April 30

Social 10-1

I showed part of the award-winning documentary "The Corporation". As you watched this part of the video, you were to answer the questions on the film study sheet. I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 questions. One week from today (Wednesday, May 7th), you will be writing your Chapter 10-11 Test. Please see the study guide for the Chapter 10-11 Test.

Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:

This quiz has a matching section and a long 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:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "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?

IB 20 HOTA

I gave you some time to work with your four options group debate on the War of 1812, and then we proceeded with the debate. I thought it was a spirited debate, with some really witty points being made. I do really appreciate you staying in a little into the lunch break so we could hear all of the closing remarks. We will look at Andrew Jackson's presidency tomorrow.

IB 30/35

We finished off "9/11: The Day that changed the World" today. I also showed you a CBC News in Review from September 2011. You should have copied down what I wrote up on the board today as well.

April 29

IB 30/35

I showed you part of the documentary "9/11: Day that Changed the World" today. We should be able to finish this documentary tomorrow. This week, we will be covering Social 30-1 material related to crisis situations and what impact that has on civil rights and civil liberties.
 

IB 20 HOTA

I wrote out notes on the board today covering American political parties after George Washington's farewell address. As you should have seen, some of the political parties that emerged after Washington finished his second term, didn't last long (the Federalists), the Democratic-Republicans went through many changes over the years, but are the origins of the modern Democratic Party. The Republican Party emerged in 1856, and successfully elected their presidential candidate, Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Many of the topics that I covered in the lecture will be covered in Grade 12. We will talk about the Whigs, the Know-Nothing Party (the American Party), and the Free-Soil Party when we discuss American expansionism in the weeks to come.

I then gave you class time to prepare for your four options debate which will be happening tomorrow. I will give you some class time tomorrow to get yourselves organized in your teams before we proceed with the debate.

Social 10-1

We finished off watching what we needed to from the documentary "Life + Debt", by watching the section on the "free zones". We also looked at "Dilemmas of Global Trade".

April 28

IB 30/35

I showed you a video from the United States History series that covered U.S. Politics from 1980 to 2000 (the Reagan to the Clinton administrations). While you watched the video, you should have taken notes. I talked a little bit about the 2000 U.S. Presidential election today as well. We're getting into Social 30-1 material tomorrow when we start talking about illiberalism and the USA PATRIOT Act.

Social 10-1

I showed you a video today called "Life + Debt", which is a good case study of Jamaica's increasing foreign debt, and impacts of economic policies from the IMF, the World Bank, the WTO, and the Inter-American Development Bank. We looked at the impact on the Jamaican produce industry, the dairy industry, the banana industry and the impact of the "free zones". We'll Please remember that your WTO charts are due tomorrow, and your Chapter 11 Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20 HOTA

We finished off the War of 1812 documentary today and then you wrote your Unit 6 Quiz afterwards. Your War of 1812 Website Assignment is due tomorrow.

April 25

IB 30/35

I finished off the lecture of George H.W. Bush administration and then I moved to cover the Bill Clinton administration. This would be a great weekend to do some IB History review. You should edit pages on the Collaborative Notes section of the wiki for the American Presidents that we've been studying lately.

Social 10-1

I gave you back your Unit 2 WRA I three source analysis assignments today. I will be going through these assignments on Monday in tutorial (starting at 8:15), you are strongly encouraged to attend tutorial. I went through a PowerPoint lecture today called "Expansion of Economic Globalization" today. I also gave you a booklet on the WTO today as well. You must make an advantages and disadvantages chart on the WTO, make it a detailed chart too. The WTO chart is due on Tuesday. Your Chapter 11 Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote a current events quiz today. We continued watching the PBS documentary on the War of 1812, we didn't finish it, so hopefully we'll be able to finish it on Monday. You do have a homework assignment this weekend (although it is due on Tuesday): please go to the IB 20 wiki this weekend, go to the Unit 6: Nation Building and Challenges section. Please complete the War of 1812 Website Assignment for Tuesday, April 29th. Please remember that you have your Unit 6 Quiz on Monday. This quiz has a matching section and an OPVL analysis section.

April 24

IB 20 HOTA

I finished off the PowerPoint lecture "Forging the New Republic", and then we started the PBS documentary on the War of 1812. We'll be able to finish off the documentary tomorrow. Make sure that you read everyday from the War of 1812 booklet in preparation for the four options debate on the War of 1812 that we'll be having on Wednesday. Please remember that you'll be writing a Unit 6 Quiz on Monday that will have a matching section and an OPVL document analysis section.

Social 10-1

I lectured a bit today about John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman. I also taught you about the boom and bust cycle and the Keynesian economic response to the various stages of the boom and bust cycle. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms are due tomorrow.

IB 30/35

We finished off the HBO documentary "Reagan" today, and then I began discussing the George H.W. Bush administration. We'll continue with the Bush administration tomorrow. Read my lips: no new taxes!

April 23

Social 10-1

We completed our debate today on "BIRT the 21st century will belong to China". We'll continue with Unit 3 material tomorrow.

IB 20 HOTA

I continued the PowerPoint lecture called "Forging the New Republic". I should be able to finish off this lecture tomorrow. We'll start a documentary on the War of 1812 tomorrow. I gave you the War of 1812 reading package that you'll need for our four options debate on the War of 1812 next Wednesday. Your Latin American revolutionary leaders Facebook assignment is due tomorrow.

IB 30/35

I finished off the PowerPoint on Ronald Reagan, and then started showing you the HBO documentary "Reagan". We'll finish off the documentary tomorrow, and then transition into the George H.W. Bush administration.

April 22

Sorry for the later post tonight...

IB 30/35

We looked at America in the 1970s, specifically the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. I also started a lecture on Ronald Reagan, which I'll finish off tomorrow. We'll start a documentary on the Reagan presidency tomorrow too.

IB 20 HOTA

I started a new lecture today called "Forging the New Republic", which I will split up over three days. This PowerPoint presentation is already on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 6: Nation-Building and Challenges. I also talked a little bit about the election of 1800, and I showed you a short YouTube video that used quotes that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson said about each other, and re-imagining the quotes as material for attack ads.



Tomorrow, I'll talk a little bit about the Jefferson presidency and the emergence of political parties.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. You'll get the results back tomorrow (please remind me to share them with you). You have your debate tomorrow on the following topic: "BIRT the 21st century will belong to China."

April 17

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your Unit 5 Test on the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age today, it took the entire period. Your Facebook assignment for your assigned Latin American revolutionary leader is due on Thursday, April 24th.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent preparing for next Wednesday's debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China". You were split into the affirmative (PROP) and negative (OPP) sides in this debate. You had some time organize your thoughts and ideas, and take in some of the topics that I suggested you examine. I'll include some links to topics raised in class today in this post. To get a closer look at any of the infographics below, right click on the image and open in a new window.

Useful links to prepare for the debate:

• Munk Debates on China
• Gapminder: 200 countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
• China's Ghost Cities
• GPS: Can China reform in time?
• GPS: China's bold environmental move

 

Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, April 22nd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 3 on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement today in class. Please remember that you have Nixon assignment due on Tuesday, April 22nd.

April 16

Social 10-1

You watched a video from the "China Rises" series today called "Getting Rich". As you watched the documentary you were to complete the film study sheet. You had a little bit of time to work on your Chapter 10 Questions for the remainder of class. Your Chapter 10 Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, April 22nd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 20 HOTA

You had the entire class period to work on fake Facebook page for your assigned Latin American revolutionary leader. This assignment is due on Thursday, April 24th.

Please remember that you have your Unit 5 Test (The French Revolution and Napoleonic Age)tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

IB 30/35

I finished with my lecture on the Nixon administration today. I also gave you an assignment that has four parts to it on the Nixon administration (and partly the LBJ administration as well) that is due on April 22nd. Please remember that you are writing your Paper 3 on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement tomorrow, please check out the comments/changes that I made to your group task pages on the IB 30/35 wiki.

April 15

IB 30/35

We finished watching the PBS documentary from the American Experience series called "1964" today. Please remember that your film study sheet answers for "1964" are due tomorrow.

I moved on to 1968 for the most part today (and beyond), because we started looking at the Nixon administration. I'll continue my lecture on Richard Nixon tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Paper 3 on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement on Thursday, April 17th. Please check out the past IB exam questions below. Please review your IB command terms!

Here are some possible questions from previous IB Exams:

• What were the successes of the civil rights movement from 1950-1964 and how were those successes obtained?
• What were the successes and failures of the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1964?
• Explain the development of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s.
• To what degree had it achieved its objectives by the time of the March on Washington in 1963?
• How were the philosophies and tactics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X different and what caused those differences?
• Why had the civil rights movement come to dominate national attention by 1964?
• What impact did the Black Power Movement have on the Civil Rights Movement?
• Compare and contrast the strategies of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
• What factors contributed to the urban riots post 1964?
• The civil rights movement had achieved most of its basic goals by 1965. To what degree do agree with that statement?
• Overall would you characterize the civil rights movement as a unified or dis-unified movement?
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the NAACP’s strategy from 1950-1968.

IB 20 HOTA

I gave you some class time to work on some textbook work from your History of the Americas textbook. You were to read pages 38-47, and complete the chart of page 44 which asked you to draw comparisons between Simon Bolivar, Jose de San Martin and George Washington. I also introduced the fake Facebook page assignment, and the long-term "shadow research" assignment on Latin American countries. Please remember that you are writing your French Revolution and Napoleonic Age test (the Unit 5 Test) on Thursday, April 17th. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 10-1

I finished off the "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint lecture today. I also showed you a short video called "Global Economic Issues". I gave you the Unit 3 Worksheet today, your Chapter 10 Key Terms are due tomorrow. I will only be taking in the key terms tomorrow, not your answers to the Chapter 10 questions. One week from today you will be writing your Unit 2 Final Exam. Please see the study guide for this exam 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 Tuesday, April 22nd. 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

April 14

IB 30/35

We started a documentary from the PBS series "American Experience: 1964" today. I gave you a film study sheet to go along with the video that you need to complete for Wednesday. We'll continue this documentary tomorrow. Please remember that you are writing a Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement unit on Thursday.

Here are some possible questions from previous IB Exams:

• What were the successes of the civil rights movement from 1950-1964 and how were those successes obtained?
• What were the successes and failures of the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1964?
• Explain the development of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s.
• To what degree had it achieved its objectives by the time of the March on Washington in 1963?
• How were the philosophies and tactics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X different and what caused those differences?
• Why had the civil rights movement come to dominate national attention by 1964?
• What impact did the Black Power Movement have on the Civil Rights Movement?
• Compare and contrast the strategies of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
• What factors contributed to the urban riots post 1964?
• The civil rights movement had achieved most of its basic goals by 1965. To what degree do agree with that statement?
• Overall would you characterize the civil rights movement as a unified or dis-unified movement?
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the NAACP’s strategy from 1950-1968.

Social 10-1

I continued with the "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint lecture today, I should be able to finish that lecture off tomorrow. On April 22nd, you will be writing your Unit 2 Final Exam, I will post the study on the blog tomorrow.

IB 20 HOTA

We started looking at Latin American revolutions today. The PowerPoint presentation that I went through today is on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 4: Independence Movements. Please remember to bring your History of the Americas textbook to class tomorrow. Please remember that you're writing your Unit 5 Test on Thursday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). I'll do a session on Paper 1 tomorrow in tutorial.

April 11

IB 30/35

You should have continued to discuss the presidency of LBJ today. You were given a summary of LBJ's domestic and foreign policies and were asked to rate him as a president in the following categories: public persuasion, crisis leadership, economic management, moral authority, international relations, administrative skills, relations with Congress, vision/setting an agenda, pursued equal justice for all, performance within the context of times. If you want to see how LBJ compares to other U.S. Presidents, you should check out this assessment from C-SPAN.

Social 10-1

You should have started Unit 3 material today, "Foundations of Economic Globalization". I'll continue this lecture with you on Monday.

IB 20 HOTA

You completed the four options debate today. Make sure that you go through the Haitian Revolution booklet this weekend, I will be taking it in from you on Monday. A student from the class of 2013 put together excellent companion notes to this booklet. You should be able to find these notes on the IB 20 wiki under Collaborative Notes.

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 Thursday, April 17th. 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

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)

April 10

IB 20 HOTA

You should have watched the following YouTube video from the Crash Course World History series on the Haitian Revolution.



Most of today's class should have been spent preparing for tomorrow's four option debate. You should have met with other members of your option to prepare opening statements, and your arguments and counter-arguments.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I three source analysis assignment today, and it should have taken about 65 minutes to write. In the remaining class time, you should have read Chapter 10 in Perspectives on Globalization.

IB 30/35

You wrote your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test today. Please remember that your edited group task pages on the wiki need to be completed today.

April 9

Social 10-1

You finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today, and wrote a quiz afterwards. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 WRA I tomorrow. Hopefully, you made good use of the sample WRA I today.

IB 20 HOTA

You started the Haitian Revolution today in class. Make sure that you read the Haiti Revolution booklets extremely well. Tomorrow you will be preparing for a four options debate that will take place on Friday. Please use your classtime effectively!

IB 30/35

You should have examined the presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson today. You'll return to looking at LBJ's presidency on Friday as well. Please remember that you are writing your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here.

April 8

IB 30/35

You watched the A & E Biography of Malcolm X today. After the video you should have split into your seven task groups. Each task group must put together a detailed essay outline for their signed Paper 3 essay question and post their work on the IB 30/35 wiki under Collaborative Notes. Your group's page must be edited by Thursday. Please don't forget to include historiography. Please remember that you have your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test on Thursday, please see the study guide here.

IB 20 HOTA

You watched the A & E Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte today. While you watched this video you could have been filling in any missing gaps in the Napoleon Bonaparte timeline that I gave you yesterday. You should have also finished off the "The Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint presentation that I started yesterday.

Social 10-1

You should have handed in your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions today. You should have watched Part 1 of "Where the Spirit Lives" today. You'll finish off this film tomorrow, and you will write a quiz on it as well.

April 7

IB 30/35

You watched the A & E Biography of Martin Luther King today, and while you were watching this video you should have been taking notes. I also gave you a reading package today that will help you the group tasks tomorrow. Please remember that you are writing your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test on Thursday, please see the study guide here.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today, which some of you took the entire period to write. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 2 WRA I on Thursday.

IB 20 HOTA

We finished off "The French Revolution" video today. In Friday's post last week I told you that you needed to finish off the French Revolution PowerPoint presentation on your own. I moved on to Napoleon Bonaparte today. While I was going through the "Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint, you needed to take notes on the timeline sheet and chart that were provided. I also talked about the political spectrum today.

April 4

IB 30/35

I did a homework check on Episode 5 of "Eyes on the Prize" and on your Civil Rights Movement Assignment at the beginning of class. We watched Episode 6 of "Eyes on the Prize". You can find the questions that you must answer on the IB 30/35 wiki under "Civil Rights and Social Movements". I will do a homework check on Episode 6 on Monday. We'll be watching an A & E Biography of Martin Luther King on Monday, and you will also get a reading package on Monday as well on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. On Thursday, April 10th, you'll be writing your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test. I'm posting some review tips below. As I said in class today, today marks the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. If you'd like to read up on the assassination of MLK, you can check out the following link. I'm also posting a link to the Boston Globe, because they did a really nice retrospective of King's "I Have a Dream Speech".

U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test Study Guide:

This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer section, and 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it.

• study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki under Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas section)
• know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.)
• know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players)
• know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
• know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

Social 10-1

I finished off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" PowerPoint presentation today. You can find a copy of this presentation on the Social 10-1 wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. On Monday, April 7th, you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• 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?

IB 20 HOTA

I collected Part A and C of your IA today. We didn't quite finish off History Channel's documentary "The French Revolution". I would recommend that you examine the rest of the "French Revolution" PowerPoint presentation from the IB 20 wiki. I probably won't have a chance to cover the rest of this lecture on Monday, since we have to move on to Napoleon next week.

April 3

IB 20 HOTA

I continued my lecture on the French Revolution, which I should be able to finish off tomorrow. We started a documentary from the History Channel today called "The French Revolution". We'll try to finish off the documentary tomorrow as well. Be prepared for a current events quiz tomorrow. Please remember that Part A and Part C of your IA is due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture called "The Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" today, which I'll finish off tomorrow. I gave you some time to work on your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions (or your Chapter 9 work). Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. I did a homework check on "Tools of Exploitation" today. I gave back your Chapter 7 work today. Please remember that your Chapter 7 Test is on Monday, April 7th.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• 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?

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 5 of Eyes on the Prize called "Mississippi: Is This America? (1962-1964)". I did a homework check on Episode 4 material, and returned some of the earlier Eyes on the Prize worksheets. Your Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due tomorrow.

April 2

Social 10-1

I finished off "Tools of Exploitation" today, your film study for this sheet is due tomorrow. I also finished off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint lecture today. You had some time to work on your Chapter 8 work. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, April 7th.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• 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?

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your American Revolution Quiz for about 30 minutes today. We then switched gears and began our examination of the French Revolution. I will continue with my lecture tomorrow.

IB 30/35

I did a homework check on Episode 3 from Eyes on the Prize today. We watched Episode 4 "No Easy Walk (1961-963)". The Episode 4 questions are due tomorrow.

April 1

IB 30/35

I played a little April Fool's joke on you about a current events quiz at the beginning of class, but be forewarned, we haven't had one in a while, and you're overdue. We watched Episode 3 of Eyes on Prize today, called "Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)". This episode focused on youth involvement in the civil rights movement, including lunch counter sit-ins and the freedom rides. Please remember that your Civil Rights Assignment is due on Friday, April 4th.

IB 20 HOTA

Most of today's class was spent writing a Paper 1 on the Independence Movements unit. Tomorrow, you will be writing an American Revolution Quiz (30 multiple choice questions), and then we'll shift our focus back to Europe to cover the French Revolution.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture called "Legacies of Historical Globalization", which I didn't finish, because we moved on to a documentary the PBS series the Africans. The episode that I showed was called "Tools of Exploitation". We will finish off the video and the film study sheet tomorrow, and we'll also finish off the PowerPoint lecture too. I did a homework check on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions today. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, April 7th. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• 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?

March 31

IB 30/35

We continued our examination of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, by watching Episode 2 of "Eyes on the Prize" called "Fighting Back (1957-1962)". Your film study for this episode is due tomorrow. You will be writing a Paper 3 on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement on April 17th, so please stay up to date with this unit.

Social 10-1

I gave you back your Unit 1 Essays today. If you want to go over this essay with me, please come and see me in tutorial (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in the morning). I finished off a PowerPoint lecture today called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". This presentation is on the wiki under Unit 2 Presentations. One week from today(April 7th), you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test. Please check out the study guide below.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This quiz will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.

1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Test:

• 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?

IB 20 HOTA

I showed you a video today on the "United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights". While you watched this video you need to take notes. You should definitely have notes on the following concepts: the Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, the Connecticut Compromise, and the 3/5ths compromise, republic, and federalism, among others. I also walked you through how to write a Paper 1 today. Please make sure that you review the OPVL Analysis handout that I gave you earlier in the term. You need to know the difference between primary sources and secondary sources. Pay special attention to the organizational chart as how to deal with the origins, purpose, value and limitations of sources. Please make sure that you examine very carefully the Paper 1 section on the IB 20 wiki tonight. Also, you might want to look at some sample sources from your History of the Americas textbook on pages 71-73.

Since we've been talking a fair bit about the U.S. Constitution of late, I thought you might find this segment from Fareed Zakaria's GPS interesting:

March 20

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote a current events quiz today at the start of class, and then you settled into the computer lab to work on your IAs. Please remember that I'll be taking in your Part A and C of your IA on Friday, April 4th, so the Spring Break would be a great time to get some research/reading and work completed on it. You will be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution on April 1st, which means I'll teach you how to write a Paper 1 on March 31st when you get back from the Spring Break. You are also writing an American Revolution Quiz on Wednesday, April 2nd.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture on "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". I didn't try to finish it all in one day because I gave you time to work on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions (they are due on April 1st). When we get back from Spring Break, I will post the study guide for the Chapter 7 Test (it's on April 7th).

IB 30/35

I finished off the U.S. Civil Rights Movement PowerPoint lecture today, you can find an electronic version of this presentation on the IB 30/35 wiki under the Civil Rights Movement section. Your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on April 4th. Over the course of the Spring Break, I would recommend that you review the following two topics: Prescribed Subject 1-Peacemaking, Peacekeeping and International Relations (1918-1936) AND for your Paper 2: Authoritarian and Single-Party States. Good luck!

March 19

Social 10-1

We were able to do an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". These 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 bot of time looking at the symbolism in the book and some of the themes that the book introduces. I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions today. Please remind me tomorrow to show you the results of your Unit 1 Final Exam.

IB 20 HOTA

We spent the entire period discussing the IA. I gave you a booklet that you should use as a guide to complete the various sections of your IA. We're booked into a computer lab tomorrow so that you can start working on your IA.

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 1 of "Eyes on the Prize" today. You were given a question sheet to go along with this episode, the questions from this worksheet are due tomorrow (April 4th). Episode 1 of "Eyes on the Prize" focused in on the murder of Emmett Till and the Montgomery Bus Boycott. On the timeline that is on the video study guide for this episode it also mentions the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, however, the makers of Eyes on the Prize focus in on Emmett Till's murder, and the short public trial of his murderers. You can see Till's murder as a pivotal event in the Civil Rights Movement, and the open casket funeral of Emmett Till and the publication of the photos in Jet magazine as a catalyst for change in America's attitudes. Mississippi, where Till's murder took place gained national notoriety as a hotbed for white supremacy as well. If you are interested in the Till case you might want to do a little investigation of your own into the impact that the murder had on popular culture. Numerous songs, plays, poems, novels, TV shows and movies have drawn inspiration from the murder of Emmett Till and the court case. You may see parallels between the Till case and Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird (one of my personal favorites) to the TV show In the Heat of the Night (it was previously a movie too),and to the Bob Dylan song "The Death of Emmett Till". With the Montgomery Bus Boycott segment of the episode you saw the emergence of Martin Luther King on the national stage. We'll be exploring his role and leadership in the movement in the days to come.

I also talked briefly about rhetoric in the speeches of Martin Luther King. Check out this link for a bit of rhetorical analysis of the "I Have a Dream Speech", and a transcript of the speech.

March 18

IB 30/35

Most of you wrote your Cold War Exam today, and if you did write it today, you should get the results back tomorrow. If you missed writing the exam today, you will either write it during a spare tomorrow, or during class time. We'll continue our examination of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement unit tomorrow. Please remember that your Civil Rights Movement assignment will be due on Friday, April 4th. If you missed getting this handout from me in class, please pick up a copy from the file folders at the front of the room tomorrow.

IB 20 HOTA

Today was the last day of the constitutional convention. Given the feedback that I've received for the last two years on the constitutional convention, we'll have to extend it to three days next year. Tomorrow, we'll have to move on to looking at the IA again. Please bring all relevant materials to class tomorrow and on Thursday for completing sections of your IA in class this week. The upcoming Spring break would be a great time to get some reading and research completed on your IA. DON'T PROCRASTINATE!!

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA II Essay today in class. You had the entire period to complete it. Please remember that your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. We are obviously moving on to Unit 2 material tomorrow.

March 17

IB 30/35

We started the U.S. Civil Rights Movement today. I started a PowerPoint lecture on this topic, and then I showed an excerpt from Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. We'll return to this topic on Wednesday. Please remember that you have your Cold War Exam tomorrow, this is a Social 30-1 multiple choice exam. Please see the study guide below.

Cold War Exam Study Guide:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts:

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

Be able to define the following key concepts:

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

• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

Social 10-1

You did a first draft of your introductory paragraph for your Unit 1 WRA II Essay for part of today's class. You then had an opportunity to get two other students do a peer edit of the essay when we returned to the classroom. Tomorrow you'll go directly to Room 104 to finish writing your essays.

IB 20 HOTA

We started our constitutional convention today, and we'll finish it off tomorrow.

March 13

IB 20 HOTA

I did a homework check on your study guide for the Declaration of Independence at the beginning of class today. Most of today's class was spent examining the Articles of Confederation. I split you into groups, and each group had to read a section or sections of the Articles of Confederation and try to summarize their assigned section for the class. Hopefully by the end of the exercise you have a good idea of the historical context for the creation of the Articles of Confederation, and some its key characteristics, such as the following:

• “firm league of friendship”
• no national executive
• no national judiciary
• unicameral congress (like Continental Congress)
• 2-7 delegates per state (one vote per delegation in Congress)
• Powers of Congress – foreign policy, coin money, Indian affairs, settle state disputes, requisition troops and taxes (based on state property value)
• legislators selected by state legislatures (3 year / 6 year term limit)
• routine votes required simple majority / critical decisions (declaring war)– unanimity 
• amendment of the Articles (unanimous consent of delegates to Congress and of state legislatures)

As we'll see, the Articles of Confederation led to some political problems for the United States, so it only lasts as the first constitution of the USA from 1781 to 1789. In 1789, a constitutional convention is called, and delegates from the 13 states all meet to draft a new U.S. Constitution. Tomorrow will be a busy day because I will lecture on the U.S. Constitution, I will assign you roles for the constitutional convention that we'll be doing on Monday and Tuesday next week, I will teach you some Model UN parliamentary procedure, and assign you a copy of the United States Constitution graphic novel.

Social 10-1

We had a very spirited debate on the following topic: "BIRT globalization is beneficial to the world's cultures". I found it interesting that many of you focused in language so much during the course of the debate. I then did a little exercise after concluded the debate on argumentation and evidence, in which you had to brainstorm arguments to convince a friend to attend Churchill. We'll talk more about essay writing tomorrow, and you will get the Unit 1 WRA II Essay question sheet tomorrow. Please remember that you're writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay over the course of two days next week: on Monday, you will write your 1st paragraph, save it to your H-drive and print off a hard copy. We'll then come back to the class, do some peer editing of the essay. On Tuesday, you will have the entire period to finish off your Unit 1 WRA II Essay.

IB 30/35

We watched another video from the CNN Cold War series today called "Conclusions". I also showed you some photos from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and I put some notes up on the board of the overlapping Soviet and American leaders during the Cold War. Please remember that you have your Social 30-1 Cold War Exam on Tuesday, March 18th. Please see the study guide below.

Social 30-1 Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts:

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

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

March 11

IB 30/35

I showed you a couple of videos today, one was called "Escape from Berlin" which discussed the construction and changes that were made to the Berlin Wall over time, and the second video was from the CNN Cold War series called "The Wall Comes Down (1989)". While you were watching the second video you were to have been taking copious notes. Most of the focus on this episode was on the breakdown of Eastern European governments in 1989, with the greatest emphasis on East Germany and Erich Honecker's government. On October 17, 1989 Honecker was voted out of the Politburo. The original crisis in East Germany had been caused in part over restrictions on travel. Egon Krenz's government started to make reforms for free travel for East Germans. Street demonstrations demanded more and more from Krenz's government. Many of the East German opposition members wanted Gorbachev-era inspired reforms such as glasnost and perestroika. In the end, a bureaucratic mistake led to East Berliners to mass outside of the gates to West Berlin because the East German government had said that travel restrictions had been lifted. East German border guards then allowed people to pass over to the West. The episode also touched on Poland's Solidarity movement under Lech Walesa, too.

I have noticed recently while I have showing these videos that some of you aren't paying attention as closely as you should be. I really hope that it is all sinking in and that you have been paying attention. Otherwise, there will be a reckoning very soon. Very soon.

Please remember that there's no school tomorrow due to Parent Student Teacher interviews. I will see you all again on Thursday. One week from today you will be writing a Social 30-1 Cold War Exam. Please see the study guide below for this exam.

Cold War Exam Study Guide:

On Tuesday, March 18th you will have a Cold War Unit Exam. Please see the study guide below. This test will be a Social 30-1 test and it will be all multiple choice test format.

Social 30-1 Cold War Unit Final Study Guide:

Make sure that you know all the Cold War concepts:

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

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• Suez Canal War 1956
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• decolonization
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study timelines. Please check under Social 30-1 Links on the blog for links to the Cold War timelines)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, Afghanistan) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I gave you on this (detailed notes and the chart)
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact, SEATO, etc.) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• know examples of American intervention in their "backyard" (Western Hemisphere, notes package plus notes from the CNN video useful here)
• anything that I gave you as a handout/notes on the wiki is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences

IB 20 HOTA

We finally finished watching "The Patriot" today. I told you to go on to the wiki under Collaborative Notes to find the Causes, Courses/Practices, Events and Results chart for the Revolutionary War. Please modify this page on the wiki, and make sure that you have a hard copy of the chart in your notes. We also talked a little bit about the Common Sense and Declaration of Independence assignments that you had to complete previously. When I see you again on Thursday, we'll be looking at the Articles of Confederation, America's first constitution. You have some homework due on Thursday as well, please complete the Declaration of Independence study guide sheet that you can find in Unit 4: Independence Movements section. Also, please adding events to the current events section for this week.

March 10

IB 30/35

Most of today's class was spent writing a WRA I three source analysis on the early stages of the Cold War.

Social 10-1

I split you into two teams for our upcoming debate on the following topic: "Be it resolved that globalization harms the world's cultures." For part of the period you were able to read an article that supported your side of the debate's position, and then you were given a reading that covered the opposing side's perspective. We will have this debate on Thursday. Please remember that you'll be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

I gave you back some of your marked assignments, before I showed you some more of the movie "The Patriot".

March 7

IB 30/35

We watched a video from the CNN Cold War series "Soldiers of God" which focused on the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, I hope that you took copious notes. I also gave you a handout to remind you how to write a Social 30-1 WRA I. Please remember that you're writing a WRA I on Monday.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 WRA I today, which took the entire class period. Please remember that you'll be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam on Tuesday, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote a current events quiz today, and then we continued to watch "The Patriot". We'll finish this film on Monday.

March 6

IB 20 HOTA

You wrote your Thirteen Colonies Quiz today, and we finished watching "The American Revolution" documentary. We then started watching "The Patriot". We'll continue with this film tomorrow, and probably finish it off on Monday. Tomorrow is Friday, so chances are you'll have a current events quiz. Please keeping adding content to the wiki on the current events page.

 

Social 10-1

As a class, we went through the sample WRA I that you wrote a couple of days ago. I will post the finished product on the wiki today and share the page with you this evening. You will be writing your Unit 1 WRA I tomorrow. Please remember that your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Tuesday, March 11th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

 

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

 

 

IB 30/35

We continued our examination of the Cold War today by watching the CNN Cold War series video called "Backyard 1954-1990" which covered U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean during the Cold War era. If you want notes on this topic, please go to Collaborative Notes on the wiki, and find the link to the American Interventionism in Latin America page. Please remember that you're writing a Social 30-1 WRA I assignment on the Cold War on Monday.

March 5

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions today. You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Test today, which took most of the period. I've decided to move the Unit 1 WRA I to Friday, so I can teach you a little bit more about structure and style for a WRA I tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Tuesday, March 11th. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

 

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

I continued the PowerPoint lecture on "The American Revolution" today, and we watched a little bit more from the documentary "America: The Story of Us". I also did a homework check on your History of the Americas work from last night on the Declaration of Independence and Thomas Paine's Common Sense.

IB 30/35

We looked at another Cold War concept today, namely mutually assured destruction (MAD). We watched another video from the CNN Cold War series called "MAD (1960-1972)". Please remember that on Monday, March 10th you will be writing a Social Studies 30-1 WRA I (written response assignment I, in other words a three source analysis assignment) on the Cold War.

March 4

IB 30/35

We watched a documentary film today called "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam", which took the entire period. The film study sheet for this documentary is due tomorrow. Tomorrow, we'll be moving on to another topic in the Cold War, namely mutually assured destruction (MAD).

IB 20 HOTA

I continued with the "American Revolution" PowerPoint lecture today, and then we watched a little bit more of "America: The Story of Us". You have homework tonight out of your History of the Americas textbook, please do the following:

• Please read pages 22-26 in the History of the Americas textbook and pages 30-34
• Complete the historiography activity on pages 22-23 (Thomas Paine's Common Sense) and the activity on page 32 on the Declaration of Independence
• this assignment is due tomorrow!

Social 10-1

I gave you back your "Bend it Like Beckham" film studies and your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions. I also showed you your result on the Chapter 1-2 Test as well. You have your Chapter 3-4 Test tomorrow (please see the study guide here) and you are writing a Unit 1 WRA I on Thursday. Your Unit 1 Final Exam is on Tuesday, March 11th, please see the study guide below.

Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

March 3

IB 30/35

I did a homework check on your Vietnam War Assignment at the beginning of class today. You watched an excerpt from the Oliver Stone film "Born on the Fourth of July". We'll continue our examination of the Vietnam War tomorrow by watching a documentary film.

Social 10-1

We continued practicing how to write a WRA I three source analysis assignment. You had some time to peer edit the first paragraph of your WRA I, and then you wrote the remainder of the WRA I today. I'll try to give you some feedback on the WRA I prior to Thursday. You have your Chapter 3-4 Test this Wednesday, please see the study guide here. On Tuesday, March 11th you will writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. Please see the study guide below for this major exam.

Social 10-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Tuesday, March 11th. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice.For this multiple choice test, 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 (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations).

IB 20 HOTA

I finished off the "French and Indian War" PowerPoint lecture today, which I will post on the wiki under the Colonial Period. I also started "The American Revolution" PowerPoint today, and I'll continue it tomorrow. If you're looking for this PowerPoint, you can find it on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 4: Independence Movements. Please make sure that you bring your duotangs and your History of the Americas textbook too.