May 22

Social 33

I gave you the entire class period to work on the United Nations: Organization booklet that I gave you late in yesterday's class. I have moved your Cold War Unit Final to Tuesday, May 26th, please see the study guide here.

Social 20-1

You got back your Unit 2 Position Papers today. I collected your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions for homework check marks and did a homework check to see if you printed off the "Canada's Foreign Policy" PowerPoint from yesterday. I started a PowerPoint presentation that corresponds to Chapter 11 in your textbook (with some supplementary material) that I will finish on Monday.

Social 30

We continued our look at the Cold War by watching another short video from the CNN Cold War series, this episode was called "Soldiers of God" and focused on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the American response to it. I also gave you a short reading package on Afghanistan as well. Your Cold War Unit Final is on Wednesday, please have a look at the study guide here.

May 21

Social 30

Today we looked at American intervention in the Western Hemisphere during the Cold War era by watching a video from the CNN series on the Cold War called "Backyard". I also had you copy some notes off the board that will be helpful as well in understanding this topic. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at the effects of the Cold War on Afghanistan. Next Wednesday, you will be having your Cold War Unit Final. Please see the study guide below.

Social 30 Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-11, 13 and 15 and have taken notes on key parts of each chapter
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (please see the Cold War Concepts Quiz Study Guide)
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences
  
  

Social 20-1

We finished off the Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry projects today. After that presentation I went through a PowerPoint on "Canada's Foreign Policy" which I will be sending to you this afternoon. Please print this PowerPoint off and bring it to class tomorrow for homework check credit. I also gave you back the results of your Unit 2 Final Exam as well today. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 33

I gave you a quick reading on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. You also had to work on worksheet called "Detente and After", we went over it in class. Your Cold War Unit Exam is on Tuesday, May 26th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

May 20

Sorry for the later post tonight...

Social 30

You wrote your Position Paper #3 in the Blenheim Room today, which took up the whole period.

Social 33

We watched "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" today, which took up most of the period. You have your Cold War Unit Exam on Tuesday, please see the study guide below.

Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

Key Terms/Key Concepts/Key Events/Key People:

• Yalta Conference
• Potsdam Conference
• Stalin
• NATO
• brinkmanship
• detente
• Berlin Airlift
• Berlin Wall
• Warsaw Pact
• Iron Curtain
• mutually assured destruction (M.A.D.)
• disarmament
• Marshall Plan
• containment
• Eisenhower Doctrine
• Kennedy
• Khrushchev
• SALT I
• SALT II
• Vietnam War
• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• Cold War
• United Nations
• collapse of the Soviet Union/collapse of communism
• Hungarian Revolution (1956)
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Partial Test Ban Treaty
• balance of power (between USA and USSR)
• domino theory
• Korean War

Here's how I would prepare for this unit final:

• study the Cold War timeline (handout)
• study the 6Ws for each of those Cold War Events
• study the chart on the nuclear arms race (it's the back page of the Cold War Events handout, legal sized paper)
• study the timeline of events on the Cold War Events booklet
• study the key terms listed above (prepare for each them, they're on the test)

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, which took most of the period. You should be able to get the results of this exam as well as some other assignments tomorrow (if we have time). We have one more Unit 2 Collaborative Project presentation tomorrow, and then we'll be looking at Canadian foreign policy and some Chapter 10 material in Exploring Nationalism.