March 10

IB 30/35

We finished off the Google Slides lecture on "The Vietnam War" today. You can download a hard copy from the IB 30/35 wiki if you like. We also watched the "Vietnam" episode from the CNN Cold War series as well (with my technical difficulties with the DVD, we didn't see the last 4-5 minutes). If you were in New York City during the last IB Paper 2 exam, you're writing it today after school in Ms. Phui's classroom. In tomorrow's class, we'll be looking at US foreign policy in Latin America from the Kennedy to the Carter administrations. Please make sure that you're ready for Thursday's activity!

Social 10-1

I taught you how to write a position paper today. I gave you the "recipe for success" handout (the writing guide) and the essay question sheet for Thursday's WRA II position paper.

Social 30-1

We finished off the "Inequality for All" documentary that we started yesterday. You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday, March 16th. This Friday (March 13th) you will be writing the Chapter 3-4 Test (Ideological to Industrialization Test), please see the study guide below.

Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test study Guide:

This test is on Friday, March 13th. This is a multiple choice test.

 1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations:

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

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 
•  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

April 23

Social 20-1

You should have handed in your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions for homework check marks at the beginning of class today. We went through the "8 Stages of Genocide" presentation. There is a Google Slides version of this lecture on the Social 20-1 wiki on the Unit 2 Presentations page. We started the documentary "Scream Bloody Murder" today as well.

Social 30-1

You watched the video "Escape from Berlin" from the Discovery series Cold War into Guerrilla War. You had the remainder of class time to work on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Friday, April 26th. Make sure that you read the Vietnam War section in your Social 30-1 course books (pages 208-209, and pages 212-217)

Please note that I have moved a few of your upcoming assessments to different dates. Please check the upcoming important dates below:

• Chapter 7 Test (Cold War) is on Wednesday, May 1st
• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Monday, May 6th
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, May 8th

February 22

Social 20-1

You got the results back for your Chapter 1-2 Test today at the beginning of class. I then started a lecture on "Contending Loyalties" that I will hopefully finish off tomorrow. Please don't forget that your French Revolution DBA is due on Tuesday, February 27th. You can find this assignment in your Social 20-1 study booklets (pages 32-34) or on the Social 20-1 wiki on the Unit 1 Assignments page. It's recommended that you use the digital version, since it will make it easier to copy and paste the parts of the document that you'll need to complete your analysis of the cahiers of the district of Dourdon, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today. I'm not sure if I'll be able to give you your results back tomorrow or not, it's more likely that it will be next week. I did a homework check on the "Bend it Like Beckham" film study booklet today as well. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (Friday, February 23rd).

Your next test is on Friday, March 2nd, please see the study guide below.

CHAPTER 3-4 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test will be written on Friday, March 2nd. It is a matching test with a long answer section. 

• Know the key terms from Chapter 3-4
• Be able to answer the Questions for Inquiry in Chapters 3-4 (they appear on p.49, p.53, p.58, p.73, p.80)
• Know relevant case studies from Chapters 3-4: the Francophones, the Aborigines and the Lubicon, as well as other relevant examples related to assimilation, marginalization, accommodation and integration

IB 30/35

We continued our investigation of the Cold War today by watching a video from the CNN Cold War series on Vietnam. As you watched the video, you should have taken notes on it on the Google Doc that I shared with all of you. Please check your Google Drive as well tonight because I shared a VERY valuable PDF that will help you out on not only tomorrow's Paper 2 on the origins of the Cold War, but also on the entire Cold War unit (**wink wink**).

April 14

IB 30/35

You were assigned a U.S. president on Monday to profile in the days and weeks to come. As part of this assignment you are required to make a 5-7 minute film, and then do a presentation in which you defend/present that president's foreign and domestic policy. You'll get some class time tomorrow to work on it. You started watching a documentary of a pivotal year in American history from the American Experience series called "1964".

Social 30-1

Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, April 18th. You watched "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" today.




As we will see, public support for the Vietnam War changes over time as more and more American soldiers are killed. We see a growth in the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, and the media also played a role in the turn of popular opinion against the war. I REALLY recommend that you have a look at the this series of photographs from the Vietnam War era, pretty powerful imagery (make sure that you read the captions too). Here is a link to the NPR that explains the story behind the photograph below, definitely worth the time to read or listen to the podcast, and make sure that you look at the photo gallery of Eddie Adams' photographs of the Vietnam War.





 There are certain iconic images associated with the Vietnam War. Here is another:




The above photograph is of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, O.Ont (born in 1963), she is a Vietnamese-Canadian best known as the child subject of a Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. The iconic photo taken in Trang Bang by AP photographer Nick Ut shows her at about age nine running naked on the street after being severely burned on her back by a South Vietnamese napalm attack. Contrary to popular myth, the US Air Force were not involved in the attack, and only two US troops were within 60 miles (97 km) of the scene, neither of whom had any say in the bombings. Still, it is a powerful image associated with the war.

I'm posting the study guide for your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Exam) below. You have a lot of review and studying to do, that's why I'm posting this study guide so far in advance (this test is on April 26th).

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

Social 10-1

You were split into two groups today to prepare for tomorrow's debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China." This was a debate topic from the Munk Debate series. You can find the link to the Munk Debate on China here. At the Munk Debate site you can read the transcript from the debate. Another interesting link is to check out Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes. This is interesting to note the development of China and how there is a disparity between different regions in China. And now for a couple of links to videos and stories from Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square: challenges facing China's leadership, why China's leadership needs a PR overhaul.  To get a closer look at any of the infographics below, right click on the image and open in a new window.

Useful links to prepare for the debate:

• Munk Debates on China
• Gapminder: 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
• China's Ghost Cities
• GPS: Can China reform in time?
• GPS: China's bold environmental move

 

below.

Social 10-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 9th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

March 4

IB 30/35

You were in the Blenheim Room this period working on the Google Doc on the Vietnam War (causes, practices, effects, results). I'm really looking forward to seeing the results of this activity.

Social 10-1

You had a debate today using the following topic: BIRT globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures. You started your preparation's for this debate in Monday's class.

Social 30-1

You spent some class time writing an analysis of a political cartoon today. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, March 7th. Please see the study guide for the Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test below (the test is on March 10th).

IDEOLOGICAL REACTION TO INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Thursday, March 10th. This test covers material from Chapter 3 and part of Chapter 4. 

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 

July 20

Social 30-1

I covered a few more topics from "The Origins of the Cold War" PowerPoint presentation, namely the Korean War (1950-1953), the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, and the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962). I showed you a short documentary video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". While you were watching this video, you should have been taking notes. We then talked a little bit about the lead into the Vietnam War (pages 193-194 in your Social 30-1 study booklets). I then showed you a movie called "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam". I did the homework check on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions today as well. We started "Good Night, and Good Luck" today, but we didn't finish it. We'll finish this film study off tomorrow.

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES:

• Vietnam War Assignment is due on Tuesday, July 21st
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, July 22nd (please see the study guide below)
• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, July 23rd
• Chapter 10 Test is on Friday, July 24th (please see the study guide below)

VIETNAM WAR ASSIGNMENT

A. PEOPLE
Identify and explain the role each played in the Vietnam War
1. Ho Chi Minh
2. Ngo Dinh Diem
3. Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Richard M. Nixon
5. Viet Minh
6. Viet Cong
7. Le Duc Tho
8. Henry Kissinger
9. William Westmoreland
10. "Draft Dodger"

B. CONCEPTS/TERMS
Explain the significance of the following with regards to the Vietnam War (identify participants or individuals if appropriate)
1. Ho Chi Minh Trail
2. defoliation
3. "search and destroy" mission
4. "Vietnamization of the war"
5. Gulf of Tonkin Incident
6. My Lai Massacre
7. domino theory
8. Kent State University protest (May 4, 1970)
9. Tet Offensive (January 1968)
10. Geneva Agreement (1954)

C. ISSUES
Provide the information requested
1. The predominant religion of Vietnam
2. The battle which marked the end of French colonial rule in Indo-China
3. The scandal which led to the only resignation of an American President
4. The Vice President who replaced the President after his resignation
5. Why was November 1963 a "bad month" for the governments of South Vietnam and the United States?

SOCIAL 30-1 UNIT 2 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Tuesday, July 22nd. It will be a 70-75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• 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), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• 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 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 (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)
• 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)
• 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 (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model

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!)

February 24

IB 30/35

You wrote a short quiz on the Cold War at the beginning of class. I gave you a Cold War key events timeline, a handout on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Vietnam War Assignment. The Vietnam War Assignment is due one week from today (Monday, March 3rd). I started showing you another video from the CNN Cold War series, this one specifically on Vietnam (1954-1968). TOK group presentations begin tomorrow.

Social 10-1

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.

Format for the test is a word ladder section and short answer questions.

IB 20 HOTA

I showed you a video from the United States History series called "The Era of Colonization (1585-1763)". I also dropped some serious hints about Thirteen Colonies geography. You'll have class time tomorrow to do some research for your Thirteen Colonies presentation. We'll be doing these Thirteen Colonies presentations on Thursday and Friday this week. We'll also be doing a current events quiz on Friday, you better start adding events to the wiki, or else I will get "creative". Please remember that your "Seeds of Change" assignment on your assigned Enlightenment thinker is due on Thursday, February 27th. This assignment could take many different forms, such as trading cards, magazine cover stories, Prezis, infographics, just show me how creative you are! Just make sure that you present the information in a concise, fun, informative way, and that your project meets all of the requirements, which are as follows:

• Biographical Information (3 marks)
• Area(s) of Work (what fields did they work in?) (2 marks)
• Ideas Introduced (2 marks)
• Aspect of medieval society that they challenged (2 marks)
• Were they influential in their own time? (5 marks)
• What were their contributions to modern society? (3 marks)
• Mechanics, spelling, grammar, and list of sources cited using a recognized citation system (either APA, MLA, or Chicago) (3 marks)

This assignment ("Seeds of Change") is due on Thursday, February 27th.

Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz Study Guide:

This is a matching quiz, and it is on Wednesday, February 26th. Please make sure that you focus your review on the following Enlightenment thinkers:

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• Francois Quesnay
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Voltaire

Please make sure that you know their views on the nature of human beings, quotes attributed to them, their main ideas/key beliefs, and their major works (what books, articles they wrote).

November 12

IB 30/35

We examined the League of Nations today, and we'll continue this topic tomorrow. You were also assigned your Prescribed Subject 1 duotangs today. If you missed class today, you'll need to get one of these duotangs from me tomorrow. If you missed class today, and you missed an assessment that happened last week, you'll need to write it tomorrow.

Social 30-1

We watched part of "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" today. I did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions as well. Your Vietnam War Assignment is due on November 15th (Friday). Please see the Chapter 7 Cold War Exam study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions. You will write this test on Tuesday, November 19th. 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 20-1

Most of today's class was spent watching the CNN documentary "Scream Bloody Murder" which should help you to understand contemporary examples of genocide in the 20th and 21st century. We'll finish this video off tomorrow. We should be able to get into our case study of the Rwandan genocide this week as well.

April 17

Social 30-1

You had time today to work on your Southeast Asia booklets. You should have completed this work during class time. You should have also picked up notes on the Vietnam War, and picked up the Vietnam War Assignment. This assignment is due on April 24th.

Social 20-1

Today was spent looking at genocide more closely, specifically by going through the eight stages of genocide. Hopefully you also started the CNN documentary, "Scream Bloody Murder". 

IB 30/35

You should have started the Nixon administration. There is a PowerPoint posted on the wiki that covers the Nixon administration really well, you'll find it under the American Presidents section. You're writing a Paper 3 tomorrow, so make sure that you review your IB command terms!

March 5

IB 30/35

We watched "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" today. I think you could see techniques of the war clearly illustrated in this video and yesterday's excerpts from "Born on the Fourth of July". As unsettling as these two movies were you can see recruitment techniques, the fears of the times ("communism is all around us, they're moving in everywhere"), the techniques of warfare in Vietnam (how the war was fought: use of helicopters, dropping troops near villages, engaging the enemy/luring them out and then calling in air strikes) and the aftermath/impact that the war had on young men like Ron Kovic (issues of drug use, post-traumatic stress disorder). There was an event that was briefly mentioned in the film "Dear America" that I think deserves a little bit more attention since it helped sway American popular opinion against the war. I'm not talking about the Tet Offensive (although it failed militarily to achieve the goals that the Viet Cong wished, it did turn American public opinion), I'm referring to the My Lai Massacre. You can read more about this event here. Please visit the IB 30/35 wiki tonight, and edit the Vietnam War page (causes, courses, practices, events and results chart). You can find this page on the Collaborative Notes page. I have also shared this page with you, so there's no excuses! Changes due by Friday. GOOD!

As we will see, public support for the Vietnam War changes over time as more and more American soldiers are killed. We see a growth in the anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, and the media also played a role in the turn of popular opinion against the war. I REALLY recommend that you have a look at the this series of photographs from the Vietnam War era, pretty powerful imagery (make sure that you read the captions too). Here is a link to the NPR that explains the story behind the photograph below, definitely worth the time to read or listen to the podcast, and make sure that you look at the photo gallery of Eddie Adams' photographs of the Vietnam War.



There are certain iconic images associated with the Vietnam War. Here is another:

The above photograph is of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, O.Ont (born in 1963), she is a Vietnamese-Canadian best known as the child subject of a Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. The iconic photo taken in Trang Bang by AP photographer Nick Ut shows her at about age nine running naked on the street after being severely burned on her back by a South Vietnamese napalm attack. Contrary to popular myth, the US Air Force were not involved in the attack, and only two US troops were within 60 miles (97 km) of the scene, neither of whom had any say in the bombings. Still, it is a powerful image associated with the war.

Social 20-1

I gave you back your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. We watched a couple of videos from the CBS World War I series. Today's videos were "Clash of the Generals" and "The Trenches". I also gave you a reading booklet called "The Causes of World War I". Some parts of the booklet are dated since it was written in 1989, and it makes reference to the USSR, the Cold War and the division of Germany post-WWII. That having been said, it is well-written and very helpful. It is highly recommended that you have read this booklet PRIOR to Friday's class. You have a Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow (please see the study guide here), and on Thursday you have your Unit 1 Final Exam (please see the study guide here).

Social 30-1

We finished off the "FDR and the New Deal" video at the beginning of class. I also did a homework check on the Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today. I gave you a booklet on Analyzing Political Cartoons today. You're allowed to have this booklet out on Thursday when you write a cartoon analysis assignment. In Thursday's class there will be several political cartoons up on the board and you'll have to pick one to analyze.