February 8

Social 20-1

I finished off "The French Revolution" lecture today, so if you missed class today, you'll need to get notes from a classmate. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due Monday, February 12th. Don't forget that you have your World Geography Test on Monday (please see the study guide below).

SOCIAL 20-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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

• any of the EU countries (there are 28 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265, but it's out of date, it says that there's 27 countries in the EU. I'm not even talking about Brexit here...)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
  India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
  Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

GEOGRAPHY GAMES

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

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions, and I collected your global connections map too. If you were away today, you will not be penalized for either the homework check or map assignment for being late if it's handed in tomorrow. I also gave out the big Unit 1 assignment on hybridization and universalization, and some people have selected their topic. If you missed class today, please pick up the assignment sheet and pick a topic tomorrow. You'll be building an infographic for this assignment, here are some links to websites that allow you to make your own infographic:

• Venngage
• Infogram
• Canva
• Visme
• Snappa

SOCIAL 10-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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

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

Please use the following links for studying for this test:

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

IB 30/35

You wrote your WWII Test today, if you missed class today you will have to make up this test tomorrow.

February 7

Social 10-1

We spent today's class talking about the influence of popular culture on your individual identity. We also covered key concepts like social globalization, homogenization, universalization of popular culture, Americanization, cultural protectionism, the CRTC, CBC/SRC, CAVCO, and CanCon. Make sure that you have your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions completed for tomorrow (I will be doing a homework check on it), and your global connections map is due tomorrow too (see the instructions below). Don't forget that you have your World Geography Test on Monday, February 12th (please see the study guide below).

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS MAP ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

Here are the instructions for the map (which is due on Thursday):

• your map must have a title ("Global Connections Map")
• you do not need compass directions on your map
• you do not need a border for your map
• you must have a simple key on the front of the map and a detailed key on the back on the map
• your simple key will consist of the following: 5-6 colored boxes (depending on how many categories you had for your 25 item chart) which will be labeled- food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, household goods, miscellaneous AND you must also draw a colored dot and label it "people" (for the information from the Global Bingo game that we played)
• you will only color countries and label ones that you have a connection to through the 25 item chart (for example, you own a sombrero that is from Mexico, you would color Mexico and label it "Mexico")
• there will only be 5-6 colors on the map, you don't need to have 25 different colors for each of your 25 items
• you also have to label the 16 people that you talked to during our Global Bingo game, they will be represented by colored circles (pick a common color for all people) and numbers (1-16, if you didn't talk to 16 people, you label as many as you talked to)--you do not color the countries that are represented on your Global Bingo card, you simply draw a circle on the country, color it, put a number beside it, and label the country (for example, if the only connection you have to Australia is that one of your classmates went on a vacation there, you draw the circle, write the number beside the circle, and label the country "Australia"-- you don't color the country)
• on the detailed key on the back of your map, you will be recreating your 25 item chart (make sure that you have the categories clearly colored and matching the simple key on the front of the map) and the information from the Global Bingo card (clearly identify people by number) Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday, February 10th.

SOCIAL 10-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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

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

Please use the following links for studying for this test:

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

Social 20-1

You wrote the Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz today (you'll get the results back tomorrow). I started lecturing on the French Revolution today, hopefully I'll be able to finish it off tomorrow. I did a homework check on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions as well today. Please don't forget that you have your World Geography Test on Monday, February 12th (please see the study guide below).

SOCIAL 20-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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

• any of the EU countries (there are 28 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265, but it's out of date, it says that there's 27 countries in the EU. I'm not even talking about Brexit here...)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
  India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
  Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

GEOGRAPHY GAMES

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

IB 30/35

You had today's entire class period to finish of the Chinese Civil War Google Doc notebook, and to make Kahoot quizzes for Friday's class. Please don't forget that you have your WWII Test tomorrow, you can find the study guide below.

WORLD WAR II TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test consists of 70 multiple choice questions (but there will be 7 questions that will be omitted from the test, so really 63 questions), and you will write in on Thursday, February 8th.

Key terms, concepts, people mentioned in the exam (knowing these terms, concepts and people will help you eliminate them as possible answers):

• Treaty of Versailles (study the terms of the treaty: GARGLe)
• Marshall Plan
• Lend-Lease Act
• Truman Doctrine
• Helsinki Accord
• lebensraum
• blitzkrig
• anschluss
• Winston Churchill
• Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Maginot Line
• Munich Conference
• invasion of Abyssinia
• Mussolini
• Hitler
• appeasement
• League of Nations
• "Night of the Broken Glass" (Kristallnacht)
• "Final Solution"
• "the Low Countries"
• Polish Corridor
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• brinkmanship
• diplomacy
• Second Battle of El Alamein
• invasion of Manchuria
• Marco Polo Bridge Incident
• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Operation Barbarossa
• deterrence
• Great Depression
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Dunkirk
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Nuremberg Trials
• Phoney War
• The Dieppe Raid

February 6

IB 30/35

We were in the Blenheim Room today working on a Google Doc on the Chinese Civil War. I'd say as a group you got through about 90% of the task, so you'll finish it off tomorrow, and start building review exercises/games to play on Friday. Don't forget that you have your WWII Test on Thursday (please see the study guide below). Please remember to bring your laptop to class tomorrow (if you have one).

WORLD WAR II TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test consists of 70 multiple choice questions (but there will be 7 questions that will be omitted from the test, so really 63 questions), and you will write in on Thursday, February 8th.

Key terms, concepts, people mentioned in the exam (knowing these terms, concepts and people will help you eliminate them as possible answers):

• Treaty of Versailles (study the terms of the treaty: GARGLe)
• Marshall Plan
• Lend-Lease Act
• Truman Doctrine
• Helsinki Accord
• lebensraum
• blitzkrig
• anschluss
• Winston Churchill
• Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Maginot Line
• Munich Conference
• invasion of Abyssinia
• Mussolini
• Hitler
• appeasement
• League of Nations
• "Night of the Broken Glass" (Kristallnacht)
• "Final Solution"
• "the Low Countries"
• Polish Corridor
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• brinkmanship
• diplomacy
• Second Battle of El Alamein
• invasion of Manchuria
• Marco Polo Bridge Incident
• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Operation Barbarossa
• deterrence
• Great Depression
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Dunkirk
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Nuremberg Trials
• Phoney War
• The Dieppe Raid

Social 20-1

I went through a lecture on the Enlightenment today. You have a quiz tomorrow on the Enlightenment thinkers that were introduced in the lecture today. You also have your World Geography Test on Monday, February 12th (please see the study guide below).

ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS QUIZ STUDY GUIDE:

This quiz has a matching format. Please make sure that you focus your review on the following Enlightenment thinkers:

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• Francois Quesnay
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Voltaire

Please make sure that you know their views on the nature of human beings, quotes attributed to them, their main ideas/key beliefs, and their major works (what books, articles they wrote). 

SOCIAL 20-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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

• any of the EU countries (there are 28 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265, but it's out of date, it says that there's 27 countries in the EU. I'm not even talking about Brexit here...)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
  India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
  Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

GEOGRAPHY GAMES

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

Social 10-1

I assigned your Global Connections Essay today. Your Global Connections Map is due on Thursday. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday, February 8th. Please check out the instructions for your Global Connections Map below. You have your World Geography Test on Monday, February 12th (please see the study guide below). 

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS MAP ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

Here are the instructions for the map (which is due on Thursday):

• your map must have a title ("Global Connections Map")
• you do not need compass directions on your map
• you do not need a border for your map
• you must have a simple key on the front of the map and a detailed key on the back on the map
• your simple key will consist of the following: 5-6 colored boxes (depending on how many categories you had for your 25 item chart) which will be labeled- food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, household goods, miscellaneous AND you must also draw a colored dot and label it "people" (for the information from the Global Bingo game that we played)
• you will only color countries and label ones that you have a connection to through the 25 item chart (for example, you own a sombrero that is from Mexico, you would color Mexico and label it "Mexico")
• there will only be 5-6 colors on the map, you don't need to have 25 different colors for each of your 25 items
• you also have to label the 16 people that you talked to during our Global Bingo game, they will be represented by colored circles (pick a common color for all people) and numbers (1-16, if you didn't talk to 16 people, you label as many as you talked to)--you do not color the countries that are represented on your Global Bingo card, you simply draw a circle on the country, color it, put a number beside it, and label the country (for example, if the only connection you have to Australia is that one of your classmates went on a vacation there, you draw the circle, write the number beside the circle, and label the country "Australia"-- you don't color the country)
• on the detailed key on the back of your map, you will be recreating your 25 item chart (make sure that you have the categories clearly colored and matching the simple key on the front of the map) and the information from the Global Bingo card (clearly identify people by number) Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday, February 10th.

SOCIAL 10-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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

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

Please use the following links for studying for this test:

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

February 5

IB 30/35

We had our debate on the American decision to use the atomic bombs. This took the entire period. Don't forget that you have your WWII Test on Thursday (please see the study guide below). We're starting the Chinese Civil War tomorrow.

WORLD WAR II TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test consists of 70 multiple choice questions (but there will be 7 questions that will be omitted from the test, so really 63 questions), and you will write in on Thursday, February 8th.

Key terms, concepts, people mentioned in the exam (knowing these terms, concepts and people will help you eliminate them as possible answers):

• Treaty of Versailles (study the terms of the treaty: GARGLe)
• Marshall Plan
• Lend-Lease Act
• Truman Doctrine
• Helsinki Accord
• lebensraum
• blitzkrig
• anschluss
• Winston Churchill
• Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Maginot Line
• Munich Conference
• invasion of Abyssinia
• Mussolini
• Hitler
• appeasement
• League of Nations
• "Night of the Broken Glass" (Kristallnacht)
• "Final Solution"
• "the Low Countries"
• Polish Corridor
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• brinkmanship
• diplomacy
• Second Battle of El Alamein
• invasion of Manchuria
• Marco Polo Bridge Incident
• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Operation Barbarossa
• deterrence
• Great Depression
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Dunkirk
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Nuremberg Trials
• Phoney War
• The Dieppe Raid

Social 10-1

We finished off with the envelopes filled with globalization images today, and then we played a little "Global Bingo" today as well (don't lose those sheets, you'll need them for a subsequent mapping assignment). You have some homework tonight: you must create a 25 item chart (please see instructions below). I gave you some time to work on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions today, these will be due on Thursday, February 8th. You will have a World Geography Test next Monday, the study guide for this test is in today's post (scroll down).

25 Item Chart Instructions:

• find 25 items from 25 different countries (you can't have 5 items from one country!)
• find items from any of the following categories: food, clothing, electronics, household goods, entertainment, and miscellaneous (if it doesn't fit into any of the previous categories)
• you must have a minimum of 5 categories (in other words, you can't have 25 food items from 25 different countries)
• don't just find items from one category (for example, 25 food items)
• try to find 4-6 items from each category
• collect your information about your items in a 3-column chart (item, country, category)
• don't assume that an item is from a particular country (for example, a Sony PS3 may be manufactured in Indonesia, Malaysia or South Korea, that is the information that we want
• for entertainment, for example a CD (or MP3) we want to know where the recording artist is from, not where the CD was manufactured, this will better illustrate social globalization
  when you are collecting the information for your chart, number off the items (1-25) and have the categorized separate (in other words, the first 5 items on your chart should belong to the same category, etc.)
• the more organized your chart is, the easier it will be to put that information on to a map!

SOCIAL 10-1 WORLD GEOGRAPHY TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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

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

Please use the following links for studying for this test:

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

Social 20-1

I finished off the lecture on "Nation and Identity". Make sure that you understand all of the key concepts that were introduced in this presentation for upcoming exams. You had the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions (which are due on Wednesday, February 7th). Your World Geography Test is on Monday, February 12th (see study guide below).

Social 20-1 World Geography Test Study Guide:

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

• any of the EU countries (there are 28 countries in the EU, a map of the EU is in your textbook on page 265, but it's out of date, it says that there's 27 countries in the EU. I'm not even talking about Brexit here...)
• any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
• any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
• full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
• to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe
• other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Serbia, Georgia, China,
  India, Myanmar, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq,
  Israel
• **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**

GEOGRAPHY GAMES

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

February 2

IB 30/35

Today's entire class was spent in your debate groups preparing for Monday's debate on the decision to use the atomic bombs at the end of WWII. I also recommend that you check out the historiography of the atomic bomb reading that I shared with you on Google Drive. Also, please remember that you have your World War II Test on Thursday, February 8th, please see the study guide below.

WORLD WAR II TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test consists of 70 multiple choice questions (but there will be 7 questions that will be omitted from the test, so really 63 questions), and you will write in on Thursday, February 8th.

Key terms, concepts, people mentioned in the exam (knowing these terms, concepts and people will help you eliminate them as possible answers):

• Treaty of Versailles (study the terms of the treaty: GARGLe)
• Marshall Plan
• Lend-Lease Act
• Truman Doctrine
• Helsinki Accord
• lebensraum
• blitzkrig
• anschluss
• Winston Churchill
• Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Maginot Line
• Munich Conference
• invasion of Abyssinia
• Mussolini
• Hitler
• appeasement
• League of Nations
• "Night of the Broken Glass" (Kristallnacht)
• "Final Solution"
• "the Low Countries"
• Polish Corridor
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• brinkmanship
• diplomacy
• Second Battle of El Alamein
• invasion of Manchuria
• Marco Polo Bridge Incident
• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Operation Barbarossa
• deterrence
• Great Depression
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Dunkirk
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Nuremberg Trials
• Phoney War
• The Dieppe Raid

Social 10-1

You were split into groups today to look at various perspectives on globalization. As you could see from today's exercise, there are various viewpoints on globalization with some people believing that globalization is beneficial to the world as a whole, whereas others feel that it is a detrimental force in the world today. Don't forget that you have your friendly letter assignment due on Monday. Please see the writing guide below.

ou have a friendly letter of introduction which is due on Monday, February 5th. Please make sure that you organize your writing in a friendly letter format, covering the following topics: 

• family
• interests
• academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?)
• academic goals (what are your goals for Social Studies/ academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations)
• what other classes are you taking this semester?
• hobbies
• sports,
• favorite movies
• favorite TV shows
• favorite music
• favorite books

These are just suggestions to get you started, if you can think of other topics to cover, please do so. You will hand in this assignment on Monday, February 5th at the beginning of class. It can be typed if you choose, or hand written. It doesn't matter to me if it's double-spaced or not. 

Social 20-1

We started the course content today, with me starting a lecture on "Nation and Identity" today. Please read Chapter 1, and complete the Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions from your Social 20-1 study booklet are due on Wednesday (February 7th). You have your friendly letter assignment due on Monday, please see the writing guide below.

You have a friendly letter of introduction which is due on Monday, February 5th. Please make sure that you organize your writing in a friendly letter format, covering the following topics: 

• family
• interests
• academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?)
• academic goals (what are your goals for Social Studies/ academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations)
• what other classes are you taking this semester?
• hobbies
• sports,
• favorite movies
• favorite TV shows
• favorite music
• favorite books

These are just suggestions to get you started, if you can think of other topics to cover, please do so. You will hand in this assignment on Monday, February 5th at the beginning of class. It can be typed if you choose, or hand written. It doesn't matter to me if it's double-spaced or not. 

February 1

Social 20-1

I gave you your Social 20-1 study booklets, and the course outline in class today. I went over classroom rules and expectations along with the main units of study for the course. I will try to make sure that you all are on the Social 20-1 wiki tomorrow. If you miss class tomorrow, you can go to the link on the blog for the Social 20-1 and request access. When you request access, it will look something like this:

Click on the request access button, and set up an account. (Send me a message too, so I know that you're in my class). I will be giving you a small homework assignment in tomorrow's class. I will also start teaching the course content.
Please complete the Google Contact Form (if you didn't sign up in class):  

You have a friendly letter of introduction which is due on Monday, February 5th. Please make sure that you organize your writing in a friendly letter format, covering the following topics: 

• family
• interests
• academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?)
• academic goals (what are your goals for Social Studies/ academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations)
• what other classes are you taking this semester?
• hobbies
• sports,
• favorite movies
• favorite TV shows
• favorite music
• favorite books

These are just suggestions to get you started, if you can think of other topics to cover, please do so. You will hand in this assignment on Monday, February 5th at the beginning of class. It can be typed if you choose, or hand written. It doesn't matter to me if it's double-spaced or not.

Social 10-1

I went through a self-introduction, the course outline, and got the class on the Social 10-1 wiki. I'll check to make sure that you've all logged on to the wiki tomorrow in class.

Please complete the Google Contact Form (if you didn't sign up in class):

You have a friendly letter of introduction which is due on Monday, February 5th. Please make sure that you organize your writing in a friendly letter format, covering the following topics: 

• family
• interests
• academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?)
• academic goals (what are your goals for Social Studies/ academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations)
• what other classes are you taking this semester?
• hobbies
• sports,
• favorite movies
• favorite TV shows
• favorite music
• favorite books

These are just suggestions to get you started, if you can think of other topics to cover, please do so. You will hand in this assignment on Monday, February 5th at the beginning of class. It can be typed if you choose, or hand written. It doesn't matter to me if it's double-spaced or not.

IB 30/35

I gave back your homework checks from the first semester, and some marked assignments as well. I showed you your current non-standardized mark in IB History too. I then showed you a video from The History's Turning Points series on the making of the atomic bomb. I gave a you a reading to prepare for Monday's debate, and split you into 3 teams for the debate.
Here is the study guide for your World War II Test (which is one week from today, February 8th).

World War II Test Study Guide:

This test consists of 70 multiple choice questions (but there will be 7 questions that will be omitted from the test, so really 63 questions), and you will write in on Thursday, February 8th.

Key terms, concepts, people mentioned in the exam (knowing these terms, concepts and people will help you eliminate them as possible answers):

• Treaty of Versailles (study the terms of the treaty: GARGLe)
• Marshall Plan
• Lend-Lease Act
• Truman Doctrine
• lebensraum
• blitzkrig
• anschluss
• Winston Churchill
• Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Maginot Line
• Munich Conference
• invasion of Abyssinia
• Mussolini
• Hitler
• appeasement
• League of Nations
• "Night of the Broken Glass" (Kristallnacht)
• "Final Solution"
• "the Low Countries"
• Polish Corridor
• Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
• brinkmanship
• diplomacy
• Second Battle of El Alamein
• invasion of Manchuria
• Marco Polo Bridge Incident
• Battle of Coral Sea
• Battle of Midway
• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• Kellogg-Briand Pact
• Operation Barbarossa
• deterrence
• Great Depression
• Battle of Stalingrad
• Dunkirk
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Nuremberg Trials
• Phoney War
• The Dieppe Raid

Classroom Rules and Expectations

Classroom Rules/Expectations of Behavior:

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

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

Posting on the Blog:

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

• Please post on the blog anonymously.
• If you feel the need to identify yourself, or clarify which grade you're in, please use your initials and your class and section (for example, K.G. in Social 20-3).
• Some of you may have your own Blogger accounts. Please don't post on this blog using your Blogger ID, otherwise you may have people visiting your blog that you may not want to see what you're posting.
• Please be courteous, polite and respectful when posting comments on the blog. Don't be rude to your classmates on the blog.
• Please be patient with my response time.
• Please post comments and questions on the blog prior to 10 p.m.
• Between 6-8 p.m. I am usually not online.
• Please do not post links to questionable materials.
• Inappropriate comments will be deleted. Please don't do this, it's a waste of my time, I could be doing more productive things, like answering questions that you may have

January 15

IB 30/35

Luckily we finished off the HBO documentary "White Light/Black Rain" today in class. Please make sure that you answer all of the questions on the film study sheet. We when we get back from the exam break, we'll be getting ourselves organized for a debate on the U.S. decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan to end the Pacific War.

I will also be giving you a World War II test in February, more details about this in February.

Social 10-1

No classes today for Social 10-1 students. I will see the Period 3 class tomorrow at 8:50 am, with Period 4 to follow. Here's my tutorial schedule for Social 10-1 students in class you want to come in and look over your old unit exams:

• Monday, January 15th: not available
• Tuesday, January 16th: available from 12:25 pm to 3:10 pm
• Wednesday, January 17th: 8:10 am to 11:40 am, 12:25 pm to 3:10 pm
• Thursday, January 18th: same as above (Grade 9  tours are happening, but I'm supervising in my classroom)
• Friday, January 19th: Final Exam Part "B" (not available)

January 12

Here's my schedule for next week for my Social 10-1 students:

• Monday, January 15th: not available
• Tuesday, January 16th: available from 12:25 pm to 3:10 pm
• Wednesday, January 17th: 8:10 am to 11:40 am, 12:25 pm to 3:10 pm
• Thursday, January 18th: same as above (Grade 9  tours are happening, but I'm supervising in my classroom)
• Friday, January 19th: Final Exam Part "B" (not available)

January 11

I’m available to my Social 10-1 students tomorrow from 8:30 am to 11:30 am and from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm. It would be a good time to go over past unit exams.

January 10

Social 10-1

I had you fill out the scantron sheet for your Final Exam Part "B", you were also assigned your seat for the exam. Please remember that this final exam will be written on Friday, January 19th from 9 am to 11 am in the Main Gym. If you miss this final exam, you will NOT be given a second chance to write it. Make sure that you show up by 8:45 am with your textbook (drop it off in the bins outside the Business Office). Depending on which class of mine you're in you would played a different review game that took the entire period. I'll see you in class again on Tuesday. I will post a schedule of my availability here on the blog tomorrow. I won't be available tomorrow because I am supervising the English 30-1 Diploma Exam. You NEED to start reviewing for your Social 10-1 Final Exam. 

IB 30/35

I showed you the video "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb" and gave you a notes package to go along with it. We started another video called "White Light/Black Rain" that we will finish off on Monday of next week. I'll be breaking you into debate groups next week. We'll be debating the usage of the atomic bomb to end the war in the Pacific in 1945.