March 13

IB 30/35

I took in your outlines for the essay questions that you prepared yesterday at the beginning of class. I finished off the "End of the Cold War" PDF notes that Ms. Phui prepared today. I recommend you watch the CNN Cold War episodes that I posted on the wiki most recently, namely "The Wall Comes Down" and "Conclusions" episode. On Tuesday (March 17th), you will be writing a Paper 3 on the Cold War and the Americas. On Wednesday (March 18th), you will be writing a Social 30-1 style multiple choice test on the Cold War, I'm posting the study guide below.

COLD WAR EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

On Wednesday, March 18th you will have a Cold War Unit Exam. Please see the study guide below. This test will be a Social 30-1 test and it will be all multiple choice test format. 

IB 30/35 COLD WAR UNIT FINAL STUDY GUIDE:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts: 

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Know the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• Yalta Conference
• Potsdam Conference
• domino theory
• proxy war
• deterrence
• containment
• superpower
• sphere of influence
• zones of occupation
• Berlin Blockade/Berlin Airlift
• Marshall Plan
• Truman Doctrine
• SALT I 
• SALT II
• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• Hungarian Revolution 1956
• Prague Spring 1968
• Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1979
• Korean War
• Helsinki Accord 
• Kennedy
• Khrushchev
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Eisenhower
• peaceful coexistence
• satellite state
• Tito
• Yugoslavia
• Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)/Star Wars
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 30-1

You wrote the "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test" today in class. I've already posted the results on PowerSchool.

Social 10-1

I started a lecture today called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". You can find this lecture on the Social 10-1 wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. I'll finish it off on Monday.

March 6

IB 30/35

You watched a video from the CNN Cold War series, "When the Wall Came Down" (1989). I created a Google Doc for you to take notes on this video. Please remember that you have the 30-1 style WRA I assignment tomorrow in the Blenheim Room. You'll be allowed to have the "salmon" colored sheet out and the analyzing political cartoon sheet as well.

COLD WAR EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

On Tuesday, March 13th you will have a Cold War Unit Exam. Please see the study guide below. This test will be a Social 30-1 test and it will be all multiple choice test format. 

SOCIAL 30-1 COLD WAR UNIT FINAL STUDY GUIDE:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts: 

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today. When I get back from New York, I will mark these exams, so you'll have to be patient. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below.

SOCIAL 20-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

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 Social 20-1 wiki under Unit 1 Presentations.
These are the presentations that you should review:

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

• 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 10-1

You had your in-class debate on the following debate today: BIRT globalization benefits the world's cultures. I look forward to hearing which side won this debate.

March 5

IB 30/35

I showed a video on the construction of the Berlin Wall, and tomorrow you'll watch a video from the CNN Cold War series on when the Cold War began to end in Europe. I re-taught how to write the WRA I, and I went through analyzing political cartoons too. You will be allowed to have both of these handouts out when you write the Social 30-1 WRA I on Wednesday, March 7th. I also collected your Vietnam War Assignment today as well.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I today in the Blenheim Room. If you missed today's class, you'll have to make up this writing assignment next week when I'm back from the National High School Model UN conference.

Social 20-1

You got back your Unit 1 WRA I today at the beginning of class. If you were away today, please pick these up tomorrow from Mr. Kerr. I showed you some more videos on the First World War today, and while you watched these videos you should taken notes on them. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow, and your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday. You can find the study guides for both these exams below.

CHAPTERS 3-4 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This quiz will be on Tuesday, March 7th. It will consist of a matching section (10 key concepts) and a short answer section.

• make sure that you study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties"
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts/key terms from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the quiz)

SOCIAL 20-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

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 Social 20-1 wiki under Unit 1 Presentations.
These are the presentations that you should review:

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

• 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

April 19

IB 30/35

We continued our presentations on American Presidents today with Richard Nixon. To the groups that have presented already: please post your videos and Google Slides on the IB 30/35 wiki on the American Presidents page in the appropriate row on the chart. You will be writing your Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement tomorrow. You'll get 5 minutes to pick your question and do a quick outline for it, and 50 minutes to write. When you write your actual Paper 3 exam next month, you will have to write three essays in 150 minutes.

Social 30-1

I went through "The End of the Cold War" notes in the Social 30-1 workbook today. Then we back-tracked and started a film study of "Good Night, and Good Luck". You are responsible for answering the study questions from the film study. I also did a homework check on your Vietnam War Assignment today. One week from today, you'll be writing your Chapter 7 Test on the Cold War, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions (although about 11-13 questions will be dropped). Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you in subsequent class)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I will give you next week on this topic.
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 10-1

We started Chapter 11 material. I started "The Expansion of Economic Globalization" presentation, which I will continue tomorrow. I gave you time to work on your Chapter 11 Key Terms, which are due tomorrow.

November 13

Social 30-1

You should have gone through the "End of the Cold War Notes" that are in your Social 30-1 study booklets. You should have also started the film study for "Good Night, and Good Luck" (this film study is in your 30-1 booklets starting on page 203). We'll continue this film on Monday. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Tuesday, November 17th, you can find the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you in subsequent class)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I will give you next week on this topic.
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

IB 30/35

You wrote a Social 30-1 style Written Response Assignment I today (a three source analysis assignment). You will be getting the results of your World War I Test back on Monday, November 16th. Please remember to complete the Student Study Section work that was assigned in yesterday's class for Monday.

Social 10-1

You started a film study "Life + Debt" today. We'll finish off this film study on Monday. Please remember that your WTO chart is due on Monday, November 16th.

April 23

Social 30-1

You watched an episode from the CNN Cold War series called "Conclusions" today in class. You should have also read over (read, highlighted, annotated) the "End of the Cold War" notes in your Social 30-1 booklets (page 207). Please make sure that you read over the McCarthyism section from your textbook Perspectives on Ideology (page 265-267). Read the film review of "Good Night, and Good Luck" in your Social 30-1 study booklet (pages 205-206). Reading this film review in advance will help you understand the film tomorrow a little bit better.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you in subsequent class)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I will give you next week on this topic.
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

March 13

IB 20 HOTA

I did a homework check on your study guide for the Declaration of Independence at the beginning of class today. Most of today's class was spent examining the Articles of Confederation. I split you into groups, and each group had to read a section or sections of the Articles of Confederation and try to summarize their assigned section for the class. Hopefully by the end of the exercise you have a good idea of the historical context for the creation of the Articles of Confederation, and some its key characteristics, such as the following:

• “firm league of friendship”
• no national executive
• no national judiciary
• unicameral congress (like Continental Congress)
• 2-7 delegates per state (one vote per delegation in Congress)
• Powers of Congress – foreign policy, coin money, Indian affairs, settle state disputes, requisition troops and taxes (based on state property value)
• legislators selected by state legislatures (3 year / 6 year term limit)
• routine votes required simple majority / critical decisions (declaring war)– unanimity 
• amendment of the Articles (unanimous consent of delegates to Congress and of state legislatures)

As we'll see, the Articles of Confederation led to some political problems for the United States, so it only lasts as the first constitution of the USA from 1781 to 1789. In 1789, a constitutional convention is called, and delegates from the 13 states all meet to draft a new U.S. Constitution. Tomorrow will be a busy day because I will lecture on the U.S. Constitution, I will assign you roles for the constitutional convention that we'll be doing on Monday and Tuesday next week, I will teach you some Model UN parliamentary procedure, and assign you a copy of the United States Constitution graphic novel.

Social 10-1

We had a very spirited debate on the following topic: "BIRT globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures". I found it interesting that many of you focused in language so much during the course of the debate. I then did a little exercise after concluded the debate on argumentation and evidence, in which you had to brainstorm arguments to convince a friend to attend Churchill. We'll talk more about essay writing tomorrow, and you will get the Unit 1 WRA II Essay question sheet tomorrow. Please remember that you're writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay over the course of two days next week: on Monday, you will write your 1st paragraph, save it to your H-drive and print off a hard copy. We'll then come back to the class, do some peer editing of the essay. On Tuesday, you will have the entire period to finish off your Unit 1 WRA II Essay.

IB 30/35

We watched another video from the CNN Cold War series today called "Conclusions". I also showed you some photos from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and I put some notes up on the board of the overlapping Soviet and American leaders during the Cold War. Please remember that you have your Social 30-1 Cold War Exam on Tuesday, March 18th. Please see the study guide below.

Social 30-1 Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts:

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences