Showing posts with label boom and bust cycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boom and bust cycle. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 01, 2019

October 1


We finished off the "Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression" lecture today. We'll be starting the "FDR and the New Deal" Google Slides lecture tomorrow, so it's probably a good idea to print off a hard copy and bring it to class tomorrow. I've posted these slides on the IB 30/35 wiki. Also, during my prep today I was able to upload the marks correctly into PowerSchool, you'll find them in the class called "Social Studies 30-1_cohort IB HL". 




We started Unit 2 material today, namely, we looked at "The Causes of World War I".  Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Unit 1 WRA I Chart Assignment is due tomorrow as well. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is this Friday (October 4th). Please see the study guide below.  


This test will be on Friday, October 4th. 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 test)

You will be writing the Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, October 7th. It is a multiple choice  format exam. 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



I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "FDR and the New Deal", as you watched this documentary, you should have taken notes. We also did a review of the boom and bust cycle, and then the demand-side economics responses to the various stages of the business cycle.  In the next few days, I'll share the Chapter 6 Google Doc. 


Thursday, July 04, 2019

July 4


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


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! 

Thursday, March 07, 2019

March 7


I went through a review of the Keynesian economic response to the various stages of the business cycle today. I also talked a bit about the shift back and forth throughout the 20th century between laissez faire capitalism and classical liberal economic policies with limited government involvement in the economy to a Keynesian approach employed by FDR and beyond until the early 1970s. We'll talk more about Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, Thatcher, Reagan, and Obama next week. I also had you listen to an NPR podcast on how Obama employed Keynesian economics to deal with the 2008 Global Recession. You had the remaining class time to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Tuesday, March 12th.


I want you to read "The Causes of World War I" reading from your Social 20-1 course books (pages 85-97) for homework tonight. I gave you some time to read, highlight and annotate "Issue of Responsibility" (pages 99-100) in your course books. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Tuesday, March 12th. You have a busy couple of days coming up in Social 20-1. You're writing the Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow, the Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, and you're writing the Unit 1 WRA I on Tuesday. If you're away for the Unit Final for a snowshoe trip, we'll have you write it on Wednesday.

This test will be on Friday, March 8th. 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 test)

You're writing this test on Monday, March 11th. It is a multiple choice test. 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

Friday, October 05, 2018

October 5


I gave you each a copy of the United States Constitution graphic novels to read this long weekend. I showed you a video on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. I also talked about how to write a Paper 3. I'll post the Paper 3 handout on the wiki and share the page with you all so you can print off a copy for yourself if you missed class today. You'll be writing a Paper 3 on Tuesday.


We did some review of the "economic snapshots" of the business cycle and the Keynesian economic response to the various stages on the boom and bust cycle. I also had you listen to an NPR podcast on the Obama administration using Keynesian economics to deal with the global recession of 2008. I did a homework check on the Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. I didn't assign the Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions for homework, but you should get working on them this weekend since they'll be later next week.



We had our class debate on the following topic today: BIRT globalization benefits the world's cultures. I will give you feedback on this debate on Tuesday and my decision as to which side "won" the debate.

Monday, October 01, 2018

October 1


We started our Constitutional Convention today, and we'll continue tomorrow and Wednesday. It took us a while to set the order of the agenda, but once we did that we had some good debate. It is pretty clear that many of you have done your research. If you didn't speak much (or at all today) you have two classes to get involved in the debate. Remember, you're being evaluated on not only research and preparation for the convention, but also the quality and content of your speeches. Raise your placard during the debate, and I will call on you. Please remember that you have your American Revolution Test on Thursday (please see the study guide below).



There will be 20 matching and 45 multiple-choice questions.

Know the various Acts that took place before/during the Revolution:
* Stamp, Sugar Act
* Townshend Acts
* Intolerable Acts

Causes of the Revolution:
* French Indian War
* Significant events that led up to the Revolutionary War – chronological order
* Grievances of the colonies – taxation, representation

Know significant individuals such as:
* James Madison
* John Adams
* Thomas Jefferson
* Thomas Paine
* George Washington
* Samuel Adams
* Benjamin Franklin

The Revolutionary War:
* British vs. American military strategy
* Advantages and disadvantages of both sides
* The challenges of the Continental Army
* Battle of Saratoga - significance
* Battle of Yorktown - significance
* Phases of the progression of the war

Differences between First and Second Continental Congress

The Founding Documents of the United States:
* Declaration of Independence
* Articles of Confederation
* US Constitution
* Bill of Rights

Please read the sections in your History of the Americas textbook that relate to the American Revolution as well.


I taught you the Boom and Bust Cycle (Business Cycle) today, and I went through a PowerPoint lecture called "Responding to Classical Liberalism". While I was lecturing, you should have completed the chart in your Social 30-1 coursebooks. Keep working on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions tonight. We'll continue talking about the transformation from classical liberalism to welfare capitalism to modern liberalism. 




You had some class time today to work on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. I will do a homework check on the Chapter 5 work tomorrow. You're writing the Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, and the Unit 1 WRA I on Wednesday. 



Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, October 2nd. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:
  • globalization
  • pluralistic society
  • transnationals
  • society
  • “the global village”
  • United Nations
  • G-8
  • La Francophonie
  • NATO
  • individual identity
  • collective identity
  • traditions
  • minority group
  • official bilingualism
  • universalization of pop culture
  • hybridization
  • media transnationals
  • media consolidation
  • CBC/SRC
  • Official Languages Act
  • CRTC
  • Canadian Content (CanCon)
  • homogenization
  • monoculture
  • assimilation
  • marginalization
  • accommodation
  • secularism
  • integration
  • cosmopolitan
  • acculturation
  • cultural revitalization
  • Charter of Rights and Freedoms
2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!



Monday, July 09, 2018

July 9


I taught you the Keynesian economic (demand-side economics) response to the various stages of the boom and bust cycle today at the beginning of class. You got your results back for your Unit 1 WRA I today before the break, and I gave you some general feedback. I also spent a tremendous amount of time today talking about how to structure a WRA II Essay. We went to one of the computer labs to work on a Google Doc essay outline. Hopefully, over the course of the next couple of days you continue to work on this Google Doc and add analysis, argumentation and evidence. Please don't write on your essay outline sheet until the night before the essay. You're only allowed to write on the essay question sheet, below the dotted line, and only on the front side of the essay question sheet, so be very selective about what you write on the sheet.



  • Unit 1 WRA II Essay is on Wednesday, July 11th
  • Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test is on Thursday, July 12th (please see the study guide below)
  • Market and Mixed Economy Test is on Monday, July 16th (please see the study guide below)


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 


This exam will be on Monday, July 16th
  • Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology
  • please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
  • supply-side economics
  • boom and bust cycle/business cycle
  • laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
    self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
  • basic economic problems/questions
  • advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
  • causes of the Great Depression
  • FDR and the New Deal
  • please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
  • nationalization
  • democratic socialism
  • welfare capitalism
  • Keynesian economics
  • the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
  • demand-side economics
  • neo-conservatives
  • monetarism
  • trickle down economics
  • supply-side economics
  • Thatcherism and Reaganomics
  • Milton Friedman
  • Friedrich Hayek
  • how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
  • how supply-side economics deals with a recession

Thursday, September 28, 2017

September 28


Both classes went to a computer lab working on difference Google Doc groups to get ready for tomorrow's debate. The debate topic is Be it resolved that globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is on Tuesday, October 3rd, please see the study guide below. You're writing a Unit 1 WRA I on Wednesday, October 4th. 

This test will be written on Tuesday, October 3rd. 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



I taught you some more economic concepts today, especially the business cycle (the boom and bust cycle) and the Keynesian responses to a recession or depression. We also watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Boom and Bust". 

Monday, July 11, 2016

July 11


We covered a lot of ground today. I returned your Unit 1 WRA II Essays at the beginning of class. I re-introduced you to the boom and bust cycle (the business cycle), and I talked about the various stages of the cycle (boom/prosperity, recession, depression, recovery) and what is happening in the economy at these various stages (I call these "economic snapshots"). Review these notes tonight! I also taught you about demand-side economics, and the monetary and fiscal policy responses to the various stages of the business cycle. I also taught you about the law of supply and demand. I also had you read some on Keynesian economics from your Social 30-1 booklet. You should have read, highlighted up to page 53 in your booklets. 

After the break we watched two short documentaries from the BBC 20th Century History series, one called "Boom and Bust"(you should have answered the film study questions on this while you watched the documentary) and "FDR and the New Deal" (you should have taken notes on this one). You had the remainder of class time (about 1 hour) to work on the Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions, which are both due tomorrow (or perhaps the Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Wednesday). I also went through analyzing political cartoons. In tomorrow's class you'll be writing an analysis of a political cartoon that you pick out from the blackboard. 


  • Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (July 12th)
  • Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test is on Wednesday, July 13th (please see the study guide below)
  • Market and Mixed Economy Test is on Friday, July 15th (please see the study guide below)
  • Economic Systems Exam is on Monday, July 18th (please see below)
  • Chapter 5 Test is on Tuesday, July 19th (study guide will be published tomorrow)
As you can see, next week will be EXTREMELY busy! Stay on top of your work, and it'll be fine. 


This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Wednesday, July 13th. 

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 

This exam will be on Friday, July 15th
  • Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6 in Perspectives on Ideology
  • please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
  • supply-side economics
  • boom and bust cycle/business cycle
  • laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
    self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
  • basic economic problems/questions
  • advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
  • causes of the Great Depression
  • FDR and the New Deal
  • please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
  • nationalization
  • democratic socialism
  • welfare capitalism
  • Keynesian economics
  • the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
  • demand-side economics
  • neo-conservatives
  • monetarism
  • trickle down economics
  • supply-side economics
  • Thatcherism and Reaganomics
  • Milton Friedman
  • Friedrich Hayek
  • how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
  • how supply-side economics deals with a recession




This exam will be written on Monday, July 18th. It is a multiple choice question format test. 
This is a comprehensive exam that covers all of the major economic systems: market economy, mixed economy, and command economy. It is 74 multiple choice questions. 
  • Chapters 3-6 in Perspectives on Ideology
  • study the applicable PowerPoint presentations that are on the wiki under Unit 2 (check your notes): The Development of Classical Liberalism, Responding to Classical Liberalism, The Evolution of Modern Liberalism, 20th Century Rejections of Liberalism (just the USSR section of this PowerPoint)
  • In Chapter 5, just focus on the Soviet Union, and left-wing of economic spectrum (command economy), we haven't covered aspects of dictatorships or Nazism yet (the techniques of dictatorship and fascism will be on a Chapter 5 Test)
  • please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise), page 78-80 in the Social 30-1 study booklet 
  • supply-side economics (page 84 in study booklet)
  • boom and bust cycle/business cycle (pages 50-54 and pages 56-62 in 30-1 study booklet)
  • laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
    self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
  • basic economic problems/questions
  • advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
  • causes of the Great Depression (pages 63-64 in 30-1 study booklet)
  • FDR and the New Deal
  • please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism): pages 73-76 in the study booklet
  • also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics/"womb to tomb economics"): pages 65-72 in 30-1 booklets
  • characteristics of a mixed economy
  • nationalization
  • privatization
  • democratic socialism
  • welfare capitalism
  • Keynesian economics
  • the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you)
  • demand-side economics
  • neo-conservatives
  • monetarism
  • trickle down economics
  • supply-side economics
  • Thatcherism and Reaganomics
  • Milton Friedman
  • Friedrich Hayek
  • how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy) pages 81-82 in the Social 30-1 study booklet 
  • how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism): pages 81-82 in the 30-1 booklet
  • advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
  • neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
  • characteristics of a centrally planned economy
  • advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
  • Marx notes (pages 94-96 in 30-1 booklet)
  • Lenin notes (pages 97-98 in 30-1 booklet)
  • establishment of the Soviet Union
  • Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process): study pages 105-114 in the Social 30-1 booklet
  • Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
  • "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
  • Stalin notes (pages 99-101)
  • "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev): pages 116-117 in 30-1 booklet
  • Gorbachev to Collapse Notes: pages 118-121 in 30-1 booklet
  • Economic Planning in the USSR: pages 122-129 in 30-1 booklet
  • Market Socialism (pages 130-132 in the Social 30-1 booklet)

Monday, May 30, 2016

May 30


We did a class picture at the beginning of class. I then did a review of the business cycle, demand-side economics and supply-side economics and how they respond to a recession. I started teaching you about democratic systems and the Canadian political structure. We'll continue looking at the Canadian parliamentary democracy tomorrow.


I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society". Your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 15-16 Test is on Thursday, June 2nd, please see the study guide below. 



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?


We started looking at First Amendment issues in the USA. The First Amendment protects the freedom of peace, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom of peaceful assembly. We started a film study of an HBO documentary called "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech". We'll finish off this video tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Wednesday, June 1st, please see the study guide below.

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Your Unit 3 Final Exam will be on Wednesday, January 6th.

Please study the following material: 
  • make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
  • study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
  • study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
  • "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)
Review the following notes/packages:
  • Democratic Systems
  • Non-Democratic Systems
  • types of dictatorships
  • techniques of dictatorships
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • authoritarian systems (China notes)
  • review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
  • re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
  • FLQ Crisis 1970
Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:
  • assimilation
  • self-interest
  • humanitarianism
  • Indian Act
  • residential school system
  • enfranchisement
  • the White Paper
  • the Red Paper
  • “war on terror"
  • authoritarianism
  • consensus decision-making
  • direct democracy
  • military dictatorship
  • oligarchy
  • one-party state
  • party solidarity
  • representation by population
  • proportional representation
  • representative democracy
  • responsible government
  • democracy
  • single-member constituency (first past the post)
  • the Senate
  • the House of Commons
  • the House of Representatives
  • the Senate
  • mixed-member proportional system
  • lobby groups
  • American Bill of Rights
  • Anti-Terrorism Act
  • Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  • emergency and security legislation
  • illiberal
  • language legislation
  • Bill 101
  • Bill 178
  • Bill 86
  • Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
  • respect for law and order
  • terrorism
  • rendition
  • the War Measures Act
  • enemy aliens
  • internment
  • the Emergencies Act
  • USA PATRIOT Act
  • consumerism
  • environmental change
  • extremism
  • pandemics
  • postmodernism
  • global warming
  • Kyoto Protocol
  • World Health Organization (WHO)
  • drought