Monday, November 19, 2012

November 19

You wrote your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test today. You will get your individual results tomorrow in class. After the test, we started looking at the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria, which we will continue tomorrow. Please start preparing for your Paper 1 that will happen on Friday.
We finished off "The Corporation" today, and then we went right into "The Age of Wal-Mart" film study. We'll finish off that film study tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, please see the study guide here. Here's the video that I tried to show you in class:

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I gave you some notes on the formation of American political parties which will help you not only this year, but next year. I gave you the remainder of the class time to work in your groups for tomorrow's War of 1812 debate. On Thursday you will have a matching quiz on material covered so far in Unit 6.

Friday, November 16, 2012

November 16

I apologize for not posting on the blog last night, it was a busy afternoon and evening...
You should have submitted your Facebook timeline assignment to me by now. I want a link to the group not to the individual profiles! We finished watching the PBS documentary on the War of 1812. I want you to complete the TOK Links in your History of the Americas textbook on pages 86-87. You should also complete the War of 1812 website assignment that is in Unit 6 Nation Building and Challenges on the IB 20 wiki.
We continued our film study of "The Corporation", and I was able to show you some exemplars of the TNC Dossier Assignment as well. The TNC Dossier Assignment is due on November 28th, and you will not receive any class time to complete it. Don't forget that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.
I finished off the lecture on disarmament conferences in the Interwar Years at the beginning of class, and then you had some time to complete your homework assignments that are due on Monday. Please remember that you have your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Test on Monday, please see the study guide here.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

November 14

We started a film study today on the documentary film "The Corporation". As I told you in class, I split this up over three class periods. After we finished watching the first segment today I handed out the TNC Dossier Assignment sheets, and went over what the project entails. This project is due on November 28th. Tomorrow we should be able to select the TNCs and I should be able to show you some exemplars as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test next Wednesday (November 21st), please see the study guide below.
This quiz has a matching section and a short answer section. Please make sure that you review Chapters 10 and 11. Please review your answers to questions/activities from your Unit 3 Worksheet, as well as the key terms (from Chapter 10-11 and from the PowerPoint presentations).

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

1. "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
2. "Expansion of Economic Globalization"


You should know these key terms really well:
  • Bretton Woods Agreement
  • international monetary system
  • fixed exchange rate
  • gold standard
  • floating exchange rate
  • World Bank
  • International Monetary Fund (IMF)
  • centrally planned economy
  • free market economy
  • recession
  • John Maynard Keynes
  • Friedrich Hayek
  • Milton Friedman
  • totalitarian
  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
  • tariff
  • World Trade Organization (WTO)
  • Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
  • North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
You should also be able to answer the following questions:
  • What is economic globalization?
  • How did 20th century world events shape contemporary economic globalization?
  • What factors laid the foundations of contemporary global economics?
  • What were the major global institutions that were created at the Bretton Woods Agreement?
  • What are the major differences between the ideas of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek?
  • What factors contribute to expanding globalization?
  • How do international agreements and organizations contribute to expanding globalization?
  • How do transnational corporations contribute to expanding globalization?
  • How do communication technologies contribute to expanding globalization?
  • What are the benefits of the WTO system? (DETAILS!!)
  • What are some criticisms of the WTO? (DETAILS!!)
Your Latin American Independence Movement Assignment was due today. Please send me the link to your project page in Facebook. Please send the link to either my CBE e-mail address or my Gmail account if you prefer.I finished delivering the PowerPoint presentation on "Forging the New Republic" in class today. I will be posting this presentation on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 6 this evening.
You completed a film study on the BBC 20th Century History video series episode entitled "Make Germany Pay" in class today. I also starting delievering a lecture on the League of Nations attempts to enforce the treaties and the disarmament conferences that took place in the Interwar Years. Please remember also that you have a test on the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs on Monday. Please see the study guide here. Also, next Friday you will be writing a Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1. Keep up with content covered in class!!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

November 13

I went through the League of Nations mandate system and differences between Class A,B and C mandates. This PowerPoint is already posted on the wiki. Please complete the Covenant of the League of Nations worksheet that has been posted on the wiki under Prescribed Subject 1. I also did a homework check on the Treaty of Rapallo work. Please see yesterday's post for the study guide for your Emdrgence of the Americas in Global Affairs test study guide. This test is on Monday, November 19th.
I continued with the "Forging the New Republic" PowerPoint lecture today. I finished off the Jefferson presidency and then assigned the War of 1812 booklets to you. These booklets will provide you with even more details and help you prepare for our next full class debate.
We finished watching "Life + Debt" today. I went over the Unit 2 WRA I and gave back the results of the Unit 2 Imperialism Research Project. You have the Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, November 21st. The study guide will go up tomorrow.

Monday, November 12, 2012

November 12

I lectured on the League of Nations today. This PowerPoint is already posted on the IB 30/35 wiki under Prescribed Subject 1. I talked about basic structure and organization of the League and successes and failures as well. Know the mnemonic FAILURe really well, and as we progress forward in Prescribed Subject 1 try to apply case studies back to this mnemonic. You have your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Unit Test next Monday. Please see the study guide below. Here is today's homework:
  • Read pages 34-38 in the 20th Century World History textbook and complete the source-based questions on page 39, using sources A-E on pages 38-39.
This is a 38 question multiple choice test. It will be administered in class on Monday, November 19th. It covers the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit. Here are some points to review:
  • Teddy Roosevelt
  • "big stick diplomacy"
  • Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
  • Alfred A. Mahan (naval sea power theory)
  • What is the "Open Door Policy"?
  • What is "dollar diplomacy"?
  • Spanish-American War (causes, practices, effects/results)
  • Venezuela crisis and jingoism
  • Portsmouth Peace Conference (Russo-Japanese War; what role does Teddy Roosevelt play); results?
  • President McKinley's accomplishments re: expansion/annexation
  • MAIN causes of WWI
  • nature of warfare in WWI World War I (causes, practices, effects/results: a word of caution here-don't spend any time studying the battles in WWI)
  • Canadian participation in WWI (contributions, issues on the home front)
  • key players/leaders in WWI (ex. Kaiser Wilhelm II, Nicholas II, etc.)
  • Sedition Act and Espionage Act (USA)
  • George Creel
We started a film study of "Life + Debt" today, which we will finish off tomorrow. Your Chapter 11 Questions are due on Wednesday.
I started lecturing on the situation in the United States from George Washington's time as President to the Adams administration. You should have a very clear sense of how and why political parties began to emerge in the United States after they won independence from Great Britain. You should understand who the Federalists were and the Democratic-Republicans and on what key issues facing the USA they differed on. You should also know key individuals within both political parties. Tomorrow, we'll pick up right where we left off with the Jefferson administration. Your Latin American Independence Movement assignments are due on Wednesday.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

November 10

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

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

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

I hope that this has helped.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

November 6

We finished watching "Paris 1919" today, which took the entire period. We start looking at the battle to ratify the Treaty of Versailles in the USA tomorrow.
I showed you some videos today on the electoral college system. I also showed you a video with fake campaign ads from the 1800 U.S. election (we'll be talking a little bit about this election next week in the lead-up to the War of 1812). I gave you some class time to get some work completed from the History of the Americas textbook on the Latin American independence movements. This is due tomorrow.
We finished watching "China Rises: Getting Rich" today. I announced who would be participating in Friday's debate as well. Remember, you'll be debating "Be it resolved that the 21st century will belong to China". Here's some more information on China:

China in Numbers
Browse more data visualization.

Monday, November 05, 2012

November 5

We continued looking at the Paris Peace Conference today,and specifically the various treaties that were negotiated with the Central Powers. As you should have seen there were common themes to all of the treaties: disarmament (limitations placed on the size of the military that defeated Central Powers were allowed to possess), loss of territory and recognition of successor states. We started watching "Paris 1919" today as well, and we'll finish it off tomorrow.
We had a brief class discussion today on genetically modified foods before we got in to a film study on CBC documentary series "China Rises: Getting Rich". We'll finish this video off tomorrow. We were going to have a debate on Thursday, but I'm going to push it to Friday. About half of the class will be debating on Friday, with the other half of the class determining the winner. Remember the debate topic is "Be it resolved that the 21st Century will belong to China". This was a debate topic from the Munk Debate series. You can find the link to the Munk Debate on China here. At the Munk Debate site you can watch video highlights of the debate, and read the transcript from the debate. Another interesting link is to check out Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years in 4 Minutes. This is interesting to note the development of China and how there is a disparity between different regions in China. And now for a couple of links to videos and stories from Fareed Zakaria's Global Public Square: challenges facing China's leadership, why China's leadership needs a PR overhaul, and another on China's one-child policy. I will split you into teams in class tomorrow.
I went through a PowerPoint lecture on "Latin American Revolutions" which you should have taken extensive notes on. We'll continue with our examination of the wars for independence in South America tomorrow. Please remember to bring your History of the Americas textbook tomorrow.

Friday, November 02, 2012

November 2

You wrote a Paper 2 on the First World War today. It took most of the class period. I will be going through more of your IAs this weekend. The goal is for you all to have your IA rough draft back by Wednesday. You have a World War I Quiz on Monday, it's a matching quiz with about 40 key terms, key people, and key events of WWI. If you are a Diploma student please remember that you have your EE outline due on Monday, November 5th.
Most of today's class was spent watching a video called "Global Economic Issues". I also gave you a handout on Dilemmas on Global Trade. We will have a full class discussion on a couple of the scenarios outlined in this handout. Your Chapter 10 Questions are due on Monday.
Most of today's class was spent in our four options debate on the future of St. Domingue. On Monday, please make sure that you bring your History of the Americas textbook to class.

Thursday, November 01, 2012

November 1

Most of today's class was spent preparing for tomorrow's Haitian Revolution debate. You also wrote a current events quiz.
I continued lecturing from the "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint presentation today. I will send this presentation to your e-mail accounts this afternoon.
We started Prescribed Subject 1: Peacemaking, Peacekeeping, International Relations 1918-1936 today. I began a lecture on this topic, the lead in to understanding the Paris Peace Conference. We'll continue this topic on Monday. Tomorrow, you will have a Paper 2 on the First World War. On Monday, you'll have a matching quiz on WWI. Make sure that you complete the chart activity that I assigned yesterday from your 20th Century History IB Companion Textbook on the causes of WWI. This will help you with historiography for the outbreak of WWI.

Monday, October 29, 2012

October 29

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

Please remember that your IA is due tomorrow!
You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I today. At the conclusion of this in-class writing assignment I showed you a video from CBC News in Review on the residential school system.Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here.
We started our examination of the Haitian Revolution today. I delivered a PowerPoint lecture which provided you with some basic information on the revolution (I'll post this on the wiki). You're going to learn more about the Haitian Revolution in the days to come, it is an important case study for us as you can use on a potential Paper 3 essay question if it asks you to compare and contrast two revolutions from your region of study (you'd do the American Revolution and the Haitian Revolution). I also assigned you reading booklets on the Haitian Revolution as well today. Please remember that you have your Unit 5 Test on the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

October 25

We started today's class with a current events quiz, which we marked in class. I then finished off "The Napoleonic Age" PowerPoint presentation today as well, which dealt with the Congress of Vienna. This PowerPoint is already on the IB 20 wiki under Unit 5 material. Please remember that you have your Unit 5 Test on Wednesday, October 31st, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).
We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today, and then you wrote a quiz on the film. I also gave you a reading on the residential school apology. Please make sure you read those articles! Your Unit 2 WRA I is on Monday, and your Imperialism Research Project is due on October 29th as well. You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).
You wrote your Emergence of the Americas (1900-1914) Quiz at the start of the period. After the quiz, we started doing presentations on the various battles that Canadian and American troops were involved in. We'll finish those presentations off on Monday.

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

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

October 24

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

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


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

2. Other study tips:

  • know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
  • know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
  • know Napoleon's domestic policy
  • know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
  • know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
  • know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
  • know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
  • know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
  • what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
  • know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)
3. Study the 19th century political spectrum (click on the graphic to enlarge it). KNOW it EXTREMELY well. Knowing the 19th century political spectrum now will help you later on this semester when we get to our units on Democracy and Dictatorship, and it will help to know it for the Social 30-1 Diploma Exam.



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

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

October 23

I went through a quick set of notes that is already up on the wiki called "If WWI Were a Barfight". Your Emergence of the Americas (1900-1914) Quiz has been moved to Thursday. I assigned groups for quick presentations on American and Canadian involvement in the First World War. In small groups you'll have to do 5 minute presentations on one of the following battles:
  • Cantigny
  • Chateau-Thierry
  • Belleau Wood
  • Second Battle of the Marne
  • St. Miniel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Second Battle of Ypres
  • St. Eloi
  • Battle of the Somme
  • Courcelette
  • Vimy Ridge
  • Hill 70
  • Passchendaele
  • The 100 Days
These presentations will happen in class on Thursday. The audience members will have to make retrieval charts of the information that you share in your presentation. Make sure that you cover the date when the battle happened, who the participants were (commanders), description of the battle, and the significance of the battle.
We covered a lot of ground today. I introduced the 19th century political spectrum to you. As you can see the origins of our reference to "left wing" and "right wing" stems from terminology used during the French Revolution and afterwards. We'll talk more about the Congress of Vienna in the days to come, so you'll understand the reactionary point of view a bit better then. You watched an A & E Biography on Napoleon today called "Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France". As you watched this video, you were supposed to take notes. I'll be talking more about the Napoleonic Age tomorrow in class. Hopefully we'll reach the Congress of Vienna too.
You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today, which took the entire period. We'll begin looking at the residential school system tomorrow, so it's probably a good idea to read Chapter 9 before tomorrow's class. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Your Imperialism Research Project is due on Monday, October 29th and you'll also be doing a Unit 2 WRA I on the 29th as well. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, please see the study guide below.

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Tuesday, October 30th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:
  • "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
  • "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
  • "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"
Key Concepts from Unit 2:
  • world views
  • historical globalization
  • cultural contact
  • depopulation
  • the Silk Road
  • international trade
  • mercantilism
  • capitalism
  • free market
  • entrepreneurs
  • Adam Smith
  • exploitation
  • communism
  • industrialization
  • Industrial Revolution
  • cottage industries
  • imperialism
  • "new" imperialism
  • "old" imperialism
  • colony
  • protectorate
  • sphere of influence
  • paternalistic
  • Confederation
  • residential schools
  • the Oka crisis
  • First Nations Policing Policy
  • legacy
  • ethnocentrism
  • Eurocentrism
  • Scramble for Africa
  • Leopold II
  • migration
  • displacement
  • British East India Company
  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • the Raj
  • Mohandas Gandhi
  • swadeshi
  • deindustrialization
  • colonization
  • the Hundred Associates
  • Hudson’s Bay Company
  • Rupert’s Land
  • North West Company
  • Seven Years’ War
  • Proclamation of 1763
  • Quebec Act of 1774
  • the Numbered Treaties
  • the Indian Act
  • Status Indian
  • Non-Status Indian
  • multiculturalism
  • specific claims
  • comprehensive claims

Monday, October 22, 2012

October 22

I lectured today on the First World War, this PowerPoint presentation is already on the wiki. You can find it on the wiki in both the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs and in the Causes, Practices and Effects of War sections.
I collected your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I will send this lecture to your e-mail accounts. You have your Chapter 7 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). On Monday October 29th your Imperialism Research Project is due, and you will also be writing your Unit 2 WRA I next Monday. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).
I finally collected your U.S. Constitution graphic novels at the beginning of class. We continued watching the History Channel's "The French Revolution" today, and we finished it. I continued with my PowerPoint lecture on the French Revolution as well today.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

October 18

You wrote your American Revolution Quiz this morning. You have a current events quiz tomorrow, so make sure you add news events to the wiki tonight. We continued on looking at the French Revolution today, and we'll continue this topic tomorrow.
We spent most of the class period doing research for the Imperialism Research Project. This was your one and only class period to do research. The Imperialism Research Project is due Monday, October 29th. It can be a PowerPoint or a Prezi. I'll try to show you some exemplars from previous years tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Tuesday, October 23rd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). You also have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, October 30th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).
We started to look at the causes of WWI today. This topic is part of both the Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs unit and one of our 20th Century History topics, Causes, Practices and Effects of War. We'll continue studying this topic tomorrow. You'll have a matching quiz on the Emergence of the Americas unit mid-week next week. Study Mr. Johnson's PowerPoint presentations!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

October 16

You wrote your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Hopefully you found a question that you could sink your teeth into. There's no school tomorrow due PST Interviews, so I'll see you again on Thursday.
You wrote your Paper 1 on the Independence Movements unit. See you on Thursday. I'll be asking for the U.S. Constitution graphic novels back on Thursday, so finish reading them!
We finished off "Tools of Exploitation" video and the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentation. I will send this PowerPoint presentation to you this afternoon. We drew lots as well today and drafted countries for our Imperialism Research Project. The due date for this project is Monday October 29th. On Tuesday, October 23rd you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test, please see the study guide below. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, please see the study guide below as well.

This test is on Tuesday, October 23rd. This test will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.
1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Quiz:
  • historical globalization
  • the Silk Road
  • international trade
  • the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
  • mercantilism
  • capitalism
  • free market
  • Adam Smith
  • entrepreneur
  • communism
  • industrialization
  • the Industrial Revolution
  • cottage system
  • physiocrats
  • exploitation
  • imperialism
  • Eurocentrism
  • ethnocentrism
  • European imperialism
  • "old" imperialism
  • "new" imperialism
  • colony
  • protectorate
  • sphere of influence

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

  • What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
  • What values are associated with capitalism?
  • Whose values did industrialization effect?
  • Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
  • What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
  • In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?
This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Tuesday, October 30th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:
  • "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
  • "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
  • "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"
Key Concepts from Unit 2:
  • world views
  • historical globalization
  • cultural contact
  • depopulation
  • the Silk Road
  • international trade
  • mercantilism
  • capitalism
  • free market
  • entrepreneurs
  • Adam Smith
  • exploitation
  • communism
  • industrialization
  • Industrial Revolution
  • cottage industries
  • imperialism
  • "new" imperialism
  • "old" imperialism
  • colony
  • protectorate
  • sphere of influence
  • paternalistic
  • Confederation
  • residential schools
  • the Oka crisis
  • First Nations Policing Policy
  • legacy
  • ethnocentrism
  • Eurocentrism
  • Scramble for Africa
  • Leopold II
  • migration
  • displacement
  • British East India Company
  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • the Raj
  • Mohandas Gandhi
  • swadeshi
  • deindustrialization
  • colonization
  • the Hundred Associates
  • Hudson’s Bay Company
  • Rupert’s Land
  • North West Company
  • Seven Years’ War
  • Proclamation of 1763
  • Quebec Act of 1774
  • the Numbered Treaties
  • the Indian Act
  • Status Indian
  • Non-Status Indian
  • multiculturalism
  • specific claims
  • comprehensive claims

Monday, October 15, 2012

October 15

You wrote your document analysis questions on the Reconstruction era today. Also, we watched a video from the U.S. History series called "U.S. and the World" (1865-1917) which you should have taken notes on while you were watching the video. You are writing your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction tomorrow.
I started a PowerPoint lecture today called "Legacies of Historical Globalization", which I will finish tomorrow. We also started a video called "Tools of Exploitation", while you were watching this video you were to answer questions from a film study sheet. We'll finish the video tomorrow as well.
We watched a video on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights (you needed to take notes on this). We then also talked about how to write a Paper 1. You'll be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution tomorrow. You'll be writing your American Revolution Test on Thursday. Please see the wiki for more information on OPVL Document Analysis and Paper 1 advice.

Friday, October 12, 2012

October 12

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

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


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

Thursday, October 11, 2012

October 11

We started our constitutional convention today. We'll continue this tomorrow.
I did a homework check on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. I delivered a PowerPoint lecture called "Historical Globalization and Imperialism". I have sent this presentation to you already.

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


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