November 14

Social 10-1

We started a film study today on the documentary film "The Corporation". As I told you in class, I split this up over three class periods. After we finished watching the first segment today I handed out the TNC Dossier Assignment sheets, and went over what the project entails. This project is due on November 28th. Tomorrow we should be able to select the TNCs and I should be able to show you some exemplars as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test next Wednesday (November 21st), 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? (DETAILS!!)
• What are some criticisms of the WTO? (DETAILS!!)

IB 20

Your Latin American Independence Movement Assignment was due today. Please send me the link to your project page in Facebook. Please send the link to either my CBE e-mail address or my Gmail account if you prefer.I finished delivering the PowerPoint presentation on "Forging the New Republic" in class today. I will be posting this presentation on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 6 this evening.

IB 30/35

You completed a film study on the BBC 20th Century History video series episode entitled "Make Germany Pay" in class today. I also starting delievering a lecture on the League of Nations attempts to enforce the treaties and the disarmament conferences that took place in the Interwar Years. Please remember also that you have a test on the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs on Monday. Please see the study guide here. Also, next Friday you will be writing a Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1. Keep up with content covered in class!!

November 13

IB 30/35

I went through the League of Nations mandate system and differences between Class A,B and C mandates. This PowerPoint is already posted on the wiki. Please complete the Covenant of the League of Nations worksheet that has been posted on the wiki under Prescribed Subject 1. I also did a homework check on the Treaty of Rapallo work. Please see yesterday's post for the study guide for your Emdrgence of the Americas in Global Affairs test study guide. This test is on Monday, November 19th.

IB 20

I continued with the "Forging the New Republic" PowerPoint lecture today. I finished off the Jefferson presidency and then assigned the War of 1812 booklets to you. These booklets will provide you with even more details and help you prepare for our next full class debate.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Life + Debt" today. I went over the Unit 2 WRA I and gave back the results of the Unit 2 Imperialism Research Project. You have the Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, November 21st. The study guide will go up tomorrow.

November 12

IB 30/35

I lectured on the League of Nations today. This PowerPoint is already posted on the IB 30/35 wiki under Prescribed Subject 1. I talked about basic structure and organization of the League and successes and failures as well. Know the mnemonic FAILURe really well, and as we progress forward in Prescribed Subject 1 try to apply case studies back to this mnemonic. You have your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test next Monday. Please see the study guide below. Here is today's homework:

• Read pages 34-38 in the 20th Century World History textbook and complete the source-based questions on page 39, using sources A-E on pages 38-39.

The Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test Study Guide:

This is a 38 question multiple choice test. It will be administered in class on Monday, November 19th. It covers the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit. Here are some points to review:

• Teddy Roosevelt
• "big stick diplomacy"
• Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
• Alfred A. Mahan (naval sea power theory)
• What is the "Open Door Policy"?
• What is "dollar diplomacy"?
• Spanish-American War (causes, practices, effects/results)
• Venezuela crisis and jingoism
• Portsmouth Peace Conference (Russo-Japanese War; what role does Teddy Roosevelt play); results?
• President McKinley's accomplishments re: expansion/annexation
• MAIN causes of WWI
• nature of warfare in WWI World War I (causes, practices, effects/results: a word of caution here-don't spend any time studying the battles in WWI)
• Canadian participation in WWI (contributions, issues on the home front)
• key players/leaders in WWI (ex. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Nicholas II, etc.)
• Sedition Act and Espionage Act (USA)
• George Creel

Social 10-1

We started a film study of "Life + Debt" today, which we will finish off tomorrow. Your Chapter 11 Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20

I started lecturing on the situation in the United States from George Washington's time as President to the Adams administration. You should have a very clear sense of how and why political parties began to emerge in the United States after they won independence from Great Britain. You should understand who the Federalists were and the Democratic-Republicans and on what key issues facing the USA they differed on. You should also know key individuals within both political parties. Tomorrow, we'll pick up right where we left off with the Jefferson administration. Your Latin American Independence Movement assignments are due on Wednesday.

November 10

IB 20

For those of you who are still a little bit confused about your wars of independence in Latin America, I'd like to offer you the following bits of information: I think that you can complete this assignment completely in Facebook itself, although I noticed that the other IB 20 classes are using the fake Facebook page in Word if you're interested. You might have to set up some dummy/fake accounts in Facebook for Simon Bolivar, San Martin, O'Higgins, etc. Just focus on the revolutions/independence movement in South America. You don't have to get into the Haitian Revolution or the Mexican Revolution.

What events happened in these independence movements? What role did each of these individuals play in these wars of independence? What might they have put on their Facebook page about their experiences (if Facebook existed back then)?

That's the mindset that you have to get into: what would have appeared on their Facebook pages if Facebook were around back then? What would they have "liked"? What photos would they have put up on their page? Who would their friends be? What would they have commented on?

I hope that this has helped.

November 6

IB 30/35

We finished watching "Paris 1919" today, which took the entire period. We start looking at the battle to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in the USA tomorrow.

IB 20

I showed you some videos today on the electoral college system. I also showed you a video with fake campaign ads from the 1800 U.S. election (we'll be talking a little bit about this election next week in the lead-up to the War of 1812). I gave you some class time to get some work completed from the History of the Americas textbook on the Latin American independence movements. This is due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "China Rises: Getting Rich" today. I announced who would be participating in Friday's debate as well. Remember, you'll be debating "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China". Here's some more information on China:

Browse more data visualization.

November 5

IB 30/35

We continued looking at the Paris Peace Conference today,and specifically the various treaties that were negotiated with the Central Powers. As you should have seen there were common themes to all of the treaties: disarmament (limitations placed on the size of the military that defeated Central Powers were allowed to possess), loss of territory and recognition of successor states. We started watching "Paris 1919" today as well, and we'll finish it off tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We had a brief class discussion today on genetically modified foods before we got in to a film study on CBC documentary series "China Rises: Getting Rich". We'll finish this video off tomorrow. We were going to have a debate on Thursday, but I'm going to push it to Friday. About half of the class will be debating on Friday, with the other half of the class determining the winner. Remember the debate topic is "Be it resolved that the 21st Century will belong to China". This was a debate topic from the Munk Debate series. You can find the link to the Munk Debate on China here. At the Munk Debate site you can watch video highlights of the debate, and read the transcript from the debate. Another interesting link is to check out Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes. This is interesting to note the development of China and how there is a disparity between different regions in China. And now for a couple of links to videos and stories from Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square: challenges facing China's leadership, why China's leadership needs a PR overhaul, and another on China's one-child policy. I will split you into teams in class tomorrow.

IB 20

I went through a PowerPoint lecture on "Latin American Revolutions" which you should have taken extensive notes on. We'll continue with our examination of the wars for independence in South America tomorrow. Please remember to bring your History of the Americas textbook tomorrow.

November 2

IB 30/35

You wrote a Paper 2 on the First World War today. It took most of the class period. I will be going through more of your IAs this weekend. The goal is for you all to have your IA rough draft back by Wednesday. You have a World War I Quiz on Monday, it's a matching quiz with about 40 key terms, key people, and key events of WWI. If you are a Diploma student please remember that you have your EE outline due on Monday, November 5th.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent watching a video called "Global Economic Issues". I also gave you a handout on Dilemmas on Global Trade. We will have a full class discussion on a couple of the scenarios outlined in this handout. Your Chapter 10 Questions are due on Monday.

IB 20

Most of today's class was spent in our four options debate on the future of St. Domingue. On Monday, please make sure that you bring your History of the Americas textbook to class.

November 1

IB 20

Most of today's class was spent preparing for tomorrow's Haitian Revolution debate. You also wrote a current events quiz.

Social 10-1

I continued lecturing from the "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint presentation today. I will send this presentation to your e-mail accounts this afternoon.

IB 30/35

We started Prescribed Subject 1: Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, International Relations 1918-1936 today. I began a lecture on this topic, the lead in to understanding the Paris Peace Conference. We'll continue this topic on Monday. Tomorrow, you will have a Paper 2 on the First World War. On Monday, you'll have a matching quiz on WWI. Make sure that you complete the chart activity that I assigned yesterday from your 20th Century History IB Companion Textbook on the causes of WWI. This will help you with historiography for the outbreak of WWI.

October 29

IB 30/35

We finished off the WWI presentations today, focusing mainly on Canadian involvement in the war. After showing you a short video on the Battle of Vimy Ridge, I showed a video from the U.S. History Series called "The Great War". This video gave you a preview of the Paris Peace Conference (our Prescribed Subject 1) and some domestic issues facing the United States in the 1920s: amendments to the U.S. Constitution (women's suffrage, prohibition), nativism, and the red scare. Tomorrow we'll start looking at the role of Canada and Latin American countries on the First World War.

Please remember that your IA is due tomorrow!

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I today. At the conclusion of this in-class writing assignment I showed you a video from CBC News in Review on the residential school system.Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

IB 20

We started our examination of the Haitian Revolution today. I delivered a PowerPoint lecture which provided you with some basic information on the revolution (I'll post this on the wiki). You're going to learn more about the Haitian Revolution in the days to come, it is an important case study for us as you can use on a potential Paper 3 essay question if it asks you to compare and contrast two revolutions from your region of study (you'd do the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution). I also assigned you reading booklets on the Haitian Revolution as well today. Please remember that you have your Unit 5 Test on the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

October 25

IB 20

We started today's class with a current events quiz, which we marked in class. I then finished off "The Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint presentation today as well, which dealt with the Congress of Vienna. This PowerPoint is already on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 5 material. Please remember that you have your Unit 5 Test on Wednesday, October 31st, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today, and then you wrote a quiz on the film. I also gave you a reading on the residential school apology. Please make sure you read those articles! Your Unit 2 WRA I is on Monday, and your Imperialism Research Project is due on October 29th as well. You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

You wrote your Emergence of the Americas (1900-1914) Quiz at the start of the period. After the quiz, we started doing presentations on the various battles that Canadian and American troops were involved in. We'll finish those presentations off on Monday.

• IA rough drafts are due on October 30th.
• Extended Essay outlines are due on November 5th.
• The rough draft of the EE is due on December 10th.

October 24

Social 10-1

We started looking at the residential school system today. We started a film study on "Where the Spirit Lives" today. We will finish this film tomorrow, and then you'll write a quiz on it. Don't forget about your Unit 2 WRA I on Monday. Your Imperialism Research Project is due on Monday as well. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20

We continued our examination of Napoleon today. I delivered a PowerPoint lecture on "The Napoleonic Age" today. This PowerPoint presentation is already on the wiki under Unit 5: The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Age. I also showed you a video from the History's Turning Point series on Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. We'll talk about the Congress of Vienna tomorrow. You have a test on Wednesday next week on Unit 5 material.

IB 20 Unit 5 Test Study Guide (The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Age):

This test will have a mixed format: matching section, short answer section and a multiple choice section. This test will be written on Wednesday, October 31st. Please use the following study guide tips.

• study "The French Revolution" PowerPoint presentation (on the IB 20 wiki)
• study "The Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint (on the IB 20 wiki; this presentation also contains information on the Congress of Vienna)

1. Study the following key terms, key events and key people associated with the French Revolution:

• cahiers
• Law of Suspects
• Marat
• the “Plain”
• National Assembly
• the Directory
• Civil Constitution of the Clergy
• Danton
• Committee of Public Safety
• the Three Estates
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• Clergy
• Nobility
• Bourgeoisie
• “nobles-of-the-sword”
• “nobles-of-the-robe”
• “nobles-of-the-bell”
• corvée
• gabelle
• vingtièmes
• Levée en Masse
• National Convention
• September Massacres
• Reign of Terror
• Robespierre
• Parlement du Paris
• the Tennis Court Oath
• the National Guard
• the Marquis de Lafayette
• Paris Commune
• National Guard
• émigrés
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• Estates-General
• Republic of Virtue
• Revolutionary Tribunal
• Declaration of the Rights of Man

(If you don't know some of these terms, I have posted a glossary of key terms for the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age on the IB 20 wiki, under Unit 5)

2. Other study tips:

• know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
• know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
• know Napoleon's domestic policy
• know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
• know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
• know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
• know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
• know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
• what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
• know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)

3. Study the 19th century political spectrum (click on the graphic to enlarge it). KNOW it EXTREMELY well. Knowing the 19th century political spectrum now will help you later on this semester when we get to our units on Democracy and Dictatorship, and it will help to know it for the Social 30-1 Diploma Exam.

IB 30/35

I talked about American involvement in the First World War for the entire period. The PowerPoint presentation that I lectured from is on the wiki already under the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs section of the IB 30 wiki. Tomorrow you will be writing a quiz on the Emergence of the Americas (1900-1914). This quiz has key terms from the PowerPoints in this unit and a map quiz of the Americas.

October 23

IB 30/35

I went through a quick set of notes that is already up on the wiki called "If WWI Were a Barfight". Your Emergence of the Americas (1900-1914) Quiz has been moved to Thursday. I assigned groups for quick presentations on American and Canadian involvement in the First World War. In small groups you'll have to do 5 minute presentations on one of the following battles:

• Cantigny
• Chateau-Thierry
• Belleau Wood
• Second Battle of the Marne
• St. Miniel
• Meuse-Argonne
• Second Battle of Ypres
• St. Eloi
• Battle of the Somme
• Courcelette
• Vimy Ridge
• Hill 70
• Passchendaele
• The 100 Days

These presentations will happen in class on Thursday. The audience members will have to make retrieval charts of the information that you share in your presentation. Make sure that you cover the date when the battle happened, who the participants were (commanders), description of the battle, and the significance of the battle.

IB 20

We covered a lot of ground today. I introduced the 19th century political spectrum to you. As you can see the origins of our reference to "left wing" and "right wing" stems from terminology used during the French Revolution and afterwards. We'll talk more about the Congress of Vienna in the days to come, so you'll understand the reactionary point of view a bit better then. You watched an A & E Biography on Napoleon today called "Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France". As you watched this video, you were supposed to take notes. I'll be talking more about the Napoleonic Age tomorrow in class. Hopefully we'll reach the Congress of Vienna too.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today, which took the entire period. We'll begin looking at the residential school system tomorrow, so it's probably a good idea to read Chapter 9 before tomorrow's class. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Your Imperialism Research Project is due on Monday, October 29th and you'll also be doing a Unit 2 WRA I on the 29th as well. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, please see the study guide below.

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 Tuesday, October 30th. 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 22

IB 30/35

I lectured today on the First World War, this PowerPoint presentation is already on the wiki. You can find it on the wiki in both the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs and in the Causes, Practices and Effects of War sections.

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I will send this lecture to your e-mail accounts. You have your Chapter 7 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). On Monday October 29th your Imperialism Research Project is due, and you will also be writing your Unit 2 WRA I next Monday. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20

I finally collected your U.S. Constitution graphic novels at the beginning of class. We continued watching the History Channel's "The French Revolution" today, and we finished it. I continued with my PowerPoint lecture on the French Revolution as well today.

October 18

IB 20

You wrote your American Revolution Quiz this morning. You have a current events quiz tomorrow, so make sure you add news events to the wiki tonight. We continued on looking at the French Revolution today, and we'll continue this topic tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We spent most of the class period doing research for the Imperialism Research Project. This was your one and only class period to do research. The Imperialism Research Project is due Monday, October 29th. It can be a PowerPoint or a Prezi. I'll try to show you some exemplars from previous years tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Tuesday, October 23rd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You also have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

We started to look at the causes of WWI today. This topic is part of both the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit and one of our 20th Century History topics, Causes, Practices and Effects of War. We'll continue studying this topic tomorrow. You'll have a matching quiz on the Emergence of the Americas unit mid-week next week. Study Mr. Johnson's PowerPoint presentations!

October 16

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Hopefully you found a question that you could sink your teeth into. There's no school tomorrow due PST Interviews, so I'll see you again on Thursday.

IB 20

You wrote your Paper 1 on the Independence Movements unit. See you on Thursday. I'll be asking for the U.S. Constitution graphic novels back on Thursday, so finish reading them!

Social 10-1

We finished off "Tools of Exploitation" video and the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentation. I will send this PowerPoint presentation to you this afternoon. We drew lots as well today and drafted countries for our Imperialism Research Project. The due date for this project is Monday October 29th. On Tuesday, October 23rd you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test, please see the study guide below. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, please see the study guide below as well.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, October 23rd. This test 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?

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 Tuesday, October 30th. 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 15

IB 30/35

You wrote your document analysis questions on the Reconstruction era today. Also, we watched a video from the U.S. History series called "U.S. and the World" (1865-1917) which you should have taken notes on while you were watching the video. You are writing your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture today called "Legacies of Historical Globalization", which I will finish tomorrow. We also started a video called "Tools of Exploitation", while you were watching this video you were to answer questions from a film study sheet. We'll finish the video tomorrow as well.

IB 20

We watched a video on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights (you needed to take notes on this). We then also talked about how to write a Paper 1. You'll be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution tomorrow. You'll be writing your American Revolution Test on Thursday. Please see the wiki for more information on OPVL Document Analysis and Paper 1 advice.

October 12

IB 30/35

You wrote your Civil War and Reconstruction Test today. You'll write the second part of this exam on Monday when you write your in-class document analysis assignment. You have a Paper 3 on Tuesday, so please check out the PowerPoint that I posted on the wiki which gives you some advice on writing a Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Check out the historiography documents on the wiki as well.

Social 10-1

We did an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". This book addresses some of the themes that we'll be looking at Unit 2, such as cultural contact, assimilation, imperialism, differing world views, and residential schools. We spent a fair bit of time looking at the symbolism in the book and some of the themes that the book introduces. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday.

IB 20

We finished our constitutional convention today. Unfortunately we didn't have time to get to all of the agenda items. We'll be examining the U.S. Constitution some more on Monday, and I'll teach you how to write a Paper 1 as well. On Tuesday, you'll be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution. You'll also be having an American Revolution Test next week as well.

October 11

IB 20

We started our constitutional convention today. We'll continue this tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. I delivered a PowerPoint lecture called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". I have sent this presentation to you already.

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 (it may be slightly different on newer versions of Microsoft Word):

IB 30/35

We talked a little bit about historiography of the Reconstruction period, and major legislation passed during Reconstruction. These documents are already on the IB 30/35 wiki under the United States Civil War section. We started our next unit which is The Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs. I delivered a PowerPoint presentation on this topic, which introduced you to several concepts related to American expansionism (manifest destiny, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Spanish-American War). Tomorrow you have Part 1 of your Civil War Test (matching and multiple choice), the full study guide is on wiki.

October 9

IB 30/35

We briefly assessed Lincoln's time as President, and the differing perspectives on his abilities as leader of the nation. As I said in class, C-SPAN does a survey every so often that ranks the U.S. Presidents. If you're interested, here is a link to their 2009 Presidential survey.
I also started a lecture on the Reconstruction Era. I have made some changes to the PowerPoint, so I will post the new version on the wiki tomorrow. Please remember to study for your Civil War Test (on Friday and Monday), please see the study guide on the wiki in the U.S. Civil War section.

IB 20

You wrote "The Patriot" quiz at the start of class. I then had you move back into your Articles of Confederation groups  to continue the activity that we started on Friday. You have to understand a few things about the Articles of Confederation, for one, it was a product of its time, so it's important to bear in mind the historical context in which this document was created. The United States had just successfully defeated the British in the Revolutionary War and there was a feeling among many Americans that they had just overthrown tyranny in their everyday lives. They didn't want a strong central government that they feared could grow just as powerful as the tyrannical government that had rid themselves of. That's why you see certain measures in the Articles of Confederation such as no executive branch. There are several conditions that led to the creation of the U.S. Constitution. There is a document on the IB 20 wiki under the Independence Movements section that is entitled Conditions in the USA 1781-1787 that should help you understand the motivations behind wanting to re-write the constitution. I started to deliver a lecture on the U.S. Constitution today, which I should be able to finish tomorrow. On Thursday, we will be having a constitutional convention simulation and you have all be assigned an actual delegate to that convention. Please follow the delegate research guide that I put up on the wiki. Check your e-mail for the link to the page on the wiki. I tried to include a mix of delegates who actually signed the Constitution, and those that did not.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today in class. This took all the period.

October 4

IB 20

We finished watching "The Patriot" today. We also talked a little bit about Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. We watched part of a video on the Declaration of Independence. You have a homework assignment tonight. Go to the IB 20 wiki, under Unit 4 Independence Movements and download the Declaration of Independence Study Guide. Here's a link to the Declaration of Independence at the U.S. National Archives website. Using the text of the Declaration, answer the questions in the study guide. You'll also have a current events quiz tomorrow. We'll try to cover the Articles of Confederation tomorrow too. It's going to be busy!!

Social 10-1

We started to look at how to write position papers today. We went through an exercise as a class on distinguishing between arguments and evidence. I had you brainstorm a list of arguments that you would use to convince a friend to attend Churchill. From there we categorized some of the ideas that were generated into groups. We also got to look at the "Recipe for Success" when writing WRA II essays. You'll get the essay question sheet tomorrow in class.

IB 30/35

We finished watching Episode 8 "War is All Hell" of "The Civil War" and started the last episode "The Better Angels of our Nature". You'll have a current events quiz tomorrow, and then we'll try to finish off the documentary. You will have a two-part exam on the Civil War starting next week. On Friday, October 12th you'll write the first part of this exam, which includes 25-30 multiple choice questions and 20 matching terms. You'll the second part of the exam on Monday, October 15th. The second part will consist of a document analysis writing assignment. The full study guide has been posted on the IB 30/35 wiki in the United States Civil War section.

October 3

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today. You'll get the results of this exam tomorrow. You'll start learning how to write a WRA II Essay tomorrow.

IB 20

We continued our film study of "The Patriot" today. We should be able to finish off this film tomorrow. You'll write your quiz on "The Patriot" on Tuesday.

IB 30/35

We finished off Episode 5 of Ken Burns' The Civil War today. I finished off the PowerPoint lecture today as well.

October 2

IB 30/35

I continued lecturing from the "American Civil War" PowerPoint lecture today. Additionally, we finished off Episode 4 of Ken Burns' The Civil War. We'll finish off Episode 5 tomorrow which deals with the Battle of Gettysburg in great detail. We'll continue on with the PowerPoint presentation tomorrow, as well as Episode 5. In all likelihood, we'll skip ahead to Episode 8 and 9 of The Civil War this week as well. That way, we might have a chance of finishing off the bulk of the content of the Civil War before the Thanksgiving long weekend.

IB 20

You wrote your Thirteen Colonies Quiz at the beginning of class today. We started the film study of "The Patriot" today. We will continue this film tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We had our first in-class debate today on the issue "Be it resolved that globalization is harmful to the world's cultures". You'll get the results tomorrow. You have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

October 1

IB 30/35

We went over the assigned homework for today from the IB 30/35 wiki which was "What was the Civil War about?" which dealt with the different perspectives of Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, and Frederick Douglass. We then continued watching Ken Burns' The Civil War Episode 2, and then got into Episode 3.

Social 10-1

We spent most of today's preparing for tomorrow's debate. Don't forget that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

IB 20

I did a homework check on the homework out of the History of the Americas textbook on Thomas Paine's Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence. We finished off the "Revolution" episode of "America: The Story of Us", and then went into a video from the United States History series called "The American Revolution".

September 28

IB 30/35

You wrote a current events quiz at the start of class. We started watching Episode 2 of Ken Burns' The Civil War today. Please make sure that you're reading your textbook The United States and Its People on the Civil War. Please go to the IB 30 wiki this weekend, and go to the United States Civil War section. Please find the handout "What was the Civil War about?", print it off and complete it for homework for Monday. We'll talk about the different perspectives of Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Frederick Douglass in class, so make sure that this is completed.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I today in class, which took all of the period. Next week, we'll be doing a class debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that globalization is harmful to the world's cultures". I will be sending you some documents and links to help you prepare for this debate, and I will also be splitting you into two teams as well by e-mail. Please make sure that you check your e-mail messages! Don't forget that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, October 3rd. Please see the study guide here.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz today. I delivered a little more of the PowerPoint presentation "The American Revolution" today. We also started watching "America: The Story of Us" for a bit too. In your textbook "History of the Americas" you must read pages 22-26 and pages 30-34. Please complete the Historiography activity on pages 22-23 in that textbook (Thomas Paine's Common Sense)and the Activity on page 32 on the Declaration of Independence.

September 27

IB 20

We started looking at the American Revolution today with a PowerPoint lecture on the topic. I assigned some Section Reviews out of your The United States and Its People booklets. Those Section Review questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

Today I introduced you to how to write a WRA I. We also looked at a sample WRA I. I have sent another sample WRA I from Unit 1 along with example response to that WRA I. Tomorrow you will be writing a WRA I for Unit 1. You will get 5 minutes to look over the sources and make notes, and then 60 minutes to write. Don't forget that your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Wednesday, October 3rd, please see the study guide here.

IB 30/35

We tied up some loose ends today. We completed the TOK Civil War Presentations today and finished off the first episode of Ken Burns' The Civil War as well. I also started delivering the PowerPoint on "The American Civil War" (it's on the wiki).

September 26

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bend It Like Beckham" today. Please remember that your film study for "Bend It Like Beckham" are due tomorrow. You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today as well. I returned essays and homework check assignments today at the end of class. Your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday. Next Wednesday you have your Unit 1 Final Exam. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Wednesday, October 3rd. 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! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint

IB 20

We finished off the Thirteen Colonies presentations today. At the conclusion of the PowerPoint presentation I talked a little bit about "old" imperialism, "new" imperialism, motivations for the founding of some of the Thirteen Colonies, and mercantilism. I also talked a bit about taxation without representation, and finished off the PowerPoint on the French-Indian War. We're going to start looking at grievances that the American colonists had with the British government and how that atmosphere led to revolution.

IB 30/35

We continued with the TOK Civil War presentations today, which we didn't quite finish. We'll finish them off tomorrow. Also tomorrow we'll finish off the first episode of Ken Burns' The Civil War and then start looking at the Civil War itself. It would be a good idea to read the notes on the Civil War posted on the wiki, delve into your textbook The United States and Its People for more information on the causes of the Civil War and the key events in the Civil War as well.

September 25

IB 30/35

All of today's class was spent on the TOK Civil War Presentations. We'll continue with these presentations tomorrow. If you have presented already, please upload your PowerPoint presentation or Prezi link to the chart on the IB 30 wiki.

IB 20

All of today's class was spent on presentations for the Thirteen Colonies. We'll finish these presentations off tomorrow. If you have already presented please upload your PowerPoint presentation or Prezi link to the IB 20 wiki. I have sent you a link to the page on the wiki where you can find the chart to put

Social 10-1

We continued watching "Bend it Like Beckham" today and completing the film study that goes along with it. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow in class. Please see the study guide for this test below.

Chapter 3-4 Test 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

Citing Images in APA Format

This should help Social 10-1 students who are working on their Illustrated Concept Map assignments this weekend...

Image Citations in APA Format:

Step 1

Most of you will probably use Google for your image search. Just type in your image search term.

Step 2

A bunch of different images will pop up. Just click on one that you like. Go to the website where the image is hosted.

Step 3

Right click on the image and then click on "Properties" and then you'll get the address of the image.

Step 4

The pop up dialogue box will look something like this.

Step 5

This is where it's nice to have either Microsoft Word 2007 or 2010 because it has a built-in reference tab that makes it easy to cite your sources. Click on the References tab, make sure it is set to APA. If you click on Insert Citation or Bibliography, you'll get a pop up that will look something like this. I've put in the information for the image that I used in this example.

September 21

IB 30/35

We started watching Ken Burns' documentary "The Civil War" Episode 1: The Cause today in class. We'll continue with this episode on Monday. TOK Civil War Presentations start on Tuesday.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test yesterday. Please remember that your Illustrated Concept Map assignment is due on Monday. Your Chapter 3 and 4 Key Terms and Questions will be taken in at that time for homework check marks. Your Chapter 3-4 Test is on Wednesday, September 26th, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 3-4 Test 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

IB 20

You watched "The Story of Us" yesterday in class. We'll be looking at the French-Indian War as well on Monday. You will have an Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz in Monday's class. The thinkers to concentrate on are: Voltaire, Rousseau, Locke, Smith, Quesnay, and Montesquieu. You need to know their major works, major ideas, quotes associated with these thinkers. It is a matching quiz, but it will be very hard, especially if you haven't studied for it. If you study for it, using your notes, and the "Age of Enlightenment" PowerPoint that is up on the wiki under The Development of Western European Society, you should do well. I am still waiting for a few projects on your assigned Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution thinkers. These were due this week, but due me being away yesterday some of you may not have wished to hand it in to a substitute. Please send it to me ASAP, if you haven't done so already. If it's a Prezi, send me a link to the Prezi. The rest can be sent by e-mail, no more excuses! Presentations for the Thirteen Colonies will start on Tuesday.

September 19

Social 10-1

We talked about the CRTC, CanCon, CAVCO, and cultural protectionism. We also talked about the difference between media convergence and technological convergence. Remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Test 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.

Format for the test is matching and short answer questions.

IB 20

Today was spent in the library doing research for your presentations on the Thirteen Colonies. Your presentations will go ahead next week on Tuesday (and maybe Wednesday).

IB 30/35

Today's class was spent in the library researching for your TOK Civil War presentations.These presentations will happen on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. The length of presentation should be a maximum of 10 minutes.

September 18

IB 30/35

We watched a video from the U.S. History series called "The Causes of the Civil War" today after I returned some of your homework and quizzes. You also selected a topic to do your TOK Civil War presentation on. Tomorrow we're booked into the library to do some research. Presentations will happen next week.

IB 20

You had a current events quiz at the beginning of the class today. Some of you did short presentations on your assigned Enlightenment thinker. I broke you into small groups for the Thirteen Colonies presentations next week. We're booked into the library tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We had a discussion about "Whale Rider" today. We also talked about Thursday's Chapter 1-2 Test, please see the study guide on yesterday's post. We also looked at media TNCs as well today.

September 17

IB 30/35

All of today's class was spent looking at the "Causes of the U.S. Civil War". This PowerPoint presentation is already on the wiki under the United States Civil War section.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Whale Rider" today, we'll be able to talk about it tomorrow. Hopefully you got some work completed on your Illustrated Concept Map assignments. You got the results back for your World Geography Test as well today. Please remember that your Chapter 1-2 Test is on Thursday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20

We finished off the PowerPoint presentation on the Spanish conquest of the Americas today, after I returned your current events quizzes. We watched a video from the U.S. History series as well today called "The Era of Colonization" which should have given you some insight into the formation of the Thirteen Colonies. Please remember that your Enlightenment Thinkers assignment is due tomorrow. You do have homework for Wednesday and Thursday. Please see the wiki, under Unit 3 for the assignment handouts.

September 14

I'm sorry that I didn't get a chance to actually post this on Friday. I was very busy with Model UN practice sessions after school yesterday...

IB 30/35

Today was a very light day in that we simply looking at some statistical information from the book "Time on the Cross" and answered some basic interpretation questions. Next week we'll be getting into the causes of the Civil War.

Social 10-1

You wrote your World Geography Test for part of Friday's class. We then started our film study of "Whale Rider", which we'll continue on Monday. I did a homework check on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions as well. This weekend would be a great time to begin work on your Illustrated Concept Map assignments as well. Please remember that you have a Chapter 1-2 Test on Thursday, September 20th, the study guide can be found here.

IB 20

After some technical difficulties we watched a little bit of "When Worlds Collide". If you wish to watch the entire documentary (which we haven't done), you can do so below. I started looking at the Spanish conquest of the Americas as well with a PowerPoint presentation. Please remember that you have your Enlightenment thinker assignment due on Tuesday. Unleash your creativity on this project! As I said in class given some of your results on current events quizzes, you NEED to do well on this assignment!

Watch When Worlds Collide on PBS. See more from When Worlds Collide.

September 13

IB 20

We finished off the PowerPoint lecture on "The Age of Enlightenment" today. As I said to you in class today, I was thinking about rock stars, movie stars and athletes today and wondering why Enlightenment thinkers aren't as well known as some of them. After all, some of these Enlightenment thinkers have made greater contributions to society yet they don't enjoy the fame and notoriety as some these entertainment and sports celebrities. We're going to change that. I gave you some ideas in which direction this creative project could go (trading cards, magazine cover stories, Prezis, infographics, etc.), show me how creative you are! Just make sure that you present the information in a concise, fun, informative way, and that your project meets all of the requirements, which are as follows:

• Biographical Information (3 marks)
• Area(s) of Work (what fields did they work in?) (2 marks)
• Ideas Introduced (2 marks)
• Aspect of medieval society that they challenged (2 marks)
• Were they influential in their own time? (5 marks) 
• What were their contributions to modern society? (3 marks)
• Mechanics, spelling, grammar, and list of sources cited using a recognized citation system (APA, MLA, Chicago) (3 marks)

This assignment is due on Tuesday, September 18th.
We also started watching a documentary called "When Worlds Collide", which we will continue to watch tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I collected your "Global Connections Essay" at the beginning of class today. A large portion of today's class was spent working with small groups brainstorming the interconnections and interrelationships between the various key concepts that are part of the Illustrated Concept Map assignment. This assignment is due on Monday, September 24th. You also had some class time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions which are due tomorrow. You have a World Geography Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Next Thursday, you have your Chapter 1-2 Test, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Test 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.

Format for the test is matching and short answer questions.

IB 30/35

We finished the video today on "Freedom and Slavery" that we started yesterday. I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "The Antebellum South", which has been posted on the wiki already. I said in class that you would have an assignment on slavery tonight that would be posted on the wiki this afternoon. I guess we'll be doing that assignment in class tomorrow, so no homework tonight. We'll start the causes of the Civil War on Monday.

September 12

Social 10-1

We talked a little bit about the impact of media transnationals on everyday life today by doing a class survey of favorite TV shows, movies and music.We look further at media giants in the days to come. You also had class time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions. Your "Global Connections Essay" is due tomorrow. You have a World Geography Test on Friday, please see yesterday's post for the complete study guide.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz at the beginning of class today. We started watching a film called "The Age of Light" on the Enlightenment period in European history. I started the second part of "The Age of Enlightenment" PowerPoint presentation as well today, which I will be able to finish tomorrow.

IB 30/35

You wrote a current events quiz at the beginning of class. We started examining slavery today. We looked at a PowerPoint presentation on slavery in the United States, which I will put up on the wiki. You can find this presentation on the wiki in the United States Civil War page. We started watching a video from the United States History series called "Slavery and Freedom" which we will continue tomorrow.

September 11

IB 30/35

You wrote a Paper 1 on the Mexican-American War and manifest destiny in today's class which took most of the class.

IB 20

We looked at OPVL at the beginning of class today. We then started looking at material from Unit 2-The Development of Western European Society, more specifically a PowerPoint presentation on "The Age of Enlightenment". This presentation is already on the wiki under Unit 2 materials. We'll continue with it tomorrow, and start viewing a film called "Age of Light".

Social 10-1

You have a world geography test on Friday, September 14th. I gave you some more time to work on your first writing assignment: the Global Connections Essay. In this informative essay, you are to answer/address 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 Thursday. I also gave you your Unit 1 Worksheet today. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1 World Geography Test Study Guide:

This test will take place on Friday, September 14th. 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 10

IB 30/35

We spent most of today's class in the library working on your IA. This may have been your only class period to work on the IA, so I hope you made it worth the trip to the library. Tomorrow you will be writing a Paper 1 on the Mexican-American War.

Social 10-1

I gave you some time to do a rough draft of the first paragraph of an informative essay on your global connections. Think of how you'd answer/address the following questions in your essay: what impact does globalization have on your individual identity? How do you affect the world economically, socially, environmentally, and technologically? Your final copy (good copy) of this essay is due on Thursday. You have a world geography test on Friday and the study guide will be posted here on the blog tomorrow.

I talked a little about your mapping assignment which is due tomorrow. Here are the instructions for your global connections map:

• 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 the circle, 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)

IB 20

We finished watching "Vantage Point" today. We had a little bit of time to talk about the various perspectives in the film and the limitations of each of the witnesses to the assassination. I want you to go through the Evaluating Sources PowerPoint on the wiki (it's in Unit 1 Historiography), as well as read over the Paper 1 and OPVL Document Analysis sections on the wiki tonight. Tomorrow we should have time to discuss OPVL a little bit more.

September 7

IB 30/35

You wrote an OPVL on the Mexican-American War for part of today's class. Have a look on the wiki for the Chicago Manual of Style cheat sheet. It's probably a good idea to have a copy for Monday's class. On Monday we're going to the Library for some IA research time.

Social 10-1

We played global bingo for part of the class. You have a homework assignment this weekend: find 25 items from around your house. Make sure that the 25 items are from 25 different countries. Please find items from categories like food, clothing, electronics, family, entertainment, household items and miscellaneous. You'll use the information on this chart and from the global bingo game to make a global connections map next week.

IB 20

We looked at definitions of history today and talked about limitations in reconstructing history. This discussion led to starting a film study on "Vantage Point".

September 6

IB 20

Please print off notes from Unit 1 Historiography tonight. Please make sure that you print off the 8C's of Historical Analysis, primary vs. secondary sources, and introduction to the study of history. With the "Why Study History?" reading please answer the following questions: You do have a homework assignment tonight, please read the article "Why Study or Write History?" and answer the following questions:

1. What is history? Summarize and explain three definitions of this concept. Do these different meanings of history contradict or compliment one another?
2. Why study history? How and why do historians seek to make sense of the human experience? List and summarize at least five reasons for studying history, rank them in order of importance and justify your ranking.
3. Identify and discuss the kinds of questions historians ask that guide their investigation into the past.
4. What are primary sources? What are secondary sources? Discuss at least three problems historians must overcome when they use different types of sources.

You also have your timelines due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your friendly letter homework assignment at the beginning of class. For most of today's class we went through an activity in which we looked at different definitions of globalization and classified those definitions as having a positive, negative or neutral view of the globalization process. We also looked at various images associated with globalization and what their connection was to globalization. Global bingo tomorrow!

IB 30/35

I told you about September 10th and how you're getting library research time on Monday for your IA, and for Diploma students your preliminary reading list is due for your Extended Essays. We briefly reviewed OPVL today. I talked briefly about the Mexican-American War. The PowerPoint that covers this topic has been posted on the IB 30/35 wiki and it's called "American Expansionism" (it covers other topics as well) and it can be found on the Nation Building and Challenges page. Also on that same page, I put up the PowerPoint presentation on the Monroe Doctrine and the reading on the Monroe Doctrine. Here's what you should be doing tonight:

• Review key requirements of an OPVL (check out the OPVL Document Analysis on the wiki)
• Review how to write a Paper 1
• Review the Mexican-American War using the notes you took last year and the aforementioned PowerPoint presentation
• Print off, read and answer questions on the Monroe Doctrine (on the wiki on the Nation Building and Challenges page)

September 5

Social 10-1

Our class period was cut a bit short due to the length of the homeroom period, so we didn't get to all that we needed to today. I provided you with an introduction to the course by looking at the course outline. I have also set up an e-mail distribution list, so you need to check your inboxes for a test message from me. If you got the message, please respond back. If you didn't get the message, let me know. We'll get into the course properly tomorrow. You do have a homework assignment tonight. You need to write me a friendly letter. Make sure that your friendly letter is in paragraph form too. The letter will probably be about 1 page in length (single-spaced). Please make sure that your letter demonstrates your writing ability and covers some of the following topics:

• family
• education plans (this year, and in the future; future career plans)
• post-high school plans
• favorite TV shows, movies, music
• hobbies
• extracurriculars sports

IB 20

We had a general introduction to the course and topics that will be covered in IB 20 History by going through the course outline together. We looked at the IB Academic Integrity Policy as well. You should have received an invitation to the IB 20 wiki, and if you didn't please click on the link here on the blog, and identify yourself in your access request, and we'll get you on the course wiki. We'll really get going with the course tomorrow.

IB 30/35

How many of you predicted a current events quiz on the first day? You'll have lots of opportunities to earn marks in IB 30/35 and keeping on top of global events is one way to do it. We went through the lengthy IB 30/35 Course Syllabus, and the differences between Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3. I also gave you an idea of the flow of this year's course. We'll be reviewing the Mexican-American War tomorrow as it's necessary to understand the expansion of the United States that was a result of this conflict and how it contributed to the U.S. Civil War. Make sure that you understand how you will be evaluated in IB 30/35 and what topics will be covered in the course.

Classroom Rules and Expectations

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)
• No cell phones (as per school policy; unless otherwise instructed); 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.
• It is Summer School: you are NOT allowed to take holidays or time off between July 3rd and July 31st. Every day of Summer School is the equivalent of 4-5 regular school days. If you were to miss a week of classes, it would be the same as missing 25-30 classes.

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 20-3).
• 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.
• 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