December 19

Social 10-1

I returned your Unit 3 Position Papers at the beginning of class, and then went over some areas of improvement. You will get the results of your Chapter 15-16 Quiz after the Winter Break. I showed you a video on rising food prices from the CBC News in Review series. I then showed you some pictures from a book called Hungry Planet in which a photographer traveled around the world taking photos of families with an entire week's worth of groceries in front of them. I then showed you a music video called "Do They Know It's Christmas?" Here are some important upcoming dates for Social 10-1 students.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• Social 10-1 Part A of Final Exam (3 source analysis) is on Wednesday, January 7th
• Unit 4 Final Exam (30 multiple choice questions + Unit 4 Part A) is on Thursday, January 8th
  
• Social 10-1 Part B of Final Exam (100 multiple choice questions) is on Wednesday, January 14th in the Main Gym from 1-3 p.m.
  

Social 20-1

I went over some important upcoming dates for you, including the dates of final exams (see below). Your homework assignment tonight is to send me 5 high-quality Jeopardy! style questions and answers today, so that we can play a review game on Tuesday, January 13th.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20-1 Students:

• Social 20-1 Part A of Final Exam (this is an in-class position paper) is on Tuesday, January 6th
  
• Social 20-1 Part B of Final Exam (100 multiple choice questions) is on Friday, January 16th in the Main Gym 1-3 p.m.
  

December 18

Social 20-1

I gave you back the results of the Unit 3 Final Exam today. I gave you class time to work on your Chapter 14 and 15 Key Terms and Questions, these will be due after the winter break.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 15-16 Quiz and working on your Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions. Your Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions will be due tomorrow. I should be able to hand back your Unit 3 Position Papers tomorrow, but it is unlikely that you will know the results of your Chapter 15-16 Quiz until after the winter break.

December 17

Sorry for the later post tonight...

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 3 Final Exam. Your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I went through a presentation today, that I will send to your this evening called "The Impact of Globalization on Individuals and Communities", which corresponds to Chapter 17 in your textbook, with some supplementary material. Your Chapter 15-16 Quiz is tomorrow, you have a copy of the study guide and the reading on human rights abuses in Burma, so study hard tonight!

December 16

Social 10-1

I gave you back your TNC Dossier Assignments today, I will try to finish marking your Unit 3 Position Papers this week. My goal is to give these back to you before the end of the semester. I went through a presentation today called "The Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society". You will need this presentation for your Chapter 15-16 Quiz on Thursday. ?Your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Here again is the study guide for this quiz. I tried to show a video from the Human Rights Watch group on child soldiers, but the network was a bit sluggish today. Here is the video:

Social 20-1

I went through a presentation on the history of French-English relations in Canadian history. I will be sending this presentation out this afternoon, so please check your e-mail. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions, they are due on Thursday.

December 15

Social 10-1

I gave you back your Unit 3 Part A In-Class Writing Assignments at the beginning of class. If you missed class today, you need to get some notes that I wrote up on the board, the notes covered the topics of the Canadian Bill of Rights, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, civil rights, entrenchment of rights, human rights, inalienable rights and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I then gave you a summary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights in plain language, and had you work on a chart activity for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. If you didn't finish this chart in class, it is for homework. To complete the chart you will need to access the online version of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Please remember that you have your Chapter 15-16 Quiz on Thursday, click here to see the study guide.

Social 20-1

I gave you back your position papers today, and went over some requirements that must be in your position paper (a "Recipe for Success" in writing in-class position papers). I also gave you the Unit 4 Worksheet today, I gave you a little bit of time to work on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions. Please check your e-mail tonight, I have sent you some documents. Also, don't forget that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Wednesday, it's 70 multiple choice questions (lots of source-based questions), so you've got to know the material and be able to apply it. Here is the link to the study guide.

December 12

Social 10-1

You got the results of your Unit 3 Final Exam today. I also delivered a presentation that corresponds to Chapter 15 called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization". I will send this presentation to you today, so please check your e-mail. You have your Chapter 15-16 Quiz on Thursday, December 18th. Here is the study guide.

Chapter 15-16 Quiz Study Guide:

You will have a Chapter 15-16 Quiz on Thursday, December 18th. This quiz will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide. Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)
• study the reading "Human Rights Abuses in a Globalized World: Burma Case Study" (from Globalization 101 website)
  

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16)
  

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?
• human rights abuses in Burma
  

Social 20-1

I showed you a video today called "Darfur: On Our Watch", which covers the crisis in the western region of the Sudan called Darfur, and the failure of the international community to act to stop the conflict and genocide in Darfur. Here are some good links on Darfur:

• Please have a look at the following hyperlink from ABC News on Darfur.
• Here's a hyperlink to Eyes on Darfur (an Amnesty International project).
• CBC News in Depth: Darfur, Sudan
• If you have Google Earth, have a look at this download from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum called Crisis in Darfur
• Eric Reeves website on Sudan (featured in the film Darfur: On Our Watch)

Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam next Wednesday, here is the study guide.

December 11

Social 20-1

Today, I collected your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. We watched a video from the PBS Nova series called "World in the Balance: The People Paradox". I think that after watching this video you can see the connections between population/demographic changes and impacts that it can have on other global issues. I also gave you a reading on Myanmar and the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis that hit the country in May 2008. Myanmar is an interesting case study of human rights, as well as the international response to this crisis, and in turn, the Myanmar military junta's response to the desire of the international community to send humanitarian aid to Myanmar. Please make sure that you read this supplementary articles (this is testable material, as is the other article about Myanmar that I am sending to your e-mail account). Tomorrow, we'll be looking at the situation in Darfur, which is also in your textbook (page 285). Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Wednesday, December 17th, here is your study guide.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 3 Final Exam. If you finished up early, you were to use that time to work on your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow. Also, I would expect you to post your Week 3 reactions to the oil shock on our class World Without Oil blog. Please check that blog for what you should focus your Week 3 reaction around.

December 10

Sorry for the later post tonight...

Social 20-1

We looked at a short video on the global food crisis from CBC News in Review. While you were watching the video you were to complete a booklet of questions related to it. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions, which are due tomorrow. Please remember that your Unit 3 Final Exam is next Wednesday, here is the study guide.

Social 10-1

I gave you the Unit 4 Worksheet today. You had the option of working on Chapter 15 material, or studying for tomorrow's Unit 3 Final Exam. Here is the study guide for this final exam once again.

December 9

Social 10-1

We continued looking at a World Without Oil. You should be posting your "in game" reactions at the World Without Oil blog. I will be checking for your posts for Week 1 today. I will post on that blog what you should be posting for Week 3 tomorrow. You should also be reviewing for your Unit 3 Final Exam, this exam is on Thursday. Please check the study guide here. I also collected your written responses for the e-waste article from National Geographic magazine for homework check marks.

Social 20-1

I collected your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions today. I also finished off the presentation "Nationalism and Internationalism" today, and I will be sending it off to you this afternoon. We also started looking at global issues today. One of the root causes for many of the global issues that we will be looking at in Unit 3 is the regional differences and disparities on our planet. Economic disparities between the developed world and the developing world is at the core for many of the global issues that we will be looking at, such as: global health issues, pandemics, the spread of disease, and epidemics such as HIV/AIDS; foreign debt; global poverty; access to clean drinking water; hunger. Many of these issues have their roots in the unequal distribution of wealth in the world. We watched a short video called "If the World Were a Village" and completed a prediction sheet to go with the video. This video boils down global numbers into easy to understand numbers and percentages. This will help us when we look at some of the global issues in Unit 3. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday, December 11th. Remember that your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Wednesday, December 17th. Please see the study guide below.

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations that I have sent to you:

• "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
• "Canada's Foreign Policy"
• "Nationalism and Internationalism"

Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:

• know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
• know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
• know the different foreign policy options
• know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
• what influences foreign policy decisions?
• methods of foreign policy
• motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
• how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
• tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
• examples of INGOs and IGOs
• the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
• peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
• different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
• why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples

December 8

Social 10-1

We continued looking at our World Without Oil ARG, and how to connect to our World Without Oil site. Please make sure that you post your reactions to the oil shock there by Wednesday. I collected your TNC Dossier Assignments at the beginning of class today. Tomorrow, you have a homework assignment due, and it is a written response to article that appeared in National Geographic Magazine's January 2008 issue. Here is the link to the article. After reading this article, please write a response to the article (about 1 page in length) in which you answer the following question: What can be done to make e-waste more environmentally friendly, and increase the sustainability of this industry?

Don't forget that your Unit 3 Final Exam is fast approaching. Here is the study guide:

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 55 multiple choice questions, and will be held on Thursday, December 11th.

Social 20-1

I started a presentation today that I will finish off tomorrow called "Internationalism and Nationalism". This presentation corresponds to material found in Chapter 10 and 11 in your textbook, with a healthy supply of supplementary material thrown in as well. I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Thursday, December 11th. Please remember that your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.
I have also set a date for the Unit 3 Final Exam, it'll be on Wednesday, December 17th. If you are away on this day, it had better be an excused absence. Some of you may be cross-country skiing that day, if so, you will write the test the next day. I will post the study guide for the Unit 3 Final in tomorrow's post on the blog.

December 5

Social 10-1

We started a new activity today called World Without Oil. Over the next few class periods we'll be looking at the impact that oil has on our everyday lives, and contemporary economic globalization. We started off by brainstorming a list of everyday items that are derived from oil. I had you add to this list (I will be sending you a list of items for you to have a look at). We then talked about playing an alternate reality game (ARG) called World Without Oil. This ARG was originally played out in several countries in May 2007. I will be sending some hyperlinks to your e-mail accounts, so please check your e-mail tonight! Over the next few classes we'll be looking at the impact that an oil shock (when the global supply of oil no longer meets global demand) would have on our everyday lives. If it's a prolonged oil shock, what impact would that have on our everyday lives? I have sent you an invitation to your e-mail accounts, so please check your e-mail. After you accept the invitation, there will be further instructions as to what you are to do next.

You have your TNC Dossier Assignment due on Monday, December 8th. On Tuesday, December 9th, you will have your written response due. This written response is based on an article from National Geographic magazine, and it is about e-waste. Please see this original post when this assignment was originally assigned as homework.

Social 20-1

I gave you back your three source analysis in-class writing assignments today. With both sections of Social 20-1 that I teach I saw an improvement in the quality of responses. There is still room for improvement for almost everyone. Please make sure that on future source analysis questions that you specifically analyze each of the sources! A few of you are doing poorly on these assignments because you are not referring to or analyzing the sources at all.
I gave you the remainder of class time to work on your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions, these will be due on Tuesday, December 9th.

December 4

Social 20-1

I can't believe I spent most of the period going over the current political crisis in Canada. I didn't intend to take that long. I think that as a Social Studies teacher I had to go over what has been going on in our country politically. This is the most charged up that many Canadians have been about politics in awhile. It's interesting to think about the voter turnout in the last federal election and how dismal it was. If there were an election tomorrow, would the voter turnout be any higher?

Don't worry, we'll get back on track tomorrow with Unit 3 material. There is no homework tonight.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent doing a Unit 3 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. I won't be able to get the results of this writing assignment back to you as quickly as I have in the past as I have a considerable amount of marking to do for my Social 20-1 classes. Hopefully, you did well on this assignment. These Part A assignments are similar to the type of minor writing assignments that you will be getting all throughout your time in high school Social Studies, they are modeled after the minor writing assignment that will be part of the Social Studies 30-1 Diploma Exam. Please remember that you have some homework that is due on Tuesday, it's a written response to an article from National Geographic magazine, please check this post to read your homework assignment.

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 55 multiple choice questions, and will be held on Thursday, December 11th.

December 3

Social 20-1

We looked at various foreign policy options today, and defined them and then came up with examples of each foreign policy option. We then rated the effectiveness of each of these six foreign policy options in dealing with three issues facing the world today: the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, global poverty, and control of the Northwest passage and Arctic resources.

Social 10-1

We played a Unit 3 review game for most of the period. I have sent this PowerPoint game to you already. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment tomorrow. Also, please remember that you have a written response assignment due on Friday. You are to read an article from National Geographic magazine. Here is a link to the post where I originally assigned this homework.

December 2

Social 10-1

You wrote your in-class position papers today in the Blenheim Room, which took most of the period. We'll be playing a review game tomorrow on Unit 3 material.

Social 20-1

We looked Canadian foreign policy today, and I delivered a lecture on this topic. I have already sent you the presentation called "Canada's Foreign Policy", this is supplementary material to the Chapter 10 material. You Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

December 1

Whoops, I just noticed that I didn't post on Friday, sorry about that!

Social 10-1

I started today's class by outlining possible ways of organizing your in-class position paper tomorrow. As you should have seen, on either side of the issue, there are a multitude of ways of organizing it, depending on which arguments you use, case studies, arguments and evidence you choose to emphasize. To quickly summarize, on the essay question "To what extent does economic globalization contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people?" you could take the side that it does contribute to sustainable prosperity for all people, in which case you would emphasize the economics-based definition of sustainable prosperity. Some possible ways of organizing the positive side of the issue would be to focus in on the global financial institutions as one of your arguments, you would be arguing the benefits of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO, with supporting evidence. Another body paragraph could center around the benefits of economic trading blocs, such as the EU (you could use the case study of Ireland to illustrate the benefits of membership int he EU and how it has raised the standard of living and quality of life in Ireland) and NAFTA. You could also look at the benefits of TNCs by using some information from the video "Globalisation is Good" particularly the case study of Nike in Vietnam. You could also look at the benefits of contemporary economic globalization on the developing world and newly industrializing countries such as India and China. On the flip side of the issue, you could organize your essay around criticizing global financial institutions like the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO. By focusing on just these three global financial institutions, you would just criticize each institution in each of your body paragraphs. You could also group them all together into one paragraph as well, if you wanted to criticize other aspects of modern economic globalization. You could be critical of large economic trading blocs like the EU (giving up some aspects of your country's sovereignty to be part of the EU), and NAFTA (look at the NAFTA chart in the PowerPoint presentation "The Expansion of Economic Globalization", this goes for the positive side of the argument as well). You could also emphasize the negative aspects of TNCs in the world today (have a look at the companion website to the documentary "The Corporation", or have a look under Social 10-1 Links for hyperlinks to other companion websites for films that I showed in Unit 3). You could also argue the detrimental side of contemporary economic globalization on the developing world and newly industrialized countries, such as India and China (is everyone benefiting from globalization in these countries?), or look at Jamaica as a case study as well (could be used to criticize the World Bank and IMF and to a lesser extent, the WTO, look at the companion website for the film "Life + Debt"). If you are arguing that economic globalization does not contribute to the sustainable prosperity of all people, you would want to emphasize that not all people are benefiting from the spread of globalization, and you would also want to define sustainable prosperity in your first paragraph to include economic, social and environmental aspects of that term. I hope our brainstorming session helps you with tomorrow's position paper, please remember to go directly to the Blenheim Room.



I gave you the remainder of class time to complete your homework assignment (hopefully all you have to do tonight is send it to me by e-mail): 7 high quality Jeopardy! style questions and answers sent to me by e-mail TONIGHT! We will be playing a review game on Wednesday.

Social 20-1

I finished off the presentation called "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism", with some supplementary material on the United Nations in it. I will send this presentation to you today, so please check your e-mail inboxes. Also, we watched a short CBC News in Review on the role of peacekeeping operations in the 21st century. I gave you a reading to go along with this CBC News in Review that you should read. I gave you the remainder of class time to do your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions, which will be due on Wednesday, December 3rd. We will be moving through this Unit 3 material VERY quickly, so please make sure that you keep up with the homework assignments.

November 27

Social 20-1

I gave you back the results of your Unit 2 Final Exam today in class. I then started a presentation called "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism", which I will continue on Monday. On Monday, we'll be looking at the United Nations. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We started watching a movie called "Who Killed the Electric Car?" with a film study sheet to go along with it. We'll finish this movie off tomorrow. Please remember the upcoming important dates next week, outlined below.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Monday, December 1st
• Unit 3 In-Class Position Paper is on Tuesday, December 2nd
• Unit 3 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment is on Thursday, December 4th
• E-Waste Written Response Assignment is due on Friday, December 5th (for homework check marks, please see the November 26th post for details and a hyperlink to the article)
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, December 11th (I will post a study guide for the Unit 3 Final Exam on December 4th)
  

November 26

Social 20-1

Most of today's class period was spent writing your Unit 2 Final Exam. I will let you know the results of this test tomorrow in class. Please remember that on Friday you will be doing a Part A In-Class Writing Assignment based on material from Unit 2. Make sure that you bring your textbooks to class tomorrow because we will be looking at material from Unit 3, specifically Chapter 9.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Shipbreakers" today as well as finishing off the presentation called "Globalization and Sustainability". I have sent this presentation to you already, along with the Unit 3 Essay Question Sheet (you are allowed to bring notes that you put on this sheet into class on December 2nd when you write your In-Class Position Paper for Unit 3) and a Unit 3 Position Paper Outline Sheet (useful for outlining/planning out your essay). Please check your e-mail inboxes! I have one message bounce back to me already, so if you didn't get this message, please send me an e-mail tonight!!

In connection with watching "Shipbreakers" today, 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. National Geographic Magazine had a feature on e-waste in their January 2008 issue that I would like you to read. Here is the hyperlink to the article: click here. I'm giving you some time to read this article and complete a one-page written response to the article (this written response is due on Friday, December 5th, it'll be for homework check marks incidentally). In your written response to the magazine article I would like you to focus on the following question: What can be done to make e-waste more environmentally friendly, and increase the sustainability of this industry?

November 25

Social 10-1

I started a presentation today, which I will finish tomorrow called "Globalization and Sustainability". We looked at one definition of sustainable prosperity, the concept of ecological footprints and what factors contribute to Canadians having such big ecological footprints. We also looked at the sustainability of the shipbreaking industry and the life cycle of a ship. We started watching the documentary "Shipbreakers", which we will also finish off tomorrow.

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 10-1 Students:

• TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Monday, December 1st
• Unit 3 In-Class Position Paper is on Tuesday, December 2nd
• Unit 3 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment is on Thursday, December 4th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Thursday, December 11th

Social 20-1

I collected your Unit 2 Research Dossier Assignments today at the beginning of class. Every day that you are late handing these dossiers are not handed in means 10% off your mark (it works out to -3.5 marks per day). We started looking at Unit 3 material today, specifically completing a opinion survey that gave you results as to whether you are more of a nationalist or an internationalist. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is tomorrow, please make sure that you have prepared for it! You have a Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment on Friday.

November 24

I'm taking the blog public again. I have removed the ability to make comments though. If any of my students have a question please send me an e-mail message. If any teachers out there have a question, you can find my contact information under "View My Complete Profile", I'm usually pretty good at responding to questions and requests.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Globalisation is Good" in class today, while completing the film study that goes along with the film. I will be doing a homework check on this film study tomorrow, so if you have any blank spaces on your film study, please go to Google Video and watch the uploaded video there. I also did a lecture today called "The Impact of Globalization on Environments", which corresponds to Chapter 13 material. I will send this presentation to you tonight.

Social 20-1

You wrote your in-class position paper today for Unit 2. Your Unit 2 Dossier Assignment is due tomorrow. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, it is 75 multiple choice questions. I never sent out a study guide for this test, but here's a basic guide: know all of the key concepts from the Unit 2 Worksheet. Make sure that you review all materials that I gave you or sent to you from the following broad topics: World War I, Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy, World War II, the Holocaust, genocide, and contemporary examples of genocide, decolonization and self-determination (think of the case studies that I emphasized).

November 21

Social 10-1

You watched the video "Globalization is Good" today while completing a video study guide for it.

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 7-8 Test today. You have your in-class position paper on Monday in the Blenheim Room, and your Unit 2 Dossier Project is due on Tuesday.

November 20

Social 20-1

We spent most of the class talking about how to write a position paper. The difference between arguments, examples and evidence. We also looked at the structure of an argumentative essay. You have your Chapter 7-8 Test tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "The Other Side of Outsourcing" and completing the film study sheet that went along with it. We then spent the rest of the class talking about how to write a position paper. The difference between arguments, examples and evidence. We also looked at the structure of an argumentative essay.

November 19

Social 20-1

We looked at a case study of national self-determination, specifically Kosovo. I gave you a package of readings related to the declaration of Kosovo independence in February 17, 2008. Some countries in the world have recognized the independence of Kosovo, whereas others did not recognize Kosovo as an independent country. I collected your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions at the end of the class. You will have a Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment on Monday, November 24th.

Social 10-1

We watched a video called "Impacts of Globalization" today in class, and completed a film study sheet that went with it. This film introduced the concept of the Human Development Index (HDI) which we will look at again in Unit 4. We started watching "The Other Side of Outsourcing" today and worked on a film study that went along with it. We'll finish this documentary tomorrow.

November 18

Social 10-1

We finished watching "The Age of Wal-Mart" and completing the film study that went along with it. I went through a presentation called "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization". I will send this presentation to you. Here is a hyperlink to this presentation as well: Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization.

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Gandhi" today in class. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

November 17

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 10-11 Quiz. You should get the results of this quiz later this week.

Social 20-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class. We continued watching "Gandhi" and working on the film study that goes along with it.

November 14

Social 10-1

I showed you a few examples of the TNC Dossier Assignment that were completed last year. We started a film study of Wal-Mart today called "The Age of Wal-Mart", which we will finish on Tuesday. You have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz on Monday.

Here are the hyperlinks to the presentations that cover Chapter 10 and Chapter 11:

• Foundations of Economic Globalization
• Expansion of Economic Globalization
  
  
  

Social 20-1

We started our film study of "Gandhi" today. We will be continuing this film on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions due on Monday, November 17th. You also have your Chapter 7-8 Test next Friday. The study guide is below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Friday, November 21st. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide"

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust
• Turning Points in History: The Atomic Bomb (film notes)
• White Light/Black Rain (film notes)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)
• Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!
• read the links about the genocide in Darfur that I sent to you!

1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• the Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination
• Wansee Conference
• Nuremberg Trials
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah
• home rule
• Hutu
• Tutsi
• Romeo Dallaire
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki
• Robert Oppenheimer
• FDR
• Harry Truman
• Potsdam Conference
• Slobodan Milosevic

2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet from Chapter 7 and 8.

November 13

Social 20-1

I gave you a readings booklet today on India, and you were to use that booklet to take notes on background information on India, in preparation for our film study of Gandhi. We will start watching "Gandhi" in class tomorrow. You should also read over the booklet that I gave you on various case studies of genocide. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due Monday.

Social 10-1

We continued watching "The Corporation" today in class. I also gave you the TNC Dossier Assignment, and we drew lots to see which TNC you will be doing research on. We'll be looking at Wal-Mart tomorrow.

November 12

Social 20-1

I did a presentation/lecture today on "Contemporary Examples of Genocide", which I will send to you. I will also send you some information on the genocide in Darfur as well. This will be additional information to the booklet that I gave on some contemporary examples of genocide, such as the Armenian genocide, the Ukrainian famine, the Rwandan genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Former Yugoslavia.

Social 10-1

We continued to watch "The Corporation" today in class. You should have completed both Parts 1 and 2 of the film study at this point in the film.

November 7

Social 10-1

We started watching "The Corporation" and completing a film study sheet to go along with it today. We'll continue watching the film next week as well. You have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz on Monday, November 17th. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 10-11 Quiz Study Guide:

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?
• What are some criticisms of the WTO?
  
  
  
  

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today in class. Your film study questions for this film are due on Wednesday, November 12th.

November 6

Social 20-1

We started watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. You are to complete the film study sheet and hand it your completed answers and questions about the film on Wednesday.

Social 10-1

We continued watching "Life + Debt" today, while completing the film study sheet. I collected your Advantages and Disadvantages of the WTO charts today. We'll start watching "The Corporation" tomorrow.

November 5

Social 20-1

I delivered a presentation on the 8 Stages of Genocide, and then we started our film study of "Shake Hands with the Devil". We'll start the film tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave you a reading booklet on the WTO system. Your homework assignment tonight is to create a chart outlining the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO system. We also started watching the film "Life + Debt", which we will continue tomorrow.

November 4

Social 10-1

I gave you back the results of your Unit 2 Final Exam and your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. I then finished off the presentation "The Expansion of Economic Globalization". We also talked about the U.S. Presidential Election, and made predictions about the outcome.

Social 20-1

We finished off "White Light/Black Rain" today and the film study sheet that went along with it. We also talked about the U.S. Presidential Election, and made predictions about the outcome.

November 3

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, which took most of the period. I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 Key Terms, and a homework check on whether or not you printed off your "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint notes. We'll be continuing with Unit 3 tomorrow material, specifically, looking at the Expansion of Economic Globalization (Chapter 11 material).

Social 20-1

I gave you back the results of your Chapter 5-6 Test at the start of class. We then began our film study of "White Light/Black Rain", which we will finish tomorrow.

October 31

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Questions today. I will be doing a homework check on the presentation that I sent to you called "The Foundations of Economic Globalization", please have it printed off for Monday's homework check. It's probably best if you print it off four slides per page to save some paper. Here's how you do this:

Printing PowerPoint Presentations

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

Please remember that you have your Chapter 11 Key Terms due on Monday, as well as your Unit 2 Final Exam. Here is the study guide. Have a great weekend, and a safe Halloween.

Social 20-1

The entire period was spent in the Library doing research for your Unit 2 Dossier Assignment. This assignment is due on November 25th, but this is the only class time that you will get! Have a great weekend and a safe Halloween.

October 30

Social 20-1

We watched a short video on the Nuremberg Trials at the start of class today. We then looked at the development of the atomic bomb, the Manhattan Project, and the decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII. We also did a draft for available research topics for your Unit 2 research project. We'll be going to the Library for research time tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We watched a video at the start of class entitled "Global Economic Issues" which covered a lot of material that I talked about yesterday. It also discussed some advantages and disadvantages of the IMF and the World Bank. We then started watching a video called "China Rises: Getting Rich", as you watched the video you were to complete a film study worksheet. You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 3rd. Here is the study guide.

October 29

Social 20-1

Today I continued my lecture/presentation on the Holocaust. I will be sending this presentation to you by e-mail, so please check your e-mail accounts tonight. Also, I showed excerpts from the movie "Schindler's List", I think that the excerpts that I showed really illustrated the treatment, the persecution of the Jews, life in the ghettos, and how difficult it would be to resist the Nazi regime. Tomorrow we'll look at the Nuremberg Trials, and then move on to the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I also gave you a handout on 36 Questions About the Holocaust that I feel has very useful information, please read it over.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent looking at the "Foundations of Economic Globalization". This presentation will be posted on the wiki, and I will be sending it to you as well. Please study for your Unit 2 Final Exam tonight (it's on Monday), here's the study guide. Your Chapter 10 Questions from your Unit 3 Worksheet are due on Friday.

October 28

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms are due tomorrow, the Chapter 10 Questions will be due on Friday if you want to get ahead. You should also be reviewing your Unit 2 Final Exam which is on Monday, November 3rd. Here is the study guide (you will have to scroll down to find it).

Social 20-1

I started a lecture on the Holocaust today that I will finish tomorrow. We watched a documentary called "Genocide" today for the rest of the period. Tomorrow we'll be dealing with the rest of the lecture on the Holocaust and some common questions that people have about the Holocaust.

October 27

Social 10-1

I gave you a handout today on residential schools in Canada as part of the CBC News in Review segment that we watched in class today. If you didn't finish doing the activity with the timeline of events related to the residential school system, I strongly urge you to do so tonight. You were to complete a series of questions during the video as well. I gave you the Unit 3 Worksheet as well today. You have to complete the Chapter 10 Key Terms for Wednesday's class. Please remember that your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment is tomorrow, please review key themes that I have been emphasizing from Chapters 8 and 9. I also collected your Imperialism Research Projects today.

Here are some excellent links to the residential school system from the CBC Archives:

• A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools
• A Long-Awaited Apology

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Monday, November 3rd. 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
  
  

Social 20-1

We watched the opening sequence of "Saving Private Ryan" so you could see what the D-Day invasions of Normandy were like. Remember that once the Allies established a foothold in northern France the Nazis were fighting WWII on three fronts: in the east against the Soviet Union, from the south through Italy (the D-Day invasions occurred a couple of days after the fall of Rome), and finally through northern France. Once the Allies had established themselves in France, the end of the war was in sight. By May of 1945 the war was over in Europe, while it raged on until August 1945 in the Pacific. I gave you some more readings and maps that covered the remainder of the war in Europe and in the Pacific. These readings are your responsibility, they contain massive amounts of information that is all testable material. In the next few days we'll be looking at the liberation of the concentration camps at the end of WWII and the path the led to the "Final Solution" and ultimately the Holocaust.

October 24

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today in class and then you wrote a short quiz on the film for the last 15 minutes of class. Please remember that your Imperialism Research Project is due on Monday, this is your last weekend to work with your partner. Also, on Tuesday, October 28th you will write your Unit 2 Part A In-Class Writing Assignment. Review material from Chapters 8 and 9, and the key themes that we've covered from those chapters.

Social 20-1

Most of today's class was spent watching the film "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb". I gave you some summary notes on this film, you MUST read these notes, it will help you to understand the course of the Second World War.

October 23

Social 20-1

All of today's class was spent writing the Chapter 5-6 Test. You should get the results of this test next week.

Social 10-1

I gave you the results back for your Chapter 7 Quiz at the beginning of class. We started watching the film "Where the Spirit Lives" and completing a worksheet to go along with the film. Please remember that your Imperialism Research Project is now due on Monday, October 27th.

October 22

Social 20-1

I had you move into small groups at the beginning of class today to brainstorm the Causes of World War II. As a class we then built a concept map of the causes of the war. I then gave you a reading with maps that covered blitzkrieg (invasion of Poland), the Phoney War, the miracle of Dunkirk, Operation Barbarossa, and it also quickly mentions the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Please review for your Chapter 5-6 Test, which is tomorrow. Here is the study guide.

Social 10-1

We talked as a class about extending the due date for the Imperialism Research Project, which we did, to Monday, October 27th. There should be no late projects now! I gave you a series of readings on the recent apology from the Canadian government to First Nations who experienced the residential school system. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 9 carefully, you need some background knowledge about the residential school system to fully appreciate the film that I will be showing you on Thursday and Friday.

October 21

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing the Chapter 7 Quiz. Please remember that your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, October 23rd. Remember that your Imperialism Research Project is due on Thursday. I have sent you the marking guides fore this project and they are on the wiki as well.

Social 20-1

For most of today's class period we watched the documentary film "The Tides of War". As you watched this film you were to complete a film study sheet. We went over it quickly at the conclusion of the film. Please check your e-mail, I have sent you a presentation on the internment of Japanese-Canadians (this is testable material). I gave back your The Way of Subjects questions and answers at the beginning of class, and took in your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions as well. You should study for your Chapter 5-6 Test tonight, here is the study guide.

October 20

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" today. After watching the film you wrote a short quiz on the film, which we marked in class. Most of you did really well on this quiz. I gave you the remainder of class time to study for your Chapter 7 Quiz, which is tomorrow. Here is the study guide. Please remember that your Imperialism Research Project is due on Thursday. I'll try to post the rubrics on the wiki tonight.

Social 20-1

We picked up where we left off last week, by examining the motivation behind the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. I showed an excerpt from the film "Pearl Harbor". I then gave you some notes on World War II, and the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII. I will be sending you a PowerPoint presentation on the internment in Canada later tonight. I won't be delivering it in class though. We'll be watching a documentary on the internment of Japanese-Canadians tomorrow in class. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. I took in your The Way of Subjects questions and answers today as well. Please study for your Chapter 5-6 Test, which is on Thursday. It will be a tough but fair exam. Here is the study guide.

October 17

Social 10-1

We continued watching "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" today. Please remember that you will write a short quiz on the film when we finish it, which will probably happen on Monday. Don't forget to study for your Chapter 7 Quiz, which is on Tuesday, October 21st. Here is the study for the quiz (it's also on the wiki, under Study Guides). Also, your Imperialism Research Project is due next Thursday (October 23rd). This is a great weekend to study and work on your projects.

Social 20-1

I finished off my lecture on "Ultranationalism in WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan". I will be sending this PowerPoint to you today, so please check your e-mail. You will need to study this presentation for your Chapter 5-6 Test, which is next Thursday (October 23rd). Here is the study guide for the Chapter 5-6 Test. I gave you a copy of The Way of Subjects today as well. The questions in The Way of Subjects booklet are due on Monday, October 20th, please complete them on a separate piece of paper as I will be taking them in for a homework check. Your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday, October 21st, this will also be taken in as a homework check.

October 15

Social 20-1

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

Chapter 5-6 Test Study Guide:

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

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

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

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

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

3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:

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

Social 10-1

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

October 14

Social 10-1

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

Social 20-1

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

October 10

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

Social 10-1

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

Chapter 7 Quiz Study Guide:

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

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

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

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

Social 20-1

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

October 9

Social 20-1

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

Social 10-1

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

Useful Links for the Imperialism Research Project:

• Nation Master
• CIA World Factbook

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

1. Go to the school's website

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

3. Click on Online Resources

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

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

6. Click on Gale Reference Virtual Library

7. Click on History View publications

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

October 8

Social 20-1

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

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

Social 10-1

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

October 7

Social 10-1

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

Social 20-1

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





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

October 6

Social 10-1

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

Social 20-1

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

October 3

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions at the beginning of class, and I will give these back to you on Monday. After some delay, we were able to do an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". These book addresses some of the themes that we'll be looking at Unit 2, such as cultural contact, assimilation, imperialism, differing world views, and residential schools. There's no homework this weekend.

Social 20-1

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

October 2

Social 20-1

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

Social 10-1

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

October 1

Social 20-1

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

Social 10-1

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

September 30

Social 10-1

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

Social 20-1

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

Chapters 3-4 Quiz Study Guide:

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

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

September 29

Social 10-1

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

Social 10-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

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

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

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

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

Social 20-1

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

Social 20-1 Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide:

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

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

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

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

September 26

Social 10-1

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

Social 20-1

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

September 25

Social 20-1

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

Chapters 3-4 Quiz Study Guide

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

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

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 20-1 Students:

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

Social 10-1

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