October 2

Social 30-1

We looked at how the Canadian government uses monetary and fiscal policy to stabilize the business cycle today. We also looked at how the Obama administration used Keynesian ideas to battle the 2008 global recession. We'll start looking at Sweden and the mixed economy tomorrow. Remember, we're moving to the next quadrant on the economic-political grid: democratic socialism.

SOCIAL 20-1

We watched a video from the BBC documentary series "Days that Shook the World" on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.  You also should have completed the reading on "The Causes of World War I" from your Social 20-1 coursebooks.  I did a homework check on the Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today. I also collected your Unit 1 WRA I Chart Assignment today as well. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is this Friday (October 4th). Please see the study guide below.  

CHAPTERS 3-4 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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)

SOCIAL 20-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

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

IB 30/35

I gave back some of your assignments and tests today. I gave you a heads up of how the IB might phrase Paper 3 questions for the Great Depression and the Americas topic, especially material that we're moving into now. We started the "FDR and the New Deal" Google Slides lecture today, 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. Please go to the D2L shell called "Social Studies 30-1_cohort IB HL", find the IA Submissions folder in the Assignments folder and upload your IA today. Thanks!

 

March 8

SOCIAL 20-1

You wrote the Chapter 3-4 Test today, the Unit 1 Final Exam is 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. 

SOCIAL 20-1 UNIT 1 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

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

SOCIAL 30-1

I went through "Using Monetary and Fiscal Policy to Stabilize the Business Cycle" reading with you today. If you missed class, you need to get these notes. I also had you go through the "Great Depression and the USA". You should go through the Democratic Socialism and Mixed Economy reading from your Social 30-1 course books (pages 79-81). Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, March 12th. One week from today, you're writing the Chapter 3-4 Test (Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test), please see the study guide below. 

IDEOLOGICAL REACTION TO INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Friday, March 15th. 

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 
• 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 

October 3

Social 30-1

We continued looking at Keynesian economics today by looking at how monetary and fiscal policy are used by the Canadian government to regulate our economy. If you missed class today you should get the notes from a classmate. I gave you time to work on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. These key terms and questions are due on Friday.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I today in class. Tomorrow I will split you into two teams for preparing for a debate on Friday on the following topic: "Be it resolved that globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures."

IB 20 HOTA

We finished off the Constitutional Convention simulation today. You're writing the American Revolution Test tomorrow, please check out the study guide below.

IB 20 - AMERICAN REVOLUTION EXAM STUDY GUIDE

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.

March 2

IB 30/35

You were shown an excerpt from "Born on the Fourth of July" today in class. You should have had a discussion on how the Vietnam War was fought as well.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today. You'll be writing your Unit 1 WRA I (three source analysis) tomorrow in the Blenheim Room (at the back of the library).

Social 30-1

You should have done a review of monetary and fiscal policy today in class by going through the reading in your workbooks (pages 56-62) called "Using Monetary and Fiscal Policy to Stabilize the Economy". You should have be able to draw parallels between FDR's New Deal and the actions of the Obama administration in response to the 2008 Global Recession.

September 30

Social 30-1

I did a review of the boom and bust cycle today, and the Keynesian economic response at the various stages of the cycle. I also told you to read over the Keynesian economic theory reading in your Social 30-1 study booklet. You should also read the Using Monetary and Fiscal Policy to Regulate the Business Cycle and see if you can find the mistake in the reading. We also listening to the NPR podcast on the Obama administration application of Keynesian economics to the American economy.

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your Colonial Period OPVL document analysis assignment and test today. For some reason it took some of you the entire period. Please bring your History of the Americas textbook to class tomorrow.

December 2

IB 30/35

I reviewed monetary and fiscal policy with you today. We also reviewed the Keynesian economic response at various stages of the business cycle. I then walked you through a handout on the stabilization of the business cycle using monetary and fiscal policy. I also gave you a handout on the Great Depression in the USA. Please make sure that you check out all of the resources at your disposal for the unit The Great Depression in the Americas. Questions related to this topic are often covered by students on their Paper 3 in May.

Social 20-1

You finished off writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay today in the Blenheim Room. Please make sure that you send me your essay by e-mail, send it to my CBE account. We'll be getting into some Unit 3 material this week. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Tuesday, December 10th, please see the study guide below. The format for your Unit 2 Final Exam is multiple choice.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

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)

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA II Essay in Room 241 today. Please make sure that you send me your essay by e-mail, send it to my CBE account.

March 6

Social 30-1

I went through the fiscal and monetary policy booklet with you today. I also gave you booklets of readings on mixed economies, democratic socialism, and Sweden: The Welfare State today. You must read all of these booklets, and complete the activities in the Sweden booklet for tomorrow. Tomorrow you will be writing an in-class cartoon analysis assignment, so get to class on time! Please see the study guide below for the Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test.

Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test Study Guide:

This test is multiple choice format. This test is on Thursday, March 11th.

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations:

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

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

4. Review material in the "Philosophies of Industrialism" 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

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is tomorrow, please see the study guide here. You should have picked up a copy of the Unit 2 Worksheet. The Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Monday.

IB 30/35

We watched another video from the CNN Cold War series today called "MAD" (mutually assured destruction). I also showed the 1951 Civil Defense film "Duck and Cover".