May 8

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I collected your Cold War Maps of Europe today. I gave you plenty of time to work on a Cold War booklet that covers the following events in the Cold War: the end of WWII and the division of Germany into zones of occupation, the Berlin Blockade, the Korean War, containment, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the domino theory, and the Vietnam War. We will be looking at these concepts and events in greater detail next week.

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We started our examination of Unit 3 today. Yesterday, you were to have picked up the Unit 3 Organizational Web and the Unit 3 Worksheet as well. Today, we did a brief opinion survey to help us establish the different viewpoints of nationalists and internationalists, and then I started a PowerPoint presentation called "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism", which I will finish on Monday. This is your last weekend to work on your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects. You need to begin discussing how you will be presenting your findings to the class on May 14th. I will be sending you a document on the final phases of this project this weekend. Also, I will be sending you the Unit 2 Position Paper topic by e-mail later today (you're writing this in the Blenheim Room on Monday), so please check your e-mail! (I'm including it here on the blog as well, just in case):

"Hitler did not wage war because of the Treaty of Versailles, although he found its existence a godsend for his propaganda. Even if Germany had been left with its old borders, even if it had been allowed whatever military forces it wanted … [Hitler] would still have wanted more."
- Margaret MacMillan

To what extent should we embrace the perspective(s) reflected in the source?

Please check the upcoming important dates below:

• Unit 2 In-Class Position Paper is on Monday, May 11th
• Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Project presentations begin on Thursday, May 14th (all groups must be ready to present on this date, there will be a random draw to see which groups present, prepare for a 10-15 minute presentation plus question and answer session)
• Unit 2 Final Exam (75 multiple choice questions) is on Wednesday, May 20th (please see the study guide below)
  

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)
  

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I gave you a package on Southeast Asia today that was intended to give you some background information on the Vietnam War. When you completed the activities in this booklet you were to take a copy of a booklet on the Vietnam War. Your homework for Monday is to complete the People, Concepts/Terms, and Issues sections on the front of the booklet (please see below). Use your textbook and other sources to complete this information-gathering exercise. We will be watching a documentary on the Vietnam War on Monday, so you need to have completed the information-gathering prior to that class (please be on time on Monday, it is an 80 minute film). On Tuesday, May 12th, you will be writing a "Cold War Concepts Quiz", please see the study guide for this quiz below.

A. People

• Ho Chi Minh
• Ngo Dinh Diem
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Richard M. Nixon
• Viet Minh
• Viet Cong
• Le Duc Tho
• Henry Kissinger
• William Westmoreland
• "draft dodger"

B. Concepts/Terms

• Ho Chi Minh Trail
• defoliation
• "search and destroy" mission
• "Vietnamization"of the war
• Gulf of Tonkin Incident
• My Lai Massacre
• domino theory
• Kent State University protest (May 4, 1970)
• Tet Offensive (January 1968)
• Geneva Agreements (1954)

C. Issues

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?

Cold War Concepts Quiz Study Guide:

This short answer quiz will be on Tuesday, May 12th. Be able to define each of the following key terms, and be able to provide real-world examples of each of these concepts in action(review the Motives and Forms of Conflict and Cooperation notes that I have sent to you by e-mail, and review these concepts from your textbook as well):

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

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security

Know key information about the United Nations (review Chapter 9 and the UN Organization Notes and United Nations PowerPoint presentation that I sent to you by e-mail):

• What is the primary goal of the UN?
• Be able to describe how the UN is involved in the world today
• Be able to explain the following concepts related to the UN: the Security Council, General Assembly, voting procedures, veto power
• criticisms of the UN
  

May 7

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We looked at the formation of alliances in the Cold War, and in turn, how the formation of these alliances led to some increased tensions during the Cold War. We looked at the formation of NATO, the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, the Baghdad Pact (which is renamed after Iraq leaves in 1958), and NORAD (renamed North American Aerospace Defence Command or NAADC in 1981). We watched a video on the Cuban Missile Crisis called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". I also gave you some handouts and background information on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and events in Europe in the 1950s (such as the Hungarian uprising). If you missed class today, you need to get the notes that you missed from a classmate.

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You wrote your Chapter 7-8 Test today. If you missed today's class due to an excused absence, you will have to write this test at a later date (just know that the test that you will be writing will be different from the one given to students who were in class today). I also had you take a couple of handouts with you today: the Unit 3 Organizational Web and the Unit 3 Worksheet. I would like you to read Chapter 9 in the textbook tonight.

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You wrote your Interwar Years-WWII Exam today. You will get the results of the multiple choice component of this test back tomorrow. We'll continue looking at the Cold War tomorrow.

May 6

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Most of today's class was spent writing your World War II Unit Exam. We'll continue our examination of the Cold War tomorrow, by looking at the formation of rival alliances (NATO, OAS, SEATO, and the Warsaw Pact), and start looking at the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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We started the Cold War today. I gave you some notes on the board about the origins of the Cold War, and gave you the "big picture" by giving you a timeline of the key events of the Cold War, from the 1940s to the 1990s. We also looked at a map of Europe post-WWII, and how the rival military alliances of NATO and the Warsaw Pact divided up the continent. We watched a short video called "We Didn't Start the Fire", and I gave you a booklet on the Cold War. Busy day!Please remember that you have your Interwar Years-WWII Exam tomorrow, so please study for it. Here is a link to the study guide.

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We continued preparing for Written Response Assignment II (Part A of your Final Exam this year) by looking at how you should approach analyzing quotations. You were a list of quotations that pertained to Unit 2 and had to select a few of the quotations for analysis. You have your Chapter 7-8 Test tomorrow, so please use the study guide to review for this exam (scroll down to find it).

May 5

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I went over the new major writing assignment format that you will be facing next year on your Social 30-1 Diploma. I gave you a handout package, giving you a "recipe for success" on the Written Response Assignment II. A part of this package includes a section on "Analyzing Quotes", which we'll be looking at tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7-8 Test on Thursday, here's the study guide (scroll down to find it).

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We looked at the Nuremberg Trials that occurred after WWII, and did some wrap-up activities to cover WWII. Please remember that you have your Interwar Years-WWII Exam on Thursday (40 multiple choice questions and 1 writing assignment), please see the study guide here.

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We watched a video on North Korea today called "Inside North Korea" which provides a fascinating look at the "hermit kingdom" of Kim Jong Il. Please study tonight for your World War II Unit Exam, which is tomorrow, here is the study guide.

May 4

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I gave you the study for the Interwar Years-WWII Exam, which is on Thursday, May 7th. I am also posting it here on the blog, so please check below if you missed class today. I gave you a handout on the Timeline of the Holocaust, and had you add notes to this handout. I then showed you a documentary called "Genocide" which does a very good job of summarizing the Holocaust. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at the Nuremberg Trials which occurred after WWII was over.

Interwar Years-WWII Exam Study Guide:

Key Terms, Key People, Key Events:

• League of Nations


• Woodrow Wilson


• Nazis


• Treaty of Versailles


• Paris Peace Conference


• "Big Three"


• isolationist policy of the United States


• self-determination


• Manchuria


• Abyssinia


• Mein Kampf


• Neville Chamberlain


• appeasement


• Munich Conference/Munich Agreement


• Anschluss


• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact


• blitzkrieg


• the Holocaust


• concentration/extermination camps


• Pearl Harbour


• collective security and the League of Nations


• Maginot Line


• Rhineland


• Stalin


• Battle of Britain
  

Other Tips:

• key points in the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe)


• FAILURe of the League of Nations (why did the League of Nations fail?)


• examples of the failure of the League of Nations (Abyssinia, Manchuria, the Spanish Civil War)


• who were the "Big Three" at the Paris Peace Conference, and what did they each want?


• know about the breakup of empires in post-WWI world (Austro-Hungarian as an example)


• what is self-determination?


• Hitler's main ideas and how he put them into action


• what is appeasement? why did Chamberlain employ it at the Munich conference?


• how did Hitler rise to power?


• what is Anschluss?


• what does blitzkrieg mean? what tactics are used in blitzkrieg?


• be able to name some Nazi concentration camps


• significance of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour


• major turning points in WWII (fall of France, attack on Pearl Harbour, D-Day landing, use of atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki)

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Today, we looked at the case study of Kosovo today. We watched an episode of CBC News in Review April 2008 on Kosovo. While you were watching this video, you were to work on the question booklet that went with the video. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, I will do a homework check on this tomorrow. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Thursday, May 7th, please see the study guide below. If you miss class on Thursday due to IB Exams, you will write this test when I see you next (the exam, of course, will be different from the one written by the rest of the class).

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Thursday, May 7th. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust"


• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/)


• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide"
  

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust


• Turning Points in History: The Atomic Bomb (film notes)


• White Light/Black Rain (film notes)


• Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)


• Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)


• make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!


• read the links about the genocide in Darfur that I will send to you!
  

1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
genocide:

• crimes against humanity


• war crimes


• the Holocaust


• ethnic cleansing


• lebensraum


• Weimar Republic


• Final Solution


• decolonization


• successor state


• self-determination


• Wansee Conference


• Nuremberg Trials


• Mahatma Gandhi


• Jawaharlal Nehru


• Mohammed Ali Jinnah


• home rule


• Hutu


• Tutsi


• Romeo Dallaire


• Manhattan Project


• Hiroshima


• Nagasaki


• Robert Oppenheimer


• FDR


• Harry Truman


• Potsdam Conference


• Slobodan Milosevic

2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet from Chapter 7 and 8.

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We covered a lot of ground today. I have sent you a PowerPoint presentation on "The United Nations" and notes on the United Nations, so please check your e-mail. Print these notes off, read them, and add them to your binders. I also went through a PowerPoint presentation on "The Korean War" ans showed you a video on the Korean War. Please remember your WWII Unit Exam is on Wednesday, May 6th, here is a link to the study guide.

May 1

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I gave you some time to finish your "Events of WWII" booklets at the beginning of class. We watched an excerpt from the film "Pearl Harbor". You were supposed to hand in your Causes of WWII Assignment today.

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You handed in your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. We finished watching "Gandhi" today. All of the questions from the "Gandhi" film study are due on Monday, May 4th (content questions and thought questions). This weekend might be a good time to do some more work on your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects.

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I gave you a package on the "End of World War II" which also went beyond to cover the "Iron Curtain Speech", the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Airlift, the division of Germany, the formation of the NATO and Warsaw Pact military alliances. I then showed you a video called "The Road to Berlin" which quickly covers the final years of WWII. We then watched "Cold War Confrontation". I published a study guide for your World War II Unit Exam (which is on Wednesday, May 6th) yesterday on the blog, please see the study guide here.

April 30

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I did a presentation on "The Origins of the Cold War" at the beginning of class today. I will send you a copy of this PowerPoint presentation this afternoon. I will also be giving you some notes on the "big picture" of the Cold War tomorrow. At the end of class I gave you a reading on "The Seeds of the Cold War" (you MUST read this!), and some questions around the post-WWII map of Europe. The questions and the map are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you have read and taken notes on Chapters 9 and 10 in Global Forces in the 20th Century (use the information in the "Seeds of the Cold War" to focus your note-taking). I will post some maps of Europe here this evening.

World War II Unit Exam Study Guide:

This unit exam is on Wednesday, May 6th. It is a multiple choice format exam. Please make sure that you study the following material:

• Read Chapters 7 and 8 in Global Forces of the 20th Century
• Study the chronology of events leading up to WWII
• Causes of WWII concept map/notes
• Study "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb" notes
• Study key events/maps of WWII package (Blitzkrieg, Operation Barbarossa, War in the Pacific, Hitler Tastes Defeat, End of WWII in Europe and Asia)
• "The Holocaust" PowerPoint presentation
• WWII Conferences and Agreements (notes)
• Effects, results, consequences of WWII

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We continued watching "Gandhi" today in class. For homework tonight, please complete the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions. I will be doing a homework check on this tomorrow.

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We watched the opening sequence from "Saving Private Ryan". We'll continue our examination of WWII tomorrow and next week. You worked on putting key events of WWII in chronological order on a worksheet for the remainder of class time. I'll give you the key to this worksheet next week. Please remember that your Causes of WWII Assignment is due tomorrow.

April 29

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I covered the results and consequences of WWII for most of the class, first by going through some notes called "The Results of WWII" (which I have already sent to you, so please print them off and add them to your notes). I also gave you some handouts related to the effects and consequences of WWII, and finally you worked on an individual challenge: a "WWII Identification List". There were prizes for the winners. Tomorrow, we'll be moving on to the post-WWII era, looking at the seeds of the Cold War that were planted during the end of WWII. It would be a great idea to start reading Chapters 9-10 in Global Forces of the 20th Century, and taking notes on these chapters as well. Please make sure that you read the WWII Conferences and Agreement notes that I did a homework check on today in class. This will help your understanding of the post-WWII world a lot. Next Wednesday, there will be a WWII Unit Exam. I will post the study guide on the blog tomorrow.

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I showed an excerpt from "Enemy at the Gates" at the start of class, and then gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Events of World War II booklets. Please remember to do some work on your Causes of WWII Assignment that is due on Friday tonight.

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We started our film study of "Gandhi" today. Before I started the film, I took in Part 1 of your case study (the background information) on India.

April 28

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Most of today's period was spent working on background information on the history of India, which will set the stage for our case study of the Indian independence movement. If you didn't complete Part 1 of the booklet in class today, it is due for homework tomorrow. We'll be starting our film study of "Gandhi" tomorrow.

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Most of today's class was spent working on the Events of WWII booklet. Your Causes of WWII Assignment is due on Friday (May 1st), so you should be working on it a bit each night.

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Today was a very busy period. I delivered a PowerPoint presentation called "The Holocaust", which I will send to you by e-mail. Please print this presentation off and add it to your notes. Also, I have sent you another document by e-mail called "36 Questions About the Holocaust", please print it off and read it. We also watched a documentary film today called "Genocide". I will give you the results of your Interwar Years Unit Exam tomorrow, and do a homework check to see if you have printed off the WWII Conferences and Agreements notes that I have sent to you.

April 27

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We spent the first half of class today brainstorming in small groups the causes of WWII. If you missed class today, you will need to get the notes from a classmate. I also gave you an assignment on the Causes of World War II, this assignment will be due on Friday, May 1st.

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I gave you a couple of reading packages today. The first reading package covers various case studies of contemporary genocide: the Armenian genocide, the Ukrainian famine (the Holomodor), genocide in the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina), and the Rwandan genocide. The second reading package was an article written by Samantha Power entitled "Never Again: The World's Most Unfulfilled Promise", which we followed up with a class discussion. Tomorrow, we'll begin looking at decolonization and the drive towards Indian nationalism with some backgrounder activities on the history of India, which will lead us into our film study on Gandhi very nicely.

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Most of today's class was spent writing your Interwar Years Unit Exam. You will get the results of this unit exam back tomorrow. We will moving on in our study of WWII tomorrow by looking at the Holocaust in greater detail. You will be getting a WWII Unit Exam very soon, so I'll keep you posted on that. Please keep up with the readings that have been assigned!

April 24

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I showed you a video today called "Why Appeasement?", and while you were watching this video you were to complete a film study. I also gave you a GCSE package today that covered Mein Kampf, the Munich Conference, appeasement, and the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. In this package, on page 131, you find arguments for and against appeasement. What I want you to do is create a chart on a separate piece of paper, and organize these arguments into two columns "FOR" and "AGAINST" appeasement. Then I what you to write a paragraph where you outline which side has the stronger arguments, and WHY. I will take this in on Monday, April 27th. You MUST read all of this booklet!

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We finished watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. The "Shake Hands with the Devil" film study will be due on Monday, April 27th. I am also setting a due date for your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Projects. You must be ready to make a presentation to the class by Thursday, May 14th.

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As a class we marked your Interwar Years Quiz that you wrote yesterday. I have made some changes to your study guide for Monday's Interwar Years Unit Exam, so please see the study guide below.

Interwar Years Unit Exam Study Guide:

This unit exam is 70 multiple choice questions. Make sure that you have read all of the relevant chapters in Global Forces of the 20th Century. This unit exam will be VERY hard, so you need to review the following to be successful on it:

• terms of the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe)
• organization of the League of Nations
• self-determination
• isolationism
• mandates of the League of Nations
• anschluss
• Sudetenland
• remilitarization of the Rhineland
• blitzkrieg
• Munich Agreement
• appeasement
• Neville Chamberlain
• Woodrow Wilson (Wilsonian principles: Wilson's Fourteen Points)
• Manchurian Crisis (what was the response of the League of Nations?)
• Kristallnacht
• lebensraum
• collective security
• Locarno Pacts
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• know the chronology of key events in the Interwar Years
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• Paris Peace Conference (key players, their goals/perspectives)
• "war guilt clause"
• reparations
• techniques of dictatorship
• Italian invasion of Abyssinia (what was the response of the League of Nations?)
• Spanish Civil War (key events, what happened? what was the response of the British and the French?)
• what were the successes of the League of Nations?
• the New Deal, FDR's response the Great Depression
• Maginot Line
• Lend-Lease Act
• Dawes Plan
• Young Plan

April 23

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Most of today's class was spent writing your Interwar Years Quiz. Please make sure to hand in your Interwar Years Timeline Assignment tomorrow in class, if you didn't hand it in today. You still have your Interwar Years Unit Exam on Monday, April 27th, please see the study guide here.

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I did a homework check to see if you had printed off your "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" PowerPoint presentation at the beginning of class. We then started to watch the film "Shake Hands with the Devil". We will finish this film tomorrow, the film study questions that go along with this film will be due next week.

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I started class by doing a quick review of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles (GARGLe) and the other mnemonic that I have taught to you, the FAILURe of the League of Nations. I then gave you a booklet on key events in the Interwar Years. This booklet is what you should review when it comes time to study for the Diploma Exam because it does a nice job of covering key events that occurred between WWI and WWII. We also did a worksheet on "Hitler's Road to WWII" from A History of the 20th Century (pages 30-38). Tomorrow, we'll be talking about appeasement, and whether or not it was the right approach in dealing with Hitler's demands prior to the outbreak of WWII.

April 23

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We brainstormed some of the causes of WWII in small groups at the beginning of class today, and then we collected our ideas into a concept map. I also gave you a package of maps and readings that cover many key events in WWII. Please make sure that you read through this material! I'm also sending you a timeline of sorts that charts the road to WWII, so please check your e-mail tonight. Your Interwar Years Timeline Assignment is due tomorrow. Also, you have your Interwar Years Quiz tomorrow (short answer format) and your Interwar Years Unit Exam on Monday, click here for the study guide for these exams.

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I went through some notes on the board today on the League of Nations, so if you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate. I taught you another mnemonic to remember that the League of Nations was a failure:

French and British self-interest
Absent powers
Ineffective sanctions
Lack of armed forces
Unfair treaties
Reaching decisions too slowly

I then gave you a worksheet on the League of Nations that you were to complete using pages 26-29 in A History of the 20th Century. We went over the answers to this worksheet in class. I also gave you a handout on how the League of Nations was organized that you must read.

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We finished watching "Scream Bloody Murder" today, which provided us with a nice lead into a PowerPoint presentation that I started on "Contemporary Examples of Genocide". I have sent this presentation to you already, please print it off and read it, and bring it class tomorrow for homework check marks.

April 21

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I gave you back the results of the Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I (Part A, in-class 3 source analysis writing assignment)and your Chapter 5-6 Test. I went through a presentation today from the Genocide Watch website which highlights the "Eight Stages of Genocide". If you want to find this PowerPoint on the Genocide Watch website please go here (scroll to the bottom of the page to find the PowerPoint file to download it). We then began watching a CNN program called "Scream Bloody Murder" which is providing us with an overview of genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries, and includes interviews with witnesses to these various genocides. We will continue watching this documentary tomorrow.

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We started off watching a short video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Make Germany Pay". While you were watching this film you were to take notes on the video on a worksheet. We then moved on to an examination of the rise of Hitler in Germany. The worksheet is from material in A History of the 20th Century (pages 14-17).

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We started our examination of WWII today by looking at the "big picture", an overview of the entire war by watching a video called "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb". With this video I gave you summary notes of the video itself. I also gave you a package of maps and readings that covers major events in WWII as well. We'll continue looking at WWII tomorrow. Please remember to review for your Interwar Years tests, here is the study guide. Your first test on this material is on Thursday, April 23rd and it's your Interwar Years Quiz (short answer format). Your Interwar Years Timeline Assignment is due on Thursday as well.

April 20

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I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "Allied Victory in WWI and the Paris Peace Conference", which I will be sending to you this afternoon. I also gave you some other handouts/worksheets today, "The Price of Defeat" (we went over the answers to this one in class), and "Making Peace" (GCSE booklet), and another handout on the Treaty of Versailles. Make sure that you have read all of these handouts!

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Most of today's class was spent in the library doing research for your Unit 2 Collaborative Inquiry Project. This is the only class period that you will get to work on this project, the rest of the time will be on your own.

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Most of today's class was spent working on the Munich Agreement, and looking at the chronology of events leading to the outbreak of WWII. Please make sure that you complete not only the Munich Crisis booklet questions, but also the chronology of events on the back of the booklet. That chronology of events is EXTREMELY important to understand for your Interwar Years tests coming up this week and next week. Please see the study guide for your Interwar Years tests here.

April 17

Sorry for posting later tonight...

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We finished watching "One Day of War" today. I then delivered a PowerPoint presentation to review the outbreak of WWI with you, we'll be moving onward in Topic B next week.

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We finished off "White Light/Black Rain" today, I hope that you enjoyed this documentary. We then talked about the organization of your collaborative inquiry projects. We're moving on to the next phase of this project on Monday, by heading down to the library and retrieving information on your chosen topics.

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Today was the class period to work on the Interwar Years Timeline Assignment. This assignment is due on Thursday, April 23rd. You should do the rest of this project outside of class time. You should also be preparing for your Interwar Years exams, please see the study guide here.

April 16

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Today's class was spent in the library working on your Interwar Years Timeline Assignment. This assignment will due in one week's time (April 23rd). Tomorrow will be your last class period to work on this project. You should also be preparing for your upcoming exams on the Interwar Years, please see the study guide here.

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Most of today's class was spent watching the documentary film "White Light/Black Rain" and completing a film study. We will finish this film off tomorrow.

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We did an opinion survey at the start of our study of Topic B. We also started watching "One Day of War", which we will finish tomorrow.

April 15

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We covered a lot of ground today! If you missed class today, you will need to get some Interwar Years Notes that I wrote up on the board. These Interwar Years notes were the lead-in to the BBC 20th Century History video that we watched today called "Why Appeasement?" While you were watching this film, you were to complete the film study worksheet that went along with the film. I also gave you note packages on three case studies which illustrate the failure of the League of Nations: the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War. I also gave you a booklet on the Great Depression, appeasement, the FAILURe of the League of Nations, and the Munich Agreement. I have also sent to you some summary notes on the League of Nations, and Making Germany Pay (post-WWI)which you must print off, read, and add to your notes. You need to prepare for your Interwar Years tests coming up next week. On Thursday, April 23rd (note the date change) you have your Interwar Years Quiz (short answer format), and then on Monday, April 27th (note the date change) you will have your Interwar Years Unit Exam (70 multiple choice questions). Please use the following study guide to prepare for both tests.

Social 30 Interwar Years Study Guide:

Make sure that you have read all of the chapters in Global Forces in the 20th Century that pertain to the Interwar Years (Chapters 3-6). Also, make sure that you have studied all of the summary notes that I have given to you and sent to you by e-mail.

Know all of the following key concepts:

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Washington and London Naval Conferences
• Dawes Plan
• Locarno Pact
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Young Plan
• isolationism
• collective security
• self-determination
• Maginot Line
• Treaty of Versailles
• appeasement
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
• Anit-Comintern Pact
• League of Nations
• demilitarization of the Rhineland
• the Spanish Civil War and bombing of Guernica
• Anschluss
• Sudetenland
• Berchdestgarden
• Badgottesberg
• Munich Conference
• invasion of Abyssinia
• invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese

Know key events (chronological order as well) in the rise of Hitler in Germany:

• invasion of the Rhineland
• Sudetenland
• rearmament of Germany
• Munich Agreement
• Beer Hall Putsch
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• democratic elections into the Reichstag
• the Enabling Act
• Kristallnacht (Crystal Night, the Night of the Broken Glass)
• Anschluss with Austria
• lebensraum announced as foreign policy (expansionism)
• the Night of the Long Knives (elimination of the SA)
• invasion of Poland (start of WWII)

Social 33

Much of today's class was spent writing your Economic Systems Unit Final (50 multiple choice questions). We did start working on the second half of the course, Topic B.

Social 20-1

Yesterday, we finished up our look at the end of WWII in Europe, and today was spent on looking at the end of the war in the Pacific. We began our discussion of the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and then took a few steps backward in time to look at the development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project in the United States. We watched a video from the Turning Points of History series called "The Atomic Bomb" which covers the development and use of the atomic bomb. We will continue our examination of the moral and ethical questions surrounding the use of the development and use of the nuclear bombs on Japan tomorrow.

April 14

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We watched some excerpts today from "Schindler's List" to help illustrate life in the ghetto and the concentration camps. We also started talking about the aftermath of WWII in Europe and the trial of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg. We watched a short video on the war crimes trials at Nuremberg and I also gave you a handout with all the defendants and the results of the trial. Tomorrow, we'll be moving on to look at the end of WWII in the Pacific.

Social 33

Most of today's class was spent writing your Economic Systems Quiz, which consisted of a short answer section and a past Diploma Exam writing assignment. Please remember that you have your Economic Systems Unit Exam tomorrow. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 30

I gave you back the results of Position Paper #2 at the beginning of class. The rest of the class period was spent working in one of the the library computer labs on the Interwar Years Timeline Assignment. This group project assignment is due on Wednesday, April 22nd. Please make sure that you are up-to-date with your reading in Global Forces of the 20th Century by checking the reading schedule.

April 9

Social 30

I gave you back the results of your Topic A Unit Exam at the beginning of class. Also, we watched a film called "Make Germany Pay" and completed a film study to go along with it. There were some additional notes to go along with this film study that I wrote on the board as well. It is really important that you stick to the following reading schedule as we progress through Topic B of Social 30. I am also sending this reading schedule to you by e-mail, so make sure that you check your accounts tonight.

Global Forces of the 20th Century Reading Schedule:

The Interwar Period:

• Chapter 3-5 complete reading by April 14th
• Chapter 6 complete reading by April 17th
  

The Second World War:

• Chapter 7 April 17th-20th
• Chapter 8 April 21st-24th

The Cold War (note chronological deviation):

• Chapter 9 April 25th-29th
• Chapter 10 April 30th-May 4th
• Chapter 11 May 5th-May 8th
• Chapter 13 May 9th-May 12th

The Contemporary World:

• Chapter 12 May 13th-May 16th
• Chapter 14 May 17th-May 20th
• Chapter 15 May 21st-May 24th
• Chapter 16 May 25th-May 28th
• Chapter 17 May 29th-June 1st
• Chapter 18 June 2nd-June 4th
• Chapter 19 June 5th-June 7th
  

Social 20-1

We continued our look at the Holocaust today by watching a video called "Genocide", and then continuing the discussion about common questions about the Holocaust.This weekend would be a great weekend to work on your collaborative inquiry projects. I will be checking them and offering suggestions regarding the essential questions that you will be investigating.

Social 33

We did a major review of the Economic Systems unit today. We looked at how each of the three economic systems would answer the basic economic questions, and we played a short review game on the Economic Systems unit. Please make sure that you review this weekend, you have major tests on this unit coming up on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please see the study here (scroll down to find it; this has been sent to you by e-mail as well).

April 8

Social 30

You wrote your Topic A Unit Final today. You will get the results back tomorrow. For homework tonight, please read Chapters 1-2 in Global Forces of the Twentieth Century.

Social 33

We did a review of the business cycle today, as well as reviewed Keynesian economics, and fiscal and monetary policy (please keep reviewing all concepts that have been introduced in our Economic Systems unit so far). We then started looking at our next mixed economy case study, Canada. I have assigned the following questions out of Chapter 14 in A Changing World: Q 1-5, Q8. Here are some upcoming important dates for Social 33 students:

• Economic Systems Quiz is on Tuesday, April 14th
• Economic Systems Unit Exam is on Wednesday, April 15th
  

Please see the study guides below:

Study Guide for Economic Systems Tests:

Next week, you will be writing a couple of tests covering the Economic Systems unit that we have been working on. I've decided to combine the study guide into one, however, please realize that there are two tests:
Economic Systems Unit Quiz (fill in the blanks format) + a writing assignment from a past Diploma Exam, this quiz is on Tuesday, April 14th
Economic Systems Unit Final (50 multiple choice questions) is on Wednesday, April 15th

The following study guide covers both tests:
1. Market Economy

• synonyms for a Market Economy
• Economic Values associated with Market Economy
• Advantages/Disadvantages of a Market Economy
• Adam Smith
• Invisible Hand
• Business Cycle (booms, busts, depression, recession, recovery)
• Law of supply and Demand (effect on price; equilibrium)
• Characteristics of a Market Economy
• Basic Economic Questions (what are the basic economic questions? how does a market economy 'answer' them?)
• USA (model example, please see Ch. 8-9 in A Changing World)
• FDR and the New Deal
• the Great Depression
• Means of Production (examples)
• Economic Individualism
• Competition
• Monopoly
• Private Ownership
• Profit Motive
• Consumer Sovereignty
  

2. Command Economy

• synonyms for a Command Economy
• Economic Values associated with a Command Economy
• Advantages/Disadvantages of a Command Economy
• Basic Economic Questions (what are they? how does a Command economy 'answer' them?
• Karl Marx (Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto)
• Characteristics of a Command Economy
• Structure of the Soviet Economy
• "storming"
• the second economy
• Central Planning of Production in the Soviet Union
• Gosplan
• top-down decision making in Soviet economy
• Economic Planning in the USSR (booklet)
• Lenin
• Stalin
• Five Year Plans
• collective farms
• Stalin and Modernization
• collectivization
• Gorbachev and his economic reforms
• Perestroika
• Glasnost
• please see Chapters 10-11 in A Changing World
  

3. Mixed Economy

• Economic Values associated with a Mixed Economy
• Characteristics of a Mixed Economy
• Advantages/Disadvantages of a Mixed Economy
• Monetary Policy
• Fiscal Policy
• Basic Economic Questions (what are they? how does a mixed economy 'answer' them?)
• privatization
• Utopian socialism
• Louis Blanc
• Robert Owen
• Business Cycle
• John Maynard Keynes
• Keynesian Economics
• tax incentives
• government subsidies
• please see Chapter 12 in A Changing World
• case studies (Canada-Ch. 14 and Sweden- Ch. 13 in A Changing World)

Social 20-1

I delivered a presentation today on "The Holocaust" which I have sent to you already, so please check your e-mail accounts. I also gave you a reading called "36 Questions About the Holocaust", which I strongly encourage you to read. Tomorrow, we will be continuing our examination of the Holocaust.

April 7

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I talked a little bit about the end of WWII in Europe, and how after the failure of Operation Barbarossa, the success of the Allied invasion of Italy and the D-Day invasion that the end of the war was near for the Nazis in WWII. We watched an excerpt from the film "Saving Private Ryan" as well. Tomorrow, and for the next few days we will be looking at the Holocaust and other genocides in the 20th century.

Social 33

We looked at Keynesian economics, fiscal and monetary policy and its intended effect on the business cycle. Please review this tonight! Also, we started looking at one of case studies for the mixed economy, Sweden. I have assigned for homework tonight the following questions from Chapter 13 Getting it Straight: Q1, Q3-9. These questions are due tomorrow.

Social 30

We started Topic B officially today, by looking at the Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles. We looked at the key players (David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson and Vittorio Orlando), key terms (remember the mnemonic GARGLe.

Guilt

Arms

Reparations

German territory

League of Nations

We also looked at other sections of the Treaty of Versailles as well. I have sent you today's PowerPoint presentation "Allied Victory and the Treaty of Versailles" already, so please print it off 4-6 slides per page. In that same e-mail message I have sent you a document called "Wilson's Fourteen Points" which you also need to print off and read. Make sure that you pay particular attention to Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points and what actually makes into the Treaty of Versailles. Tomorrow, you have your Topic A Unit Exam, please make sure that keep studying to maintain or improve upon your results from yesterday's Topic A Quiz.

April 3

Social 33

We watched a video today from the BBC 20th Century History Series called "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia", and while you were watching the video you were to take notes. If you missed today's class, you need to get these notes from a classmate. For the remainder of the period, you were to work on the "Economic Planning in the USSR" booklet for the remainder of the class. This entire booklet's questions are due on Monday, April 6th.

Social 20-1

Today you watched the video "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb", which covers World War II in an hour, I gave you extensive notes to go along with this video. You need to read this note booklet! Also, I gave you some other handouts today that you must read as well.

Social 30

Your Topic A Quiz has been moved to Monday, April 6th, so please review all of Topic A this weekend. I started a Topic A Review PowerPoint presentation (which I didn't finish), I'll be sending it off to you this weekend. Your job this weekend is to study as much as possible. We want good results on these upcoming exams, so that's one of the motivations for giving you a weekend to do more review.

April 2

Social 30

Your Topic A Quiz has been moved to Monday!!
I gave you some time today to go back over tests that you have written so far in Topic A. You could have spent some time doing some review for your Topic A Quiz, which is on Monday, April 6th. Your Topic A Unit Exam is still on Wednesday, April 8th.

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 5-6 Test. You will probably get your results for this test next week.

Social 33

I gave you some handouts today on Marx's view of capitalism, the Soviet economy, and we also did a simulation of central planning by pretending to be GOSPLAN central planners. At the very end of class, I gave you a booklet called Economic Planning in the USSR. You'll get some more time to read this over in class tomorrow, as well as answer the questions that go along with it.

April 1

Social 30

I gave you class time today to start reviewing material covered in Topic A. You have some upcoming tests on Topic A:

• Topic A Quiz is on Friday, April 3rd (35 MCQs)
• Topic A Unit Exam is on Wednesday, April 8th (80 MCQs)

Social 33

We did some review of basic economic concepts at the beginning of class today. I also gave time to work on homework assignments that were due today and tomorrow.

Social 20-1

We did some brainstorming on the causes of WWII at the beginning of class. If you missed today's class, you should get the notes from a classmate. We also got a start on our collaborative inquiry projects as well today. Please remember that you have your Chapter 5-6 Test tomorrow, here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

March 31

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I did a homework check to see if you printed off the Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII PowerPoint presentation. We then watched a video called "Tides of War" and completed a worksheet while watching the video. We then drew lots for your collaborative inquiry research projects. I'll try to get us lab time or time with the laptop mobile cart this week or early next week, so we can start working on the first phase of the project. You should be studying tonight for your Chapter 5-6 Test, which is on Thursday. Here is a hyperlink to the study guide (scroll down to find it).

Social 33

We started looking at the command economy today. I gave you a handout with the characteristics of a command economy, and advantages and disadvantages of a command economy. I then had you do some reading in A Changing World, Chapter 11. For homework tonight, you must complete the Getting it Straight questions, Q 1-7.
Don't forget that your USA in the 1920s and 1930s booklet is due tomorrow.

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent writing your Economics Unit Exam. We will be doing some review of Topic A tomorrow.

March 30

Social 33

We did a quick review of what we've covered so far in our Economics Unit. We also watched a video called "FDR and the New Deal" and as you were watching this video you were to take notes on it. If you missed today's class, you'll need to get these notes from a classmate. I also gave you some class time to work on the USA in the 1920s and 1930s booklet. This booklet is due on Wednesday (April 1st), for double homework check marks! Make sure that you get it done.

Social 20-1

I collected your answers to "The Way of Subjects" primary document analysis questions at the start of class. I'll be returning this to you tomorrow. Also, we talked about Japanese expansionism, and motivations for attacking Pearl Harbor in December 1941. We watched an excerpt from the movie "Pearl Harbor" as well today. I will be sending you a presentation on the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII tonight. It is your responsibility to read this presentation and print it off for tomorrow's class (it'll be a homework check tomorrow), it's better if you know a little bit about the internment for tomorrow's class since we'll be watching a video about the internment. Also, tomorrow we'll be doing a selection of topics for your Unit 2 collaborative inquiry research project. It's probably best to have an idea of who you will be working with on this project prior to tomorrow's class. You should be reviewing tonight for your Chapter 5-6 Test on Thursday, here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

Social 30

Most of today's class was spent in the Blenheim Room writing your In-Class Position Paper #2. Tomorrow, you have your Economics Unit Exam. I gave you a list of key terms that you need to know for this unit exam, make sure that you understand those concepts EXTREMELY well! Also, have a look back at the study guide for Market Economy and Mixed Economy test (the only addition will be material from the Command Economy): here is that study guide again (scroll down to find it).

March 20

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We were up in the computer lab today playing some computer simulation games ("Can You Survive the Stock Market Crash?" and "Lemonade Stand"). I will award prizes after Spring break the top 3 students who sold the most lemonade during the Lemonade Stand game (don't worry, I kept track of winners). Have a great Spring Break!

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, and to see if you printed off the PowerPoint presentation "Ultranationalism in Italy, Japan and Germany". If you did not receive this PowerPoint it is your responsibility to send me an e-mail message, and then I will reply back with the presentation. You worked on a primary document analysis and questions today on "The Way of Subjects". The questions from "The Way of Subjects" will be due on Monday, March 30th (most of you finished this in class, but if you were away, send me an e-mail and I can send this to you). You will have your Chapter 5-6 Test on Thursday, April 2nd. Also, you will write your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I (in-class three source analysis) on Monday, April 6th. I don't expect you to study over your Spring Break though. Relax, have some fun! See you on March 30th!

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• the Black Hand
• Gavrillo Princip
• Tsar Nicholas II
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Battle of Tannenberg
• the Schlieffen Plan
• Plan 17
• General von Moltke
• Battle of the Marne
• Alsace and Lorraine
• total war
• Battle of Verdun
• Battle of the Somme
• the Brusilov Offensive
• sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmermann Telegram
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• General Ludendorff
• Friedrich Ebert
• Paris Peace Conference
• David Lloyd George
• Woodrow Wilson
• Fourteen Points
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando
• League of Nations
• plebiscites
• reparations
• collective security
• war debts
• Treaty of Versailles
• "war guilt clause"
• "Manchurian Incident"
• Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
• expansionism
• Hirohito
• Hideki Tojo
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Kristallnacht
• the Nuremberg Laws
• any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material

2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (Causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and Arctic sovereignty won't be on the test)
3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

• MAIN Causes of World War I
• the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
• the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT)
• the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
• Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology)
• the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years booklet)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
• ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
• failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
• appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism)
  
  
  

Social 30

I have sent you some extra notes on Keynesian Economics and Supply-Side Economics, which will be helpful for your Economics Unit Exam (on March 31st), and for Position Paper #2 (on March 30th). I gave you some notes on "Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR" as well today. I gave you a list of key concepts to review for the Economics Unit Exam, if you missed class today, please send me an e-mail message, and I will send this list to you. When we come back from Spring Break I will be doing a review of Topic A material, and we will be moving on to the second half of the course. I will be giving you some outstanding review materials for Topic A after Spring Break. Make sure that you prepare for Position Paper #2 and study for your Economics Unit Exam. Here is the preamble and the essay question for your Position Paper #2:

"Some people believe that governments should intervene in the economy to combat economic problems such as inflation and unemployment. Still others oppose the idea of any government intervention in the economy, preferring to allow market forces to restore economic stability."

In an essay, take and defend a position on the issue:
To what extent should the government intervene in the economy?

Have a great break!

March 19

Social 30

I collected your "Totalitarianism: A Few Control Everything" questions at the beginning of class, as well as giving you back some chapter and case studies work that I had homework checked. We watched a video today called "Hitler's Germany" and you took notes during the video. After the video I gave you some brief notes on core fascist values. Then I gave you a comparison reading between Hitler and Mussolini. The comparison chart from this booklet is due tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Today was a work period, you were to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions from the Unit 2 Worksheet (these are due tomorrow). Also, make sure that you bring your printed off PowerPoint presentation called "Ultranationalism in Italy, Japan and Germany" to class tomorrow, it's also worth homework check marks.

Social 33

Most of today's class was spent writing your Political Systems Unit Final. If you finished the test early, you were to work on your USA in the 1920s and 1930s booklet (this will be due after Spring Break). Tomorrow we will be going to the computer lab 241, so please go there directly!

March 18

Social 30

I gave you some notes comparing fascism and communism at the beginning of the class. I gave you some background notes on the modernization of Russia, specifically the rise of the Bolshevik party in Russia, the Russian Civil War, War Communism, and the New Economic Policy. We watched a video called "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" which covered the Five Year Plans and massive modernization and industrialization, and collectivization. I then gave you a handout called "Totalitarianism: A Few Control Everything", the questions that go along with this reading are due tomorrow.

Social 33

We did a quick review of some basic economic concepts that we have studied so far in our economic systems unit. I then showed you a video called "Boom and Bust" and as you watched this video you were to take notes on this video. I then gave you a booklet on the USA in the 1920s and 1930s that you were to get started, you will get some time to work on this after tomorrow's test. You have your Political Systems Unit Final tomorrow, here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

Social 20-1

I went through the mnemonic device on the League of Nations called FAILURe:

French and British self-interest
Absent powers (USA is not a member)
Ineffective sanctions
Lack of armed forces
Unfair treaty (the League of Nations had to enforce unpopular post-WWI treaties)
Reaching decisions too slowly

I also delivered a presentation called "Ultranationalism in Italy, Japan, and Germany", which I finished today. I will be sending this presentation out so please check your e-mail.

March 17

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We covered a lot of ground today. We backtracked a bit to watch a video called "Make Germany Pay", which should have given you a greater indication of the devastating economic effects of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as other Interwar Years developments. We also watched "Why Appeasement?" and I gave you a handout called "Was Appeasement A Good Idea?", please make sure that complete the Focus Task with this sheet. If you missed today's class, you will need to get notes from a classmate to fill out the film study sheets that went along with the videos.

Social 33

Part of today's period was spent completing a worksheet called "The Basic of the Market Economy", which had you read pages 90-101 in A Changing World to complete a chart on the advantages and disadvantages of key ideas associated with capitalism. I also covered the laws of supply and demand and the business cycle today. You have your Political Systems Exam on Thursday, here is the study guide.

Social 30

Today I did a little bit of "housekeeping" giving a lot of homework checked work back, and also giving you the results back from some recent tests. Also, I went through a lot of material related to dictatorships. If you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate. Tonight would be a great night to do some preparation for your upcoming Position Paper #2.

March 16

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Most of today's class period was spent writing your Dictatorship Unit Final. You will get the results of the multiple choice part of this final tomorrow. You may have to wait a few days to get the results for the written part. Please remember that you have your Political Systems Unit Final (democracies and dictatorships) on Thursday, March 19th. Here is the study guide (scroll down to find it). I will be doing a homework check on your Chapter 7 questions tomorrow: Getting it Straight Q1-6 and Getting Organized Q2 and Q5.

Social 20-1

I gave you some notes today on nationalism and the rise of ultranationalism. We watched a video called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" for most of the period. We will be looking at the League of Nations tomorrow.

Social 30

Today's class was spent writing your Market Economy/Mixed Economy Exam (it was 70 multiple choice questions). I also took in your Case Studies 7-9, 12, 17.

March 13

Social 33

I collected your Dictator Project at the beginning of class. We went through a quick review of some basic economic concepts at the beginning of class as well. We started our examination of a market economy today. We watched a short video called "Capitalism", and while you were watching this video you were taking some notes on key points. If you missed today's class, you will need to get these notes from a classmate. Also, I gave you a handout that covered the characteristics of a market economy and the advantages and disadvantages of a market economy. Your Dictatorship Final Exam is on Monday, March 16th, here is the study guide. Your Political Systems Unit Final (democracies and dictatorships) is on Thursday, March 19th, here is the study guide.

Social 20-1

I collected your map of Europe in World War I assignment at the beginning of class today. I gave you a booklet called "Making Peace" which had you look at the different perspectives and positions of the Big Three at the Paris Peace Conference. I also gave you a handout called "The Interwar Years Timeline". You MUST read this booklet over the weekend. This is testable material! We are moving in to our next period of study, the years between the wars, the Interwar Years. I will be doing a homework check on Monday to see if you have printed off your "The Causes of World War I" and "Allied Victory and the Paris Peace Conference" PowerPoint presentations. If you are not sure about how to print these off, go to the search box at the top of the blog, and enter "Printing PowerPoint Presentations", you should be taken to a post where I have given instructions for printing.

Social 30

I have sent you your Position Paper #2 topic sheet, so please check your e-mail when you get home. You have plenty of time to prepare for this position paper, you will be writing it on Monday, March 30th. For some of you, who didn't do so well on Position Paper #1, this is a huge opportunity to improve your mark. Written assignments count for 30% of your school-awarded mark in Social 30, and we're doing 3 position papers this semester, so think of this position paper as being worth 10% of your course work. Prepare accordingly! You have your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam on Monday, March 16th (it's 70 multiple choice questions). Here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

March 11

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I gave you back your Position Paper #1 today at the beginning of class. I also gave you back your Canada/USA Government Comparison Assignments. You also got your interim report cards today. We talked briefly about advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy, and how a centrally planned economy would answer the basic economic questions. I gave you some summary notes on the Soviet Economy (Case Study 12), and other worksheets. Here is what's due and when:

• Chapter 4 and Chapter 8 are due on Friday, March 13th
• Case Studies 7-9, 12, 17 are due on Monday, March 16th

Other upcoming important dates are as follows:

• the Market Economy/Mixed Economy Exam is on Monday, March 16th (see study guide below)
• Position Paper #2 is on Monday, March 30th
• Economics Unit Exam (command, market, mixed economies) is on Tuesday, March 31st

Market Economy/Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:

• Chapter 6 (An Introduction to Economic Systems)
• Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• Case Study #11 (the American Economy)
• 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 (p.289)
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy (p.290)
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• Chapter 9 (Mixed Economic Systems)
• Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada)
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (booklet that I gave you, and p.381-382)
• supply-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (see p.384-385)
  

Social 33

We started our unit on economic systems today. We looked at the basic problem facing all societies: scarcity. We talked about the means of production, the basic economic questions, and the economic spectrum and the three main types of economic systems. I gave you some handouts on these topics as well as assigning homework from A Changing World, which most of you finished. Here is what is due on Friday: from Chapter 7, Getting it Straight Q1-6, and Getting Organized Q2 and Q5. Also, don't forget to review for your Dictatorship Unit Final (click here for the study guide) and your Political Systems Unit Final (click here for the study guide).

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I finished off the PowerPoint presentation called "Allied Victory and the Paris Peace Conference". I have already sent this presentation to you, so please check your e-mail. Also, I gave you your next project, it's a Map of Europe in WWI. This map will be due on Friday. I have sent you a backup copy of the map, so please check your e-mail, just in case you made some mistakes.

March 10

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You got the results of the Chapter 3-4 Test and your Unit 1 Final Exam back today. I then started a presentation called "Allied Victory and the Paris Peace Conference". I will finish this PowerPoint presentation tomorrow. We'll be looking at the Paris Peace Conference in greater detail and specifically at the Treaty of Versailles.

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We finished off our look at dictatorships today, by looking at the breakup of the Soviet Union. I collected the "Lenin and His Heirs" booklet for homework check marks, and returned some assignments that were taken in for homework yesterday. I gave you hard copies of the study guides for the Dictatorship Unit Final, which is on Monday, March 16th (here is the study guide) and for the Political Systems Unit Final, which is on Thursday, March 19th (here is the study guide). Tomorrow, we will be moving on to our economic systems unit.

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I finished off the notes that I wanted you to add to your fiscal and monetary policy booklets today. Please make sure that you read and highlight these booklets completely. Like I said in class, if you read this booklet and understand this material extremely well you will get any questions on the Social 30 Diploma Exam dealing with these topics. I have sent you some fantastic notes on Keynes, Hayek and Freidman, so please check your e-mail. I strongly encourage you to do some investigating on your own time with regard to Keynes, Hayek and Freidman, a good website to check out is the companion website for Commanding Heights, where you can watch video clips from this show ("the Battle of Ideas" episode might be a good place to start). There are some questions on the Chicago School of Economics that I'd like you to answer (I will not be taking this in for a homework check, I will send the answers in a couple of days). This information will be helpful in preparing for your Position Paper #2 (which is on Monday, March 30th) and will deal with the role that government should play in the economy. I did a homework check on Chapter 9 and Case Studies 14 and 15, which I will give back to you tomorrow. I will be giving back your Position Paper #1, your USA/Canada Government Comparison Charts and your interim report cards tomorrow. Your homework assignment tonight is very light: you must complete the chart comparing Sweden and Canada on the back of the Democratic Socialism handout. Tomorrow, we'll start looking at command economies.

March 9

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I collected your homework assignments that were due today at the beginning of class. We then watched a video called "Joseph Stalin: Red Terror", and as you were watching this video, you were to complete the question sheet that went along with the video. After the video, I wrote some quick notes up on the board on totalitarianism and Stalinism. I then went through the Structure of the Soviet Government with you VERY quickly. Please remember that you have some homework tonight. I'll be taking in "Lenin and His Heirs" from you tomorrow. On Thursday, your Dictator Assignment is due (this is a two part assignment that you could complete with a classmate). One week from today is your Dictatorship Unit Final, please see the study guide below. Also, next Thursday is your Political Systems Unit Final (this covers both democracies and dictatorships), please see the study guide for this exam below as well.

Social 33 Dictatorship Unit Final Study Guide:

Dictatorship Unit Final is on Monday, March 16th. It is 35 multiple choice questions and 1 written assignment. Please know the following:

• types of dictatorships
• characteristics of dictatorships (key ingredients/"recipe for a dictatorship")
• techniques of dictatorships
• advantages/disadvantages of a dictatorship
• the individual's role in a dictatorship
• similarities and differences between a dictatorship and a democracy
• be able to draw upon case studies/examples (fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Stalin's USSR)
• techniques of dictatorship used by Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin

Social 33 Political Systems Unit Final Study Guide:

The Political Systems Unit Final is on Thursday, March 19th. It is 50 multiple choice questions. It covers both democratic systems and dictatorial systems. Please know the following:

• characteristics of democracies
• types of democracies
• advantages/disadvantages of democracies
• advantages/disadvantages of direct democracy
• advantages/disadvantages of representative democracy
• be able to draw upon case studies/examples (Canada, USA)
• understand other key concepts like first past the post, rep by pop, and proportional representation
• understand the political spectrum and related concepts (for example, values associated with liberals, radicals, conservatives etc.)
• types of dictatorships
• characteristics of dictatorships (key ingredients/"recipe for a dictatorship")
• techniques of dictatorships
• advantages/disadvantages of a dictatorship
• the individual's role in a dictatorship
• similarities and differences between a dictatorship and a democracy
• be able to draw upon case studies/examples (fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Stalin's USSR)
• techniques of dictatorship used by Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin
  

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Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. You will get the results of this exam tomorrow, as well as the results of your Chapter 3-4 Test. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. Your interim report cards will be going home on Wednesday.

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Most of today's class was spent writing your Economic Systems Quiz. After finishing the quiz, I started going through monetary and fiscal policy. I'll continue this tomorrow. You have your Chapter 9 and Case Studies 14 and 15 due tomorrow.

March 6

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I wrote some notes on the board to give you some background information on Russian/Soviet History at the start of class today. If you were away today, you'll have to get these notes from a classmate. The rest of the period was spent working on a worksheet called "Lenin and His Heirs", this is due on Tuesday. You have homework due on Monday, the Dictatorship Internet Project is due on Monday, and the "Rise of Adolf Hitler" booklet is also due on Monday. Your two-part Dictator Project is due on Thursday, March 12th (you could do this individually or with a partner).

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Most of today's class was spent in a simulation for a fictitious peace conference prior to the First World War, the purpose of the conference was to avert war. After completing this simulation to have a greater sense of the causes of the war, and how national interests and the foreign policies of the major powers helped lead Europe into war. Don't forget that your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, March 9th. Also, your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, it's 75 multiple choice questions. Here is the study guide (you may have to scroll down to find it).

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We finished watching "Boom and Bust" today, as well as watching "FDR and the New Deal". I collected your Chapter 7 and Case Study 11 questions at the beginning of class. On Monday, March 9th, you will have an Economic Systems Quiz. This quiz will be short answer and similar in format to the Basic Political Ideology Quiz that you wrote last month. The study guide for this quiz is below.

Economic Systems Quiz Study Guide:

This is a short answer quiz that will be on Monday, March 9th.
You should know the following extremely well:

• Adam Smith and his theories (see Capitalism notes for a quick summary)
• the "invisible hand"
• law of supply and demand (know the impact that supply and demand have on prices)
• basic economic questions
• synonyms for the market economy
• means of production (be able to identify examples)
• scarcity, what is it? when does it occur?
• be able to define any key terms from Chapter 6, Chapter 7 and Case Study 11
• what is a union? what role(s) does a union play? why did unions form?
• what are the advantages and disadvantages of a market economy?
  

March 5

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I gave you back the results of the Democracy Unit Final at the beginning of class, as well as collecting the Chapter 6 Questions. Please remember that your Chapter 7 and Case Study 11 Questions are due tomorrow. We covered a fair bit of material today, looking at the Law of Supply and Demand, and the Business Cycle, and finally looking at the Great Depression by starting a video called "Boom and Bust". We'll finish watching this video tomorrow, as well as watching another video on "FDR and the Great Depression".

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About 55 minutes of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 3-4 Test. The remainder of time was spent watching a video from the BBC series "Days That Shook the World" on the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. I also gave a you a reading booklet called "The Causes of World War I" that you are expected to read before tomorrow's class.

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, March 9th. It is 75 multiple choice questions. 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.

These are the presentations that you should review:

• Nation and Identity
• The French Revolution
• The Napoleonic Era
• Contending Loyalties

Know the key concepts from the Unit 1 Worksheet. If you know the key concepts you'll be able apply them to test.

• 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
  

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Today's class was spent doing a reading and question sheet on Adolf Hitler from the A History of the 20th Century textbook. Also, I gave you a couple of assignments for our Dictatorship Unit. The Dictatorship Internet Project will be due on Monday, and the Dictator Project (which it is recommended you do with a partner) is due next Thursday, March 12th.

March 4

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Most of today's class was spent writing the Democracy Unit Final. You should have picked up a copy of the summary notes for Case Study 11 after the test, and received your Civil Rights Movement questions back. Please remember that your Chapter 6 Questions are due tomorrow, and your Chapter 7 and Case Study 11 questions are due on Friday. Tomorrow will be a very important class, we have lots of ground to cover, including the law of supply and demand, the business cycle, the Causes of the Great Depression, and we'll be watching a video called "Boom and Bust". Please make sure that you have read the Case Study 11 summary notes before tomorrow's class.

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I gave you a couple of handouts today, one was called Similarities and Differences Between Hitler and Mussolini. The other handout was called Dictatorship: Rule by Elites, this is or homework. We also watched a video today called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler".

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To further our understanding of World War I, we watched a couple of videos, one was called "The Clash of the Generals" and the other was called "Trench Warfare". You were to take notes on these videos. I also gave you a booklet on the Causes of World War I, which is an excellent resource. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow, here is the study guide.