September 25

Social 20-1

You had an opportunity today to work on your French Revolution DBA Assignment or your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. The DBA is due tomorrow. I'll post the Chapter 3-4 Test Study Guide tomorrow on the blog. This test is on Thursday, October 3rd. I'll be re-teaching how to write a WRA I three source analysis tomorrow.

Social 30-1

You had a work period today. You should have completed the Philosophies of Industrialism in class. This booklet is due tomorrow. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday.
 

IB 30/35

We continued with our TOK Civil War Presentations today, and fortunately, we were able to get through all of the topics. We'll revisit the American Civil War PowerPoint presentation tomorrow. You will have a current events quiz on Friday, so make sure that you are adding events to the current events section of the wiki. You were supposed to hand in the following assignment as well today: What was the Civil War about? I also told you to read Chapters 11 and 12 in The United States and Its People.

September 24

IB 30/35

The entire class period was devoted to your TOK Civil War presentations. I really appreciated the creativity that went into some of today's presentations. Hopefully tomorrow's presentations will be just as good.

Social 30-1

I went through a PowerPoint lecture called "Responding to Classical Liberalism and Industrialism". This presentation is up on the wiki already under Unit 2 Presentations. In this lecture we looked at the development of different ideologies in response to classical liberalism. During the Industrial Revolution new political ideologies emerged in response to laissez faire capitalism and classical liberalism. The Industrial Revolution spawned new political ideologies on the left (socialism) and the extreme left (communism) and on the right (classical conservatism). You'll get class time tomorrow to work on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions.

Social 20-1

I finished off the PowerPoint lecture on "Contending Loyalties" today. You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions (which are due tomorrow). Some of you opted to work on your French Revolution DBA Assignment (which is due on Thursday).

September 23

IB 30/35

I went through some comments I had after marking your Mexican-American War Paper 1 assignment this weekend. As I said in class, I'm generally happy with the results of the Paper 1. Keep in mind that you will be writing your actual Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1, so the one that you wrote on the Mexican-American War was mainly to help you familiarize yourselves with the format and structure of a Paper 1. I started a PowerPoint lecture on the American Civil War today, I will continue this presentation on Thursday. Please remember that we will be doing TOK Civil War presentations Tuesday and Wednesday. If we don't finish the presentations on Wednesday, we may have a presentation spill over on to Thursday. I will post the new presentation rubric on the wiki and soon as it is finalized.

Social 20-1

I started a PowerPoint presentation called "Contending Loyalties" today. I'll finish it off tomorrow. I gave you some time to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions today as well. These key terms and questions are due on Wednesday. You'll get some class time tomorrow to work on them. Your Chapter 3-4 Test will be on Thursday, October 3rd, I will be posting the study guide a week in advance of the test.

Social 30-1

I continued lecturing today on some basic economic principles. I covered how a command, mixed and market economies answered the basic economic questions, and I introduced the business cycle to you. If you missed today's class, you need to get notes from a classmate. I recommend that you read Chapter 4 tonight. You will receive the Chapter 4 Worksheet this week.

September 18

Social 20-1

We watched a video from the History's Turning Points series on Napoleon's invasion of Russia. I then assigned the French Revolution DBA Assignment for next Thursday (September 26th) and gave you some additional instructions on how to complete this assignment. The assignment is in your Social 20-1 blue study booklets, and there's an electronic copy on the Social 20-1 wiki under Unit 1 Assignments. You are writing your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, we went over the study guide in class today. Make sure that you prepare for this test! I think what I gave you in class might be better than what's published on the blog.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today. You'll get the results of this test back tomorrow. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms are due tomorrow.

IB 30/35

Most of today's class was spent in the library doing research for the TOK Civil War Presentations. These presentations will happen on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 24th and 25th respectively, in class.

September 17

IB 30/35

You split yourselves in TOK Civil War Assignment groups today. Please come to class first tomorrow, and then we'll head down to the library for our research session. TOK Civil War presentations will be on September 24th and 25th. I also started the PBS documentary Ken Burns' "The Civil War" today with Episode 1 The Cause. We'll continue this episode on Thursday. You have a Civil War mapping assignment due on Thursday. You can find the assignment sheet and the maps on the IB 30 wiki in the U.S. Civil War section.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today, which took the entire period. You are writing your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 1 Final is a 55 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Wednesday, September 18th. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file)
• 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
• 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!

Social 20-1

We finished off the Napoleonic Age PowerPoint lecture today. I gave you some tips for the Chapter 1-2 Test which is on Thursday. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Thursday, September 19th. The test has a matching section and a short answer section.

• Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
• "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)

September 27

IB 20

We started looking at the American Revolution today with a PowerPoint lecture on the topic. I assigned some Section Reviews out of your The United States and Its People booklets. Those Section Review questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

Today I introduced you to how to write a WRA I. We also looked at a sample WRA I. I have sent another sample WRA I from Unit 1 along with example response to that WRA I. Tomorrow you will be writing a WRA I for Unit 1. You will get 5 minutes to look over the sources and make notes, and then 60 minutes to write. Don't forget that your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Wednesday, October 3rd, please see the study guide here.

IB 30/35

We tied up some loose ends today. We completed the TOK Civil War Presentations today and finished off the first episode of Ken Burns' The Civil War as well. I also started delivering the PowerPoint on "The American Civil War" (it's on the wiki).

September 26

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bend It Like Beckham" today. Please remember that your film study for "Bend It Like Beckham" are due tomorrow. You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today as well. I returned essays and homework check assignments today at the end of class. Your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday. Next Wednesday you have your Unit 1 Final Exam. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, October 3rd. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint

IB 20

We finished off the Thirteen Colonies presentations today. At the conclusion of the PowerPoint presentation I talked a little bit about "old" imperialism, "new" imperialism, motivations for the founding of some of the Thirteen Colonies, and mercantilism. I also talked a bit about taxation without representation, and finished off the PowerPoint on the French-Indian War. We're going to start looking at grievances that the American colonists had with the British government and how that atmosphere led to revolution.

IB 30/35

We continued with the TOK Civil War presentations today, which we didn't quite finish. We'll finish them off tomorrow. Also tomorrow we'll finish off the first episode of Ken Burns' The Civil War and then start looking at the Civil War itself. It would be a good idea to read the notes on the Civil War posted on the wiki, delve into your textbook The United States and Its People for more information on the causes of the Civil War and the key events in the Civil War as well.

September 25

IB 30/35

All of today's class was spent on the TOK Civil War Presentations. We'll continue with these presentations tomorrow. If you have presented already, please upload your PowerPoint presentation or Prezi link to the chart on the IB 30 wiki.

IB 20

All of today's class was spent on presentations for the Thirteen Colonies. We'll finish these presentations off tomorrow. If you have already presented please upload your PowerPoint presentation or Prezi link to the IB 20 wiki. I have sent you a link to the page on the wiki where you can find the chart to put

Social 10-1

We continued watching "Bend it Like Beckham" today and completing the film study that goes along with it. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow in class. Please see the study guide for this test below.

Chapter 3-4 Test Study Guide:

• Know the key terms from Chapter 3-4
• Be able to answer the Questions for Inquiry in Chapters 3-4 (they appear on p.49, p.53, p.58, p.73, p.80)
• Know relevant case studies from Chapters 3-4: the Francophones, the Aborigines and the Lubicon, as well as other relevant examples related to assimilation, marginalization, accommodation and integration

September 21

IB 30/35

We started watching Ken Burns' documentary "The Civil War" Episode 1: The Cause today in class. We'll continue with this episode on Monday. TOK Civil War Presentations start on Tuesday.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test yesterday. Please remember that your Illustrated Concept Map assignment is due on Monday. Your Chapter 3 and 4 Key Terms and Questions will be taken in at that time for homework check marks. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is on Wednesday, September 26th, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 3-4 Test Study Guide:

• Know the key terms from Chapter 3-4
• Be able to answer the Questions for Inquiry in Chapters 3-4 (they appear on p.49, p.53, p.58, p.73, p.80)
• Know relevant case studies from Chapters 3-4: the Francophones, the Aborigines and the Lubicon, as well as other relevant examples related to assimilation, marginalization, accommodation and integration

IB 20

You watched "The Story of Us" yesterday in class. We'll be looking at the French-Indian War as well on Monday. You will have an Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz in Monday's class. The thinkers to concentrate on are: Voltaire, Rousseau, Locke, Smith, Quesnay, and Montesquieu. You need to know their major works, major ideas, quotes associated with these thinkers. It is a matching quiz, but it will be very hard, especially if you haven't studied for it. If you study for it, using your notes, and the "Age of Enlightenment" PowerPoint that is up on the wiki under The Development of Western European Society, you should do well. I am still waiting for a few projects on your assigned Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution thinkers. These were due this week, but due me being away yesterday some of you may not have wished to hand it in to a substitute. Please send it to me ASAP, if you haven't done so already. If it's a Prezi, send me a link to the Prezi. The rest can be sent by e-mail, no more excuses! Presentations for the Thirteen Colonies will start on Tuesday.