September 25

IB 20 HOTA

We finished off the "Revolution" episode of America: The Story of Us today, and then I also showed you a video from the U.S. History series called "The American Revolution". You might want to also check out the Crash Course in American History video below as well. We just started talking about the Declaration of Independence at the end of the class too. We'll talk more about this founding document and others tomorrow and in the days to come. Please bring your History of the Americas textbook to class tomorrow as well.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today. You're writing your Chapter 3-4 Test on Thursday (please see the study guide below). You should have also handed in your "Bend it Like Beckham" film study booklets as well today.

CHAPTER 3-4 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be written on Thursday, September 27th. It is a matching test with a long answer section. 

• 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

Social 30-1

We continued looking at preparing for the Unit 1 WRA II Essay by looking at what I call the "recipe for success". We'll be doing more essay preparation tomorrow for Thursday's Unit 1 WRA II Essay.

September 20

IB 20 HOTA

I continued lecturing on the American Revolution today, I should be able to finish off the lecture next week. I gave you some light reading to do out of your History of the Americas textbook as well. Don't forget Phase I of the IA is due on Monday, September 24th.

Social 30-1

I gave you a work period to try and cut down on your homework for this weekend. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. Next week's focus is on preparing you for the Unit 1 WRA II Essay, which you will write on Thursday.

Social 10-1

We continued our film study of"Bend it Like Beckham". We'll finish this movie off on Monday, and the so the film study booklet will be due on Tuesday. Please see the study guides for the Chapter 1-2 Test and the Chapter 3-4 Test below. Don't forget that your universalization and hybridization infographic assignment is due on Monday, September 24th. You could of course make your infographic using a web-based program. Here are some suggested websites for doing this: 

• Visme
• Infogram
• Canva
• Pikochart

   

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Tuesday, September 25th.

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?

4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these chapters.

CHAPTER 3-4 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be written on Thursday, September 27th. It is a matching test with a long answer section. 

• 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

IMAGE CITATIONS IN APA FORMAT:

STEP 1

Most of you will probably use Google for your image search. Just type in your image search term. I typed in The Holocaust. 

STEP 2

A bunch of different images will pop up. Just click on one that you like. I clicked on the first image and a pop-up screen will show you the image more closely. 

STEP 3

Click on "View Image". In the address bar you will see a specific URL for the image. This is what you need for your image citation. It should end in either .jpg or .png. or .svg or some other file extension that indicates that it is an image file. 

STEP 4

If you're working in Microsoft Word, click on the References tab. You can select the Style of citation here (MLA, Chicago, APA, etc.). If you need to insert an in-text citation, you click on Insert Citation. If you want to start building a Bibliography, you can Insert Citation or Manage Sources.

STEP 5

You'll get a pop-up dialogue box like the one pictured below. I filled in the fields for the image that I picked. There are also online citation machines available as well, such as EasyBib (http://www.easybib.com/)

October 11

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today. You should get the results tomorrow. We're having our WWI conference tomorrow, please check out the page on the Social 20-1 wiki that I shared with you to see which country you'll be representing.

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your American Revolution Test today, hopefully I'll have them marked by tomorrow's class. We're starting the French Revolution tomorrow. Your U.S. Constitution graphic novels need to handed in tomorrow, so make sure that you bring them back to school.

September 27

Social 20-1

I started a lecture today on "Contending Loyalties", which I'll finish up tomorrow. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. These key terms and questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that your French Revolution DBA Assignment is due on Thursday, September 29th. I'll be teaching you how to write a three source analysis assignment (WRA I) on Thursday. You'll be writing your Unit 1 WRA I on Friday, you'll get 60 minutes to complete this assignment.

IB 20 HOTA

We spent a lot of class time today discussing Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence study guide is due on Thursday, September 29th. You find this on the IB 20 wiki on the Independence Movements page. You have work due on Friday, September 30th, you must submit your IA research question, along with 4-5 properly cited sources (Chicago Manual of Style) that you will use to complete your IA. You should submit a hard copy on Friday.

September 26

Social 20-1

I posted the results of your Chapter 1-2 Test on D2L today during my prep period, so check it out. We did an exercise today in which you were to rank the factors that caused the French Revolution in order of importance. This led to discussion, argument and debate on the conditions in France on the eve of the revolution. For some of you long-term causes were more important to the outbreak than more immediate causes. Although there's no right or wrong answer to the exercise, the purpose was to get you thinking, discussing, and trying to convince others of your position/viewpoint, and use supporting evidence to make your position stronger. We also talked about expressions of nationalism today, so if you missed class today, you'll need to get these notes from a classmate. Please remember that your French Revolution DBA Assignment is due on Thursday, September 29th. If you need to get some homework from Social Studies tonight, this is something that you should be working on. You can find a digital version of this assignment on the Social 20-1 wiki on the Unit 1 Assignments page (I think I said Unit 2 in class, all apologies).

IB 20 HOTA

I did a homework check on some assigned work out of your History of the Americas textbook at the beginning of class. We'll be discussing Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence in class tomorrow. I showed you a video from the U.S. History series called "The American Revolution" today, and you should have taken extensive notes on the video today. Please make sure that you have printed off, read, highlighted and annotated Chapter 4 "The Struggle for Independence" from The United States and Its' People that scanned as a PDF and posted on the wiki last week. You can find this chapter on the Independence Movement page on the IB 20 wiki. Keep checking the wiki for updates to the current events page, you have a current events quiz on Friday, September 30th.

September 22

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today, which took the entire period. Hopefully, I'll be able to share the results of this test with you next week. You could try to finish off your French Revolution DBA Assignment this long weekend. This assignment is due on Thursday, September 29th. For Section B of this assignment (The Declaration of the Rights of Man) you CAN use some of the clauses more than once.

IB 20 HOTA

We finished off the "Revolution" episode of "America: The Story of Us" in class today. I also played "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" from the Broadway musical "Hamilton". The Battle of Yorktown was the final battle in the Revolutionary War, and it led to the British surrender. As I showed you in class, this website (http://genius.com/Lin-manuel-miranda-yorktown-the-world-turned-upside-down-lyrics ) probably has the best version of the lyrics to the songs from "Hamilton" that I've played for you, since they highlighted parts have explanatory notes if you click on them.

Here's a link to the performance of this song at the 2016 Tony Awards: http://nerdist.com/watch-the-hamilton-performance-from-the-2016-tonys/

I gave you some class time so that you could complete your homework assignment on Thomas Paine's Common Sense (p.22-23), and the Declaration of Independence (p.32) from your History of the Americas textbook. This homework assignment is due on Monday, September 26th. Please make sure that you read Chapter 4 from "The United States and Its People". I've scanned the chapter and put the PDF up on the wiki on the Independence Movements page.

September 21

Social 20-1

I taught you about the 19th century political spectrum at the start of class today. You should know it, not only for this year, but for next year in 30-1 or 30-2. Be familiar with the various groups (radicals, liberals, moderates, conservatives, reactionaries) and examples of each group (Jacobins, Girondins, etc.) and their position on change. We then watched a documentary on Napoleon's invasion of Russia from the Turning Points in History series. I also talked to you about the French Revolution DBA Assignment which is due next Thursday (September 29th). Please remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow (please see the study guide below).

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be on Thursday, September 22nd. The test has a matching section and ashort 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; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)

IB 20 HOTA

We continued our examination of the American Revolution today. We watched part of  "America: The Story of Us" today. We also set up the current events assignments.

September 20

Social 20-1

I went through a lecture on the Age of Napoleon today, which covered some content that was in yesterday's A & E Biography. I also covered Napoleon's domestic policy, which is important for Thursday's exam. You can find this PowerPoint on the wiki. In my Period 1 class I didn't get through the whole lecture, whereas with the Period 4 group we finished the bulk of it. Tomorrow, I'll teach you the 19th century political spectrum, and we'll look at Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Please remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Thursday (please see the study guide below).

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be on Thursday, September 22nd. The test has a matching section and ashort 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; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)
• "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)

IB 20 HOTA

I went through a lecture on the American Revolution. I have posted this PowerPoint presentation on the wiki under Independence Movements. I've posted Chapter 4 from "United States and Its People" on the IB 20 wiki. It is recommended that you read this chapter. I also collected your "Seeds of Change" Assignment today.

October 14

Busy night, sorry for the later post...

Social 30-1

We spent the entire period talking about the command economy, the Soviet economic system and Joseph Stalin. You must read in your Social 30-1 study booklet about the Soviet economic system. I also showed you the A & E Biography "Joseph Stalin: Red Terror", while you watched this video you were to take notes on the film study sheet. You also got your interim report cards today.

Market and Mixed Economy Test Study Guide:

This test is on Thursday, October 16th and it is a multiple choice format test. There are 70 multiple choice questions on the exam. Please study the following:

• business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki and in your 30-1 study booklets
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession

IB 20 HOTA

Lots of "housekeeping" items today. I gave you back a lot of marked assignments and projects. We looked at the OPVL document analysis assignment that you wrote as part of your Colonial Period Test. Please review how to distinguish between a primary and secondary source. Please remember that you have your American Revolution Test on Thursday, and your Paper 1 on the Independence Movement unit.

September 29

Social 30-1

You got your Unit 1 WRA II Essays back today. If you want to talk to me about your essay and how you can improve for the next one, please come and see me in tutorial. We watched a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series, one was called "Boom & Bust" and the other was "FDR and the New Deal". As you watched these videos, you should have taken notes on them. There is a film study sheet in your Social 30-1 study booklets on "Boom & Bust" (page 55), on the back side of this page you should have written your notes on FDR and the New Deal. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

IB 20 HOTA

We continued our examination of the American Revolution today. I also talked about the format of tomorrow's test. You will have to write an OPVL document analysis of two historical sources tomorrow, this will be a timed portion of the test, as you will have 15 minutes to write this section. Once the class has handed in the OPVL analysis you will get the matching and mapping section of the test. You will then hand this section in and receive the multiple choice section of the test. I gave you a handout on OPVL document analysis, and went over how to do this type of historical analysis again.

September 26

Social 30-1

Since my Period 2 class had a visit from the guidance department, I gave them the remainder of class time to work on their Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. The Period 3 class had the entire period to work on the Chapter 4 work. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, September 30th.

IB 20 HOTA

We had another discussion about the international response to ISIS at the beginning of class today. We also watched the "Revolution" episode of America: The Story of Us. We'll watch another video on Monday from the U.S. History series on the American Revolution. Please remember that you'll be writing a test on the Colonial Period and the establishment of the Thirteen Colonies. This test will have a mixed format: matching, a map section, a multiple choice section and an OPVL document analysis assignment. You will write this test on Tuesday, September 30th.

September 22

Social 30-1

I continued on with "The Development of Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint lecture. You have to read over/study the section on the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution in this PowerPoint presentation. I gave you some notes today on economics, so if you missed class, you need to get the notes from a classmate. We covered basic economic problem (scarcity), basic economic systems and their economic values, and how the various economic systems answer the basic economic questions. We also talked about the laws of supply and demand.

IB 20 HOTA

You need to study the French and Indian War PowerPoint presentation that is on the wiki. I started the American Revolution (I jumped the gun a little bit, and should have discussed the French and Indian War), we'll come back to this on either Wednesday or Thursday. Tomorrow will be spent doing the Thirteen Colonies presentations, and a bit on Wednesday.

March 6

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your Thirteen Colonies Quiz today, and we finished watching "The American Revolution" documentary. We then started watching "The Patriot". We'll continue with this film tomorrow, and probably finish it off on Monday. Tomorrow is Friday, so chances are you'll have a current events quiz. Please keeping adding content to the wiki on the current events page.

 

Social 10-1

As a class, we went through the sample WRA I that you wrote a couple of days ago. I will post the finished product on the wiki today and share the page with you this evening. You will be writing your Unit 1 WRA I tomorrow. Please remember that your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Tuesday, March 11th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

 

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

 

 

IB 30/35

We continued our examination of the Cold War today by watching the CNN Cold War series video called "Backyard 1954-1990" which covered U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean during the Cold War era. If you want notes on this topic, please go to Collaborative Notes on the wiki, and find the link to the American Interventionism in Latin America page. Please remember that you're writing a Social 30-1 WRA I assignment on the Cold War on Monday.

March 5

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions today. You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today, which took most of the period. I've decided to move the Unit 1 WRA I to Friday, so I can teach you a little bit more about structure and style for a WRA I tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Tuesday, March 11th. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

 

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

I continued the PowerPoint lecture on "The American Revolution" today, and we watched a little bit more from the documentary "America: The Story of Us". I also did a homework check on your History of the Americas work from last night on the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

IB 30/35

We looked at another Cold War concept today, namely mutually assured destruction (MAD). We watched another video from the CNN Cold War series called "MAD (1960-1972)". Please remember that on Monday, March 10th you will be writing a Social Studies 30-1 WRA I (written response assignment I, in other words a three source analysis assignment) on the Cold War.

March 4

IB 30/35

We watched a documentary film today called "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam", which took the entire period. The film study sheet for this documentary is due tomorrow. Tomorrow, we'll be moving on to another topic in the Cold War, namely mutually assured destruction (MAD).

IB 20 HOTA

I continued with the "American Revolution" PowerPoint lecture today, and then we watched a little bit more of "America: The Story of Us". You have homework tonight out of your History of the Americas textbook, please do the following:

• Please read pages 22-26 in the History of the Americas textbook and pages 30-34
• Complete the historiography activity on pages 22-23 (Thomas Paine's Common Sense) and the activity on page 32 on the Declaration of Independence
• this assignment is due tomorrow!

Social 10-1

I gave you back your "Bend it Like Beckham" film studies and your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. I also showed you your result on the Chapter 1-2 Test as well. You have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow (please see the study guide here) and you are writing a Unit 1 WRA I on Thursday. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Tuesday, March 11th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

March 3

IB 30/35

I did a homework check on your Vietnam War Assignment at the beginning of class today. You watched an excerpt from the Oliver Stone film "Born on the Fourth of July". We'll continue our examination of the Vietnam War tomorrow by watching a documentary film.

Social 10-1

We continued practicing how to write a WRA I three source analysis assignment. You had some time to peer edit the first paragraph of your WRA I, and then you wrote the remainder of the WRA I today. I'll try to give you some feedback on the WRA I prior to Thursday. You have your Chapter 3-4 Test this Wednesday, please see the study guide here. On Tuesday, March 11th you will writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. Please see the study guide below for this major exam.

Social 10-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

I finished off the "French and Indian War" PowerPoint lecture today, which I will post on the wiki under the Colonial Period. I also started "The American Revolution" PowerPoint today, and I'll continue it tomorrow. If you're looking for this PowerPoint, you can find it on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 4: Independence Movements. Please make sure that you bring your duotangs and your History of the Americas textbook too.

October 18

IB 20

You wrote your American Revolution Quiz this morning. You have a current events quiz tomorrow, so make sure you add news events to the wiki tonight. We continued on looking at the French Revolution today, and we'll continue this topic tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We spent most of the class period doing research for the Imperialism Research Project. This was your one and only class period to do research. The Imperialism Research Project is due Monday, October 29th. It can be a PowerPoint or a Prezi. I'll try to show you some exemplars from previous years tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Tuesday, October 23rd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You also have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

We started to look at the causes of WWI today. This topic is part of both the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit and one of our 20th Century History topics, Causes, Practices and Effects of War. We'll continue studying this topic tomorrow. You'll have a matching quiz on the Emergence of the Americas unit mid-week next week. Study Mr. Johnson's PowerPoint presentations!

October 12

IB 30/35

You wrote your Civil War and Reconstruction Test today. You'll write the second part of this exam on Monday when you write your in-class document analysis assignment. You have a Paper 3 on Tuesday, so please check out the PowerPoint that I posted on the wiki which gives you some advice on writing a Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Check out the historiography documents on the wiki as well.

Social 10-1

We did 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. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday.

IB 20

We finished our constitutional convention today. Unfortunately we didn't have time to get to all of the agenda items. We'll be examining the U.S. Constitution some more on Monday, and I'll teach you how to write a Paper 1 as well. On Tuesday, you'll be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution. You'll also be having an American Revolution Test next week as well.

October 4

IB 20

We finished watching "The Patriot" today. We also talked a little bit about Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. We watched part of a video on the Declaration of Independence. You have a homework assignment tonight. Go to the IB 20 wiki, under Unit 4 Independence Movements and download the Declaration of Independence Study Guide. Here's a link to the Declaration of Independence at the U.S. National Archives website. Using the text of the Declaration, answer the questions in the study guide. You'll also have a current events quiz tomorrow. We'll try to cover the Articles of Confederation tomorrow too. It's going to be busy!!

Social 10-1

We started to look at how to write position papers today. We went through an exercise as a class on distinguishing between arguments and evidence. I had you brainstorm a list of arguments that you would use to convince a friend to attend Churchill. From there we categorized some of the ideas that were generated into groups. We also got to look at the "Recipe for Success" when writing WRA II essays. You'll get the essay question sheet tomorrow in class.

IB 30/35

We finished watching Episode 8 "War is All Hell" of "The Civil War" and started the last episode "The Better Angels of our Nature". You'll have a current events quiz tomorrow, and then we'll try to finish off the documentary. You will have a two-part exam on the Civil War starting next week. On Friday, October 12th you'll write the first part of this exam, which includes 25-30 multiple choice questions and 20 matching terms. You'll the second part of the exam on Monday, October 15th. The second part will consist of a document analysis writing assignment. The full study guide has been posted on the IB 30/35 wiki in the United States Civil War section.

October 1

IB 30/35

We went over the assigned homework for today from the IB 30/35 wiki which was "What was the Civil War about?" which dealt with the different perspectives of Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass. We then continued watching Ken Burns' The Civil War Episode 2, and then got into Episode 3.

Social 10-1

We spent most of today's preparing for tomorrow's debate. Don't forget that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

IB 20

I did a homework check on the homework out of the History of the Americas textbook on Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. We finished off the "Revolution" episode of "America: The Story of Us", and then went into a video from the United States History series called "The American Revolution".