May 14

IB 30/35

I gave you back the results of your Chapter 1-2 Test today, and gave back the Paper 3 that you wrote on the Civil Rights Movement. Today's class was focused reviewing how to write the WRA I. I gave you a revised version of the writing guide (this time it's a yellow booklet). You MUST memorize ALL of the steps to writing the WRA I prior to your Diploma Exams in June. I split you into 5 groups. Each group was responsible for analyzing one set of three sources, and then delivering a short presentation on their analysis and the relationship between the sources. You all did an amazing job on this activity! 

We next have class on May 22nd. On that day you will have the Unit 1 Final Exam. You will need to study for this exam completely on your own. I have taught this material to you already (for the most part), some of the content was taught in Grade 11, and some in the first semester of Grade 12. You need to use the study guide below to prepare for this exam. Study hard people!

UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Tuesday, May 22nd. 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 5-10)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; see PowerPoint "Introducing Government" on the wiki)
• Study "Ideology and Identity" PowerPoint 
• 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 11-15)
• 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)

Social 10-1

I showed you a short documentary on the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. The documentary was from the CBC show "The Fifth Estate", and it was called "Made in Bangladesh" (see below). I also collected your TNC Dossier Assignments today at the beginning of class. On Tuesday, May 22nd you will be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam, please see the study guide below (under the embedded YouTube video). This Thursday (May 17th) you will be writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay. I did some review today after the "Made in Bangladesh" on how to write the WRA II. I'll be giving out the essay question sheet tomorrow in all likelihood.

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, you should get the results later today on HomeLogic. Don't forget that your Unit 2 research project is due tomorrow.

March 10

IB 30/35

I showed you a short documentary from the Discovery Channel called "Escape from Berlin" which detailed the construction of the Berlin Wall. We then did a review of how to write a WRA I, and I gave you a sample Social 30-1 WRA I from the Great Depression. Please remember that you're writing a Social 30-1 WRA I on the Cold War tomorrow.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test today. You will get the results of this test back tomorrow. You'll also find out what your overall mark is in Social 30-1 to this point in the semester. The deadline to switch from Social 30-1 to 30-2 is March 17th. Your parents need to sign the form, so if you're switching, you need to take these forms home soon.

Social 10-1

We were able to do an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". This book addresses some of the themes that we'll be looking at Unit 2, such as cultural contact, assimilation, imperialism, differing world views, and residential schools. We spent a fair bit of time looking at the symbolism in the book and some of the themes that the book introduces. Please read Chapter 7 tonight. 

 

January 5

IB 30/35

We covered some more of the road to World War II today. I reviewed the Ruhr Crisis briefly, some factors that helped contribute to the Nazis coming to power, namely the Great Depression, and the connection between the number of unemployed Germans and the number of seats that the Nazis won in the Reichstag. As the economic crisis deepened, Germans tended to "vote for the extremes", voting more and more for communist party candidates or for the Nazis. We also look at the immediate road to World War II, specifically looking at the Munich Conference and the policy of appeasement. We watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Why Appeasement?" as you watched this video you were to fill in answers on the question sheet. Tomorrow we'll look at the "big picture" of WWII by watching a video called "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb".

Social 30-1

We went to the Blenheim Room today to work on WRA I three source analysis assignments. This time you worked in smaller groups and made your own Google Docs to collaboratively write an analysis of previous Diploma Exam's WRA I. You have your Unit 3 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below. You will write your Social 30-1 Trial Final Exam on Monday, January 11th. The study guide for the Trial Final is at the back of your Social 30-1 study booklets (it's the same study guide as your Diploma Exam).

Social 30-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Your Unit 3 Final Exam will be on Wednesday, January 6th.

Please study the following material: 

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)

Review the following notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems
• Non-Democratic Systems
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• Civil Rights Movement
• authoritarian systems (China notes)
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
• FLQ Crisis 1970

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:

• assimilation
• self-interest
• humanitarianism
• Indian Act
• residential school system
• enfranchisement
• the White Paper
• the Red Paper
• “war on terror"
• authoritarianism
• consensus decision-making
• direct democracy
• military dictatorship
• oligarchy
• one-party state
• party solidarity
• representation by population
• proportional representation
• representative democracy
• responsible government
• democracy
• single-member constituency (first past the post)
• the Senate
• the House of Commons
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups
• American Bill of Rights
• Anti-Terrorism Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• emergency and security legislation
• illiberal
• language legislation
• Bill 101
• Bill 178
• Bill 86
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• respect for law and order
• terrorism
• rendition
• the War Measures Act
• enemy aliens
• internment
• the Emergencies Act
• USA PATRIOT Act
• consumerism
• environmental change
• extremism
• pandemics
• postmodernism
• global warming
• Kyoto Protocol
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• drought

Social 10-1

You had class time today to work on your Global Issues Projects. You'll have computer lab time tomorrow to work on it, and get yourselves organized to present on Friday. Please remember that you have your Social 10-1 Part A Final Exam on Thursday, January 7th.