October 15

Social 20-1

I returned your WWI Maps of Europe and your Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignments to you today. I also gave you your interim report cards as well. There are Parent Student Teacher Interviews tomorrow, please see your interim report cards for the times and location.
I gave you a booklet today entitled "Was Appeasement a Good Idea?" If you didn't finish this booklet and its "Focus Task" make sure that you complete what I told you to do with the back page in class. I then started a presentation called "Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan and Germany", which I will continue on Friday. You have your Chapter 5-6 Test next Thursday, please see the study guide below.

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Thursday, October 23rd. The format of the test is matching and short answer. Please use this study guide to focus your review efforts.
Study the following presentations:

• "The Road to War: Causes of World War I" (ppt)
• "Total War, Allied Victory, Paris Peace Conference" (ppt)
• "Ultranationalism in WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan" (ppt) * note: this the presentation that I started in class today, I will send it out once we're finished it

1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Triple Alliance
• Triple Entente
• the Black Hand
• Gavrillo Princip
• Tsar Nicholas II
• Kaiser Wilhelm II
• Battle of Tannenberg
• the Schlieffen Plan
• Plan 17
• General von Moltke
• Battle of the Marne
• Alsace and Lorraine
• total war
• Battle of Verdun
• Battle of the Somme
• the Brusilov Offensive
• sinking of the Lusitania
• the Zimmermann Telegram
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• General Ludendorff
• Friedrich Ebert
• Paris Peace Conference
• David Lloyd George
• Woodrow Wilson
• Fourteen Points
• Georges Clemenceau
• Vittorio Orlando
• League of Nations
• plebiscites
• reparations
• collective security
• war debts
• Treaty of Versailles
• "war guilt clause"
• "Manchurian Incident"
• Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
• expansionism
• Hirohito
• Hideki Tojo
• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Kristallnacht
• the Nuremburg Laws
• any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material

2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (Causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and arctic sovereignty won't be on the test)

3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

• MAIN Causes of World War I
• the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
• the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT)
• the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
• Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology)
• the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years booklet)
• the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
• ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy
• failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
• appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism)
  

Social 10-1

I gave you your interim report cards today. Overall, the class is doing quite well, Parent Student Teacher Interviews are tomorrow in the Main Gym, please see the times listed on the interim report card. We started watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" today. We will continue watching this film on Friday. I think that since you have no classes tomorrow, it would be a very good day to get together with your partner and work on your Imperialism Research Project. It's due next Thursday (October 23rd). Also don't forget that you have your Chapter 7 Quiz on Tuesday (October 21st), do some review. The study guide is here (scroll down to read it).

October 14

Social 10-1

I delivered a presentation today called "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I have sent this presentation to you already, so please check your e-mail. I'll try to post it on to the wiki tonight as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Quiz next Tuesday, October 21st. Tonight would be a good time to look at the study guide (it's on the wiki, and it's in Friday's post) and do some review. It's a very challenging quiz. You'll get your interim report cards tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Today was a pretty busy class, with lots of topics covered. I gave you a reading that went over some of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, why the United States did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles or join the League of Nations. This reading also had information about the organizational structure of the League of Nations. I talked about some key events in the Interwar Years which clearly illustrated the failure of collective security and the ability of the League of Nations to deal with aggressive nation-states. The key events that I mentioned were the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War. I reviewed how the League of Nations was a FAILURe (please memorize this mnemonic). I then showed you a video on appeasement called "Why Appeasement?" You were to fill out a film study sheet as you watched this video. Tomorrow we'll continue to look at appeasement, and further analyze why many people turned to this foreign policy in the hope that it would help avert war. We'll also start looking at the rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan. You'll be getting your interim report cards tomorrow.

October 10

As you could probably tell, I've been sick for most of the week, so I decided to call in sick today to see if I could kill off this cold. My apologies for not being in class today. I hope you all have a great long weekend.

Social 10-1

You were given class time today to work on your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions, these are due on Tuesday. Hopefully, you finished them off in class, so you don't have to them over the weekend. This would be a great weekend to get together with your partner (if you have one) and work on your Imperialism Research Project. The final product for this project could be a movie, a dossier report, a PowerPoint presentation, or a poster. We'll talk more about this next week. Your Imperialism Research Project will be due on Thursday, October 23rd. Please have a look at the Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide below.

Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide:

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

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

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

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

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent watching the video "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler", and taking notes on key events in the rise of Adolf Hitler to power in Germany. This video will provide us with nice background information when we look at appeasement next week. If you haven't read the Interwar Years booklet yet, I strongly urge you to do so. There's a wealth of information in that booklet that will come in handy on your upcoming Unit 2 Final Exam.

October 9

Social 20-1

Today was a very busy class! I collected your WWI Map Assignments at the beginning of class. I then gave you some time to work on the "Focus Task" at the back of the "Making Peace" booklet that I gave you yesterday. This task is very good practice for the "speaker questions" that you commonly encounter on multiple choice tests. It requires you to see issues from different perspectives and understand why people might have felt a certain way. After completing this exercise you should have a very clear understanding of the motivations and viewpoints of the "Big Three" at the Paris Peace Conference. Next, I gave you a booklet that covered key events in the Interwar Years. This booklet is EXTREMELY important! It provides you with an excellent summary of some of the attempts at maintaining world peace in the Interwar Years, the impact of the Great Depression, and the failure of the League of Nations to halt the actions of aggressive nation-states such Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan in the 1930s. Tomorrow, we'll look at Hitler's rise to power in Germany, this will provide us with a nice lead in to looking at the policy of appeasement next week, and ultimately the start of WWII. If you didn't finish reading the Interwar Years booklet in class please make sure that you read it at home!

Social 10-1

I did some explanation of your Imperialism Research Project in class today, and then you were given some library research time. We then made our way back to the classroom so that I could give you back your Illustrated Concept Map Assignments.

Useful Links for the Imperialism Research Project:

• Nation Master
• CIA World Factbook

Please check your e-mail inboxes, I have sent you the password to access the Nations and Countries of the World. This is an e-book, we have a physical copy of it in the library, but it's a reference book and you're not allowed to sign it out. By giving you access to our library's e-books there's a whole lot more of you that would be able to access the information. Please follow the following steps to getting into the e-book:

1. Go to the school's website

2. From the school website click on "Library" from the left hand navigational button.

3. Click on Online Resources

4. Click on the hyperlink that says "6 online e-books by Gale"

5. In the box where it asks for the password, enter the password that I am sending you in the e-mail message

6. Click on Gale Reference Virtual Library

7. Click on History View publications

8. Click on Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook 2006 under "Nation and World"

October 8

Social 20-1

I went through a lot of topics related to World War I today, including "total war", key battles of WWI, the Paris Peace Conference and the various Paris treaties. I focused on the Treaty of Versailles (to remember the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, remember the mnemonic GARGLe)and the consequences of WWI. We'll be getting into the Interwar Years, the League of Nations in the days to come. I also gave you a booklet called "Making Peace" which focuses in on the key players ("the Big Three") at the Paris Peace Conference, namely David Lloyd George (Great Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France), and Woodrow Wilson (USA). You MUST complete the Focus Task on the back of the booklet for tomorrow. Please remember that you have World War I map of Europe due tomorrow. Please see yesterday's post for maps to help you out with this assignment.

Here's a copy of the map that you are to complete. Someone was nice enough to scan and send it to me.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Tools of Exploitation" today in class, along with the film study sheet that went along with it. We then moved into an introduction of the Imperialism Research Project by drawing lots, and going through the overview of the assignment.

October 7

Social 10-1

I took in your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions today, and returned them to you at the end of the period. I went through a presentation on "The Legacies of Historical Globalization", please check your e-mail inboxes today after school because I am sending this presentation to you today. I will also try to post it on to the wiki as well. We started watching "Tools of Exploitation" today, and we'll finish this movie up tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll also get in to the Imperialism Research Project. I'd like to return your Illustrated Concept Map Assignments to you as well, preferably on Thursday since I see you in the last block of the day then.

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent looking at the geographical disadvantage of the Central Powers during World War I. I have given you a mapping assignment, so if you missed today's class please make sure that you get the mapping assignment and instructions. I also collected your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. We'll still be working on Chapter 5 related material for a few days to come, so please don't think we've finished looking at the First World War yet.





Click on any of the maps to view a larger version of them.

October 6

Social 10-1

I gave back your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today, as well as your "Bend It Like Beckham" film study booklets. I went through a presentation today called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism", please check your e-mail inboxes, you should already have this presentation by now. For homework tonight, please complete the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions, it is due tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Most of today's period was spent writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. If you finished up early you were to work on your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow.

October 3

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class, and I will give these back to you on Monday. After some delay, 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. There's no homework this weekend.

Social 20-1

Today we played a simulation game of a fictional peace conference whose task it was to prevent the outbreak of the First World War. It's very difficult to "win" at this game and prevent the outbreak of the war. As you could probably see national interests came into play, as did the issue of sovereignty with regard to Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia. Many of the major European powers were committed to alliances and a foreign policy that almost pre-determined their course of action. Old hatreds and past defeats led to some of the European powers to follow the course of action that they did. I hope that you enjoyed the simulation. We'll have some time next week to do a little bit more debriefing on this simulation. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, October 6th. Here's the study guide (scroll down to find it).

October 2

Social 20-1

For most of the period you were writing your Chapter 3-4 Quiz. If you finished up early I had you move on to the Unit 2 Worksheet. I did not assign the Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions for homework yet, because there are a lot of key concepts and events that I will be covering in the next week or so that are from Chapter 5 so please don't feel that you have to finish the chapter work off tonight. In fact, tonight should be spent studying and reviewing the Unit 1 material. You have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Monday, October 6th. Here is the Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide (scroll down to find it).

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Final Exam today, and you'll get the results back tomorrow. I also handed out the Unit 2 Worksheet today. I would recommend that you read Chapter 6 tonight and complete the Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions since they are due for homework. I will collect the Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions tomorrow at the beginning of class.

October 1

Social 20-1

I gave you a reading today on the Causes of the First World War, which gives you some more background information on conditions in the major European powers on the eve of WWI. Many of you probably didn't finish this in class, so please make sure that you finish reading it at some point. I showed you a couple of short videos on the First World War, including "The Clash of the Generals" and "Trench Warfare". Tomorrow, you have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz, here is the study guide (it's also on the wiki). On Monday, October 6th you have your Unit 1 Final Exam. The study guide for the Unit Final is here, and on the wiki.

Social 10-1

I split you into two large groups today, one group read an article called "Globalization Benefits the World's Cultures" and the other group read "Globalization Harms the World's Cultures". You read the article individually, taking notes on potential arguments, examples and case studies within the article that you were given. You then went into the group that read the same article, and you formulated a debate strategy, discussing potential arguments the other side might raise, and potential counter-arguments that you could use. We then had class debate on the topic. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam tomorrow, here is the study guide (it's also on the wiki).

September 30

Social 10-1

I gave you back the results of your Chapter 3-4 Quiz today, as well as giving back your Part A In-Class Writing Assignments, and your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you about 50 minutes to prepare and study for the Unit 1 Final Exam, which is on Thursday, October 2nd. I posted the study guide for the Unit 1 Final Exam on the blog yesterday, here is the study guide. You should be reviewing Unit 1 material tonight and tomorrow night, adding content to the wiki is not a bad way of reviewing either, so please have a look at the Collaborative Notes section of the wiki.

Social 20-1

You wrote your Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment today in class, you were given 10 minutes to brainstorm in small groups, and then 45 minutes to write your analysis of the three sources. I gave you back your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions today, as well as your French Revolution DBA Assignments. By and large, I think most of you did quite well on the DBA. I gave you the Unit 2 Worksheet, and I told you to start adding to your glossary by adding the Chapter 5 Key Terms to it. I didn't assign these key terms for homework. You have more review to do tonight, as you have your Chapter 3-4 Test on Thursday, October 3rd. The study guide for this quiz is below. If you want to find the Unit 1 Final Exam study guide please click on the link here, and then scroll down the page.

Chapters 3-4 Quiz Study Guide:

This quiz will be on Thursday, October 2nd. It will consist of a matching section (10 key concepts) and a short answer section.

• make sure that you study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties" (I have posted this on the wiki, look for it under Unit 1 Presentations)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these or look on the wiki for the definitions)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the quiz)

September 29

Social 10-1

I collected your "Bend It Like Beckham" film study booklets at the beginning of class (you get homework check marks for this, and I mark it too). I also collected your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions, which you will get back tomorrow. Most of the period was spent writing your first Part A In-Class Writing Assignments. You will be writing more of these as the semester progresses. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam this Thursday, October 2nd. The study guide is below.

Social 10-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

Unit 1 Final Exam will be Thursday, October 2nd. The format for the exam is entirely multiple choice. It will consist of 55 multiple choice questions, 60-65% of the questions will be "source-based" questions, while the remainder will be simply knowledge and comprehension style questions. In other words, the source-based questions will use political cartoons, timelines, a chart or diagram, a graph, a reading, a photo or a map, and you will have answer questions related to that source. The source-based questions will be difficult to prepare for. You must have a firm grasp of the concepts and key terms that were introduced in Unit 1, because that will allow you to apply the knowledge that you have to answer the multiple choice questions.

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

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

2. Know your case studies extremely well!
3. Be able to apply key concepts! (see comments above)
4. Please review the "Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization" PowerPoint (it's on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations)

Social 20-1

We started in on Unit 2 material today, we looked at the Causes of World War I. I delivered a presentation/lecture on this topic, and then showed a short video on the "Doomed Dynasties" of Europe. Keep in mind that the three absolute monarchies of Europe that were featured in the film, the Romanov Dynasty in Russia (led by Tsar Nicholas II), the Hohenzollern Dynasty in Germany (led by Kaiser Wilhelm II) and the Hapsburg Dynasty in Austria-Hungary (led by Franz Joseph II) do not survive after the war. Tomorrow, you have your first Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. The three sources will all connect to one of the major themes that we've studied so far. I would look at big concepts like the differences between nation, nation-state and nationalism, understandings of nation, the differences between ethnic and civic nationalism, factors in the development of French nationalism (in other words, causes of the French Revolution), Napoleon's contributions to French nationalism, and the various contending loyalties: nationalist and non-nationalist contending loyalties.

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

One week from today, you will be writing your Unit 1 Final Exam. It is 75 multiple choice questions. Make sure that you have read Chapters 1-4 in Exploring Nationalism. Please make sure that you know the key concepts from Unit 1 (see below). Also review the PowerPoint presentations that you should have in your notes. They are also on the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations. These are the presentations that you should review:

1. Nation and Identity
2. The French Revolution
3. The Napoleonic Era
4. Contending Loyalties

Know the key concepts from the Unit 1 Worksheet (a lot of them have been defined on the wiki by your classmates, check under Unit 1 Key Terms). If you know the key concepts you'll be able apply them to test.

• nation
• nation-state
• nationalism
• patriotism
• self-determination
• sovereignty
• sovereign
• civic nation
• civic nationalism
• ethnic nationalism
• collective consciousness
• French Revolution
• Estates-General
• Louis XVI
• First Estate
• Second Estate
• Third Estate
• cahiers de doléances
• Ancien Régime
• bourgeoisie
• feudal system
• philosophes
• Declaration of the Rights of Man
• National Assembly
• Tennis Court Oath
• constitutional monarchy
• Jacobins
• Girondins
• National Convention
• levée en masse
• Robespierre
• Danton
• Marat
• Reign of Terror
• Napoleon
• Napoleonic Code
• Continental System
• contending loyalties
• cultural pluralism
• reasonable accommodation
• sovereignists
• federalists
• royal commission
• expressions of nationalism
• non-nationalist loyalty
• alienation
• segregation

September 26

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 3-4 Quiz today, which took most of the period. You have your "Bend It Like Beckham" booklet due on Monday, as well as your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions. You will also write your Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment on Monday, September 29th. Please check your e-mail, I've sent you an invite to contribute to a VoiceThread that allows you to analyze some sources, much like you would for your Part A writing assignment on Monday.

Social 20-1

We looked at a case of modern ethnic nationalism today with the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, we will be talking about this case study in far greater detail in Unit 2. We'll be starting Unit 2 material on Monday. Please remember that you have your Part A In-Class Writing Assignment on Tuesday, September 30th. You also have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Thursday, October 2nd. The following week, on Monday, October 6th you have your Unit 1 Final Exam.

September 25

Social 20-1

For most of today's class I went over how to write a Part A In-Class Writing Assignment that requires you to analysis and interpret three sources. I've posted the notes that I wrote on the board into the wiki, look for it under Part A In-Class Writing Assignments. I gave you some upcoming important dates as well today (please see below). You have a Chapter 3-4 Quiz next Thursday (October 2nd), I'm posting the study guide below.

Chapters 3-4 Quiz Study Guide

This quiz will be on Thursday, October 2nd. It will consist of a matching section (10key concepts) and a short answer section.

• study the PowerPoint presentation "Contending Loyalties" (I have posted this on the wiki, look for it under Unit 1 Presentations)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 3 and 4 (it is all testable material)
• know the key concepts from Chapters 3 and 4 (please see the Unit 1 Worksheet for these or look on the wiki for the definitions)
• study your answers to the Chapter 3 and 4 questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (all could potentially be on the quiz)
  

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20-1 Students:

• Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment is on Tuesday, September 30th
• Chapters 3-4 Quiz is on Thursday, October 2nd
• Unit 1 Final Exam is on Monday, October 6th (75 multiple choice questions)
  

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bend It Like Beckham" today in class. You must hand in the film study sheet that goes with the film on Monday, September 29th. Also on Monday, you have your Chapter 5 Key Terms and Questions due. You also have your Unit 1 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment on the 29th. I have sent you an invite to contribute to a VoiceThread that will give you some practice in analyzing sources. It's linked into the wiki, so it will update automatically in the wiki (look for it under Part A In-Class Writing Assignments). Speaking of the wiki, I've added some topic pages under Collaborative Notes that need to be filled in, if you're feeling ambitious, you could help out your classmates by contributing your notes and ideas. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz tomorrow. Please click on this link for the study guide.

September 24

Social 20-1

I finished the presentation on "Contending Loyalties" in class today. I also took in your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions. Your homework assignment tonight is to complete the Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions.

Social 10-1

I took in your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class today. We continued watching "Bend it Like Beckham" and working on the film study that goes with the film. Please remember that you have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz this Friday, please remember to study!

September 23

Social 10-1

Please add me as an author on your blogs. I need to be able to post questions on your group blogs. I still have about 4 group blogs that need to add me as an author. I went through a presentation today that covers Chapters 4 and 5 in the textbook. I've posted this presentation to the wiki under Unit 1 Presentations. We then started watching "Bend it Like Beckham" at the end of class. We'll continue watching it tomorrow in class, and hopefully finish it. Your Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that you also have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Friday, so start studying! Also, please add some more content to the wiki. We need to keep up with our glossary of key concepts, and also the wiki needs work in the area of collaborative notes. In the Collaborative Notes section on the wiki, you could be creating pages to help others understand differences between concepts (as an example). I will be rating your participation on the wiki at the end of the semester, please make sure that you participate and contribute to this resource that could be a tremendous review tool at the end of the semester.

Social 20-1

I basically went through part of a presentation entitled "Contending Loyalties" today. I'll continue with this tomorrow, and I'll get into non-nationalist loyalties tomorrow. Please read Chapter 3 tonight, as well as complete the Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions for homework. I'll do a homework check on it tomorrow.

September 22

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class (they were due today). I gave you back your Global Connections essays, and gave you the results of the Chapter 1-2 Quiz that you wrote on Friday. Please remember that you have a Chapter 3-4 Quiz this Friday, September 26th. The study guide has been posted here on the blog, and is also on the wiki under Study Guides. We then went to the Blenheim Room to complete the D2L Web Awareness activity. If you don't complete the quiz in this D2L shell (get 100% on the quiz), your account may be frozen at the school. Make sure that you have completed this task, you will need access to the school network this semester and next semester! Also, I had you set up group blogs as well today. From time to time, you will be required to do pieces of writing on your group blogs. Tonight, I'd like you to do a first post (every group member must post on your blog) on this question: Is globalization beneficial or detrimental to the world's cultures? Please keep in mind that this isn't a question that requires you to take a firm stand, you may see globalization's benefits as well as its problems in your response. Also, I'd like to be added as an author to your blogs. I made a mistake in class when I said that you should add me as a reader. From time to time, I will need to be able to post on your blogs. So please add me as an author! Thanks!

Social 20-1

You handed in your French Revolution DBA Assignments at the beginning of class today. If you didn't hand it in today, I will deduct 10% off of your DBA. You also wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today, which took most of the period.

September 19

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Quiz for most of the period. If you finished up early, you had an opportunity to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday. You have your Chapter 3-4 Quiz on Friday, September 26th. Please see the study guide below. Have a great weekend!

Chapter 3-4 Quiz Study Guide:

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

Social 20-1

The French Revolution DBA Assignment is on the wiki. Check under Unit 1 Assignments.
We finished our discussion about the causes of the French Revolution (a nice review), and then we watched a little bit of History Bites (the French Revolution and Napoleon). You have your DBA Assignment on the French Revolution due on Monday (please make sure that you work on parts of this assignment each night, by now, you should be on Part C). This assignment will probably take you at least 4 hours to complete, so don't leave it all to Sunday night, especially since you also have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday. I've posted the study guide again below.

Chapter 1-2 Test 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 18

Social 20-1

We looked at expressions of nationalism today, and we also ranked five factors that contributed to the French Revolution from most significant to least significant. We will be discussing your opinions tomorrow. Please don't forget to study for your Chapter 1-2 Test, which is on Monday.

Social 10-1

I collected your Illustrated Concept Map Assignments today at the beginning of class. It looks like most of you completed this assignment on time. We talked about advantages and disadvantages of media transnationals. We also talked about the CRTC, CAVCO, CanCon, CBC/SRC today, as well as cultural protectionism. I gave you lots of class time to work on your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions (which are due on Monday). You have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz tomorrow, I hope that you're studying!!

September 17

Social 20-1

We watched a short video on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, which is part of the Turning Points of History series. I then finished my presentation on the Napoleonic Era and the Congress of Vienna. I will be sending this presentation out in the next few days after I make some modifications to it. I also gave you an assignment today that is due on Monday, it's a DBA (Document Based Analysis) Assignment on the French Revolution. There are 4 parts to this DBA: What is the Third Estate?, Cahiers de doleances from the District of Dourdon, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and La Marseillaise. You also have your Chapter 1-2 Test on Monday (here's the study guide, scroll down to find it), so you should do a little bit of the DBA each night, break up into parts. Please don't try to do it all in one night, your work will suffer as a result.

Social 10-1

I went through profiles of four media transnationals today: AOL Time Warner, Viacom, The Walt Disney Company, and News Corporation. I will send the you notes on these media TNCs later tonight. We had a question and answer period on the Illustrated Concept Map assignment which is due tomorrow. I gave you some time to do your Chapter 3 Key Terms and Questions in class as well, they will be due on Monday. You have your Chapter 1-2 Quiz on Friday (make sure that you're on time!), here's the study guide.