June 4

Social 10-1

We continued with the Model UN conference on child soldiers today. Please remember that you are writing Part A of your final exam tomorrow. We'll be writing it in Room 111. Please review how to write a three source analysis assignment. Part A of your Final Exam is worth 10% of your final mark in Social Studies 10-1.

IB 20 HOTA

We looked at the Holocaust today. I have posted the Holocaust PowerPoint presentation that I delivered in class, and the Simon Wiesenthal Center's "36 Questions about the Holocaust" on the wiki. Please remember that you are writing your Paper 2 Topic 3 Essay tomorrow. Please study the "Joseph Stalin and the USSR", Hitler Paper 2 Review PowerPoint presentations in addition to historiography on these dictators. Here's a link to advice on writing Paper 2 on Topic 3.

IB 30/35

You wrote some practice multiple choice questions to practice for Part B of your Diploma Exam.

You have a homework assignment tonight:

I want you to write a detailed outline of an essay based on the following source: "Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

You should have an idea of how you would analyze this source in your first paragraph, the ideological perspective of this source, what arguments you would use, and what evidence you would incorporate too. I will be posting past Part A of the Diploma Exam on the wiki tonight.

Please remember that you have your Political Systems Exam on Friday, please see the study guide here. You also have your Trial Diploma Exam on Tuesday, please use the Social 30-1 Diploma Exam Study Guide.

June 6

IB 20

You wrote a short quiz today on the Canadian and American political systems. Please remember that your comparative government assignment is due on Friday. I finished the "American Expansionism" PowerPoint presentation today and we had an opportunity to watch a segment from the "Story of Us" series on Western expansion. I also talked a little bit about your Final Exam and gave you some tips for studying.

IB 30/35

We focused on the major writing assignment on the Social Studies Diploma Exam today, the WRA II. I went through some essay outlines, and I have posted them on the wiki along with some others. I have also posted some sample essays as well. You can find these sample essays on the wiki on the Diploma Exam Review page. It is HIGHLY recommended that you check them out. I also recommend that you look at my previous post (scroll down to find it) that gave you links to Samples of Student Writing that are published by the Alberta Government. You have your Trial Diploma Exam tomorrow.