October 23

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Questions. I gave you the class period to work on a booklet that covers the core fascist values, conditions in the Weimar Republic that were exploited by Hitler, Hitler's steps to dictatorial power (January 1933-August 1934), and the techniques of dictatorship used in Nazi Germany and the USSR. This booklet is due on Monday, October 26th. I will give a pop quiz next week (either on Monday or Tuesday) on key people, key events, key groups associated with Nazi Germany (please see the study guide below). It's a short matching quiz. The only reason why I'm telling you about this "pop" quiz in advance is so you won't be freaking out when I give it to you. On Wednesday, October 28th, you'll have your Chapter 5 Test. Please see the study guide for this test below. I'll be starting the Cold War (Chapter 7 material) on Thursday of next week.

Nazi Germany Quiz Study Guide:

This quiz is a short matching quiz, with a word bank. What you'll have is a list of key people, key terms and key events associated with Nazi Germany (this is your word bank) and then you'll have a description that you'll have to match it up with. Here's a list of possible key terms that you might see on this quiz

• anti-Semitism
• Aryan
• concentration camp
• corporate state
• Dachau
• decree
• deportation
• dissent
• elite
• Enabling Act
• ethnic
• Fuehrer
• Gestapo
• Hitler
• Holocaust
• indoctrination
• inequality
• inflation
• judicial
• jugend
• Mein Kampf
• Kristallnacht
• nationalism
• Nazi
• Niemoller
• Nuremberg
• passive
• plebiscites
• pogrom
• prinzip
• Reichstag
• Ruhr
• SA
• SS
• state
• swastika
• War Guilt Clause
• White Rose
  

Chapter 5 Test Study Guide:

The Chapter 5 Test will be on Wednesday, October 28th. It is a 70 multiple choice question test. Since we're writing this test on Wednesday, you'll have 85 minutes to write it.

Please review the following:

• "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" (ppt): I will be finishing this off on Tuesday
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• Soviet Economy notes
• Soviet Economic System notes
• Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin notes
• Gorbachev to Collapse notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR; I gave this booklet to you on Friday, October 23rd)
• do a brief review of the political and economic spectrums

The following key concepts/key events/key people are mentioned in this test, if you (re-)familiarize yourself with them it will help you out immensely!

• centrally planned economies
• initiative
• FDR and the New Deal
• Reaganomics
• consumer sovereignty
• invisible hand
• Keynesian economics
• laissez faire economics
• War Communism
• Five Year Plans
• mixed economies
• indicative planning
• proportional representation
• democracy
• dictatorship
• political spectrum (characteristics associated with the various ideologies)
• status quo
• egalitarianism
• conservative
• reactionary
• liberal
• radical
• SA
• Hitler
• Bolshevik
• fascism
• communism
• indoctrination
• controlled participation
• terror and force
• direction of popular discontent
• democratic socialists
• supply-side economics
• authoritarian
• tyrant
• totalitarian
• totalitarianism
• ultranationalism
• nationalization
• privatization
• propaganda
• progressive taxation
• Marx
• Lenin
• utopian socialism
• Gorbachev
• martial law
• Reichstag (Reichstag Fire, Reichstag election results)
• referendum
• collectivization
• modernization
• classical liberal
• laissez faire free market economy
• mixed economy
• planned economy
• (review your economic political quadrant model)
• Das Kapital
• Mein Kampf
• The Wealth of Nations

Social 10-1

I showed a video today from the CBC News in Review that covered Canada's Residential School Apology. I also gave you a handout with a few articles on the residential school apology and the actual apology of the Canadian government. You were to hand in your Imperialism Research Projects today. I gave you back the results of your Chapter 7 Test today. Please have a look at the upcoming important dates below:

• Unit 2 WRA I (3 source analysis) is on Wednesday, October 28th
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 2nd (see study guide below)

Social 10-1 Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

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

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

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

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

October 21

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today. I also went through a PowerPoint presentation which should help you to avoid plagiarism in your Imperialism Research Projects. I have sent this presentation to you already. Your Imperialism Research Projects are due on Friday, October 23rd. It would be best to burn your project to a CD and hand that in on Friday. It would be best if you DIDN'T send the project by e-mail since my CBE e-mail account has less memory than your own CBE mail accounts.

I gave you interim report cards as well today. You don't have classes tomorrow because of Parent Teacher Interviews (1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.).

Social 30-1

I gave you some notes today on totalitarianism (key features of totalitarianism) and notes that outline the unique features of communism and fascism and differences between these two ideologies. We then watched part of a A & E Biography of Adolf Hitler called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler". During this video you were to take notes.
I gave you interim report cards as well today. You don't have classes tomorrow because of Parent Teacher Interviews (1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.).

October 20

Social 30-1

I gave you back the results of your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I today. This will appear on your interim report cards that go home tomorrow. I went through the "Democratic Systems" notes today. I gave you another couple of handouts today as well, "Non-Democratic Systems" notes and "Types of Dictatorships" notes. Please make sure that you have read over these notes, highlighted them and made annotations to yourself on them. Your Chapter 5 Questions are due on Friday.

Social 10-1

We started a film study of "Where the Spirit Lives" in class today, which we will finish tomorrow. Please remember that your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions will be due tomorrow.

October 19

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I today in class. You'll get the results back tomorrow. Please read over the Democratic Systems notes that I gave you today, and check your e-mail later tonight because I will be re-sending the Characteristics of Democracy notes.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today, which took most of the period. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 9 prior to tomorrow's class. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due Wednesday, and your Imperialism Research Project is due on Friday.

October 16

Social 30-1

I went over how to write a Written Response Assignment I today using a PowerPoint presentation called "Preparing for the Written Response Assignment I" (see picture below). I will be sending the PowerPoint that I used to deliver this information to your e-mail accounts this afternoon. Please check your e-mail and print this presentation off. I will also send you the rubric, and if at all possible a sample WRA I. You will be writing your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I on Monday, in the classroom. The topic/theme of this Written Response Assignment I will be from material that we have covered in Unit 2 thus far.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" today and you wrote a short quiz based on the film. I also reminded you that you had your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Your Imperialism Research Projects are due on Friday, October 23rd.

October 15

Social 10-1

We continued watching "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" today. We'll finish the film tomorrow, and write a short quiz on the film. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, October 19th. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 30-1

You wrote your Economic Systems Exam today. It took most of the period. I'll be reviewing how to write a Written Response Assignment I (three source analysis) tomorrow in class. On Monday, you will write an in-class Written Response Assignment I, which is based on material covered thus far in Unit 2. Please remember that you will have another in-class position paper later on in Unit 2 (date TBA).

October 14

Social 10-1

We started a film study of "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee", which we may finish tomorrow, but in all likelihood, we'll finish on Friday. We're watching this film to see how the American government dealt with one particular group of American Indians, in this case the Sioux. You do have a couple of homework assignments tonight: please complete the Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions from your Unit 2 Worksheet, and please print off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" PowerPoint presentation (4-6 slides per page). You have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, October 19th, please see the study here (scroll down to find it). Don't forget to get some work done on your Imperialism Research Project as well (this is due on Friday, October 23rd). Please check your e-mail for instructions on how to access the Gale e-books that are available in our school library (in library, reference only) and online (anytime). These e-books are an excellent source of information, particularly for this project.

Social 30-1

I went through a very quick PowerPoint presentation on economic models explained by cows at the beginning of class. I then wrote out some quick notes on the board of the Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev and what concepts you should associate with each of them. I gave you some readings today, including "Gorbachev to Collapse" and "Economic Planning in the USSR" (the questions in this booklet are due tomorrow), as well as a short reading booklet on Gorbachev's economic reforms (perestroika) and Deng Xiao Ping's economic reforms ("four modernizations" and "building socialism with Chinese characteristics"), which constitute examples of market socialism. As always, there was a list of advantages and disadvantages of market socialism, when a command economy moves towards a mixed economy, and introduces these economic reforms. Please remember that you have your Economic Systems Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it, it's long, so copy and paste it into MS Word, and print it off). I gave you back the results of your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Test today, and there were some outstanding results. Don't get overconfident, no one got 100% on that test, so there's always room for improvement. Make sure that you have a strong grasp of all of the economic systems that we've looked at.

October 8

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I will be sending this presentation to you by e-mail, so please make sure that you print it off (4-6 slides per page) and add it to your notes. I also did a homework check to see if you printed off your "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentations. You don't have school until Wednesday, so I would use this time to work on your Imperialism Research Projects. Don't feel the need to jump into building a PowerPoint presentation or a Prezi right away, you should use this time to get the research completed. I really urge you to use some online collaborative tools, such as Google Docs, so you don't have to meet face-to-face with your partner (if you have a partner) if you have a busy weekend planned. You will have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, October 19th. I am posting the study guide for this test, please use this study guide (I recommend copying it and pasting it into a Word document) to focus your review efforts.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.
1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Quiz:

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

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

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

Social 30-1

You wrote your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam today. After you finished this exam you were to pick up the handout called "Changes to the Soviet System After Stalin", this will help bridge the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev. We'll be looking at political and economic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday of next week, and then next Thursday (October 15th), you'll have an exam that covers all of the economic systems, please see the study guide below for this test.

Economic Systems Exam:

This is a comprehensive exam that covers all of the major economic systems: market economy, mixed economy, and command economy. It is 70 multiple choice questions. This exam will be administered on Thursday, October 15th.

• Chapters 3-6 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study the applicable PowerPoint presentations that I have sent you for Unit 2
• In Chapter 5, just focus on the Soviet Union, and left-wing of economic spectrum (command economy), we haven't covered aspects of dictatorships or Nazism yet (the techniques of dictatorship and fascism will be on a Chapter 5 Test)
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes (you'll get these notes on Wednesday, October 14th)
• Economic Planning in the USSR (again, you'll get these notes on Wednesday, October 14th)
  

October 7

Social 10-1

You spent today's class in the library doing research for your Imperialism Research Project. This project will be due on Friday, October 23rd. We'll talk about this project tomorrow. Please make sure that you have printed off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentation for homework check marks tomorrow.

Social 30-1

We watched a video called "Joseph Stalin: Red Terror" and completed a film study for part of today's class. I gave you some very detailed notes on the Soviet Economy and another handout with characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of the command economy. Tomorrow, I will be sending you some notes by e-mail which will detail the economic conditions in the USSR after Stalin, prior to the reforms introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev. Tomorrow you have your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam, please see the study guide here. You don't have school on Friday, Monday or Tuesday. Next week, on Wednesday, we'll be looking at the political and economic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev. Next Thursday, you will have an exam on economic systems next Thursday, October 15th. I will post the study guide for this exam tomorrow on the blog.

October 6

Social 30-1

I started a PowerPoint presentation today called "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism", in which I emphasized the radical and reactionary ideologies that rejected liberalism in the 20th century: communism and fascism. I will be focusing on communism for the next few days, and the economic systems that was was associated with the former USSR. I gave you some handouts as well today that covered the command economy. I have sent you today's handouts to your e-mail accounts as well. I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms today as well. Please remember that you should be studying for your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam, which is on Thursday. It's 70 multiple choice questions, and it's difficult! That's why I haven't assigned any homework tonight, my expectation is that you are reviewing for this exam. Please see the study guide here.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Tools of Exploitation" today, and we also finished the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentation. I will send this presentation to you by e-mail this afternoon. We also drew lots and picked countries for our Imperialism Research Project. We will be in the library tomorrow, so please go directly there instead of coming to the classroom. You will only get one class period for research, you will have to work on the project outside of class time.

October 5

Social 30-1

I did a quick review (and notes on the board) of differences between supply-side economics and demand-side economics. I then gave you some background information on Russian-Soviet History (notes on the board), these notes will connect to some notes that I have sent to you today. Please check your e-mail for notes on Marx, Lenin, and Stalin. I also gave you a handout that covered the different strands of socialism: Utopian socialism, democratic socialism (which we have already looked at) and scientific socialism (also known as revolutionary socialism, or more commonly as communism, if you remember back to our economic-political grid, you'll remember that it was called dictatorial socialism as well). I also showed you a video today which looked at "Stalin and Modernization of the USSR", this video is from the BBC 20th Century History series. As you watched this video, you were to take some notes. We'll be looking at the economic system in the former Soviet Union, as this will be material that will appear on your Economic Systems Exam, this exam will be next week, on Thursday, October 15th. You have an exam this week, on Thursday, and it will cover the Market Economy and the Mixed Economy. This exam is 70 multiple choice questions, and you must do some review this week to be ready for it. Please see the study guide here. You do have some homework tonight, please read Chapter 5 and complete the Chapter 5 Key Terms (you don't have to worry about the Chapter 5 Questions yet). I also did a homework check today to see if you printed off the PowerPoint presentation called "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism".

Social 10-1

I did a couple of homework checks, one of the homework checks was to see if you printed off the "Historical Globalization and Imperialism" PowerPoint presentation from last week. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions. I started another PowerPoint presentation/lecture today on the "Legacies of Historical Globalization". I will finish this presentation tomorrow. We also started a video today, that we will finish up tomorrow called "Tools of Exploitation".

October 2

Social 30-1

You wrote your "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test" today, which corresponds to material in Chapter 3 and part of Chapter 4. I also did a homework check on Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions today as well. Next Thursday, you have a test on Market Economy and Mixed Economy (covering material from Chapters 3-4 and Chapter 6). Please see the study guide below.

Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:

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

Social 10-1

I gave you results back for your Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I and your Unit 1 Final Exam. I also did a PowerPoint presentation called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". This presentation corresponds to Chapter 7 in your textbook, with some supplementary material. I have sent this PowerPoint presentation to you already, please print it off (4-6 slides per page) and add it to your notes. I will be doing a homework check on this on Monday. As well, your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. Please see the instructions below if you're not sure how to print off a PowerPoint presentation.

Printing PowerPoint Presentations

When I send you presentations, here is what I recommend that you do: keep an electronic copy of the presentation, preferably in an appropriately named folder. Next you'll need to print it off. I recommend that you print off 4 slides per page. Here's how you do it. Open the presentation up in PowerPoint, then go under File and select Print. Then set things up like the picture below:

October 1

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today, which took some of you most of the class period. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Monday, October 5th.

Social 30-1

I delivered a PowerPoint presentation today that hit on the second half of Chapter 4 (Keynesian economics, which we've already talked about), and the important material in Chapter 6. This presentation was called "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism", and I have already set it to you, so please check your e-mail. Print this PowerPoint presentation off, add it to your notes. I will do a homework check on this on Monday. Please remember that you have your "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test" tomorrow. It's 55 multiple choice questions and it covers material in Chapter 3 and the first half of Chapter 4. Please see the study guide here.

September 30

Social 10-1

We looked at a book today called "The Rabbits" and analyzed the symbolism int he artwork of this story. This book is a very nice introduction to some of the concepts that we'll be looking at Unit 2. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

We continued our look at mixed economies today by watching a couple of videos of countries that employ elements of the welfare state. Both of the segments were from 60 Minutes, one was called "Welfare a la Carte" and examined the Norwegian brand of democratic socialism, and the other was called "Dutch Treat" which looked at the Netherlands (please see your textbook for the changes introduced in the Netherlands since this video was made). As you watched these videos you were make note of advantages and disadvantages of these systems. We'll continue looking at mixed economies tomorrow as well. I did a homework check on your "Democratic Socialism: Sweden" booklets at the end of class. Please remember that your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, and you have a test on Friday (please see the study guide here).

September 29

Social 30-1

I went through the handout that I sent you by e-mail called "Using Monetary and Fiscal Policy to Stabilize the Economy". If you understand the concepts in this handout, along with the basics of fiscal and monetary policy already, then you'll be fine for your Diploma Exam on this topic. I also gave you a handout on the Great Depression in the USA, the American government's response (FDR's New Deal). I gave you a handout that covered democratic socialism and the mixed economy. Once you finished this reading, you were to answer some questions based on one of our case studies of democratic socialism: Sweden. I will be doing a homework check on this booklet tomorrow, so make sure that it's done. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Don't forget that your "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test" is on Friday, October 2nd, please see the study guide here.

Social 10-1

I gave you some class time today to work on the Unit 2 Worksheet, specifically, the Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions. I didn't formally assign these as homework. You should study for your Unit 1 Final Exam which is on Thursday, October 1st, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

September 28

Social 30-1

I did a quick review of the business cycle and the use of demand-side economics to stablize the economy. You have received some notes by e-mail from me on stabilizing the business cycle through monetary and fiscal policy. Please print these notes off tonight, read them, highlight them, make annotations to yourself in the margins. Tomorrow, we'll be looking at these notes as well as looking at the Great Depression in the United States, and the American government's response to that economic crisis. You start to be able to draw parallels between what FDR did during the Depression and what Barack Obama's administration is doing currently during the global economic crisis. Please remember that you have your Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test on Friday, October 2nd, please see the study guide here.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I in class today, which took most of the period. I gave you back your "Bend It Like Beckham" film studies (finally) and gave you the results of your Chapter 3-4 Quiz as well. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Thursday, October 1st. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

September 25

Social 30-1

You did your in-class political cartoon analysis assignments in today's class. Next Friday (October 2nd), you will have a 55 question multiple choice test that covers material from Chapter 3 and the first half of Chapter 4. Please see the study guide below.

Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test Study Guide:

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 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Quiz today. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I (3 source analysis) in class time on Monday, September 28th. You also have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Thursday, October 1st, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

September 24

Social 10-1

I went through how to write a Written Response Assignment I (three source analysis in-class writing assignment). I will be sending the Word document with the advice on how to write the "Part A" to you by e-mail, so please check your e-mail tonight. You have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Please see the important dates below.

Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Chapter 3-4 Quiz is on Friday, September 25th
• Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I is on Monday, September 28th
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, October 1st (please see the study guide here)

Social 30-1

I showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series, one of which is called "Boom and Bust" and the other "FDR and the New Deal". I also quickly went through a handout on Analyzing Political Cartoons. Tomorrow, you will have an in-class assignment where you will be writing an analysis of a political cartoon. There will be a lot of political cartoons posted on the blackboard tomorrow. Have a quick look at them, pick one, and write your analysis. Most of the cartoons will have themes/concepts that we have looked at so far in Social 30-1, from both Unit 1 and Unit 2. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow as well.

September 23

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bend It Like Beckham" today, your film study is due tomorrow, I will take it in for homework check marks. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Friday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You have your Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I (three source analysis assignment) on Monday, September 28th. I will be teaching you how to write these in-class writing assignments in tomorrow's class. This type of writing assignment will be the same style as Part A of your Final Exam in Social 10-1. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, October 1st, please see the study guide below.

Social 10-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

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

Please study your key terms from Chapters 1-5, and the topics covered in that unit.
1. Key Terms/Key Concepts in Unit 1:

• globalization
• pluralistic society
• transnationals
• society
• “the global village”
• United Nations
• G-8
• La Francophonie
• NATO
• individual identity
• collective identity
• traditions
• minority group
• official bilingualism
• universalization of pop culture
• hybridization
• media transnationals
• media consolidation
• CBC/SRC
• Official Languages Act
• CRTC
• Canadian Content (CanCon)
• homogenization
• monoculture
• assimilation
• marginalization
• accommodation
• secularism
• integration
• cosmopolitan
• acculturation
• cultural revitalization
• Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts!

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• "Bend It Like Beckham" Film Study is due tomorrow (Thursday, September 24th)
• Chapter 3-4 Quiz is on Friday, September 25th
• Unit 1 Written Response Assignment I is on Monday, September 28th
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, October 1st

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklets today. I then went through some notes on the board to show the connection between industrialization, classical liberalism and laissez faire economics and reform movements. I focused on welfare capitalism and modern liberalism today as a transition away from classical liberalism, and what brought about these changes. I gave you a handout that covered the emergence of welfare capitalism and modern liberalism and the Great Depression (we'll be looking at the Great Depression in greater detail tomorrow). We also started to look at Keynesian economics (demand-side economics) today. I walked you through monetary and fiscal policy (we'll be going into more detail with this as well), and a government's response to the boom and bust cycle using Keynesian economic theory. I will be sending today's handouts to you tonight by e-mail. Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday.

September 22

Social 30-1

I gave you some in-class work to do today, a booklet called "Philosophies of Industrialism", which is due tomorrow. A lot of you finished this in class, which is great. Many of you picked up a copy of the Chapter 4 Worksheet as well, so you can start working on that if you wish. I will be doing a homework check on the "Philosophies of Industrialism" tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. If you didn't get your results back for the Chapter 1-2 Quiz, you'll get a chance to do that tomorrow. We started a film study today on "Bend It Like Beckham", which we'll finish up tomorrow. Please remember to study for your Chapter 3-4 Quiz, which is on this Friday. Here is the study guide for the Chapter 3-4 Quiz (scroll down to find it).

September 21

Social 30-1

I gave you back your comment sheets for your Unit 1 In-Class Position Paper today. I gave you some general comments for improving your essay writing. If you have more specific issues or questions, please see me during tutorial (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in Room 111 from 8:15-8:45). You will get your actual essays back at the end of the semester.
I also went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "Responding to Classical Liberalism and Industrialization", which covered the emergence of several ideologies in reaction to classical liberalism and the economic inequalities brought on by industrialization. I touched upon classical liberalism again, classical conservatism, socialism, communism, and I threw in social Darwinism as well. I have already sent this PowerPoint to you, along with the retrieval chart that went with it. Please print off the PowerPoint presentation (4-6 slides per page) for homework check marks tomorrow. I have also sent you the Laws of Supply and Demand notes that I forgot to send out on Friday, and summary notes on Private Enterprise from the textbook Ideologies (which some students/classes are also using in addition to Perspectives on Ideology). I have summary notes for most of the Ideologies textbook, so from time-to-time I will be sending these notes to you.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation that covered material from Chapter 4 and 5, looking at the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization", as I went through this presentation, you were to take notes on a concept web that I gave you. Your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that your Chapter 3-4 Quiz is on Friday, September 25th, please see the study guide here.

September 18

Social 30-1

I covered a few key concepts related to capitalism today that will help us to understand subsequent concepts in economics that we'll be dealing with in the coming weeks. I went through the law of supply and demand (please check your e-mail today for some supplementary notes on this topic) and the business cycle. For the business cycle, it's really important to be bale to describe what the economy is doing at the various stages of the business cycle, I call these "economic snapshots". When we review the business cycle down the road, I might ask you to "paint me a picture" of what's going on in the economy at those various stages, and you'll have to able to describe what is going on. Please read Chapter 4 of your textbook this weekend, it will help you immensely when we get into those topics next week. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Questions today, and you'll get those back on Monday.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Quiz for most of the period. If you finished up early, you had an opportunity to work on your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday. You have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Friday, September 25th. Please see the study guide below. Have a great weekend!

Chapter 3-4 Quiz Study Guide:

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

September 17

Social 10-1

Your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment was due today, and it looks like most of you handed it in today. If you didn't hand the assignment in today, it is subject to a 10% off per day that it is late penalty. I gave you some class time to study for your Chapter 1-2 Quiz, which is tomorrow (please see the study guide here, scroll down to find it). Please remember that your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 21st.

Social 30-1

I covered a lot of material today in class. I did some review of the political spectrum, the economic spectrum, the political-economic grid, and then started to focus in on the connections between classical liberalism and its political basis (the Enlightenment, and in turn, the development of the principles of individualism) and its economic basis (the Industrial Revolution, the ideas of Adam Smith and laissez faire economics). We started to look at basic economics, economic systems in general, and then specifically capitalism. Please check your e-mail inbox today, I'm sending you a lot of notes that connect to ideas that I touched upon in today's class (these notes will be "gold"). Please remember that your Chapter 3 Questions are due tomorrow.

Printing PowerPoint Presentations

When I send you presentations, here is what I recommend that you do: keep an electronic copy of the presentation, preferably in an appropriately named folder. Next you'll need to print it off. I recommend that you print off 4 slides per page. Here's how you do it. Open the presentation up in PowerPoint, then go under File and select Print. Then set things up like the picture below:

September 16

Social 10-1

I gave you some notes today called "Media Giants and Me" which covered some prominent media transnational corporations. If you missed class today, you will need to get notes from a classmate. I also did a homework check today on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you some class time to study for your Chapter 1-2 Quiz (which is on Friday, please see the study guide here, please scroll down to find it). Please remember that your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due tomorrow.

Social 30-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation called "The Development of Classical Liberalism" today and I will send it to you tonight. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms today. I assigned your Chapter 3 Questions for homework, these questions will be due on Friday.

September 15

Social 30-1

I started a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Growth of Classical Liberalism" that I will be working through over the course of the next day or so. This PowerPoint presentation corresponds to material in Chapter 3 of the textbook. For homework tonight please complete the Chapter 3 Key Terms. DO NOT work on the Chapter 3 Questions, they are not due yet. You would be better off reading all of Chapter 3 tonight, it will help you make sense of the individuals that I talked about today in class, and some of the topics that I will touch upon tomorrow such as the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Whale Rider" today and completed the film study questions as well. Your homework tonight is to finish the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you class time to work on this today, and if you finished the Chapter 3 material, you could move on to Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. Your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Thursday, September 17th. Please remember that your Chapter 1-2 Quiz is on Friday, September 18th, please see the study guide here.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, September 16th
• Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Thursday, September 17th
• Chapter 1-2 Quiz is on Friday, September 18th
  

September 14

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 In-Class Position Paper today in the Blenheim Room. I will try to have these essays marked within a week's time. You will get the results back for your Unit 1 Final Exam which you wrote on Friday in tomorrow's class.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. Your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, so tonight might be a good night to work on your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment (which is due on Thursday). We started a film study today on the movie "Whale Rider", which we will finish tomorrow. I think the film does a very good job of providing examples of collective identity of the Maori. Please remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz on Friday, here is a link to the study guide.

September 11

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today. You will get the results of this unit exam back on Tuesday. On Monday, you have your Unit 1 In-Class Position Paper, which is one of the types of written response assignments you will be expected to write for Part A of your Diploma Exam. I gave you the essay sheet at the end of class, you are allowed to prepare notes on the bottom quarter of this sheet and bring it with you into the Blenheim Room on Monday. The notes must be hand-printed/hand-written and can only be below the line clearly marked on the essay question sheet. Here is the text-based source:

"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity."

-Martin Luther King Jr.

As always, the essay question will be the same throughout the semester:

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

Use this weekend to prepare ideas, arguments, specific and detailed evidence to support your position. You are not allowed to write the essay ahead of time or anything like that, but prepare for it. Use the essay outline sheet that I have e-mailed to you, and start organizing your essay. Go back over the "Recipe for Success" as well and make sure that you follow the checklists of what needs to be in each paragraph of your essay (particularly that first paragraph). Good luck!

Martin Luther King Jr.

Social 10-1

You wrote your World Geography Test today, and I marked it while you were doing your work for the rest of the period. You'll get the results of this test back next week. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, although my expectation is that these have already been completed. I gave you some more class time today to work on key terms and questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet, you should probably have the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions finished already as well. This is the weekend when you should be working most of the work on your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment, which is due on Thursday, September 18th. Don't put off working on this project, it takes a lot of time to do it right.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 14th
• Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, September 16th
• Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due on Thursday, September 17th
• Chapter 1-2 Quiz is on Friday, September 18th (please see study guide below)

Chapter 1-2 Quiz Study Guide:

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

• How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
• How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
• What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
• What is the relationship between identity and language?
• How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?
  

4. Make sure that you can answer the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for these chapters.

September 10

Social 10-1

I gave you some time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions today (they're due Monday) and if you finished those key terms and questions you should move on to Chapter 3 material. Your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment is due one week today (Thursday, September 17th), so if I were you, I would start working on this assignment. You have your World Geography Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

Please use the following links for studying for this test:

• World Geography Games
• Test Your Geography Knowledge
• Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)
  

Social 30-1

I gave back your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions and your Individualism vs. Collectivism booklets today. You'll need them to study for your Unit 1 Final Exam, which is tomorrow. We finished watching "Sicko" today as well.

September 9

Social 10-1

I collected your Global Connections essays today at the beginning of class. I gave you the handout for the Illustrated Concept Map Assignment and we went over expectations for the assignment and did a short brainstorming session to determine connections between the key concepts that we've looked at or will look at during the course. Tomorrow I will have exemplars of Illustrated Concept Maps that have been made by previous students posted in the classroom. I have sent this assignment to you by e-mail, as well as the detailed rubric for the assignment. Please make sure that you print off a copy of the rubric and use it as a guide to meet or exceed the expectations of this assignment. After the brainstorming session, I gave you time to read Chapter 2 in Perspectives on Globalization and to work on the key terms for the chapter as well. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions won't be due until Monday, so lighten your own homework load by getting them completed earlier rather than later. If I were you, I would take some time tonight to do a "rough draft" of your concept map, plan out what it's going to look like, where are you going to put the definitions, what examples and visuals might you use, and things like that. Don't leave this assignment to the last minute. A skill that you need to develop in Grade 10 (if you haven't already) is time management. Please study for your World Geography Test, which is on Friday, September 11th (please see the study guide here).

Please use the following links for studying for this test:

• World Geography Games
• Test Your Geography Knowledge
• Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)
  

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Individualism and Collectivism booklets today. You have a homework assignment tonight: I would like you to watch Barack Obama's speech to Congress tonight, it really ties in nicely with some of the themes that we've been looking at in Unit 1. You should see the connections between health care and the values of individualism and collectivism. With good timing, we also started a film study today on the Michael Moore film "Sicko", which we will finish tomorrow. Please remember you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Friday and the Unit 1 Position Paper on Monday.

September 8

Welcome back from the long weekend!

Social 30-1

I did a couple of homework checks at the beginning of class today: your rough draft of the 1st paragraph of a position paper, and your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions. Most of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 1-2 Quiz. If you finished up early, you were to work on tonight's homework: finishing off the individualism vs. collectivism booklet. If I were you, I would start looking back at some key themes in Unit 1, and some of the quotes in that section of the book, and start prepping some ideas for essays on some potential topics that might be asked. Remember, the text-based source will always change, but the essay question is the same: To what extent should we embrace the ideological perspective(s) in the source? You can prepare some arguments and examples for possible essays over the course of the next week. I have moved your Unit 1 Final Exam to Friday, September 11th and your Unit 1 Position Paper to Monday, September 14th (in the Blenheim Room).

Social 10-1

I gave you the World Geography Test Study Guide at the beginning of class (please see it again below), and we talked about the format of this exam. This geography test is on Friday, September 11th. I also gave you your first writing assignment: the Global Connections Essay. In this informative essay, you are to answer the following essay question: What are my effects on the world? You are really trying to personalize your essay by indicating what are some social, economic, political and environmental effects that you have on the world. What impact is globalization having on you, and what impact do have on globalization (in other words, how do you contribute to globalization)? The Global Connections Essay is due tomorrow.

Social 10-1 World Geography Test Study Guide:

This test will take place on Friday, September 11th. It is simply a country and capital cities identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries, capital cities, and places identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:

• any of the EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, China, India, Myanmar (Burma), Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

Please use the following links for studying for this test:
World Geography Games
Test Your Geography Knowledge
Maps.com Online Games (the "Find It" games are excellent!)

September 3

Social 10-1

I collected your Global Connections Maps at the beginning of class, I will mark them over the long weekend and get them back to you on Tuesday. We went through the formulation of arguments and examples in preparation for writing a position paper. The scenario was "How would you convince a friend that they should choose to go to SWC?", you brainstormed ideas/arguments that you would use to convince your friend to come to Churchill. We then differentiated between what is an argument and what is evidence. We looked at one particular argument (academics) and then brainstormed examples and specific pieces of evidence that would be used to convince people that SWC is a strong academic high school. This type of positional thinking is a skill that we will be developing over the course of the semester.

Social 30-1

I focused on preparing for the Written Response Assignment II today. I gave you a few handouts, one of which I call "Preparing for the "Written Response Assignment II: Recipe for Success" (long-winded title, I know) which walks you through the expectations. organization and format of the new style of position paper in Social Studies (which will appear on your Diploma Exam as a Written Response Assignment II). You will hopefully get really good at analyzing quotes this semester (as this is part of the WRA II), and to this end I gave you a handout called "Analyzing Quotes" which you will need for tomorrow's class. Tomorrow you will be given some quotations and you will work in small groups to analyze the quote and then start to think about outlining and organizing a potential essay based on the quotations that you will be given. We also worked on the concepts of individualism and collectivism today. I gave you a handout that summarizes what individualism and collectivism are and activities that will reinforce the differences between these two concepts. Please make sure that you complete the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions for Tuesday, as well as prepare/study for your Chapter 1-2 Quiz (which is also on Tuesday). The Chapter 1-2 Quiz is a "warm-up" for the Unit 1 Final Exam which will be written on Thursday, September 10th. The Unit 1 Final Exam is entirely multiple choice.

Chapter 1-2 Quiz Study Guide:

The Chapter 1-2 Quiz is on Tuesday, September 8th. It is a mixed format quiz, it will have a matching section and a short answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this quiz:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts and the Supplementary Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (hopefully you have quality answers to study from)
• you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
• know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
• be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
• be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
• know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
• know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings)

September 2

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions (you'll get these back tomorrow) as well as on your 25 item chart. You are going to use the information on your 25 item chart and the information from your Global Bingo card and create a map of your global connections. Here are the instructions for the map (which is due tomorrow):

• your map must have a title ("Global Connections Map")
• you do not need compass directions on your map
• you do not need a border for your map
• you must have a simple key on the front of the map and a detailed key on the back on the map
• your simple key will consist of the following: 5-6 colored boxes (depending on how many categories you had for your 25 item chart) which will be labeled- food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, household goods, miscellaneous AND you must also draw a colored dot and label it "people" (for the information from the Global Bingo game that we played)
• you will only color countries and label ones that you have a connection to through the 25 item chart (for example, you own a sombrero that is from Mexico, you would color Mexico and label it "Mexico")
• there will only be 5-6 colors on the map, you don't need to have 25 different colors for each of your 25 items
• you also have to label the 16 people that you talked to during our Global Bingo game, they will be represented by colored circles (pick a common color for all people) and numbers (1-16, if you didn't talk to 16 people, you label as many as you talked to)--you do not color the countries that are represented on your Global Bingo card, you simply draw a circle on the country, color it, put a number beside it, and label the country (for example, if the only connection you have to Australia is that one of your classmates went on a vacation there, you draw the circle, write the number beside the circle, and label the country "Australia"-- you don't color the country)
• on the detailed key on the back of your map, you will be recreating your 25 item chart (make sure that you have the categories clearly colored and matching the simple key on the front of the map) and the information from the Global Bingo card (clearly identify people by number)

Your Global Connections Map is due tomorrow. If you have any questions about it, post a comment below using the format that I talked about on the first day of class (ex. K.G. in Social 20-2; remember my Period 3 class is Social 10-3 and Period 4 is called Social 10-4).

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions and the Supplementary Key Terms at the beginning of class today. I then went through (reviewed) the political and economic spectrums, starting with the origins of the political spectrum in the French Revolution up to the 20th century political spectrum, the economic-political grid, and I talked briefly about the similarities between fascism and communism when looking at the political control vs. political freedom spectrum, and the techniques of dictatorship. I also talked about individualism and collectivism very briefly and their connections to the ideologies that we will be studying this semester. It is extremely important that you know the political and economic spectrum inside and out, and if you haven't done so already, print off the Ideology Notes (see the hyperlink under Social 30-1 Links). Here is what I would do for homework to lighten the load down the road when this is assigned as homework: read Chapter 2 tonight, and complete the Chapter 2 Key Terms. We are really laying the foundation for the entire course in the next few days, it is absolutely critical that you keep up with the assigned work, and if you don't understand concepts or ideas to come see me during tutorial time. We're going to start talking about essay writing in tomorrow's class and how to prepare for the new Social 30-1 Diploma Exam major writing assignment (which the province is calling Written Response Assignment II, which is essentially a position paper with source analysis as a key component of the essay).

September 1

Social 30-1

I collected your letter of introduction at the beginning of class today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation that corresponded to information in Chapter 1 of your textbook, with some additional information on the political and economic spectrums thrown in for good measure. I will be sending this PowerPoint out to you later tonight (after 8 p.m.). I want you to print off the PDF file that I am e-mailing you this afternoon (you can also find this link on the blog under Social 30 Links-Ideology Notes) Read these notes, study them! You will need to know the political and economic spectrum cold! You have a homework assignment tonight: you must complete the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions and the Supplementary Key Terms (both columns) from the Unit 1 Worksheet. This homework assignment is due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I collected your letter of introduction at the beginning of class today. We played a little "Global Bingo" today as well (don't lose those sheets, you'll need them for a subsequent mapping assignment). You have a couple of pieces of homework tonight: you must complete the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Question, and create a 25 item chart (please see instructions below).

25 Item Chart Instructions:

• find 25 items from 25 different countries (you can't have 5 items from one country!)
• find items from any of the following categories: food, clothing, electronics, household goods, entertainment, and miscellaneous (if it doesn't fit into any of the previous categories)
• don't just find items from one category (for example, 25 food items)
• try to find 4-6 items from each category
• collect your information about your items in a 3-column chart (item, country, category)
• don't assume that an item is from a particular country (for example, a Sony PS3 may be manufactured in Indonesia, Malaysia or South Korea, that is the information that we want)
• for entertainment, for example a CD (or MP3) we want to know where the recording artist is from, not where the CD was manufactured, this will better illustrate social globalization
• when you are collecting the information for your chart, number off the items (1-25) and have the categorized separate (in other words, the first 5 items on your chart should belong to the same category, etc.)
• the more organized your chart is, the easier it will be to put that information on to a map!

August 31

Social 30-1

I delivered a PowerPoint presentation today called "Introducing Government" which covered the ideas of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. As I went through this presentation, you were to take notes on the ideas of these philosophers in a chart. I have sent you the PowerPoint presentation and the chart by e-mail, so if you want to type up your answers into the chart you may. I also sent you some supplementary notes on Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau in a Word document. I also gave you the Unit 1 Worksheet today (and sent you an electronic copy by e-mail as well), I advised you to complete the Chapter 1 Key Terms tonight (it's not for homework, but it will be soon enough). Your homework assignment tonight is to write a letter of introduction (friendly letter format). On the first day of class I introduced myself, and I'd like you to do something similar, only in written form. Some topics that should be covered in the letter might include:family, interests, academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?), hobbies, sports, academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations, favorite movies, favorite TV shows, and favorite music. Please let me know if you got today's e-mail message (check your junk mail folder if you have a Hotmail account), it's very important that we take care of any problems that may arise, sooner rather than later.

Social 10-1

Today we looked at various definitions of globalization and images associated with globalization. I think that after today's exercise you should be able to see that there are differing perspectives on whether globalization is a beneficial or detrimental process in the world. You have a homework assignment tonight. I would like you to write a letter of introduction. Please make sure that you organize your writing in a friendly letter format, covering the following topics: family, interests, academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?), hobbies, sports, academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations, favorite movies, favorite TV shows, and favorite music. These are just suggestions to get you started, if you can think of other topics to cover, please do so. You will hand in this assignment tomorrow at the beginning of class. It can be typed if you choose, or hand written. It doesn't matter to me if it's double-spaced or not. Please respond back to the e-mail test message that I sent today. Please check you junk mail folder, especially if you have a Hotmail account.

August 28

Classroom Rules/Expectations of Behavior:

I think that I have very simple, straight-forward classroom rules and expectations. I will be discussing these in class, but here's a quick recap:

• Please be on-task during classroom time (visit later)
• No cell phones (as per school policy); if your parents really need to get in touch with you, they should call the office. Please don't bring cell phones to class, or if you do, please remember to turn them off!
• Please don't listen to music on MP3 players or iPods during class time, unless I have given you permission to do so.
• Be polite. You should be listening during class lectures or when your classmates have questions to ask (you might have some of the same questions).
• Be on time. If you are late, please enter the classroom quietly and apologize for being late. If the door is locked, I have started the lecture or there is a class presentation in progress; I will open the door and let you in as soon as possible.
• Clean up after yourselves. Please don't leave garbage on the floor. I like my classroom fairly neat and tidy.
• Don't bring junk food to class. Healthy snacks only. Or you could always wait until lunchtime.
• You may chew gum in class on the following conditions: don't chew like a cow, I don't want to see the gum or hear you chewing it, that's just gross.
• Late assignments: 10% is deducted for every day an assignment is late. If you have an excused absence, then there is some flexibility with this rule.
• Please make sure that a parent or guardian calls the school to have absences excused. If you miss a test due to an unexcused absence you will be assigned a mark of "zero".
  I will be contacting parent/guardians if you have unexcused absences.
• Please adhere to the school's academic honesty policy which is on the back of your course outlines.
• If you are going away on holidays (please do not schedule holidays during examination periods in January and June), please let me know in advance. I can prepare materials for you, let you know what you'll be missing, and even give you handouts in advance. This way you won't feel "lost" when you come back from holidays.
  
  

Posting on the Blog:

Here are some simple rules that I have established for using the blog, and some other informational items:

• Please post on the blog anonymously.
• If you feel the need to identify yourself, or clarify which grade you're in, please use your initials and your class and section (for example, K.G. in Social 20-2).
• Some of you may have your own Blogger accounts. Please don't post on this blog using your Blogger ID, otherwise you may have people visiting your blog that you may not want to see what you're posting.
• Please be courteous, polite and respectful when posting comments on the blog. Don't be rude to your classmates on the blog.
• Please be patient with my response time.
• Please post comments and questions on the blog prior to 10 p.m.
• Between 6-8 p.m. I am usually not online.
• Please do not post links to questionable materials.
• Inappropriate comments will be deleted. Please don't do this, it's a waste of my time, I could be doing more productive things, like answering questions that you may have.
  

August 24

Summer holidays are winding down...

July 31

Social 10-2

Today was the last day of classes for Summer school. You were a great group of students, I enjoyed teaching you. This was the first time that I taught Summer school, and if all Summer school students were as great as this class, I would gladly sign up and teach it again.

You wrote your Final Exam Part A today, and you received your final marks in 10-2. I hope that you returned your textbooks today in the Main Foyer.

Have a great summer!!

July 30

Social 10-2

For the first part of class you wrote your Final Exam Part A (Written Response Assignments). You will get the results of these two writing assignments back tomorrow, as well as see how they have affected your overall mark in the course, since these written response assignments count for 5% of your final grade in Social 10-2.



After the break you had time to put the finishing touches on your study guide that you will be allowed to bring in to tomorrow's Final Exam Part B. We will be starting this final exam as soon as possible tomorrow, so don't be late. You will know your final grade in Social 10-2 tomorrow before you leave. You can return your textbooks at the school tomorrow if you'd like.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Final Exam Part B (75 multiple choice questions, worth 20% of your final grade in 10-2) is on Friday, July 31st
• Textbook return (Living in a Globalizing World and the Oxford School Atlas) is on July 31st as well
• Final Grades in 10-2 will be distributed on Friday, July 31st
  

July 29

Social 10-2

We played a review game of Jeopardy today, which took us almost to the break. I will be sending this PowerPoint game to you, so please make sure that you check your e-mail inboxes today for this game, it might still have some "play value" tonight as you prepare for your Final Exams.


For the remainder of class time you worked on your study guides for the Final Exam Part B. Tomorrow, you have your Part A of your Final Exam. I would definitely review the "Preparing for Social Studies 10-2 Written Assignments" (see picture below). I will be re-sending this PowerPoint presentation to you today as well, just in case you don't have a copy of this presentation. I would print it off, and maybe do some practice writing assignments tonight.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Final Exam Part A (2 in-class writing assignments, worth 5% of final course mark) is on Thursday, July 30th
• Final Exam Part B (75 multiple choice questions, worth 20% of final course mark) is on Friday, July 31st
  

July 28

Social 10-2

I did a homework check on your Chapter 21 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. There are still a few of you who have not sent in your 5 high quality Jeopardy questions yet, please do so before 5 p.m. today, or else you will not receive homework check credit for this assignment. Today was also your last chance to submit past homework assignments for partial homework check credit. I want to finalize your homework check marks today, that's why I'm establishing a "cut off" time for the Jeopardy questions. I gave you your Social 10-2 Study Guides. You will only be able to use this study guide for Final Exam Part B (the 75 multiple choice questions exam). We will be playing a review game of Jeopardy tomorrow, as well as having a bit more time to work on your study guides (if necessary).

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Final Exam Part A (written component, 5% of final course grade) is on Thursday, July 30th
• Final Exam Part B (75 multiple choice questions, 20% of final course grade) is on Friday, July 31st

July 27

Social 10-2

I did a homework check on your Chapter 19 and 20 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class, along with a homework check of the "Blood Diamond" Film Study. You wrote your Chapter 16-18 Quiz today. After writing this quiz, your "Tests and Quizzes" are finished for the course (it amounts to 25% of your course mark). As of tomorrow, your "Homework Checks" will be finished as well. Your homework assignment for tonight is as follows:

1. Chapter 21 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (July 28th)

• key terms from the worksheet
• read all of Chapter 21
• complete the following questions: p.346 "Voices" Q#3, p.347 "Voices" Q#2, p.356 "Global Connections" Q#2 (a-c, e)

2. Send me 5 (five) high quality Jeopardy! style questions and answers to my e-mail account by tomorrow (we'll play a review game of Jeopardy! on Wednesday, July 29th)

Tomorrow is your last chance to change your homework check mark. I will not be accepting homework after tomorrow's class. Homework amounts for 5% of your final course mark, and some of you have a 100% homework check record, which helps your mark. Keep doing your homework!

Here are some examples of Jeopardy! style questions and answers:

Example #1:

Q: This is the common characteristics and values used to define a group.

A: What is collective identity?

Example #2:

Q: This document was influenced by the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; it became law in Canada in 1982.

A: What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?

My preference is that your questions are more of the quality of Example #2, since it's a bit more difficult.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Chapter 21 Key Terms and Questions are due Tuesday, July 28th
• 5 Jeopardy! questions and answers e-mailed to me are due Tuesday, July 28th
• Final Exam Part A (written component) is on Thursday, July 30th
• Final Exam Part B (75 multiple choice questions) is on Friday, July 31st
  

July 24

Social 10-2

I did a homework check on your Chapter 17 and 18 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. We're really pushing to finish off Unit 4 very quickly, which is why I gave you the worksheets for Chapter 19 and 20 today. Here is what you need to do for the Chapter 19 Key Terms and Questions:
1. Define the following key terms:

• transnational community
• genetically modified (GM)
• BSE
• Green Revolution
• pandemic

2. Read the following sections of Chapter 19:

• The Effects of Globalization on Migration and Technology
• Globalization of the Food Supply (see below for note-taking)
• Pandemics in a Globalizing World (see below for note-taking)
• Water: An Essential Natural Resource

3. Take notes on the following:

• Pros and cons of GM food (make a chart)
• point form notes on "The Globalization of Disease" section of Chapter 19

I also gave you the Chapter 20 textbook work today as well. Here is what you need to do for Chapter 20.

1. Define the following key terms:

• civic responsibilities
• allegiance
• dissenting
• CBSR
• OECD
• FCM
• mandate

2. Read the following sections in Chapter 20:

• Organizations and You
• Businesses and You
• Government and You

3. Complete the following activities in Chapter 20:

• Complete the "Express and Explain" questions on p.333 (all of #2 and #3)
• Complete the "Voices" activity on p.335 (questions #1-#3)

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Chapter 19-20 Key Terms, Questions and Activities are due on Monday, July 27th
• Chapter 16-18 Quiz (key terms quiz, please see the study guide below)
• "Blood Diamond" Film Study Questions are due on Monday, July 27th
• Final Exam Part A (written component) is on Thursday, July 30th
• Final Exam Part B (75 multiple choice questions) is on Friday, July 31st
  

Chapter 16-18 Quiz Study Guide:

This quiz is a matching quiz. Please make sure that you know the following key terms:

• advocacy
• grassroots organization
• entrepreneur
• migrant worker
• IDP
• refugee
• prisoner of conscience
• human rights
• ratify
• universality
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• non-governmental organization (NGO)
• intergovernmental organization (INGO)
• quality of life
• standard of living
• UNICEF
• hypothetical
• civilian