October 15

IB 30/35

You wrote your Civil War and Reconstruction Test today. Remember, you have your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction tomorrow.

Social 30-1

You watched the A & E Biography of Joseph Stalin, which was called "Stalin: Red Terror". As you watched this documentary, you should have completed all of the film study questions. You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 5 Questions. Please check out the study guides below for your upcoming tests.

Market Economy and Mixed Economy Test Study Guide:

This exam will be on Monday, October 19th

• Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/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
• 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

Economic Systems Exam Study Guide:

This exam will be written on Thursday, October 22nd. It is a multiple choice question format test. 
This is a comprehensive exam that covers all of the major economic systems: market economy, mixed economy, and command economy. It is 74 multiple choice questions. 

• Chapters 3-6 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study the applicable PowerPoint presentations that are on the wiki under Unit 2 (check your notes): The Development of Classical Liberalism, Responding to Classical Liberalism, The Evolution of Modern Liberalism, 20th Century Rejections of Liberalism (just the USSR section of this PowerPoint)
• In Chapter 5, just focus on the Soviet Union, and left-wing of economic spectrum (command economy), we haven't covered aspects of dictatorships or Nazism yet (the techniques of dictatorship and fascism will be on a Chapter 5 Test)
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise), page 78-80 in the Social 30-1 study booklet 
• supply-side economics (page 84 in study booklet)
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle (pages 50-54 and pages 56-62 in 30-1 study booklet)
• 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 (pages 63-64 in 30-1 study booklet)
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism): pages 73-76 in the study booklet
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics/"womb to tomb economics"): pages 65-72 in 30-1 booklets
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes 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 (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy) pages 81-82 in the Social 30-1 study booklet 
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism): pages 81-82 in the 30-1 booklet
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (pages 94-96 in 30-1 booklet)
• Lenin notes (pages 97-98 in 30-1 booklet)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process): study pages 105-114 in the Social 30-1 booklet
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (pages 99-101)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev): pages 116-117 in 30-1 booklet
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes: pages 118-121 in 30-1 booklet
• Economic Planning in the USSR: pages 122-129 in 30-1 booklet
• Market Socialism (pages 130-132 in the Social 30-1 booklet)

 

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. I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions today. Please read Chapter 7 tonight.

 

October 13

IB 30/35

I continued going through the Paper 3 Advice for the Civil War and Reconstruction Period PowerPoint presentation. Please challenge yourself and do the remaining activities in the presentation. Wherever it asks you to pick a question and take 5 minutes to write an outline for that style of question, give it a try. Make sure that you have read Chapters 11-13 in The United States and Its People. Please check the IB 30/35 wiki (under United States Civil War) for the study guide. On Thursday, the test will consist of multiple choice questions, a matching section, and a document analysis. On Friday, you'll write a Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction Period. Use these codes to check out previous IB Diploma Exam questions on the Civil War era:

• M09/3/HISTX/HP3/ENG/TZ0/AM
• M10/3/HISTX/HP3/ENG/TZ0/AM
• M11/3/HISTX/HP3/ENG/TZ0/AM
• M12/3/HISTX/HP3/ENG/TZ0/AM
• M13/3/HISTX/HP3/ENG/TZ0/AM
• M14/3/HISTX/HP3/ENG/TZ0/AM
• M15/3/HISTX/HP3/ENG/TZ0/AM

Social 30-1

Please make sure that you have read, highlighted and annotated the readings in your Social 30-1 study booklet on the command economy. I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms today. Please remember that you have two tests next week. On Monday, October 19th you have your Market and Mixed Economy Test. On Thursday, October 22nd you have your Economic Systems Exam (market, mixed and command economies). Please see the study guide for Monday's test below.

MARKET ECONOMY AND MIXED ECONOMY EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This exam will be on Monday, October 19th

• Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/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
• 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

Social 10-1

I gave back your Unit 1 WRA I three source analysis assignments, and your Unit 1 WRA II Essays. Please see me in tutorial for one-on-one help. If you received a mark of 90% or higher, please e-mail those WRA Is or WRA II Essays to me. Please have your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions ready for a homework check on Thursday. 

October 6

Sorry for not posting yesterday, it completely slipped my mind.

IB 30/35

Yesterday we finished watching Episode 9 of "The Civil War". Today, I had you complete an acitivity called "What was the Civil War about?" which had perspectives from Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. After discussing the answers to the questions, we looked at C-SPAN rankings of U.S. Presidents from 2009 and saw that Lincoln was the highest ranked president on the list. I then started going through the assessment of the Lincoln presidency, but I didn't finish this. Please make sure that you check this document out on the IB 30/35 wiki under American Civil War. Tomorrow, we will start examining the Reconstruction era.

Social 30-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (I skipped over some slides, so make sure that you study them). Tomorrow, I'll be going over how demand-side economics and supply-side economics deal with a recession, then I'll be moving on to our case study of a dictatorial socialist society from Chapter 5, the Soviet Union. Over the course of the next few days we'll be dealing a command economy in the USSR. You're writing the Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test on Thursday, October 8th, please see the study guide below.

IDEOLOGICAL REACTION TO INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST STUDY GUIDE:

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations: 

• "The Development of Classical Liberalism"
• "Responding to Classical Liberalism"

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

4. Review material in the "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet
5. Key Beliefs of the Various Ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels (see "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet)
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

6. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam yesterday. I started teaching you about essay writing and positional-thinking today in preparation for your WRA II Essay that you'll be writing on Thursday and Friday. You'll be able to write your first paragraph on Thursday, and get a peer to edit it, and then you will have all of Friday's class to write the rest of the essay. We started looking at the differences between argumentation and evidence today.

October 2

Social 30-1

You wrote an analysis of a political cartoon today, and you had time to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions. Don't forget that you have your Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test on Thursday, October 8th. Please see the study guide below.

IDEOLOGICAL REACTION TO INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST STUDY GUIDE:

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations: 

• "The Development of Classical Liberalism"
• "Responding to Classical Liberalism"

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

4. Review material in the "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet
5. Key Beliefs of the Various Ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels (see "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet)
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

6. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well

IB 30/35

We almost finished off Episode 9 of the Civil War today. We'll finish off the epilogue on Monday. I will try to get through some IAs this weekend.

Social 10-1

We had our class debate on BIRT globalization benefits the world's cultures. Don't forget that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, October 5th. We will do another debate in Unit 3. Please see  the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Monday, October 5th. 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!

October 1

Sorry for the later post tonight. It's been a busy day!

IB 30/35

We finished Episode 5, and started Episode 8 "War is All Hell" of Ken Burns's "The Civil War". The Gettysburg Address document questions are due tomorrow.

Social 30-1

You had time to work on readings from your Social 30-1 study booklet, namely, Modern Liberalism and Democratic Socialism, Sweden: The Welfare State, and Mixed Economies case studies. You had time to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions. One week from today, you'll be writing your Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test, please see the study guide below.

Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test Study Guide:

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Development of Classical Liberalism"
• "Responding to Classical Liberalism"

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

4. Review material in the "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet
5. Key Beliefs of the Various Ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels (see "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet)
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

6. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well

Social 10-1

I split you into two large groups to set up tomorrow's debate on the statement: BIRT globalization benefits the world's cultures. We'll have the debate tomorrow. Don't forget that your infographic assignment is due tomorrow. I want you to e-mail me the link to your infographic assignment and print off a hard copy to hand in tomorrow. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, October 5th, please see the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Monday, October 5th. 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!

September 30

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today. I went through monetary and fiscal policy again in great detail. We also listened to a NPR podcast that discussed Keynesian economics and how the Obama administration was giving Keynesian economics a real-world test in 2009. You can find this link on the blog under the Social 30-1 links if you want to listen to it again.

IB 30/35

You were supposed to hand in your IA today. We continued watching Episode 5 ("The Universe of Battle") today. We will re-start the video tomorrow at the Gettysburg Address.

Social 10-1

If you didn't hand in your "Bend It Like Beckham" film study booklet today, please do so tomorrow. Your wrote your Unit 1 WRA I today. Please remember that your infographic assignment is due on Friday. If you have some questions about APA citation system, please check out this link.

September 29

IB 30/35

Mr. Oakes from the guidance department came in to talk to you about applying for university. We got a start on Episode 5 of Ken Burns' "The Civil War" called 'The Universe of Battle' which covered the Battle of Gettysburg. We'll continue this episode tomorrow. Don't forget (how could you?) that your IA is due tomorrow.

Social 30-1

I showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series, one called "Boom and Bust" and the other, "FDR and the New Deal". As you watched these videos, you were supposed to take notes. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today. You're writing your Unit 1 WRA I tomorrow. Please come to the classroom, and we'll go to the computer lab together. Please remember that your infographic assignment is due on Friday.

September 28

SOCIAL 30-1

I reviewed the business cycle and how Keynesian economics (demand-side economics) uses monetary and fiscal policy to smooth out fluctuations in the marketplace. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on September 30th. 

IB 30/35

We started Episode 4 of Ken Burns' "The Civil War". Don't forget that the rough draft of your IA is due on Wednesday, September 30th. 

SOCIAL 10-1

We finished the film study of "Bend it Like Beckham"., the answers to the film study questions  will be due on Wednesday, September 30th. You have your chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow. don't forget that your infographic assignment is due on Friday. We'll be able to finish off this film on Monday. Please remember that you are writing your Chapter 3-4 Test on Tuesday, September 29th, 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

September 24

Sorry, I forgot to post this yesterday.

IB 30/35

We finished off Episode 3 of Ken Burns' "The Civil War". This will be your last weekend to finish off the rough draft of your IA. The rough draft of your IA is due on September 30th.

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on the "Philosophies of Industrialism" activity from your Social 30-1 study booklet. We covered the transformation of classical liberalism to welfare capitalism (and the differences between this term in the USA and the rest of the world) to modern liberalism. I reviewed the business cycle and how Keynesian economics (demand-side economics) uses monetary and fiscal policy to smooth out fluctuations in the marketplace. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on September 30th.

Social 10-1

We continued our film study of "Bend it Like Beckham". We'll be able to finish off this film on Monday. Please remember that you are writing your Chapter 3-4 Test on Tuesday, September 29th, 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

September 23

Social 30-1

I returned your homework checked Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions today. I did a brief review of some economics concepts that I've taught to you. I will be building on this tomorrow when I discuss Keynesian economics. I gave you time to work on "Philosophies of Industrialism" today (this is due tomorrow). Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due one week from today, on September 30th.

IB 30/35

You wrote your quiz on conditions in the North and South prior to the Civil War at the beginning of class. We finished off Episode 2 "A Very Bloody Affair" today, and moved on to Episode 3 "Forever Free". Don't forget that the rough draft of your IA is due on September 30th (one week from today).

Social 10-1

We polished off content from Chapters 4 and 5 today when I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization". As I went through this PowerPoint you should have been taking notes. Don't forget that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test on Tuesday, September 29th. We started watching "Bend it Like Beckham" today, and we'll continue watching it tomorrow. As you watched it you should have answered the film study questions.

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 22

IB 30/35

I did a little more lecturing from "The American Civil War" PowerPoint presentation. We then started watching Episode 2 ("A Very Bloody Affair") of Ken Burns' "The Civil War". Please remember that I'll be going through how to complete your IA in tutorial tomorrow. You also have a quiz on conditions in the North and South prior to the Civil War. We should be able to finish off Episode 2 tomorrow as well.

Social 30-1

I went through a PowerPoint lecture today called "Responding to Classical Liberalism", and as I lectured you should have taken notes in your Social 30-1 study booklets. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, which you'll get back tomorrow. You'll have class time tomorrow to work on the "Philosophies of Industrialism".

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today, and I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. One week from today you'll be writing your Chapter 3-4 Test (please see the study guide below). Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday, September 24th. Please remember that your infographic assignment is due on Friday, October 2nd.

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

Social 30-1

I reminded you that you are responsible for going through "The Development of Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint lecture and reviewing the section on the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. I went through some notes on the board covering a wide variety of economic topics. I reviewed the 20th century political spectrum, the economic-political grid, the basic economic problem facing all societies (scarcity), the basic economic systems, the basic economic values, and the basic economic questions. We also covered how the various economic systems answered the basic economic questions. I also introduced the business cycle today. Please remember that your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

IB 30/35

We continued watching Ken Burns' "The Civil War" Episode 1: The Cause today in class. Once we finished off the episode, I started my PowerPoint lecture called "The American Civil War". I gave back some of your IA drafts today. The rest of you will get yours back tomorrow. On Wednesday in tutorial I will have a one-time session on preparing the IA. It is strongly recommended that you attend this meeting. Also on Wednesday, we will have a short quiz on the United States on the eve of the Civil War. The format will be a surprise.

Social 10-1

You had most of the class period to work on your infographic assignment on the universalization of popular culture and/or hybridization of culture. Your infographic is due on Friday, October 2nd. I want to give you plenty of time to learn how to use Piktochart. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. You are writing your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

• Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
• Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
• 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.

September 18

Social 30-1

I covered a couple of more slides from "The Development of Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation. You are responsible for reviewing the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution that is included in this presentation. You can find "The Development of Classical Liberalism" presentation on the Social 30-1 wiki under Unit 2. You had the remainder of the period to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Tuesday.

IB 30/35

We started Episode 1 of Ken Burns' "The Civil War" today, and we should be able to finish it in Monday's class. Keep working on your IA this weekend. Remember, your completed rough draft is due on September 30th.

Social 10-1

We spent most of today's class setting up our research assignment on the universalization of popular culture and hybridization. By the end of the period, it seems like everyone had a topic, and were working on the research phase of the project. Ultimately, the product that you will be using to display your information is an infographic. You will get one more period in a computer lab on Monday, and then we'll settle on a due date for this project. Don't forget that you're writing your Chapter 1-2 Test on Tuesday, please see the study guide below. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 21st.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

• Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
• Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
• 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.

October 17

Social 30-1

You watched an A & E Biography of Joseph Stalin and completed a film study while you watched the film. I also started a PowerPoint lecture on 20th Century Rejections of Liberalism. Please remember that your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. You have your Market and Mixed Economy Test coming up on October 22nd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 20-1

I showed a documentary from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Why Appeasement?", you also completed an activity called "Was Appeasement a Good Idea?" You are writing a Unit 2 WRA I three source analysis assignment tomorrow. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on October 22nd.

IB 30/35

You wrote your Civil War and Reconstruction Test today, and you are writing on your Paper 3 on this topic tomorrow.

October 11

IB 30/35

You wrote a current events quiz at the beginning of the period. You should make sure that you study this weekend for your upcoming assessments next week. On Thursday, October 17th you are writing a 3-part exam on the Civil War and Reconstruction. There will be 30 multiple choice test, a matching section and a document analysis assignment. On Friday, October 18th you will be writing a Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Please make sure that you check out all of the notes on the IB 30 wiki under the U.S. Civil War section. Make sure that you check out the study guide on the wiki (the dates have been changed). Make sure that you've read Chapters 11-13 in The United States and Its People.

Social 20-1

We watched a documentary from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay". We also started the A & E Biography on Adolf Hitler.

Social 30-1

I talked a little bit about supply-side economics today. I also showed a video that explained how the sub-prime mortgage crisis happened. I'm posting the video below. You should also check out this website to better understand the key players in the U.S. government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis: http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/us-fiscal-dashboard/

October 9

Social 20-1

We watched a video from the BBC series "Days That Shook the World" on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. I then continued lecturing on the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles. Make sure that you read "The Issue of Responsibility" and "Canada's Role in World War I". We'll transition into the Interwar Years over the course of the next few days.

Social 30-1

I continued the PowerPoint lecture on "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" today. Please remember that you have your "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test" tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

IB 30/35

We finished watching "Lincoln" today. You will be tested on the Civil War and Reconstruction next week, more details on this to follow.

October 7

IB 30/35

We finished watching Episode 9 ("The Better Angels of Our Nature") of Ken Burns' "The Civil War" today in class. Your answers to the Episode 9 questions are due tomorrow. We looked at an evaluation of the Lincoln Presidency today, and also started a lecture on Reconstruction. Please remember that you must be in tutorial tomorrow, we're starting the film "Lincoln" tomorrow and we'll be starting the film at 8:30 sharp. Don't be late!

I think I'll post another poem here today. You might remember this one was recited in the Episode 9 documentary by James W. Symington a commentator in the film and a former Congressmen from Missouri. It's Thomas Hardy's "The Man He Killed". An interesting note about Symington: in addition to being a Congressmen, he is also a published poet.

The Man He Killed

Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have set us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin!

But ranged as infantry,
And staring face to face,
 I shot at him as he at me,
And killed him in his place.

I shot him dead because—
Because he was my foe,
Just so: my foe of course he was;
That's clear enough; although

He thought he'd 'list, perhaps,
Off-hand like—just as I—
Was out of work—had sold his traps—
No other reason why.

Yes; quaint and curious war is!
You shoot a fellow down
You'd treat, if met where any bar is,
Or help to half a crown.

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today, and you had the entire period to write it. You'll get the results of this exam tomorrow, along with your overall mark in the course. Your next major assessment will come on Friday, October 18th when you'll write your Unit 1 WRA I three source analysis in class.

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions today. I also returned some homework as well. We watched a couple of videos from the news magazine show 60 Minutes today, one called "Dutch Treat" and then "Welfare a la Carte". The first video focused in on the Netherlands and the social welfare state, and the other on Norway. Please remember that you have your Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test on Thursday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).  

October 4

IB 30/35

You wrote a current events quiz at the beginning of the class today. We finished off Episode 8 of "The Civil War" and promptly started Episode 9. We should be able to finish off Episode 9 on Monday, and then begin assessing the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, and get into our next topic,  Reconstruction.

O Captain! My Captain!

1 O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
2 O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
3 My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Social 20-1

We completed a simulation of a pre-WWI conference, which never happened. Sometimes the First World War is dubbed the "first man-made catastrophe" of the 20th century. Was the war inevitable? Were the political leaders at the time to blame for not engaging in greater diplomatic efforts to prevent the war? Or was it the case that some countries saw the outbreak of war as the only viable solution to the problems that were plaguing Europe at the time. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday! Please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

You will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, October 7th. It is 75 multiple choice questions.

Make sure that you have read Chapters 1-4 in Exploring Nationalism. Please make sure that you know the key concepts from Unit 1 (see below).
Also review the PowerPoint presentations that you should have in your notes.
They are also on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations. These are the presentations that you should review:

1. Nation and Identity
2. The French Revolution
3. The Napoleonic Era
4. Contending Loyalties

Know the key concepts from the Unit 1 Worksheet (a lot of them have been defined on the wiki by your classmates, check under Unit 1 Key Terms).

If you know the key concepts you'll be able apply them to test.

• nation
• nation-state
• nationalism
• patriotism
• self-determination
• sovereignty
• sovereign
• civic nation
• civic nationalism
• ethnic nationalism
• collective consciousness
• French Revolution
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• cahiers de doléances
• Ancien Régime
• bourgeoisie
• feudal system
• philosophes
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• National Assembly
• Tennis Court Oath
• constitutional monarchy
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• National Convention
• levée en masse
• Robespierre
• Danton
• Marat
• Reign of Terror
• Napoleon
• Napoleonic Code
• Continental System
• contending loyalties
• cultural pluralism
• reasonable accommodation
• sovereignists
• federalists
• royal commission
• expressions of nationalism
• non-nationalist loyalty
• alienation
• segregation

Social 30-1

You completed your in-class political cartoon analysis assignment and had some time to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday. You have your Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test on Thursday, October 10th. Please see the study guide here.

October 3

Sorry for the later post tonight...

Social 30-1

I went through some detailed notes on monetary and fiscal policy today. The "Sweden: The Welfare State" booklet is due tomorrow. One week from today you will have your "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test". Please see the study guide below.

Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test Study Guide:

This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Thursday, October 10th.

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Development of Classical Liberalism"
• "Responding to Classical Liberalism"

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

4. Review material in the "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet
5. Key beliefs of the various ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels (see "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet)
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

6. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today. Please make sure that you read the "Causes of World War I" reading from your blue Social 20-1 study booklets. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, here's the study guide.

IB 30/35

We finished off Episode 5 of "The Civil War", and started Episode 8 today. Your Episode 5 Questions are due on Monday. You have a current events quiz tomorrow. We'll try to finish off Episode 8 tomorrow and then move on to Episode 9.

October 2

Social 20-1

We watched a short documentary video from the CBS World War I series called "Trench Warfare". You had some class time to work on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions (which are due on Friday). Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow, you can still find the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Please make sure that you read the Causes of World War I in your blue study booklet before Friday's class. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

You will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, October 7th. It is 75 multiple choice questions. Make sure that you have read Chapters 1-4 in Exploring Nationalism. Please make sure that you know the key concepts from Unit 1 (see below). Also review the PowerPoint presentations that you should have in your notes. They are also on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations. These are the presentations that you should review:

1. Nation and Identity
2. The French Revolution
3. The Napoleonic Era
4. Contending Loyalties

Know the key concepts from the Unit 1 Worksheet (a lot of them have been defined on the wiki by your classmates, check under Unit 1 Key Terms). If you know the key concepts you'll be able apply them to test.

• nation
• nation-state
• nationalism
• patriotism
• self-determination
• sovereignty
• sovereign
• civic nation
• civic nationalism
• ethnic nationalism
• collective consciousness
• French Revolution
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• cahiers de doléances
• Ancien Régime
• bourgeoisie
• feudal system
• philosophes
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• National Assembly
• Tennis Court Oath
• constitutional monarchy
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• National Convention
• levée en masse
• Robespierre
• Danton
• Marat
• Reign of Terror
• Napoleon
• Napoleonic Code
• Continental System
• contending loyalties
• cultural pluralism
• reasonable accommodation
• sovereignists
• federalists
• royal commission
• expressions of nationalism
• non-nationalist loyalty
• alienation
• segregation

Social 30-1

I went through some tips on how to analyze political cartoons. You'll be doing an in-class writing assignment on Friday in which you'll pick a political cartoon to write an analysis of it. You'll get 30 minutes to write your analysis. I went through the Great Depression in the USA handout today, and gave you some notes on the board. If you missed class today, please get the notes that you missed from a classmate. I also gave you some booklets on mixed economies and democratic socialism in Sweden. Please make sure that you read and highlight these booklets. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday.

IB 30/35

We continued to watch Ken Burns' "The Civil War" today, specifically Episode 5 "The Universe of Battle" which covered the Battle of Gettysburg in great detail as well as the Battle of Vicksburg. These two battles were key to securing victory for the Union in the Civil War. In this episode you might remember that Ken Burns had an interview Daisy Turner (at the time she was 104 years old) whose father was a former black slave who fought in the Civil War. During her segments of the episode she was seen reciting a poem called "Dear Madam". If you're interested you can see the poem in its entirety below. Burns linked passages of the poem to what was happening in the key battle of this episode, the Battle of Gettysburg. Your Episode 5 Questions aren't due tomorrow, since we didn't finish off the episode. We'll finish off Episode 5 tomorrow, and you'll get to hear the Gettysburg Address. Then we'll skip to Episode 8 of The Civil War. You need to finish off "The American Civil War" PowerPoint on your own, since I won't have time to deliver it in class.

Dear Madam

author unknown

          I am a soldier and my speech is rough and plain
          I'm not much used to writing and I hate to give you pain
          But I promised I would do it and he thought it might be so
          If it came from one who loved him perhaps it would ease the blow
          By this time you must have guessed the truth I fain will hide
          And you'll pardon me for rough soldier words while I tell you how he died

          It was in the mortal battle, it rained the shot and shell
          I was standing close beside him and I saw him when he fell
          So I took him in my arms and laid him on the grass
          It was going against orders but they thought to let it pass
          'Twas a mini ball that struck him, it entered at his side
          But we didn't think it fatal till this morning when he died

          "Last night I wanted so to live, I seemed so young to go.
          This week I passed my birthday. I was just nineteen, you know.
          When I thought of all I planned to do it seemed so hard to die
          But now I pray to God for grace and all my cares gone by."
          And here his voice grew weaker as he partly raised his head
          And whispered "Goodbye, mother," and your soldier boy was dead

          I carved another headboard as skillful as I could
          And if you wish to find it I can tell you where it stood
          I send you back his hymn book and the cap he used to wear
          The lock I cut the night before of his bright, curly hair
          I send you back his Bible. The night before he died
          I turned its leaves together and read it by his side
          I'll keep the belt he was wearing, he told me so to do
          It had a hole upon the side just where the ball went through

          So now I've done his bidding, there's nothing more to tell
          But I shall always mourn with you the boy we loved so well