September 16

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Whale Rider" today in class, and had a brief discussion about the film. I will be starting Chapter 3 material tomorrow. You will be given class time tomorrow to work on the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, so don't worry about that tonight. You should use tonight to work on your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment, it's due on Thursday. On Friday, you have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz (please study!). Here is the study guide for this quiz.

Social 20-1

I started a presentation today on the Napoleonic Era, which I'll finish tomorrow in class. Tomorrow, we'll be watching a video on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and picking up where we left in the Napoleonic Era, namely with the Congress of Vienna. It might be a good idea to start reviewing material from Chapter 1-2, since you have a quiz on Monday on this material. Here is a link to the study guide.

September 15

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. We began our film study of "Whale Rider" today, we'll finish this film tomorrow, and we'll discuss it as well. Please have a look on the wiki under Unit 1 Assignments for the marking guide for the Illustrated Concept Map. It is really important that you know how you are being assessed on this assignment.

Social 20-1

For most of the class period we watched the Biography film "Napoleon: The Glory of France", as you took notes on a timeline of Napoleon's life. I uploaded the French Revolution presentation to the wiki this morning, look for it under Unit 1 Presentations. We'll be continuing to look at the Napoleonic Age tomorrow. We'll be looking at Napoleon's domestic and foreign policy tomorrow, and his disastrous Russian campaign on Wednesday. Please see the study guide for the Chapter 1-2 Quiz, which is next Monday.

Chapter 1-2 Quiz Study Guide:

This test will be on Monday, September 22nd. The test has a matching section and a short answer section.

• Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
• Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2
• Study the presentations: "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material), "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material), and "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material)

September 12

Social 10-1

You wrote your World Geography Test at the beginning of class today, which took about 30 minutes. I gave you the remainder of class time to read Chapter 2 in Perspectives on Globalization and to complete the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions (which are due on Monday), so hopefully you don't have that for homework. Please don't forget that you have your Illustrated Concept Map Assignment due on Thursday, September 18th, so this is the only weekend that you'll have to work on it. I would expect you to get most of the work completed on it this weekend, so budget your time! I've put up some examples around the classroom, so have a look. I've posted the assignment itself on the wiki, under Unit 1 Assignments, as well as the rubric, so please have a look at the rubric. It is VERY important to know how you are being assessed on this assignment.

Social 20-1

You wrote your World Geography Test today. We then finished watching the History Channel video on the French Revolution. I think that the video should help pull your understanding of the causes and events of the French Revolution a little better. I want to point again that I have put a timeline of the French Revolution on the wiki, you can find a link to it under Collaborative Notes. We'll be starting our examination of Napoleon Bonaparte's impact on European history next week. On Monday, I will post a study guide on the blog for your Chapter 1-2 Quiz (which is on the following Monday, September 22nd).

September 11

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. I'll do a homework check on the "Nation and Identity" presentation tomorrow when we have a little more time on our hands. We started watching a History Channel video on the French Revolution. We'll finish this video tomorrow after you write your World Geography Test. Please check the study guide found in the September 8 post. Play some geography review games tonight! Please check the Collaborative Notes section of the wiki, I've added a timeline of key events in the French Revolution, which may be helpful to you.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your first writing assignment in which you wrote about your global connections. I gave you time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions which are due on Monday, September 15th. Please study for your World Geography Test tomorrow. You will have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz next Friday. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 1-2 Quiz Study Guide

1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms

2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori

3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):

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

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

September 10

Social 20-1

I finished the presentation on the French Revolution today, I will be sending it out later tonight, so please check your e-mail. Please print off the "Nation and Identity" PowerPoint, I will be doing a homework check on it tomorrow. For homework, you are to do all of the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions tonight. The only key terms you don't have to do from Chapter 2 tonight are the last three on the list, which are part of the Napoleonic Era, which we have yet to get to in class. You have a World Geography Test on Friday, so please study. I posted the study guide on the blog yesterday, so please have a look at it. I'll put some links to some geography game sites below, so use them to help prepare for Friday's test.

Social 10-1

I collected your Global Connections Map Assignment at the beginning of class today. I also gave you some time to do a peer edit of a classmates 1st draft of their informative essay. Some of you had an entire first draft completed, whereas other just had the first paragraph complete. The good copy of this essay is due tomorrow. I have sent you the rubric already, the rubric is also on the wiki. Please remember that you have your World Geography Test on Friday, I gave you the study guide in class yesterday, so if you missed class you need to get that from a classmate.

Geography Games Links:

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

Getting on the Wiki

I know that I went over this in class, but I thought that I would put up some images that show you how to get on the wiki.

1. Go to pbwiki.com and click Log In

2. Enter the name of the wiki


3. Log on to the wiki (this picture is from the Social 10-1 wiki) by entering the username and password that I gave you in class.

September 9

Social 10-1

I went through the study for your World Geography Test (please check out the geography games links below), which will be happening on Friday, September 12th. This test will be strictly identification of countries on a map of the world. I gave you a list of countries and told you to know where certain world capitals and capital cities were located. If you missed class today, you need to get these notes from a classmate since it's a fairly lengthy list of countries to put on the blog. Here's what the test will look like: you will have a map of the world split into two parts (front and back of the test sheet), the countries will be numbered off, on a sheet of loose leaf you'll write down your answers (identify the countries and cities). Please remember that your Global Connections Map is due tomorrow. Today, I also gave you your first writing assignment, you are to do a rough draft of your first paragraph tonight. If you do a rough draft of the entire informative essay for tomorrow's peer editing session that would be great. Please respond back to my original e-mail message (some of you haven't done this yet). I'll be sending out a rubric for this writing assignment by e-mail tonight, so check your e-mail. Remember the focus of this informative essay is "What are my effects on the world?" You should be examining the social, economic, political and environmental impacts that you have on the world, and positive and negative impacts that you may be having on the world. Here's a link to an article about the connection between the PS2 and coltan (I mentioned this in class. Something to think about. As consumers, are we always completely aware of what's going into the products that we buy? Also, here's a link to an article on Chiquita.

Social 20-1

I continued moving through my presentation on the French Revolution. Today, we looked at some causes of the French Revolution (your textbook refers to these as factors that contributed to French nationalism). Tomorrow I'll probably finish off that presentation by looking at the Key Events of the French Revolution. I gave you some class time to go work on the Chapter 2 Key Concepts (you'll be able to work on them tomorrow as well). You will have a World Geography Test on Friday, please see the study guide below. I'm also posting some links to some geography games as well.

Social 20-1 World Geography Test Study Guide

This test will take place on Friday, September 12th. It is simply a country identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:

• any of the EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
  India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
  Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

Geography Games

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

September 8

Social 10-1

Please check your e-mail! I have sent you a message!
I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class, and then you got this homework assignment back at the end of class. I also did a homework check on your 25 item chart that was also due today. I gave you an assignment that built upon this homework assignment the game of Global Bingo that we played last week. I'm putting instructions on the blog here (just in case you didn't get this written down in class):

Here are some reminder instructions for the map:

• People on the map should be represented by circles, color the circles and make sure there is a number beside each circle
• Make sure that you have colored and labelled the 25 different countries (color the entire country), these countries represent the 25 items that you found for homework and put into your chart
• Make sure that you have labeled every country that you or a classmate has a connection to
• Choose different colors to represent your different categories (food, clothing, electronics, entertainment)
• Make sure that you have a detailed key on the back of your map (reproducing your 25 item chart's information with color codes for the different categories)
• Make sure that you have a title for your map
• Make sure that you have a simplified key on the front of your map (color code for the different categories, and people)
• No border is necessary
• No compass rose is necessary
• You don't need to color the oceans or bodies of water (if you feel the need to color them, simply do a blue outline of the land masses that touch the major oceans and seas)
• Don't forget to color ALL of a country (for example, Alaska is part of the USA and should be colored, don't forget to color the islands in the Arctic Ocean that are part of Canada if you have a connection to Canada)

I also gave you your access codes to the wiki. Hopefully, we have a few pages of content put up on the wiki tonight, and I'd like to see you add to the Unit 1 Key Terms and specifically the Chapter 1 Key Terms (put them in alphabetical order too). If I see that people aren't voluntarily using the wiki I might be more direct in asking people to contribute (i.e. making it a homework assignment). Your global connections maps are due on Wednesday. Please make sure that you follow the directions!

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class, if you didn't get this back, it was because I was pressed for time to keep both sections at the same point in my lecture. I'll be working through this lecture for a few days, so I won't be sending it out right away. Please read the following pages in your textbook: p. 43-47, 50, 52-53. This will prepare you for tomorrow's class. If you feel like moving on to working on the Chapter 2 Key Terms or Questions, please feel free to do so. Just know that I've added some key concepts that aren't in your textbook. I'd like to see some work done on the wiki tonight, some additions to the Glossary and Unit 1 Key Concepts, maybe also some collaborative notes on the differences between a nation, a nation-state and nationalism, for example.

Printing PowerPoint Presentations

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

September 5

Social 10-1

We played a little "Global Bingo" this morning, with prizes to be awarded on Monday. The point of this activity was for you to meet some of your classmates, and to start discovering our global connections. I will connect the bingo game to an assignment that we will be doing next week. You have a couple of homework assignments to do this weekend: first, you have to create a chart with 25 items from 25 different countries. These 25 items should be broken down into at least 5 categories: food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, household goods, if your item doesn't fit into any of these categories put it in the miscellaneous category. Try split your 25 items amongst these categories, in other words, don't have 25 different food items. Your second homework assignment comes from your Unit 1 Worksheet. You are to complete the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Question from the worksheet. Both of your homework assignments are due on Monday. See you Monday!

Important Dates:

• 25 Item Chart is due on Monday, September 8th
• Chapter 1 Key Terms and Question is due on Monday, September 5th

Social 20-1

I finished off the presentation "Nation and Identity" today in class. I will try to send this to you next week, or possibly this weekend, depending on whether I get enough e-mail responses back from you. I gave you the Unit 1 Worksheet today and I assigned the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions for Monday.I'll let you know when your Geography Test is next week.

Important Dates:

• Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, September 8th

September 4

Social 20-1

With both of my Social 20-1 classes today, I gave you a course outline, a unit organizer (with all four units of Social 20-1 laid out in a web), and an organizational web for Unit 1. I then started a presentation called "Nation and Identity" which I will be able to finish tomorrow. I also got your e-mail addresses today, so please check your e-mail, and respond back to my message. Please check your junk mail folder too, just in case my message ended up there. You should read Chapter 1 tonight, at least up to where I left off, right before the introduction of the concept of a civic nation. I'll try to remember to give you your access codes to the wiki tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave you the course outline today in class, and then we went through an activity where we looked at different definitions of globalization. As you can see from this activity, the debate as to whether globalization is a beneficial or detrimental process in the world today is a very controversial topic. We also looked at some visual examples of items that have a connection to globalization. I also collected your e-mail addresses. I will be setting up the e-mail distribution list tomorrow during my prep. I have set up user accounts for you on the wiki, which I'll give to you tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll be playing some bingo!

September 3

For all of my classes today I did a self-introduction, talked about my classroom rules and expectations (see post below), as well as rules for posting on the blog. You also did an in-class assignment of writing a friendly letter to me, which you handed in before the end of the class. Please have a look around the blog, and read yesterday's post as well.

September 1

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

Classroom Rules/Expectations of Behavior:

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

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

Posting on the Blog:

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

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

August 28

It won't be long now until school starts.

June 17

Social 33

Part A of the Diploma Exam is now behind you. If you want to write some practice Part B Exams, come on in to see me. Please remember that Part B of your Diploma Exam is on June 26th at 9:00-11:30 a.m.in the Main Gym. you're not allowed a dictionary or a thesaurus for this one! Keep studying! You're NOT finished yet!

Social 10

I have posted your final grades in Social 10-1 in the hall just outside my classroom by ID number. Overall, I'd have to say that you did really well as a class on Part B of the Final Exam (the class average was 76%). Some of you, individually, did really well on the Part B, whereas there were a few failures on the test. If your final grade fell below 50% it was rounded down to 45% as per Social Studies Department policy. If this is the case, you will be required to take Social 20-2 next year. When you pass Social 20-2 you will receive retroactive credits for Social 10-1, in other words, you get 10 credits for passing Social 20-2. If your final grade falls between 50-65%, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you enroll in Social Studies 20-2 next year, you will enjoy greater academic success in the Social 20-2 stream. I would just like to say that I really enjoyed teaching all of you this semester, hopefully, you will have me again down the road in Social 20-1 or Social 30-1 or 30-2. Have a fantastic summer!!

June 11

Social 10-1 Students: Please hand in your textbooks today!

Where's Mr. G?

I posted the times that you can find me at school over the next few days just outside my classroom. I'm in either R4 or Room 108 tomorrow between 8:30 and 3:30 (keeping in mind that I will probably be out for lunch at the noon hour), and on Friday from 9:30 to 2:30. I posted your course marks going into the final exam in my classroom as well.

Social 10

We played a review game for part of the class period today. Please use the study guide that I gave you in class to focus your review. If you have any questions please feel free to post them here in the comments section. I wish you all the best on Part B of the Final Exam (100 multiple choice questions), I created it, so you know that it will be a tough, but fair test. Your Final Exam is Monday, June 16th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Main Gym. Please study hard!! Let's see if you can beat last semester's class average on the Final. It was an absolute pleasure teaching you all this semester. Hopefully you learned a lot, and maybe had a few laughs along the way.

Social 33

I went through some more of the Social 33 Review PowerPoint. I will be sending this to you today, so please check your e-mail inboxes. Please remember that your Part A (written part) of your Diploma Exam is on Monday, June 16th from 9:00-11:30 a.m. Part B is on June 26th from 9:00-11:30 a.m. (multiple choice part) in the Main Gym. Please study hard!! It was a pleasure teaching you this semester. We had some fun I think, and I think that you learned as well. We'll see, but I seriously think a couple of you have a shot at getting 100% on the Diploma, especially if you prepare for it. Good luck to you all!

June 10

Social 33

I continued working my way through the Social 33 Review PowerPoint presentation. I will pick it up tomorrow with the Cold War. I also gave you a handout today that had scrambled key terms from Topic A and Topic B, I will be posting the answers to that review booklet tomorrow here on the blog. Tomorrow is our last period together, and it will be shortened by 15 minutes due to locker clean-out. I'll try to get through as much as possible of the remaining topics in the presentation. Don't worry, I will be sending it to you by e-mail.

Social 10

I posted the marks in the course up to this point. I put up the term marks (which amounts to 75% of your overall mark in Social 10-1), and the results of the Part A of your Final Exam (marked out of 15, 15% of your Final Exam mark, the 100 multiple choice question test makes up the other 85%). We played a game of Jeopardy to review for the Final Exam.

June 9

Social 10

Most of this class period was spent writing Part A of the Social 10-1 Final Exam. I hope that you felt that you were prepared for the topic that was in this Part A in-class writing assignment. You certainly as a group wrote a lot of these assignments over the course of the semester. I have finished marking them, and you will be getting these results back tomorrow in class. Notice how I wrote, "getting the results back", you will not be given this piece of writing back. You're more than welcome to come in on Thursday or Friday this week to have a look at my comments on the Part A, but you will not be allowed to take it home because it is a secured final exam. We will be playing a review game of Jeopardy tomorrow, so please come prepared, study, do a little review tonight, so you're not "weakest link" on your team. (hmmm, that's another game show...)

Social 33

I started going through the review PowerPoint for the Social 33 course. I'll continue to do this tomorrow as well. We'll probably (hopefully) finish up with this on Wednesday. I will send this presentation out on Wednesday. If you're looking for some extra review and have access to a school computer (say during a spare), you could go to a test that I made up from released Diploma exam questions. It's on the X-drive, which you have access to. Have a look at the picture below to figure out how to get to it.

June 5

Social 33

Most of this class period was spent writing your Contemporary World Test. I also gave you a writing assignment that is based on the candidate style question that you might see on the Diploma Exam Part A. I gave you some time after the test to write some ideas down on the topic that the candidates were discussing. We'll talk about it on Monday.

Social 10

I gave you back the results of the Unit 4 Final Exam and your Unit 4 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment at the beginning of class today. I went through the study guide for the Final Exam as well. You have a homework assignment for this weekend: please send me 5 Jeopardy style questions and answers, 2 short answer questions, 1 list-style question, and 5 multiple choice questions. We will be playing two review games on the last two days of classes. We'll be playing Jeopardy on Tuesday, June 10th, and another review game on Wednesday, June 11th. Not a bad way to end a semester.

June 4

Social 10

Most of this class period was spent writing your Unit 4 Final Exam and the Unit 4 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. Please remember that you have your Part A of your Final Exam on Monday, June 9th. You should be reviewing the course content between now and then.

Social 33

I went over the answers to a couple of worksheets, the first one was The Superpowers in the Middle East worksheet, and the other one was on major economic organizations in the 1990s. I then went through a talk on the Diploma Part A Final Exam. I have sent this presentation to you already. I would like you to take a stab at writing an answer for the "candidate question" that is in the presentation. We'll probably have time to talk about it tomorrow after you write your Contemporary World Test.

June 3

Social 33

I went through the study guide for Thursday's Contemporary World Test. This test will be 50 multiple choice questions with no writing assignment. I went through some important links that I've put up under Social 33 Links as well, please check the last three hyperlinks under Social 33 Links, they will be really useful to you as you prepare for your Diploma Exam. I then gave you a handout labelled "Contemporary World" that contained lots of key organizations and concepts that you need to know for Thursday's test and ultimately, your Diploma Exam. Also, I gave you a handout that you had to complete on major economic organizations in the world today. No homework tonight, but you should be studying and preparing for that test on Thursday, please check yesterday's post for the study guide.

Social 10

For most of the period today I showed you three excerpts from a video called "Where is the World Going, Mr. Stiglitz?" Was this video challenging to understand? Absolutely, but I think it will benefit you to have listened to this video. Tomorrow you have your Unit 4 Final Exam, which consists of 30 multiple choice questions and a Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. You won't be able to do any brainstorming in small groups before writing the Part A unfortunately. Please budget your time accordingly.

Joseph E. Stiglitz

June 2

Welcome to June, not too many classes left!

Social 10

I showed you a video on the controversy surrounding the Kyoto Accord. With the Kyoto Accord, the main goal was the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, this led into a presentation/lecture on biofuels, mainly corn and sugar cane ethanol. I then showed you a map on the impact of rising food prices around the world, and one of the contributing factors in rising food prices is the use of fields to grow biofuel crops, do you see how all of those concepts tied together? Here is a link to the map that I showed you in class. Please remember that you have your Unit 4 Final Exam on Wednesday. It consists of a multiple choice test and a Part A in-class writing assignment. Make sure that you know all of the key concepts in Unit 4, and that you have read all of the Chapters 15-19 in Perspectives on Globalization, and have studied the presentations from this unit.

Social 33

I went through the timeline of key events in the 1990s, and I also went through the Middle East conflict (briefly). On Thursday, you will have a test on the Contemporary World section of the Social 33 course. I have some good news: there will not be a writing assignment for this test, instead it will be 50 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you know the following concepts:

• NAFTA
• EU
• GATT
• WTO
• United Nations
• General Assembly
• Security Council
• World Court
• Secretariat
• sovereignty
• Yugoslavia, Somalia, Rwanda: what were UN actions in these countries?
• breakup of the USSR
• Greenpeace
• Amnesty International
• UN involvement in Bosnia
• Canada's membership in international organizations
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• internationalism vs. nationalism
• collective security
• WHO
• Persian Gulf War
• NORAD
• deterrence
• isolationism
• containment
• appeasement
• interdependence
• detente
• economic globalization
• human rights