five Year Plans
- mixed economies
- indicative planning
- proportional representation
- democracy
- dictatorship
- political spectrum (characteristics associated with the various ideologies)
- status quo
- egalitarianism
- conservative
- reactionary
- liberal
- radical
- SA
- Hitler
- Bolshevik
- fascism
- communism
- indoctrination
- controlled participation
- terror and force
- direction of popular discontent
- democratic socialists
- supply-side economics
- authoritarian
- tyrant
- totalitarian
- totalitarianism
- ultranationalism
- nationalization
- privatization
- propaganda
- progressive taxation
- Marx
- Lenin
- utopian socialism
- Gorbachev
- martial law
- Reichstag (Reichstag Fire, Reichstag election results)
- referendum
- collectivization
- modernization
- classical liberal
- laissez faire free market economy
- mixed economy
- planned economy
- (review your economic political quadrant model)
- Das Kapital
- Mein Kampf
- The Wealth of Nations
SOCIAL 10-1
I did a homework check on the Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions today. We spent most of the period preparing for Wednesday's debate. I split you into two groups, side proposition and side opposition. Wednesday's debate topic is as follows: "BIRT globalization helps spread democracy and improve human rights in the world". On the Unit 4 page of the Social 10-1 wiki, you'll see that I've posted some articles with different perspectives on this topic, which should help you frame your arguments.
You have your Chapter 15-16 Test on Tuesday, May 29th (tomorrow). You can find the study guide below.
CHAPTER 15-16 TEST STUDY GUIDE:
This test will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide. This test will be written on Tuesday, May 29th.
Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:
- "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
- "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)
- Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
- Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
- additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16
- What are human rights?
- What is democratization?
- What is quality of life?
- What is standard of living?
- How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
- How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
- How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
- What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
- What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
- In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
- In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?
SOCIAL 20-1
I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions, and your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday (tomorrow). I gave back your Unit 2 research projects, and your Unit 3 WRA II Essays as well. Please have a look at your current mark in HomeLogic.
For your Final Exam Part "A", I would make sure that I prepared arguments and evidence for an essay that is discussing the value conflict between the pursuit of national interest and the pursuit of international interest. You have 17 days until your Final Exam Part "B" (80 multiple choice questions). I pointed out that you have the study guide at the back of your Social 20-1 coursebooks. Most of the PowerPoint lectures are in the booklet. Please don't re-read the textbook to study! Please study from the coursebook. You should have nice notes in the booklet at this point in the course, it's just time to start going back and reviewing what you've learned. I listed off all of the key concepts from all four units, gave you a list of the lecture titles (most are in the coursebook), and gave you even more tips for review.
