May 10

IB 30/35

We had a class today to review for the Paper 3 exam that you have this Thursday, May 12th. Please add to the Paper 3 Review Google Doc in the next few days. We're starting Social 30-1 material on May 16th. You also have class again on May 19th.

Social 30-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation really quickly today called "Political Challenges to Liberalism". Most of the content in this lecture has been covered already in Unit 2 and Unit 3. You also had some time today to start reading up on the history of modern China, since I'm using the PRC as a case study of authoritarianism. Please have  a look at the upcoming important dates:

• USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on Friday, May 13th. 
• US Civil Rights Movement Assignment (questions on the front only) are due on Monday, May 16th

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint lecture today called "The Impacts of Economic Globalization on the Environment". I then showed a video from the CBC show "The Fifth Estate" called "Made in Bangladesh". If you missed class today, you can watch the video below. You should also check out the following articles, that will give you different perspectives on the factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Don't forget that your TNC Dossier Assignments are due tomorrow.

• The Spectator: In Praise of Sweatshops 
• The Guardian: The Bangladesh factory tragedy and the moralists of sweatshop economics
• Slate: Different places have different safety rules, and that's okay

December 4

Sorry for not posting on Thursday...

IB 30/35

We finished off "The Great Depression in Canada" PowerPoint lecture. We quickly reviewed the boom and bust cycle, demand-side economics responses to the various stages of the business cycle, and how demand-side and supply-side economics respond to a recession.

Social 30-1

We looked at civil rights, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, human rights, liberalism and illiberalism. We'll be looking at the usage of the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis of 1970 next week, along with post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation that was passed in the USA and Canada. You also had class time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions.

Please remember the following key dates:

• USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on Tuesday, December 8th
• Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, December 9th
• US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th
• Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, December 11th

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions. We finished off the NFB documentary "Shipbreakers". After watching the video, I had you work in small groups to generate a T-chart on the advantages (opportunities, benefits) of the shipbreaking industry and its disadvantages (challenges, detriments). We talked a little bit about alternative energy sources, and we'll talk about biofuels on Monday.

Please remember the upcoming important dates:

Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th

TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th

December 1

IB 30/35

I gave back a lot of homework checks, your Social 30-1 WRA I in-class writing assignment on the First World War. We also covered the New Deal with a PowerPoint presentation and note-taking chart.

Social 30-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "The Political Challenges to Liberalism", with an emphasis on the dictatorships section. I will be making some updates to this presentation and uploading a new version on the Social 30-1 wiki tonight. I also assigned the Civil Rights Movement Assignment today, it's due on December 10th. The USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is still due on December 8th. You had some time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions as well today.

Social 10-1

I quickly went through a lecture on "The Impacts of Globalization on the Environment". You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th.

December 2

Sorry for the later post tonight...

Social 30-1

We completed our case study example of an authoritarian government today by examining China. I showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series, "One Man's Revolution" and "China Since Mao". I strongly encourage you to read the Modern History of China notes that are in your 30-1 study booklet. Please remember that questions 1-14 and long answer question 2 from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are due tomorrow.

IB 20 HOTA

I covered a lot of background material for our Authoritarian and Single-Party States unit today by lecturing on the 19th century political spectrum, the 20th century political spectrum, the principles of individualism and collectivism, the economic-political grid, and the techniques of dictatorship. We'll cover some basic economics tomorrow before we jump into talking about Joseph Stalin.

December 1

Social 30-1

I went through the non-democratic systems section of the "Political Challenges to Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation. I also assigned some homework that is due on Wednesday: you must complete questions 1-14, and long answer question 2 on the Civil Rights Movement assignment that is in your 30-1 study booklets. You must also do the essay outline that is part of this assignment for Tuesday, December 9th. Please remember that your Comparative Government Assignment is due next Monday.

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your Paper 3 essay today. I also talked a little bit about our next unit called Authoritarian and Single Party States. I will have to teach you a lot of background information on the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum and the economic political grid, as well as principles of individualism and collectivism.

April 4

IB 30/35

I did a homework check on Episode 5 of "Eyes on the Prize" and on your Civil Rights Movement Assignment at the beginning of class. We watched Episode 6 of "Eyes on the Prize". You can find the questions that you must answer on the IB 30/35 wiki under "Civil Rights and Social Movements". I will do a homework check on Episode 6 on Monday. We'll be watching an A & E Biography of Martin Luther King on Monday, and you will also get a reading package on Monday as well on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. On Thursday, April 10th, you'll be writing your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test. I'm posting some review tips below. As I said in class today, today marks the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. If you'd like to read up on the assassination of MLK, you can check out the following link. I'm also posting a link to the Boston Globe, because they did a really nice retrospective of King's "I Have a Dream Speech".

U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test Study Guide:

This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer section, and 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it.

• study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki under Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas section)
• know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.)
• know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players)
• know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
• know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

Social 10-1

I finished off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" PowerPoint presentation today. You can find a copy of this presentation on the Social 10-1 wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. On Monday, April 7th, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?

IB 20 HOTA

I collected Part A and C of your IA today. We didn't quite finish off History Channel's documentary "The French Revolution". I would recommend that you examine the rest of the "French Revolution" PowerPoint presentation from the IB 20 wiki. I probably won't have a chance to cover the rest of this lecture on Monday, since we have to move on to Napoleon next week.

April 1

IB 30/35

I played a little April Fool's joke on you about a current events quiz at the beginning of class, but be forewarned, we haven't had one in a while, and you're overdue. We watched Episode 3 of Eyes on Prize today, called "Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)". This episode focused on youth involvement in the civil rights movement, including lunch counter sit-ins and the freedom rides. Please remember that your Civil Rights Assignment is due on Friday, April 4th.

IB 20 HOTA

Most of today's class was spent writing a Paper 1 on the Independence Movements unit. Tomorrow, you will be writing an American Revolution Quiz (30 multiple choice questions), and then we'll shift our focus back to Europe to cover the French Revolution.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture called "Legacies of Historical Globalization", which I didn't finish, because we moved on to a documentary the PBS series the Africans. The episode that I showed was called "Tools of Exploitation". We will finish off the video and the film study sheet tomorrow, and we'll also finish off the PowerPoint lecture too. I did a homework check on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions today. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, April 7th. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?

March 20

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote a current events quiz today at the start of class, and then you settled into the computer lab to work on your IAs. Please remember that I'll be taking in your Part A and C of your IA on Friday, April 4th, so the Spring Break would be a great time to get some research/reading and work completed on it. You will be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution on April 1st, which means I'll teach you how to write a Paper 1 on March 31st when you get back from the Spring Break. You are also writing an American Revolution Quiz on Wednesday, April 2nd.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture on "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". I didn't try to finish it all in one day because I gave you time to work on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions (they are due on April 1st). When we get back from Spring Break, I will post the study guide for the Chapter 7 Test (it's on April 7th).

IB 30/35

I finished off the U.S. Civil Rights Movement PowerPoint lecture today, you can find an electronic version of this presentation on the IB 30/35 wiki under the Civil Rights Movement section. Your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on April 4th. Over the course of the Spring Break, I would recommend that you review the following two topics: Prescribed Subject 1-Peacemaking, Peacekeeping and International Relations (1918-1936) AND for your Paper 2: Authoritarian and Single-Party States. Good luck!

May 16

IB 30/35

Please make sure that you complete your computer tutorial in D2L if you want to use a computer to write your English and Social Studies Diploma Exam. The deadline to complete the tutorial in D2L is fast approaching (it has to be completed before Monday). If you don't complete the online tutorial, you will be writing your English and Social Studies Diploma Exam Part A by hand! Get this completed this weekend!!

Social 20-1

We continued Unit 3 material today. I started a PowerPoint lecture today on "Internationalism and Nationalism", which I will continue after the long weekend. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, May 21st. You'll be writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay one week from today. You will get your Unit 2 WRA II Essays back on Tuesday.

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions.  You wrote an analysis of a propaganda poster today, which took about half of the class period. Don't forget to complete your US Civil Rights Movement Assignment this weekend, it's due on Tuesday. I have sent to you the essay outline sheets for the back half of the assignment sheet, so check your e-mail for this handout.  Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions will due on Wednesday, May 22nd.

May 13

Social 30-1

We started looking at a case study of authoritarianism today, namely the People's Republic of China. We watched a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series, "One Man's Revolution" and "China Since Mao". I also gave you a couple of reading packages, one called "The End of Democracy?" which originally appeared in Maclean's magazine, the other package covered the modern history of China. Your US-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 15th, and your US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Tuesday, May 21st.

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, it took most of the period. We'll continue with Unit 3 material tomorrow.

May 10

Oops, I forgot to post on the blog yesterday...

Social 30-1

I delivered a lecture on the "Political Challenges to Liberalism", which covered democratic and non-democratic systems. I have sent this PowerPoint presentation to you already. I also gave you an assignment on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement which is due on Friday, May 17th. Please remember that your USA and Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 15th. Please make sure that you remind me at the beginning of class on Monday to do a homework check on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions.

Social 20-1

You were given a work period to try to finish off your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions. These key terms and questions are due on Monday. Please remember that your Unit 2 Final Exam is also on Monday. I will be sending out the Unit 3 Worksheet by e-mail today, so if you missed class on Friday you'll have access to the Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 2 Final Exam will be written on Monday, May 13th. It is a multiple choice exam.

1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:

• The Causes of World War I
• Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
• Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
• The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
• The Holocaust
• Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
• Contemporary Examples of Genocide

2. Know the following key concepts:

• national interest
• domestic policy
• foreign policy
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• Treaty of Versailles
• Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
• appeasement
• ultranationalism
• propaganda
• conscription crisis
• Adolf Hitler
• Nazis
• Hirohito
• Tojo
• Kristallnacht
• The Way of Subjects
• League of Nations
• total war
• internment
• War Measures Act
• Great Depression
• the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• irredentism
• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination

3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):

• World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
• Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
• The Interwar Years
• Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
• Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
• The Holocaust
• Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
• Decolonization and self-determination (quick review of "Gandhi" film study booklet, what are successor states? What is self-determination? Kosovo case study)