September 7

Social 20-1

I finished off the "Nation and Identity" PowerPoint presentation today, and I'd like to send it off to you by e-mail, but first I'd like a response to the test message that I sent out today. Once I know the e-mail distribution list is working, I can start sending out these PowerPoint presentations. I gave you class time to work on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Friday. Also on Friday you will have an Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz. Tomorrow, I will lecture on this very topic. You also have a World Geography Test on Friday, September 16th, please see the study guide below.

Social 20-1 World Geography Test Study Guide

This test will take place on Friday, September 16th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries 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, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265)
• 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: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
• 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, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
  India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, 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!!**

Social 30-1

I went through another PowerPoint presentation lecture today called "Identity and Ideology" which introduced the 19th and 20th century political spectrums to you, as well as the economic-political grid. You must memorize all of these spectrum diagrams for your upcoming Chapter 1-2 Test. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow, so I gave you the remaining 15 minutes of class to work on them. I also gave you a booklet with the various spectrums on it, so make sure that you study it. As well, I will be sending you the PDF copy of the Ideology Notes as soon as I have the e-mail distribution list up and operational.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 30-1:

• Chapter 1-2 Test is on Wednesday, September 14th (please see study guide below)
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Thursday, September 15th
• Unit 1 WRA II Essay is on Monday, September 19th

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Wednesday, September 14th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:

• 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, etc.)

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 2

I thought that I would post some of my classroom rules and expectations of behavior on the blog this year. Also, I will also write down some ground rules for using the blog this semester.

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 tomorrow, but here's a quick recap:

• Please be on-task during classroom time (visit later)
• You must wear your visual ID around your neck during class time, no exceptions!
• No cell phones; 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! Yes, you have some new freedom this year with regard to electronic devices, but not in the classroom!!
• 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 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 30-1 Period 3).
• 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.
• Monday nights are particularly busy for me, this is the night that I have a Masters class at the University.
• 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.

SWCMUN 2011

Sir Winston Churchill High School in Calgary, Alberta will be hosting a Model UN conference on October 21-23, 2011. For more information about this Model UN conference, please click on the logo above.

Social 30-1 Question Forum

Social 30-1 Question Forum:

If you have any questions that you'd like me to answer prior to the Diploma Exam Part A or B, simply comment in this question forum. Click on "Comments", post your question, and make sure that you put your initials at the end of the question.
For example,
"What were the major decisions made at the Yalta Conference?"
K.G. Social 30-1 Period 3

Thanks! Good luck on all of your Diploma Exams!

Social 10-1 Question Forum

Social 10-1 Question Forum:

If you have any questions that you'd like me to answer prior to the Final Exam Part B, simply comment in this question forum. Click on "Comments", post your question, and make sure that you put your initials at the end of the question.
For example,
"What's the difference between integration and accommodation?"
K.G. Social 10-1

FINAL MARKS in Social 10-1 have been posted outside my classroom. When you check your mark, please note that it is the mark that is highlighted yellow, and that, yes, I do round those numbers.

The class average on Part B was 81%, so congratulations! Hopefully you are happy with your individual mark. I do not post your marks on the blog, nor do I send them to you by e-mail. The next time that you're in the school, swing by Room 111 to check your marks. Have a great summer, and good luck on all of your other exams!

June 8

Social 30-1

You wrote your Trial Final today, which took most of the period. These exams have been marked already, so you'll get the results tomorrow.

Social 10-1

You wrote Part A of your Final Exam in class today, which took about 65 minutes of the period. I also gave you your seat assignment for the Final Exam Part B. The Final Exam Part B counts for 15% of your final grade in Social 10-1, with Part A counting for 10% of the grade. Most of you will be writing Part B in the Main Gym on Monday from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

June 7

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 15-16 Test today, which took most of the period. Make sure that you review how to write a three source analysis assignment (WRA I) because that is what tomorrow's Part A of the Final Exam will be like. Make sure that know the structure and organization of a WRA I. You will have 60 minutes to write this assignment and we will be doing it in class time. Your Chapter 18-19 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday.

Social 30-1

We focused in on preparing for the WRA I of the 30-1 Diploma Exam. We used as an example the January 2010 Diploma Exam WRA I. You broke into small groups of 4-5 to put together a detailed outline of what a WRA I would look like. Once again you'll get copies of these outlines. I'll be giving these out tomorrow. Keep in mind that they won't use these sources again, the idea was to practice writing/planning a WRA I, emphasizing organization, structure and key concepts of the course. Your Trial Final is tomorrow, so make sure that you review, since the Trial Final wipes out your lowest mark. Make sure that the Trial Final isn't your lowest mark!

June 6

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Effects of Globalization on Individuals and Communities". I will be sending this presentation to you tonight, along with the Social 10-1 Final Exam Study Guide. Your Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 15-16 Test is tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Part A of your Final Exam is on Wednesday, make sure that you review how to write a three source analysis.

Social 30-1

I gave back all your essays from the entire semester. I broke you up into small groups of 4-5 to write a group outline based on the January 2011 Diploma Exam WRA II.  I'll scan the outlines that you wrote in class and send you a copy of them tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Trial Final on Wednesday, please use the Social 30-1 Study Guide that I gave you to study for it. Remember, the Trial Final wipes out your lowest mark. I'll post your exam marks tomorrow and then you can make a decision as to which test you're going to wipe out.

June 3

Social 10-1

We watched a short video from the CBC News in Review series called "Rising Food Prices Threaten Millions". As you watched this video you were to complete the video study guide that went along with it. Please make sure that you read the information in the booklet as well. I also went through a PowerPoint presentation that looked at the "Biofuel Controversy". This lecture centered on the advantages and disadvantages of the development of biofuels such as ethanol in the United States and Brazil. I have sent this PowerPoint to you already. Your Chapter 15-16 Test is on Tuesday, June 7th, and you can find the study guide here. Part A of your Final Exam will be on Wednesday, June 8th. Part A is a WRA I three source analysis assignment that you will have 60 minutes to write.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Chapter 15-16 Test is on Tuesday, June 7th (please see the study guide here)
• Social 10-1 Part A of Final Exam is on Wednesday, June 8th
• Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions will be due on June 7th
• Chapter 18-19 Key Terms and Questions will be due on June 9th (Fri.)

Social 30-1

I went through parts of two different essay outlines today, one on active citizenship and the other centered around individualism vs. collectivism. I have sent these essay outlines to you already. I have also sent you the Social 30-1 Diploma Exam Study Guide and a chart filled with a comparison between the old Social 30 essay prompts and how easy it is to change it into a Social 30-1 text-based source for a WRA II essay. I did a homework check on your Chapter 13 and 14 booklet today as well. Please study for your Social 30-1 Trial Final (it's on Wednesday, June 8th) using the study guide that I have sent to you. Please check yesterday's post for some links to materials that are designed to help review for the Diploma Exam.

June 2

Social 30-1

We worked on an essay outline for a political-themed essay today in class. I will be sending the outline that both my Period 3 and 4 classes put together. I'll also send you the outlines that previous semester classes put together. Tomorrow, we'll look at what an individualism vs. collectivism and an active citizenship essay might look like. It might be a good idea to start reviewing for not only your Trial Final (which is on June 8th), but also your Diploma Exam. When preparing for Part A it might be a good idea to look at the official Alberta Government preparation guide (here's the link for the 30-1 guide, and here's the link for the 30-2 guide), as well as Student Writing Samples from previous Diploma Exams (here's the 30-1 January 2010 sample, and the 30-2 January 2010 sample, as well as the 30-1 January 2011 sample and the 30-2 January 2011 sample) so you have an idea of what the markers are looking for in your writing.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Social 30-1 Trial Final is on Wednesday, June 8th

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Blood Diamond" today in class. There is a film study that goes along with this film which is due tomorrow. There was a comment on the blog the other day about the link to the Amnesty International article not working, and I checked it out and the article that is on the Amnesty site does not deal with all of the topics in Part 2 of the film study. Here's what I'd like you to do instead: Click on this link to a PDF document. On page 3 of this document, you'll find answers to some of the questions in Part 2. Also, you can look into the Kimberly Process here. You can also learn more about the RUF here. If  you are interested in learning more about what it was like being a child soldier during the conflict in Sierra Leone, I can highly recommend the book A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, it is an excellent book. You can hear Ismael Beah speak in the video below about child soldiers from Human Rights Watch. There's a lot going on in the world that you may not always hear about on the nightly news. Romeo Dallaire's latest book They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children, also looks at the issue of child soldiers, and is also highly recommended. I challenge you to learn more about natural resource-fuelled conflict in the world today. These are problems that are still being dealt with. Here is a link to your Chapter 15-16 Test Study Guide.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Chapter 15-16 Test is on Tuesday, June 7th
• Social 10-1 Final Exam Part A (WRA I) is on Wednesday, June 8th

May 30

Social 10-1

We started looking at the role of conflict diamonds in fuelling unrest in Africa today by starting a film study on "Blood Diamond" today. We'll finish this film on Thursday (remember there's no school tomorrow or Wednesday). Please see the study guide for the Chapter 15-16 Test below.

Chapter 15-16 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide.

Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)
• study the reading "Human Rights Abuses in a Globalized World: Burma Case Study" (from Globalization 101 website, I gave you a copy of this article in class)

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?
• human rights abuses in Burma

Social 30-1

We did some Diploma Exam essay preparation today by looking at how to approach writing an essay with an economics-themed source. I will send the essay outline that we put together in class today.

May 27

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society". I will send this presentation out to you tonight. I gave you some time to work on your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions for the remainder of class.

Social 30-1

We finished watching "Shouting Fire" today in class, and then we looked at the issue of privacy in a world with CCTV cameras. I gave you a short reading on CCTV camera usage in the UK and we watched an excerpt from a documentary on CCTV camera use in Europe. I also gave you the Chapter 13 and 14 Booklet today, which is due next Friday.

May 26

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam in class today, which took the entire period. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave you some notes today on human rights, civil rights, inalienable rights, entrenching rights, the War Measures Act (used in Canada during WWI, WWII, the FLQ Crisis), the Canadian Bill of Rights (1961, not entrenched in the Canadian constitution), and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I also gave you a sheet on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( a worldwide goal for human rights, serves as a model for other documents, such as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but it's not legally binding. Many UN member states ignore this Declaration). You were to complete the chart activity on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the application of the notwithstanding clause during class time. If you did not complete this chart, here is a hyperlink to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Also, it is really important that you read the article "Human Rights Abuses in a Globalized World" that I gave you yesterday. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions were due today.

May 25

Social 30-1

We started watching an HBO documentary on the issue of freedom of speech in the United States called "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech", which we will continue on Friday. You can find this video in its entirety on YouTube broken into 5 parts, the first video in the series is here. Please remember that your Unit 3 Final Exam is tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization", which I have already sent to your e-mail accounts. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you read the article that I gave you on human rights abuses in a globalized world as well. Your TNC Dossier Assignment was due today and it looks like most people handed it in.

May 24

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today, which took almost the entire period. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due tomorrow. At the end of the Unit 3 Exam you were to have picked up a copy of the Unit 4 Worksheet. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today in the Blenheim Room. This took the entire period. You have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Thursday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). I recommend that you copy and paste this study guide into Word and then print it off so you have a hard copy. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday.

May 19

Social 30-1

We watched a video in class today called "Unconstitutional" which examined the erosion of civil rights in the United States post-9/11 with the passage of the Patriot Act. If you missed class today, you might want to watch the video embedded below.



I also gave you a booklet that covered the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Patriot Act. Make sure that you read this booklet!

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Tuesday, May 24th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, May 26th (see the study guide below)

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam will be entirely multiple choice format. It will be on Wednesday, June 2nd. Please study the following material:

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)

Review the following handouts/notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems
• Non-Democratic Systems
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• Civil Rights Movement
• authoritarian systems (China notes/booklet)
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (civil rights, human rights, Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act, etc.)
• FLQ Crisis 1970 film study and document analysis booklet

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:

• assimilation
• self-interest
• humanitarianism
• Indian Act
• residential school system
• enfranchisement
• the White Paper
• the Red Paper
• “war on terror"
• authoritarianism
• consensus decision-making
• direct democracy
• military dictatorship
• oligarchy
• one-party state
• party solidarity
• representation by population
• proportional representation
• representative democracy
• responsible government
• democracy
• single-member constituency (first past the post)
• the Senate
• the House of Commons
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups
• American Bill of Rights
• Anti-Terrorism Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• emergency and security legislation
• illiberal
• language legislation
• Bill 101
• Bill 178
• Bill 86
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• respect for law and order
• terrorism
• rendition
• the War Measures Act
• enemy aliens
• internment
• the Emergencies Act
• USA PATRIOT Act
• consumerism
• environmental change
• extremism
• pandemics
• postmodernism
• global warming
• Kyoto Protocol
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• drought

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 3 WRA I in-class writing assignment. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Tuesday, please see the study guide here. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 25th.

May 18

Social 30-1

You wrote your Chapter 10 Test today, which took most of the period. You will get the results of this test back tomorrow. We'll continue looking at the Anti-Terrorism Act and the Patriot Act tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We played a Unit 3 Review Game today. Please remember that your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Tuesday, May 24th, please see the study guide here. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 25th. Don't procrastinate!! You are writing your Unit 3 WRA I (3 source analysis) tomorrow. Review how to write a WRA I tonight!

May 17

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today in the Blenheim Room. I will try my best to have these essays marked within a week. I will be highly motivated to do this because my two Social 30-1 classes are writing their Unit 3 WRA II next Tuesday. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 3 WRA I on Thursday, so it would be a good idea to review how to write a WRA I again. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Tuesday, May 24th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 55 multiple choice questions.

Social 30-1

You spent most of today's class writing your Unit 3 WRA I. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Tuesday. You will not be getting the essay question sheet in advance for the Unit 3 WRA II. Please make sure that you review how to write a WRA II (review the "Recipe for Success"). Your Chapter 10 Test is tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, May 26th. I will be posting the study guide for this final this Thursday.

May 16

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent dealing with the short 20 minute video called "The Story of Stuff". I really appreciate the degree to which you watched this video critically, and the conversation that we generated afterwards. Annie Leonard from the Story of Stuff Project has uploaded other videos to YouTube, so if you're interested in watching some more videos, have a look at the ones below. Also, have a look at the upcoming important dates below.

• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Tuesday, May 17th in the Blenheim Room (go directly there tomorrow morning)
• Unit 3 WRA I is on Thursday, May 19th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Tuesday, May 24th (the study guide will be posted tomorrow)
• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 25th

And here's another...

Social 30-1

We finished off the FLQ Crisis video from Friday at the beginning of class today. Here is the video that I forgot to post on Friday. It connects nicely to some of the themes that we addressed today in class with regard to anti-terrorism legislation that was passed in Canada and the United States after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In Friday's video we looked at the FLQ crisis, this is the interview on the steps of Parliament that features Trudeau's "just watch me" speech. It's an interesting little debate that is waged between Trudeau and the reporters over the issue on giving up/losing civil liberties in order to ensure security.


We watched a video from the CBC News in Review on the September 11th attacks today prior to talking about anti-terrorism legislation in Canada and the United State, because in order to fully understand why this legislation was passed, you need to see the context in which it was passed. The value conflict between ensuring security, peace and order in society versus individual freedom and civil liberties could be a potential topic on Part A of your Diploma Exam (it was on the January 2010 Diploma). Liberal democracies around the world, post-9/11 have had to deal with the issue of the extent to which they must ensure security and the balance between security and civil liberties. It would not be difficult to use a quotation that relates to this issue ("They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."--Benjamin Franklin) and then have the essay question: "To what extent should we embrace the perspective(s) in this source?" Would you be able to write an essay on that topic? Think of the source material that I've given you on the FLQ crisis, the Emergencies Act, the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Patriot Act and the no fly list, and think about other ways you could prepare for this as a potential essay topic. Speaking of writing assignments, please remember that you have your Unit 3 WRA I (source analysis) tomorrow. Your Chapter 10 Test is on Wednesday, here's the study guide (there's more democracy-related questions on the test than authoritarianism/dictatorship questions). Please finish off the activities in the FLQ Crisis booklet (the document analysis fill in the blank exercise). At the back of the booklet there is information on the Emergencies Act which you MUST read over!  I also gave you some handouts on the Patriot Act. We'll be dealing with this on Thursday again. Tomorrow, you have your Unit 3 WRA I (3 source analysis). If you have switched to Social 30-2 you will be writing a WRA III (3 speakers question).

May 13

Social 10-1

I tried to go through a little easy preparation with you today in advance of your Unit 3 WRA II on Tuesday of next week. I will be sending the essay outline sheet that we started in class today, as well as the essay question sheet by e-mail this afternoon. There was at least one of you that forgot the essay question sheet behind in the class. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 25th. You also have your Unit 3 WRA I on Thursday, May 19th.

TNC Dossier is now due on May 25th

Social 30-1

We started watching a video today on the FLQ Crisis of 1970 and the Canadian government's response to it. As you were watching this video you were to write down answers to fill-in-the-blanks questions. We will finish this video off next week. Please remember that your Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Monday, May 16th. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, you have your Unit 3 WRA I. Please check the May 5th post to make sure that you have commented on the questions I posed about how Canadian political leaders could increase civic engagement of young people.

May 11

Social 30-1

If you missed class today you should know that I gave out a handout on rights that you'll need to get. This handout covered rights, human rights, civil rights, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, entrenchment of rights and other topics. I also gave you a couple of handouts that you can use in tomorrow's in-class writing assignment where you will be writing an analysis of a propaganda poster. You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Tuesday. Your USA-Canada Government Comparison charts are due tomorrow, as are your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions. Your Chapter 10 Test is next Wednesday, please the study guide below. Don't forget to post your comments on the May 5th post.

Chapter 10 Test Study Guide:

This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well:

• Characteristics of Democracy (handout notes)
• Characteristics of Dictatorships (handout notes)
• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• authoritarian systems
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system
• review political and economic spectrum (again!)

Social 10-1

We finished going through the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation today. We also watched a short interview between Jeff Rubin and George Strombolopolous as they discussed the future of globalization in a world with triple digit oil prices. Your Chapter 14 Key Terms are due tomorrow.

May 10

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Shipbreakers" today and continued working through the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation. We will finish the lecture tomorrow in class. Keep working on your TNC Dossier Assignment, it's due on May 18th.

Social 30-1

We watched a CBC News in Review from October 2009 on "Afghanistan's Troubled Election". You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions (they are due on Thursday).

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday, May 12th
• USA-Canada Government Comparison Assignment is due on May 12th
• Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Monday, May 16th
• Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on May 16th
• Unit 3 WRA I is on Tuesday, May 17th
• Chapter 10 Test is on Wednesday, May 18th (study guide goes up on the blog on May 11th)
• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Tuesday, May 24th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, May 26th

May 9

Social 10-1

We started a PowerPoint lecture today called "Globalization and Sustainability". We started talking about the life cycle of a ship, and what happens to ships when they are built, when they are in operation, and where they go to "die". We started watching a NFB documentary called "Shipbreakers" today as well, which we will finish tomorrow. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions today.

Social 30-1

Today we focused in on a case study of an ideological one-party state, specifically China. We watched a couple of videos from the BBC History of the 20th Century videos, one was called "One Man's Revolution" and the other "China Since Mao". Both of these videos are a bit dated, so I'd recommend you finish watching the NFB documentary that we started watching in class (but didn't finish due the lag on the network today). The film was called "Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square".



The film is based on the personal experiences of Shui Bo Wang, who was born in 1960, and hence was about 29 years old when the pro-democracy protests took place in Tiananmen Square. It has an interesting mix personal stories, first-hand accounts, photographs and animation as well. I do recommend that you finish watching it. Tonight would be a great night to finish off your half (if you're working with a partner) of the USA-Canada Government Comparison Assignment (which is due on Thursday). Your Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due next Monday.

May 6

Social 10-1

We watched "Globalization is Good" today in class, and while you watched the video you were to complete the film study guide that went along with the film. We did have time to go over the answers at the end of the video as well. Please remember that your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. This would be a great weekend to get some initial research completed on your TNC Dossier Assignment as well.

Social 30-1

I started off today by drawing your attention to the May 5th post where I put up a bunch of hyperlinks that will help you on the USA-Canada Government Comparison Assignment. You also have to post your answer to the questions posed on the May 5th post as well prior to next Friday. This assignment is worth double homework check marks. I went through a PowerPoint lecture called "Political Challenges to Liberalism" by focusing on the later part of the presentation and examples of non-democratic systems. I have sent this PowerPoint to you already. I then passed out a reading called "The End of Democracy?" from Maclean's magazine. I also gave you the Civil Rights Movement Assignment. I have sent you the essay outline sheets that you need to complete as part of the Civil Rights Movement Assignment already, so check your e-mail.

• USA-Canada Government Comparison Chart is due on Thursday, May 12th
• Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Monday, May 16th
• Chapter 10 Test is on Wednesday, May 18th
• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Tuesday, May 24th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, May 26th

May 5

Social 30-1

I'm adding some links under the Social 30-1 Links on this page to help you out with your USA-Canada Political System Comparison Chart assignment (which is due next Thursday). Here some websites that I think will help (permanent links will appear on the right-hand side of the blog under Social 30-1 Links):

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
• Elections Canada
• Real Clear Politics
• Canadian Parliament
• Canadian Senate
• Government of Canada: Democratic Reform
• The White House
• The United States Senate
• The House of Representatives
• The Electoral College System
• USA: How a Bill Becomes a Law

We also did some small group discussions about four questions related to democracy. Usually I have students post answers to these questions again for homework check marks. While we were having our class discussion today though another idea hit me. Given that we have had a recent federal election in Canada, I would like you to post comments here on the blog answering the following question:  How can Canadian political leaders increase civic engagement among young people in Canada? What can they do appeal to young voters such as yourselves in the next federal election? When you post your comments, please post with your first name, last name initial and what class you're in (Kevin G. in Social 30-1 Period 3). Please take this homework assignment seriously, if the quality of answers is high and the answers are strong I will pass on your ideas to the appropriate MPs and other politicians. This is also worth double homework check marks! You have one week to post your answer on the blog on this day's post.

Social 10-1

We finished watching the video that we started yesterday called the Other Side of Outsourcing. I also went through a PowerPoint presentation with you the I will be sending to you this evening. Tomorrow we'll be watching a very pro-globalization video called Globalization is Good.

May 3

Social 10-1

We finished watching "The Age of Wal-Mart" video and completed the film study that went along with it. I also showed you some exemplars of the TNC Dossier Assignment from previous semesters. Hopefully these examples gave you some ideas and inspiration. I will try to post the assignment sheet and rubric on the wiki in the next couple of days. The TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 18th. This is the day after your Unit 3 WRA II.

Social 30-1

I talked a little bit about the Canadian federal election results at the beginning of class. I also did the computer usage request forms for your Diploma Exam at the beginning of class. I went through the structure of the American government and as I lectured you were to take some notes on the diagram. We watched a short video on electoral college system, if you want to watch it again, here is the hyperlink. As we watched this video I stopped it occasionally to point out a few quirks with this system, namely that you can win the popular vote and still not win enough electoral college votes to become president.  I also talked about the 2000 election. In that election Florida was the key state. Previously in class I've talked a little bit about the differences between the types of ballots used in Canada and in the United States. In many counties in Florida during the 2000 election they used what's called a butterfly ballot where you punch holes in the ballot to indicate which candidate you are voting for. I think the following graphic illustrates nicely what this ballot looked like.
I think you can see how this might have caused some confusion. If you can't see the ballot clearly, just click on it and you should see a larger view. If you want to look at past U.S. Presidential elections and see the U.S. electoral college maps for the past ten elections, have a look at Real Clear Politics. Have a look at the 1984 election, that was extremely one-sided!
We also looked at the system of checks and balances in the American presidential system.

Here is a link to the Examples of Students' Writing from the January 2010 Diploma Exam. Obviously, you don't study their responses because the three sources will be different and the text-based source for the WRA II will be different too. But this should give you an idea of the standards for the Diploma.

May 2

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 10-11 Test today. I did a homework check on your Chapter 12 Key Terms as well. We'll finish off "The Age of Wal-Mart" video tomorrow as well as talk about the TNC Dossier Project.

Social 30-1

We talked about types of democratic systems today, and in particular direct democracy and representative democracy. We also looked at how a bill becomes a law in Canada, and different types of electoral systems from around the world. I gave you the essay question sheet for your Unit 2 WRA II which is on Wednesday.

April 29

Social 10-1

You watched "The Age of Wal-Mart" in class today. As you watched this film, you were to add notes to the "Advantages and Disadvantages of Wal-Mart" worksheet. We will finish this video on Tuesday. Your Chapter 10-11 Test is on Monday, please see the study guide here. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms are due on Monday as well (just the key terms).

Social 30-1

You were to have handed in your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. Most of today's class would have been spent covering two main concepts: the structure of the Canadian government and proportional representation. If you missed today's class, you need to get the handout on the Canadian government structure from the handout folder and get the notes from a classmate.

April 28

Social 30-1

You had the entire period to complete your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow. Hopefully you got a lot completed in class and you lessened your homework load.

Social 10-1

You finished watching "The Corporation" today in class. I hope that you found this film thought-provoking and interesting. Your Unit 3 project will require you to do research on a major multinational corporation, so hopefully you got some ideas of which TNC you would like to profile in this project. We'll talk about this project next week. Your homework assignment tonight is to prepare for tomorrow's class buy working on the "Advantages and Disadvantages of Wal-Mart" worksheet. It's recommended that you re-read Chapter 1, pages 10-13 for ideas on the positive and negative impacts of Wal-Mart. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Monday, please see the study guide here.

April 27

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, which took most of the period. You will get the full results when I come back from Toronto. You had two pieces of homework due today: Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions and your 10 Questions About Democracy.

Social 10-1

You should have handed in your Chapter 11 Key Terms at the beginning of class today. You continued watching "The Corporation" today and completed a film study sheet that went along with the documentary film. You will finish watching this film tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Monday, May 2nd, please see the study guide here.

April 26

Social 10-1

We started watching "The Corporation" today in class. You will continue watching this video and completing the film study that goes along with the documentary. We also were able to select transnational corporations that you will be profiling in your TNC Dossier Assignment, this assignment is due on Monday, May 16th. We'll be able to talk about this project more next week, and I'll be able to show you some exemplars of past student projects. Please remember that your Chapter 10-11 Test is on Monday, May 2nd, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

We started looking at Unit 3 material today. If you missed today's class you will have to get these notes from a classmate. We also watched a video from BBC World called "10 Questions About Democracy" (here is a link to the companion website if you'd like to hear what people had to say again). You are responsible for finishing the entire film study that went along with this video for tomorrow's class (I'll be doing a homework check on it, and in all likelihood, we'll be able to discuss some of the questions in the video). Your Chapter  8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below. I also gave back the results of your Chapter 7 Test as well today.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

It will be a 75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
• self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
  also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model

April 25

Social 10-1

You completed a film study of the documentary called "Life + Debt". As you watched this film, you were to take notes on it and complete the film study sheet. Make sure that you complete this worksheet, including the questions after the chart! I did a homework check on your WTO Charts today as well, you'll get these back tomorrow. Your Chapter 10-11 Test is on Monday, May 2nd, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:

This quiz has a matching section and a short answer section. Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

1. "Foundations of Economic Globalization"

2. "Expansion of Economic Globalization"


You should know these key terms really well:

• Bretton Woods Agreement
• international monetary system
• fixed exchange rate
• gold standard
• floating exchange rate
• World Bank
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• centrally planned economy
• free market economy
• recession
• John Maynard Keynes
• Friedrich Hayek
• Milton Friedman
• totalitarian
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
• tariff
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

You should also be able to answer the following questions:

• What is economic globalization?
• How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
• What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
• What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
• What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
• What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
• How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
• What are the benefits of the WTO system?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?

Social 30-1

You wrote your Cold War Exam today, which took most of the period. You will get the results back tomorrow. I did a homework check on your "Good Night, and Good Luck" film study booklets as well today. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, please see the study guide below.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 27th. It will be a 75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model

April 21

Social 30-1

We finished watching "Good Night, and Good Luck" today in class. This film explores a lot of issues that are relevant to today. You also have to understand the political climate at the time in the United States to fully understand the movie. Many Americans were drawn to communism in the 1930s due to the effects of the Great Depression, especially academics and those in the labour fields. In the movie they made reference to friends and spouses that had attended meetings long ago. The "Red Scare" caused a huge backlash against those sympathetic to communism or the USSR. Remember, during WWII the Soviet Union was an ally, and many people may have attended meetings out of curiosity. The junior Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy in 1950 charged there were communist sympathizers in the U.S. State Department. Hearings were held, charges were discovered to be unfounded. McCarthy continued accusing communist infiltration in the Democratic Party. McCarthy became the chairman of the House Subcommittee on the investigation of un-American activity (HUAC). On December 2, 1954, McCarthy’s actions were called into question and his accusations were deemed unfounded. On Murrow's show "See it Now", he begins to publicly go after McCarthy. A very public feud develops when McCarthy responds by accusing Murrow of being a communist. Murrow is accused of having been a member of the leftist union Industrial Workers of the World, which Murrow claimed was false.
In this climate of fear and reprisal (which we now refer to as McCarthyism), the CBS crew carries on and their tenacity ultimately strikes a historic blow against McCarthy. Historical footage in the movie also shows the questioning of Annie Lee Moss, a Pentagon communication worker accused of being a communist based on her name appearing on a list seen by an FBI infiltrator of the American Communist Party. In the first half of the film Murrow talks about how McCarthy didn't create the political climate and anti-Communist hysteria sweeping the country, but that he capitalized on it for political gain very effectively. As David Strathairn (playing Murrow in the film says, "We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment, unpopular. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate responsibility." The film is framed by the performance of the speech given by Murrow to the Radio and Television News Directors Association in 1958, in which Murrow harshly admonishes his audience not to squander the potential of television to inform and educate the public. I found this short video on YouTube that spliced together Edward R. Murrow's speech that appears at the beginning of the film and continues at the end of the film. I find that this speech has relevance even today when you talk about the level of discourse in the media. Your film study for "Good Night and Good Luck" is due on Monday, April 25th. We also did a quick review of Soviet and American leaders during the Cold War, so if you missed class today, please get these notes from a classmate. I also gave you a handout called "The End of the Cold War". Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War period) on Monday, April 25th (here is the study guide-scroll down to find it) and your Unit 2 Final Exam on April 27th (Wednesday), please see the study guide here.

Social 10-1

We finished off "The Expansion of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint presentation today. I will be sending this presentation to you this afternoon. I also gave back the results of your Unit 2 Final Exam. I gave you a booklet that examined the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. You have a homework assignment that is due on Monday on the WTO. For Monday, you must create a WTO chart (a T-chart) with advantages and disadvantages of the WTO system. You are to "back up" your statements in your WTO chart (for example, don't simply put "The WTO is killing people", that's a statement that requires clarification) You might want to check out this link to criticisms of the WTO. Your Chapter 10-11 Test is on Monday, May 2nd, so I will be posting a study guide one week in advance (April 25th).

April 20

Social 30-1

We started looking at the film "Good Night, and Good Luck" today in class. This film explores McCarthyism in the early 1950s. The film study that I provided you with also has a film review, and some study questions and some discussion questions. This film definitely has relevance in today's world (which we'll be talking about more tomorrow and in Unit 3 of the course). Hopefully, we'll finish off the film tomorrow, and be able to have a short discussion period of some of the issues the film raises. In all likelihood, the study questions from the film study will be due on Monday. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Exam (Cold War Exam) on Monday, April 25th and your Unit 2 Final Exam on Wednesday, April 27th.

• Chapter 7 Exam (Cold War) Study Guide (scroll down to find it)
• Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide (scroll down to find it)

In all likelihood, I will start with this speech in the film in tomorrow's class.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Questions today. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms are due tomorrow. You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, which took most of the period. You will get the results of this test back tomorrow.

April 19

Social 10-1

We started a PowerPoint lecture today called "The Expansion of Economic Globalization", which we will finish on Thursday. Tomorrow, you have your Unit 2 Final Exam, here is the study guide. If you didn't hand in your Chapter 10 Questions today, please make sure that you have it ready for tomorrow. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms are due on Thursday, April 21st.

Social 30-1

I gave you some notes on arms reduction talks, specifically on bilateral agreements between the USSR and the USA, and multilateral agreements on arms reduction. I also gave you a booklet that covered the same topic. I showed you a National Geographic video called "Inside North Korea", to show you the legacies of the Cold War in the world today. I also did a homework check on your Vietnam War Assignment. Your Chapter 7 Test is on Monday, April 25th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). I also posted the study guide for your Unit 2 Final Exam, so please find the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

April 18

Social 10-1

I gave you back your Unit 2 WRA I at the beginning of class today. I will do a workshop on this writing assignment in tutorial on Wednesday. I then showed you a short video from an Australian TV show called "Dateline". This video focused in on "China's Ghost Cities". Building massive cities is one way in which the Chinese government is able to provide jobs and continue maintain GDP growth. You can watch the video here, or have a look at these cities from satellite images as well. We were also able to have a short four corner debate on genetically modified foods from the "Dilemmas of Global Trade" sheet that I gave you on Friday. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms at the beginning of class today. We watched the documentary film "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" for most of the period. Here is the link to your Chapter 7 Test (The Cold War), this test is on Monday, April 25th. You'll have to scroll down to find the Chapter 7 Test Study Guide. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 27th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 27th. It will be a 75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR)
• do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model

April 15

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 10 Key Terms today in class. We watched part of the China Rises series called "Getting Rich". As you watched this documentary you were to complete film study questions. Information that you collected during this video could be useful on an upcoming essay if you used China as a case study of the positives or the negatives of economic globalization. If you missed class today, please make sure that you pick up the film study and get the notes from a classmate. Here is a hyperlink to the China Rises website, which could be useful for your study. I also gave you a handout called "Dilemmas of Global Trade" which I would like you to have read prior to Monday's class. We will be discussing the issues raised in this handout. I recommend that you also rank your top 3 or 4 choices of scenarios that you would like to discuss in class. Please remember that your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 20th. Please see the study guide here for this very important exam.

Social 30-1

We continued our look at the Vietnam War. I gave you a couple of key handouts on the Vietnam War that you MUST read before Monday's class. I gave you a booklet on the Vietnam War that contained the Vietnam War Assignment. This assignment is due on Tuesday. You are responsible for the A-C sections on the front page with this assignment (please see below).

Vietnam War Assignment

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

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

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

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


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

The above photograph is of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, O.Ont (born in 1963), she is a Vietnamese-Canadian best known as the child subject of a Pulitzer Prize winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972. The iconic photo taken in Trang Bang by AP photographer Nick Ut shows her at about age nine running naked on the street after being severely burned on her back by a South Vietnamese napalm attack. Contrary to popular myth, the US Air Force were not involved in the attack, and only two US troops were within 60 miles (97 km) of the scene, neither of whom had any say in the bombings. Still, it is a powerful image associated with the war.
I'm posting the study guide for your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Exam) below. You have a lot of review and studying to do, that's why I'm posting this study guide so far in advance (this test is on Monday, April 25th).

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I sent to you on the Vietnam War)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you in subsequent class)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I will give you next week on this topic.
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

April 14

Social 30-1

Most of today's class was spent watching excerpts from the movie "Born on the Fourth of July". I also did a homework check on Cold War Events Notes. Please remember that your Southeast Asia package is due tomorrow. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms (key terms only!) are due on Monday, April 18th. We'll continue looking at the Vietnam War tomorrow and on Monday as well.

Social 10-1

For most of the period you watched and took notes on a video called "Global Economic Issues". I also gave you your Unit 3 Worksheets today. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms (key terms only!) are due tomorrow. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 20th, please see the study guide here.

April 13

Social 30-1

We watched a short video today on the construction of the Berlin Wall and then we watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". I also gave you some more notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis as well. Make sure that you have your Cold War Events Notes completed by tomorrow, and your Southeast Asia package finished for Friday. I have sent you notes on the Vietnam War to your e-mail accounts so please read them prior to tomorrow's class.

Social 10-1

I finished off the "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint presentation today in class. I will send this to you tonight, as well as update the wiki so you can access this presentation online as well. Your Imperialism Research Projects are due today, so please make sure that you send me the hyperlink to your Prezi to my e-mail account. When I get your Prezi links I will respond back so you know that I received it. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is one week from today, please check the study guide here.

April 12

Social 10-1

We started looking at the "Foundations of Economic Globalization" today. I will be continuing this PowerPoint lecture tomorrow. Please remember to send me the link to your Imperialism Research Project Prezis tomorrow by e-mail. You should also submit your reference list tomorrow, but please remember not to put it in Prezi, simply type it up in Word and hand in a hard copy. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 20th, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

We looked at the Korean War today in class. We watched a video from the Turning Points in History series called "Crisis in Korea". I also gave you a couple of handouts on the Korean War. You had time today to work on your Cold War Events Notes as well. The Cold War Events Notes are due on Thursday, April 14th. Today was your last day to work from the Cold War and After booklets, so if you didn't finish the charts then you'll have to get your information from elsewhere. Your Chapter 7 Test is on Monday, April 25th, I will be posting the study guide for this test a week in advance (the 18th).

April 11

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I today in class, which took about 65 minutes of today's period. Your Imperialism Research Project is due on Wednesday, please see the wiki or your e-mail inbox for the rubric for this assignment. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 20th, please see the study guide here. Please make sure that you read the following pages in Chapter 10 from Perspectives on Globalization prior to tomorrow's class: pages 209-216. I will be starting Unit 3 material tomorrow so be prepared.

Social 30-1

I returned your Unit 2 WRA I at the beginning of class today. For Period 3 Social 30-1 students please come to tutorial on Wednesday for a workshop session on the Unit 2 WRA I that you wrote. For Period 4 Social 30-1 students, please come to tutorial on Thursday for your session. We watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Cold War Confrontation" which covers the end of WWII, the Berlin Blockade and the Korean War. We'll be looking at the Korean War in greater detail tomorrow. I gave you a booklet on the causes of the Cold War, and notes booklet that you are to have completed by Thursday called "Cold War Key Events Notes". You will get some time tomorrow to work on this booklet.

April 8

Social 10-1

We finished looking at the residential school apology and the common experience payment (CEP) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission today which sort of wraps up Unit 2 material. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 WRA I on Monday. Like I said in class, think back to the major themes and concepts that we've looked at in Unit 2 and chances are that will be the central theme of the WRA I for this unit. Please make sure that you review HOW to write a WRA I this weekend. This is your last weekend to work on your Imperialism Research Projects as well. Check the wiki I've uploaded some videos on how to use Prezi. Please remember that you are to type your citation list in Microsoft Word and submit it, so you don't have to do it in Prezi. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on March 20th, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

We started our examination of the Cold War today. I hope that you read Chapter 7 prior to today's class. If you haven't read it yet, please do so tonight. I delivered a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Origins of the Cold War", which I have already sent to you. Make sure that you read the other handout that I gave you on the Cold War today, because it contains important information.  I would like you to go to the World War II Behind Closed Doors website this weekend, and read the sections on the Yalta Conference  and the Potsdam Conference. This is an excellent site, with tons of information, maps, video clips, timelines and archival footage and re-enactments as well. You do need to really make sure that you understand the Yalta Agreements and the Potsdam Declaration (among other things) and this is a great site to do this. Episode 3 is the one that contains most of the information that you would need to read and watch. There's a great little video clip on this website called "Stalin's Distrust of the West" that might help you see WWII from the Soviet perspective and why the Soviets might wish to extend control over Eastern Europe and be so distrustful of their wartime allies. You can find this video clip in Episode 3 (Dividing the World), scroll down and click on the video clip on the right called "Stalin's Distrust of the West". It's a short little clip, but you'll get the idea. We'll continue our look at the Cold War next week.

April 7

Social 30-1

You wrote your Nazi Germany Quiz today and you'll get the results back tomorrow. We started looking at the origins of the Cold War today. If you missed class today you'll need to get a couple of handouts, one called "The Origins of the Cold War" and the other was a booklet called "Timeline of the Cold War". We'll continue looking at the origins of the Cold War tomorrow when we start looking at the WWII conferences in greater detail.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today, and after completing the film study you wrote a short quiz on the film. We also watched a short CBC News in Review video on the Canadian government's official apology for the residential school system. Please have a look at the following hyperlink on the residential school system: CBC Archives: Canada's Residential Schools. We'll continue looking at the residential school system tomorrow along with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Upcoming important dates:

• Unit 2 WRA I is on Monday, April 11th
• Imperialism Research Project is due on Wednesday, April 13th
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 20th (please see the study guide here)

April 6

Social 30-1

We looked at a PowerPoint presentation called "The Techniques of Dictatorship" today, which focused in primarily on propaganda in the Third Reich. I will be sending this presentation to you this afternoon, so please check your e-mail. You have your Nazi Germany Quiz tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Please make sure that you read Chapter 7 tonight because after we finish tomorrow's quiz I will be moving into the Cold War.

Social 10-1

We started watching the film "Where the Spirit Lives" today in class and we will be finishing it off tomorrow. You will be writing a brief quiz about this film tomorrow in class. Please make sure that you are completing the film study as you watch this film. Please have a look at the upcoming important dates below.

• Unit 2 WRA I (3 Source Analysis) is on Monday, April 11th (Room 111)
• Imperialism Research Project is due on Wednesday, April 13th
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, April 20th (please see the study guide here)

April 5

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today, which took most of the period. Please remember that your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Your Imperialism Research Project is due on Wednesday, April 13th. Your Unit 2 WRA I is on Monday, April 11th. Your next big assessment is on Wednesday, April 20th. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 2 Final Exam

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Wednesday, April 20th. 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

Social 30-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 5 Test, you will get the results of this test back tomorrow. Your Nazi Germany Quiz is on Thursday, April 7th. This quiz has a matching format, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

April 4

Social 10-1

We finished the "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" PowerPoint lecture today. I will send this presentation to you tonight. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday, please make sure that you actually read Chapter 9. Your Chapter 7 Test is tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 2 WRA I. Your Chapter 5 Test is tomorrow, please see the study guide here. I also did a homework check on your Fascism Booklet. Your Nazi Germany Quiz is on Thursday, please see the study guide here.