February 21

IB 30/35

You wrote a Paper 2 on the Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars. One week from today you are writing another Paper 2 on the origins of the Cold War.

Social 30-1

You had a work period today to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Tuesday. You should also make sure that you read, highlight and annotate "The Development of Classical Liberalism" lecture in your Social 30-1 coursebooks, especially the sections on the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

Social 10-1

I collected your Unit 1 Infographic Assignment today. I taught you how to write a WRA I (three source interpretation) today, and gave you a writing guide, and another sheet on how to analyze political cartoons. I gave you an assignment, the Unit 1 WRA I Chart Assignment, which is due on Monday, February 24th. You are also writing the Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday; please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

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 all of the chapter questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet

September 24

IB 30/35

You wrote the WW I Quiz today. I also started "The Roaring Twenties" Google Slides today, you can download this lecture off of the IB 30/35 wiki. I'll continue it tomorrow. The rough draft of your IA is due on September 30th. 

SOCIAL 20-1

We finished off the lecture on "The Growth of Quebecois Nationalism" today. Make sure that you work on your French Revolution DBA Assignment, it's due on Wednesday, September 25th (I've corrected this date on the blog). Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 30th. 

SOCIAL 30-1

I went through the recipe for success for writing WRA II Essays today. I'm continuing on with Chapter 3 and 4 material tomorrow. I shared the Chapter 4 Google Doc with you last night, please get working on it! Make sure that you have gone through the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution sections of the lecture on "The Development of Classical Liberalism" that I delivered last week.  

September 23

IB 30/35

You went down to the Business Office to pick up the textbooks that you're going to need moving forward in the IB History course. We finished off the lecture on "The League of Nations" today. Please check out the Paper 2 page on the IB 30/35 wiki tonight, and go over your IB command terms, and prescribed content for tomorrow's quiz. The WW I Quiz will have 15-20 multiple choice questions and a short answer question. The rough draft of your IA is due on September 30th. 

SOCIAL 30-1

I went through the differences between argumentation and evidence today. Tomorrow, we'll talk about the recipe for success for writing WRA II Essays. Make sure that you have gone through the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution sections of the lecture on "The Development of Classical Liberalism" that I delivered last week.  

SOCIAL 20-1

We finished off the lecture on "The Development of Canadian Confederation" today. Tomorrow, we'll be talking Quebecois nationalism. Make sure that you work on your French Revolution DBA Assignment, it's due on Wednesday, September 25th (I've corrected this date on the blog). Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due in one week. 

September 18

SOCIAL 30-1

We went through a lecture on "The Development of Classical Liberalism" today. You should have completed the note-taking chart in your Social 30-1 coursebooks as I lectured.You need to go through the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution sections of the lecture on your own.  

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today. Make sure that you work on your French Revolution DBA Assignment, it's due on Tuesday, September 24th.

IB 30/35

We continued the lecture on "The Effects of World War I" today. We got through the Paris Peace Conference. On Tuesday, September 24th you'll be writing a WWI Quiz. The WW I Quiz will have 15-20 multiple choice questions and a short answer question. The rough draft of your IA is due on September 30th. You have a long weekend coming up, where you should be putting the finishing touches on your rough draft.

July 4

Social 30-1

You handed in your Unit 1 WRA I Chart Assignment today at the start of class. You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today at the beginning of the day. I went through a lecture on "The Development of Classical Liberalism" today. We also started talking about some basic economics today, including the basic economic systems (command economy, mixed economy, and market economy), and the business cycle. You also wrote another exit slip at the end of the day. Tomorrow is a big day, you'll be writing the Unit 1 Final Exam at the start of the day, and will finish the day off in the computer lab writing your Unit 1 WRA I. Please complete the Chapter 3 and the Chapter 4 Google Doc by Monday. You need to read, highlight and annotate the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution sections of this PowerPoint presentation tonight.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Friday, July 5th
• Unit 1 WRA I is on Friday, July 5th

UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 1 Final is a 50 question multiple choice test. It will be written on Friday, July 5th. Make sure that you study the following:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms (please see the Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide for a list of terms) 
• Study the Ideology Notes (Black Gold School District PDF file, on the Social 30-1 wiki, and in your Social 30-1 course books, pages 17-22)
• Review Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (view of the nature of human beings, how society should be organized, people's role in society; notes on page 3 of your study booklet)
• 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 charts that is in your study booklets
• 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! 

July 6

Social 30-1

We started off today with the Unit 1 Final Exam. We did some more Unit 2 material today, by going through the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint lecture. You will be tested on this content next week with the Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test (please see study guide below). You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I after the break. This weekend, it is recommended that you read Chapter 3 and 4 in the textbook, and complete the Chapter 3 and 4 key concepts and activities in the Google Doc. You are writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay on Wednesday, July 11th. I will be teaching you how to write the position paper next week.

IDEOLOGICAL REACTION TO INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Thursday, July 12th. 

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. 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

5. 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 

July 7

SOCIAL 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today, and you got the results back today. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay tomorrow in the Blenheim Room. Make sure that you go directly to the Blenheim Room at 8:15 a.m. tomorrow rather than coming to the classroom. You'll have about 85 minutes to write the essay tomorrow. I also went through a lecture on "The Development of Classical Liberalism". You have to go through the material on the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution from this PowerPoint on your own time. You can find this presentation on the Social 30-1 wiki under Unit 2. I gave you some class time to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow. We have a lot of ground to cover tomorrow in class!

May 24

IB 30/35

I covered "The Development of Classical Liberalism" today, but you need to study the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution sections of the presentation. Tomorrow, we're covering "Responding to Classical Liberalism".

Social 30-1

I showed you part of the documentary "Unconstitutional", which covers some of the abuses that happened post-9/11.


You are writing your Chapter 10 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below.The questions that you should focus on in your yellow multiple choice booklets are the following: Test III Q 1-  69, Q71, Q 74-75, and Test IV Q16-20.

CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• authoritarian systems
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system
• review political and economic spectrum (again!)

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today, you'll get the results back tomorrow. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. On Thursday, June 2nd you'll be writing your Chapter 15-16 Test. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 15-16 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide.



Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?

February 19

IB 30/35

I had perhaps overly ambitious plans coming into today's class, so I just focused on dealing with a comparison of the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. I'm trying to set the historical context for the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) next week. We'll be looking at Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution next week as part of this setting the stage for how the Kennedy administration dealt with the Soviet plans to build nuclear missile bases in Cuba. I recommend that you look at some of the historiography documents I have on the wiki for the Korean War and the origins of the Cold War in preparation for your Paper 2 on the origins of the Cold War on Friday, February 26th. Please remember that we have two sets of presentations next week. Diploma students will be with me in Room 111 on February 23rd to 25th delivering their TOK presentations, whereas the Diploma Certificate students will be delivering their Greatest Canadian PM of the 20th Century presentations on those same days.

Social 10-1

I covered content from Chapters 4 and 5 today when we looked at the challenges and opportunities that globalization presents to identity. You can find this PowerPoint on the Social 10-1 wiki under Unit 1 Presentations. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. Don't forget that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, February 22nd. You are writing your Chapter 1-2 Test on Tuesday, February 23rd (please see the study guide below).

Don't forget that your Illustrated Concept Map is due on February 29th. 

CHAPTER 1-2 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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.

Social 30-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture today called "The Development of Classical Liberalism". With this lecture I focused on the main beliefs of certain philosophers (Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, J.S. Mill, and Adam Smith), how their ideas would be perceived as radical for their times, and their contributions to classical liberalism. As I lectured, you were to take notes in your Social 30-1 workbooks. You should review the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution for yourselves (these topics are also included in the PowerPoint presentation). You can find a copy of this presentation on the Social 30-1 wiki under Unit 2. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms are due on Monday, and your Chapter 3 Questions are due on Tuesday.

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.

February 18

Social 30-1

We started Unit 2 material today by starting a PowerPoint lecture on "The Development of Classical Liberalism". I will not finish this presentation in class. You are responsible to go through the sections that review the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. As I went through this lecture, you needed to complete the chart on pages 21-22 in your Social 30-1 study booklet. If you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate. You can find this PowerPoint presentation on the wiki under Unit 2. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay tomorrow. Please go directly to the Library Blue lab tomorrow (bring earplugs).

Social 20-1

I finished the PowerPoint presentation on "The Napoleonic Age". As I was going through today's part of the lecture you should have completed the chart on Napoleon's domestic policy. Please remember that you are writing your Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday, February 23rd, you can find the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

This test will be on Monday, February 23rd. 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 (this will be what makes up the matching section of your test)
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2 (short answer section questions come from this part of the worksheets)

Study the following PowerPoint presentations:

"Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)

"The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)

"The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; you can find this on the wiki, and I will go through it in class in the next couple of days)

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.

September 18

Social 30-1

You got the results back for your Unit 1 Final Exam today. I started the PowerPoint lecture on "The Development of Classical Liberalism". I'll finish this off on Monday. Your homework is to complete the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions (make sure that you read the chapter).

IB 20 HOTA

We talked a little bit about developments in the U.S. foreign policy reaction to ISIS current issues subject. The next time we'll do this is on Friday, September 26th. We also started watching "America: The Story of Us". We will come back to this episode to watch the section on the American Revolution. Please prepare for your Thirteen Colonies presentations that will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.

July 7

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today. You got the results back for your Chapter 1-2 Test and the Unit 1 Final Exam back after the break. I also went through most of the "Development of Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation. You can find an electronic copy of this presentation on the Social 30-1 wiki, under Unit 2. I also went wrote out some notes on the board that covering basic economic systems, basic economic questions, basic economic values. If you missed class today, or part of today's class, you'll have to get notes from a classmate. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. You will be writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay tomorrow, please come to class first, then we'll go to the computer lab together. On Friday, July 11th, you will be writing 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 Friday, July 11th.

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" section of your blue study 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

February 21

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today, which took the entire period. Please remember that your French Revolution DBA assignment is due on Wednesday, February 27th.

Social 30-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation called "The Development of Classical Liberalism", which I will send out this evening. The remainder of class time was spent working on the Chapter 3 Questions, which are due tomorrow. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms at the beginning of class.

IB 30/35

You wrote a quiz on the Cold War at the start of class. We finished watching the CNN Cold War series episode on Cuba (1959-1962) today. You will be writing a Paper 2 tomorrow on the origins of the Cold War.