January 13

Social 30-1

After supervising the English Diploma Exam today, I think a few reminders are in order:

• bring a pen, a highlighter and a pencil to the exam (you need something to write with to fill in the Diploma Exam booklet)
• bring your school ID card
• bring a dictionary and thesaurus
• be waiting outside the computer lab where you're writing the Diploma Exam by 8:45

Social 10-1

I've posted the study guide on the Social 10-1 wiki, check the "Final Exam Review" page to download the Word document. Part B of your Final Exam is on Monday, January 18th from 1-3 pm in the Main Gym.

January 11

Social 30-1

You wrote your Trial Final Exam today. You'll get the results back tomorrow, and see what impact it had on your overall mark. By tomorrow, you should know what your mark is going into the Diploma Exam. Your school-awarded mark counts for 70% of your final grade in Social 30-1. You are writing Part A of your Diploma Exam on Thursday, January 14th. Please check outside the Business Office to see which computer lab you have been assigned to write in. We're going to play some Kahoot tomorrow.

IB 30/35

I split the class into two large groups, with each group having a Google Doc to edit. Each group was assigned to deal with either the "Causes of WWII in the Pacific" or the "Causes of WWII in Europe". I posted two PDF documents on the IB 30/35 wiki on the Causes, Practices, Effects of War page that you were to use, and complete the questions in those PDF documents. I'll be posting the links to these Google Docs on the wiki this week, so please make sure that each Google Doc is completely finished.

Social 10-1

We finished off the Unit 4 Global Issues Project presentations today. Please make sure that you send me your references for your project.

January 7

IB 30/35

I talked a little bit about the lead-up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and then I showed you an excerpt from the film "Pearl Harbor". I then showed you FDR's speech before Congress on December 9, 1941. That pretty much took the entire period.

Social 30-1

I had you select which test you want to wipe out with your Trial Final Exam (you're writing this on Monday). I went through a little bit of the tips from the Social 30-1/30-2 Diploma Exam Study Guide which is in the back of the Social 30-1 blue study booklet. I then broke you into small teams and you worked in your groups to answer questions from the Quest A+ practice exam. You can find the link to the Quest A+ practice exams from our school website. I recommend it for all of your Diploma Exams. I then had you write one multiple choice question of your own as your "exit slip" from the class (you'll see why tomorrow).

Social 10-1

You wrote the Part A of the Final Exam today. Don't forget that we are starting the Unit 4 Global Issues Project presentations tomorrow. Most groups have submitted their one page summary to me. If your group hasn't completed this yet, please make sure that you submit it to me tomorrow morning so that I can photocopy a class set for you to hand out to your classmates. See you tomorrow!

January 6

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today, and you'll get the results of the test tomorrow. Please remember that you are writing your Trial Final Exam on Monday. It's 75 multiple choice questions. You can find the study guide at the back of the Social 30-1 blue study booklet, I use that same study guide as the Diploma Exam study guide. We'll also have to make a decision about which test result you are going to wipe out with the Trial Final tomorrow.

IB 30/35

I showed you the PBS documentary "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb" today. Hopefully, you have a better sense of the "big picture" of WW II. I also started to show you a animated map of Europe and North Africa during WWII which I will post on the IB 30/35 wiki on the "WWW II in the Americas" page. I just want to point out that Ms. Breadner also posted some IB readings on WWII on that same page that I encourage you to read/study from.

Social 10-1

Today was your last class to prepare for your Unit 4 Global Issues Project presentations which start on Friday. Please hand in your one page summary tomorrow so that I can photocopy them for Friday's class. We'll start presentations on Friday.

Please remember that you are writing your Final Exam Part A, which is a WRA I three source analysis assignment. We are writing in the Blue Lab in the Library, please go there directly tomorrow.

January 5

IB 30/35

We covered some more of the road to World War II today. I reviewed the Ruhr Crisis briefly, some factors that helped contribute to the Nazis coming to power, namely the Great Depression, and the connection between the number of unemployed Germans and the number of seats that the Nazis won in the Reichstag. As the economic crisis deepened, Germans tended to "vote for the extremes", voting more and more for communist party candidates or for the Nazis. We also look at the immediate road to World War II, specifically looking at the Munich Conference and the policy of appeasement. We watched a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Why Appeasement?" as you watched this video you were to fill in answers on the question sheet. Tomorrow we'll look at the "big picture" of WWII by watching a video called "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb".

Social 30-1

We went to the Blenheim Room today to work on WRA I three source analysis assignments. This time you worked in smaller groups and made your own Google Docs to collaboratively write an analysis of previous Diploma Exam's WRA I. You have your Unit 3 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide below. You will write your Social 30-1 Trial Final Exam on Monday, January 11th. The study guide for the Trial Final is at the back of your Social 30-1 study booklets (it's the same study guide as your Diploma Exam).

Social 30-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Your Unit 3 Final Exam will be on Wednesday, January 6th.

Please study the following material: 

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)

Review the following notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems
• Non-Democratic Systems
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• Civil Rights Movement
• authoritarian systems (China notes)
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
• FLQ Crisis 1970

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:

• assimilation
• self-interest
• humanitarianism
• Indian Act
• residential school system
• enfranchisement
• the White Paper
• the Red Paper
• “war on terror"
• authoritarianism
• consensus decision-making
• direct democracy
• military dictatorship
• oligarchy
• one-party state
• party solidarity
• representation by population
• proportional representation
• representative democracy
• responsible government
• democracy
• single-member constituency (first past the post)
• the Senate
• the House of Commons
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups
• American Bill of Rights
• Anti-Terrorism Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• emergency and security legislation
• illiberal
• language legislation
• Bill 101
• Bill 178
• Bill 86
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• respect for law and order
• terrorism
• rendition
• the War Measures Act
• enemy aliens
• internment
• the Emergencies Act
• USA PATRIOT Act
• consumerism
• environmental change
• extremism
• pandemics
• postmodernism
• global warming
• Kyoto Protocol
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• drought

Social 10-1

You had class time today to work on your Global Issues Projects. You'll have computer lab time tomorrow to work on it, and get yourselves organized to present on Friday. Please remember that you have your Social 10-1 Part A Final Exam on Thursday, January 7th.

January 4

Social 30-1

I gave you back your Unit 3 WRA I three source analysis assignments. I split you into four different groups today and invited you to edit a WRA II Essay outline in Google Docs. Please make sure that you finish up some of the edits on your group's Google Doc in the next couple of days. We'll be working on some WRA I three source analysis assignments tomorrow. On Wednesday, you're writing your Unit 3 Final Exam, please see the study guide below.

Social 30-1 Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Your Unit 3 Final Exam will be on Wednesday, January 6th.

Please study the following material: 

• make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
• study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
• "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)

Review the following notes/packages:

• Democratic Systems
• Non-Democratic Systems
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• Civil Rights Movement
• authoritarian systems (China notes)
• review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
• re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
• FLQ Crisis 1970

Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:

• assimilation
• self-interest
• humanitarianism
• Indian Act
• residential school system
• enfranchisement
• the White Paper
• the Red Paper
• “war on terror"
• authoritarianism
• consensus decision-making
• direct democracy
• military dictatorship
• oligarchy
• one-party state
• party solidarity
• representation by population
• proportional representation
• representative democracy
• responsible government
• democracy
• single-member constituency (first past the post)
• the Senate
• the House of Commons
• the House of Representatives
• the Senate
• mixed-member proportional system
• lobby groups
• American Bill of Rights
• Anti-Terrorism Act
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• emergency and security legislation
• illiberal
• language legislation
• Bill 101
• Bill 178
• Bill 86
• Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
• respect for law and order
• terrorism
• rendition
• the War Measures Act
• enemy aliens
• internment
• the Emergencies Act
• USA PATRIOT Act
• consumerism
• environmental change
• extremism
• pandemics
• postmodernism
• global warming
• Kyoto Protocol
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• drought

IB 30/35

We spent the entire class doing a review of material that I taught you in Prescribed Subject 1, in particular to make our own concept map of the causes of World War II. We reviewed key events/concepts in the Interwar Years. We'll continue looking at WWII for the rest of our classes in January. After the exam break we'll cover the tail end of the war, looking at the usage of the atomic bombs on Japan.

Social 10-1

I gave you back your Unit 3 WRA II Essays today. We spent the rest of the period in the Blenheim Room. This class period was an opportunity to work on your Unit 4 projects. We'll start presenting these projects on Friday. You'll have class time to work on these projects again tomorrow. Please remember that the Part A of your Social 10-1 Final Exam is on Thursday, January 7th.

December 16

Social 30-1

We finished off the "Shouting Fire" documentary today. I also had you read a short article from BBC News on the amount of CCTV cameras in the UK, and then I showed you a short 15 minute video from the HBO series "Vice" that focused on Camden, New Jersey.

Please remember that you have your Chapter 10 Test on Thursday, December 17th. In your yellow multiple choice booklets, please refer to Test III (questions 1 to 69, 84). 

CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• authoritarian systems
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system
• review political and economic spectrum (again!)

IB 30/35

You wrote your Market and Mixed Economy Test today, please remind me to give you the results back tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We finished off the "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization" PowerPoint lecture today. I gave you the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Plain Language version), and gave you an activity to do on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

December 15

IB 30/35

We were in the computer lab today working on five different Google Docs, working collaboratively on essay outlines. If you want to make some changes to your group's essay outline, please make your changes tonight. I'll probably post the links to all of the Google Docs on the wiki on Thursday. Please remember that you have your Market and Mixed Economy Test tomorrow (please see the study guide below).

MARKET ECONOMY AND MIXED ECONOMY EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

This exam will be on Wednesday, December 16th

• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA I today in the computer lab. You'll get this back after the Christmas Break. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10 Test on Thursday, December 17th. We'll finish off the "Shouting Fire" documentary tomorrow.

CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• authoritarian systems
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system
• review political and economic spectrum (again!)

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint presentation today called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization", which I'll finish off tomorrow. I gave you the Unit 4 Worksheet today, and assigned the Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions for Thursday, December 17th. I also gave you the results of the Unit 3 Final Exam today as well.

December 11

Social 30-1

You had a work period to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 work. Please check out the important dates below.

• Unit 3 WRA I is on Tuesday, December 15th
• Chapter 10 Test is on Thursday, December 17th (please see the study guide below)

CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• authoritarian systems
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system
• review political and economic spectrum (again!)

IB 30/35

I gave you a couple of handouts today: "Market Socialism" and "Modern History of China", and I showed you a couple of videos from the BBC 20th Century History series: "One Man's Revolution" and "China Since Mao". Please remember that you have your Market and Mixed Economy Test on Wednesday, December 16th (please see the study guide below). Please remember to go to the IB 30/35 wiki and complete the Google Form for our in-class assignment. Please complete the form this weekend. I shared the wiki page where the Google Form is located today, so check your e-mail for the link to the right wiki page. If you don't have a Gmail account, please set one up.

Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:

This exam will be on Wednesday, December 16th

• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession

Social 10-1

I collected your TNC Dossier Assignments today. If you didn't hand them in today you'll be deducted 10% for a late assignment. We played a Unit 3 Review Game today, I hope that you enjoyed it. You'll be writing your Unit 3 Final Exam on Monday. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 60+ multiple choice questions.

December 10

IB 30/35

We continued looking at the command economy in the USSR today. I gave you notes on leaders of the Soviet Union that you had to copy down off the board. I gave you the following readings today:

• "Changes to the Soviet System After Stalin"
• "Gorbachev to Collapse"
• "Economic Planning in the USSR"

I also showed a short documentary called "Marx to McDonald's" which covered the economic changes that the Soviet Union experienced with perestroika.

On Wednesday, December 16th you will be writing the Market and Mixed Economy Test, please see the study guide below.

Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam Study Guide:

This exam will be on Wednesday, December 16th

• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), you can find this on the Social 30-1 wiki
• nationalization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession

Social 30-1

We looked at the USA PATRIOT Act again today, and looked at the sweeping powers it gave to the U.S. government. I showed you part of the documentary "Unconstitutional" today, and while you were watching this documentary, you should have been answering the film study questions that went along with it. We also talked the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. I also took in your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Assignment. Please check out the important dates below.

• Unit 3 WRA I is on Tuesday, December 15th
• Chapter 10 Test is on Thursday, December 17th (please see the study guide below)

CHAPTER 10 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is multiple choice format, with 55 questions. Please review the PowerPoint "Political Challenges to Liberalism". You're responsible for all key terms and questions from the Chapter 10 Worksheet. Please review the following as well: 

• Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Non-Democratic Systems (handout notes)
• Structure of Canadian Government
• Structure of American Government
• similarities/differences between the parliamentary system and presidential system
• types of dictatorships
• techniques of dictatorships
• authoritarian systems
• proportional representation concept
• first past the post system
• review political and economic spectrum (again!)

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today in class. Please remember the following upcoming important dates: 

• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th (see study guide below)

UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 60+ multiple choice questions.

December 9

Social 30-1

We finished off the documentary called "9/11: The Day that Changed the World", and we started talking about the USA PATRIOT Act. We'll watch "Unconstitutional" tomorrow. Please remember the following key dates:

• US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due tomorrow (December 10th)
• Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, December 11th
• Unit 3 WRA I is on Tuesday, December 15th
• Chapter 10 Test is on Thursday, December 17th (the study guide will be posted on the blog tomorrow)

IB 30/35

We covered a lot of territory today looking at Karl Marx, Lenin and Stalin, while also reviewing some basics related to the economic spectrum. We also started talking about the Soviet economic system. If you are an IB Diploma student, your EE rough draft is due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We went to the computer lab to work collaboratively on an essay outline in a Google Doc. I've posted the link to view the Unit 3 WRA II Essay outline on the Social 10-1 wiki. You can find the link on the Student Writing Sample page. Please remember the following upcoming important dates: 

• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th (see study guide below)

UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 60+ multiple choice questions.

Citing Images in APA Format

This should help Social 10-1 students who are working on their TNC Dossier Assignments...

Image Citations in APA Format:

Step 1

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

Step 2

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

Step 3

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

Step 4

The pop up dialogue box will look something like this.

Step 5

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

December 8

IB 30/35

We continued examining the mixed economy today. I went through a detailed handout on monetary and fiscal policy. I gave you a booklet on democratic socialism and the mixed economy. I also showed you a couple of videos from the 60 Minutes TV newsmagazine show, one called "Dutch Treat" and "Welfare a la carte". We'll begin looking at the command economy tomorrow.

Social 30-1

In order to understand post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation I needed to give you some historical context. I showed you a video from the Smithsonian TV channel called "9/11: The Day that Changed the World". We'll finish this video off tomorrow, and start looking at the USA PATRIOT Act. I also collected your USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment.

Please remember the following upcoming important dates:

• Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, December 9th
• US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th

Social 10-1

In connection with watching "Shipbreakers" last week, and talking about the life cycle of a ship and the sustainability of the shipbreaking industry, I thought it would be interesting to look at another example of an industry that has environmental consequences that are sort of "out of sight, out of mind". I'm talking about e-waste. We watched a short excerpt from the CBC News in Review on "Electronic Waste and China". Here is a link to an article that was in National Geographic Magazine in their January 2008 issue that I would like you to read. Here is the hyperlink to the article: click here. We also started to look at the Unit 3 WRA II Essay question sheet. We'll be working on a Google Doc tomorrow and collectively write an essay outline.

Please remember the following upcoming important dates: 

• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th (see study guide below)

UNIT 3 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 60+ multiple choice questions.

December 7

Social 30-1

We covered the usage of the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis in 1970 in Quebec today. I showed you a video from the Turning Points of History series on the FLQ Crisis, and while you were watching this video, you needed to complete the film study questions in your Social 30-1 study booklets (pages 248-249). Please remember the following upcoming important dates:

• USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due tomorrow.
• Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, December 9th
• US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th

IB 30/35

We covered a lot of ground today with market and mixed economies, all in preparation for your Market and Mixed Economy Test which is on Wednesday, December 16th. I will post the study guide for this test on Wednesday (December 9th).

Social 10-1

We looked at the controversy surrounding biofuels today, and we talked about measures of prosperity in the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation. As I said in class, the Millennium Development Goals have hit their expiration date, and the UN has negotiated a new framework for development called the Sustainable Development Goals, or more simply put, the Global Goals. You are responsible for going through any material that I may have skipped over in this lecture. Please remember the following upcoming important dates:

• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th (see study guide below)

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please make sure that you have read Chapters 10-14. Please make sure that you have the following PowerPoint presentations, and that you study from them:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "The Expansion of Economic Globalization"
• "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization"
• "The Impact of Economic Globalization on Environments"
• "Globalization and Sustainability"

Make sure that you have reviewed the Key Terms from Unit 3 (all the terms listed on the Unit 3 Worksheet, plus the extra key terms that appeared in the PowerPoint presentations). The Unit 3 Final Exam will consist of 50+ multiple choice questions.

December 4

Sorry for not posting on Thursday...

IB 30/35

We finished off "The Great Depression in Canada" PowerPoint lecture. We quickly reviewed the boom and bust cycle, demand-side economics responses to the various stages of the business cycle, and how demand-side and supply-side economics respond to a recession.

Social 30-1

We looked at civil rights, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, human rights, liberalism and illiberalism. We'll be looking at the usage of the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis of 1970 next week, along with post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation that was passed in the USA and Canada. You also had class time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions.

Please remember the following key dates:

• USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on Tuesday, December 8th
• Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, December 9th
• US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th
• Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, December 11th

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions. We finished off the NFB documentary "Shipbreakers". After watching the video, I had you work in small groups to generate a T-chart on the advantages (opportunities, benefits) of the shipbreaking industry and its disadvantages (challenges, detriments). We talked a little bit about alternative energy sources, and we'll talk about biofuels on Monday.

Please remember the upcoming important dates:

Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th

TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th

December 2

Social 30-1

We watched a couple of videos today from the BBC 20th Century History series: "One Man's Revolution" and "China Since Mao". Obviously, the case study that we were looking at today was China as an authoritarian state. You should also review "Market Socialism" (pages 130-133 in your Social 30-1 study booklets) in addition to the "Modern History of China" reading. Please remember the following key dates:

• USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is due on Tuesday, December 8th
• US Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Thursday, December 10th

IB 30/35

I gave you an in-class assignment today that looked at the Challenges to the New Deal. We also started looking at "The Great Depression in Canada". We should be able to finish this off tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We started a PowerPoint lecture today called "Globalization and Sustainability", which we'll continue tomorrow. I also showed you part of the NFB documentary called "Shiphreakers". Please remember the following key dates:

• Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions are due Thursday, December 3rd
• Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, December 10th
• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th

December 1

IB 30/35

I gave back a lot of homework checks, your Social 30-1 WRA I in-class writing assignment on the First World War. We also covered the New Deal with a PowerPoint presentation and note-taking chart.

Social 30-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation on "The Political Challenges to Liberalism", with an emphasis on the dictatorships section. I will be making some updates to this presentation and uploading a new version on the Social 30-1 wiki tonight. I also assigned the Civil Rights Movement Assignment today, it's due on December 10th. The USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignment is still due on December 8th. You had some time to work on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions as well today.

Social 10-1

I quickly went through a lecture on "The Impacts of Globalization on the Environment". You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th.

November 30

Social 30-1

We did a class discussion today where everyone was given two Post It notes to write out their answers to two of the following questions:

• Should the voting age be lowered?
• Should voting be mandatory?
• Should everyone over the age of 18 be allowed to vote?
• Is the first past the post system democratic?

Next, I split you into four groups to summarize some of the viewpoints in the classroom, and then we had a whole class discussion about the issues related to these questions. Please remember that your USA-Canada Comparative Government Assignments are due on Tuesday, December 8th. You are strongly encouraged to work with a partner on this assignment.

IB 30/35

You were encouraged to take detailed notes on the following videos from the BBC 20th Century History series: "Boom and Bust", and "FDR and the New Deal". Tomorrow, we'll talk more about the Roosevelt administration's response to the Great Depression.

Social 10-1

 

Basically, the entire class was spent today going through the documentary "Globalization is Good", and completing the film study sheet that goes along with it. Please check out the upcoming important dates.

 

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Unit 3 WRA II is on Thursday, December 10th
• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th

November 27

Social 30-1

I went through the structure of the American political system. I also covered the electoral college system. We looked at some electoral college maps from previous presidential elections. Please read, highlight and annotate the presidential system section in your Social 30-1 study booklets. We'll talk about the system of checks and balances on Monday. Enjoy your weekend!

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 1 today. We'll talk more economics on Monday. Please don't forget to complete the Great Depression Study Guide for Monday's class.

Social 10-1

We completed a film study of "The Other Side of Outsourcing" today. Please remember your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Friday, December 11th.

November 25

Social 30-1

We covered a lot of territory today with the Canadian political system. If you missed today's class, please get the notes from a classmate. Tomorrow, you will be writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay in Room 118. Please go directly there tomorrow.

IB 30/35

We did some review of economic concepts that I taught to you last year, including: scarcity, basic economic questions, economic values, economic systems and how those systems answer the economic questions. I also covered the 19th century political spectrum, the 20th century spectrum, and the economic-political grid, as well as the techniques of dictatorship. I also did a quick review of the principles of collectivism (PRINCE) and the principles of individualism (PRICES). We'll talk about more economics tomorrow when we look at the boom and bust cycle and Keynesian economics.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Chapter 10-11 Test today in class. Hopefully you will get the results back next week.