December 18

Social 30-1

Please make sure that you complete the Unit 4 study package over the Winter Break. The Chapter 13 and 14 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Thursday, January 7th. I will be sending an electronic version of this to your e-mail accounts, so if you missed class today, you can always print off a version for yourself. Please see the study guide for the Unit 3 Final Exam below.

Unit 3 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam will be entirely multiple choice format. It will be on Wednesday, January 6th Please study the following material:

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

Review the following notes/packages:

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

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

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

Social 10-1

We finished off watching "Blood Diamond" and you were to hand in the film study at the end of the class. I also gave you back your Unit 3 essays and gave you some comments. Please remember you have your Chapter 15-16 Test on Wednesday, January 6th. On January 7th you will have Part A of your Final Exam (it's a three source analysis writing assignment). Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 15-16 Test Study Guide:

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, I have sent this article to your e-mail accounts)

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

December 17

Social 10-1

We continued watching "Blood Diamond" today, we'll finish it tomorrow. Your film studies will be due tomorrow for homework check marks.

Social 30-1

I gave you back the results of the Diploma Exam Field Test and your Chapter 10 Test results. We also did a vote on whether or not you wanted the Unit 4 Study package. By a vote of 15 to 12 (with one spoiled ballot and one voter that didn't show up to the polling station) you have decided as a class to receive the study package. It will be due when you get back from the Winter Break. I will give you a hard copy in class tomorrow, and I will also send you a copy by e-mail. We also brainstormed some contemporary global issues and discussed how effective liberalism has been in dealing with these issues. See you tomorrow!

December 16

Social 10-1

We looked at conflict diamonds today, and the connection between the sale of this commodity (diamonds) in fueling conflict elsewhere in the world. I gave you a film study for the film "Blood Diamond", and you are to complete the reading comprehension section and the Amnesty International article reading and questions prior to tomorrow's class. We will probably finish the film off tomorrow in class, and the film study itself will be due on Friday.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 in-class essay today in the Blenheim Room, and it took the entire period. We'll talk about the results of the Field Test tomorrow.

December 15

Social 30-1

You wrote your Diploma Field Test today. You'll get the results back in the next day or so. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 3 Essay tomorrow (30-2 students will writing a Written Response Assignment III, which involves three speakers; don't worry we'll talk about it tomorrow in class). Please go to the Blenheim Room directly tomorrow, I'll see you right after lunch, don't be late.

Social 10-1

We finished up the activity that we started last week on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I did some housekeeping items as well today, handing back Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions and doing a homework check on Chapter 16 material, and the Chapter 15 PowerPoint presentation. I went through a presentation that corresponds to Chapter 16 material that I will be sending to you by e-mail this afternoon. Make sure that you print it off and add it to your notes (and for Social 10-3 students, make sure that you read it!). I also gave back some marked assignments, and gave back test results for the Unit 3 Final Exam.

December 14

Social 30-1

I gave you most of today's class to work on your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions. This will be taken in tomorrow for homework check marks. I also collected the questions related to the USA PATRIOT Act as well. Remember, you have your Field Test tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I collected your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions today. You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam as well. Your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.

December 10

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization" that I will be sending to you this afternoon. We also started to do a comparison between the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We'll be continuing the Charter activity of Tuesday. Here's a short video on John Peters Humphrey from the History Minutes series. You have your Unit 3 Written Response Assignment I (3 source analysis) tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Monday, here's the study guide (scroll down to find it).

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Written Response Assignment I (3 source analysis) today. After you finished this, we looked at the Patriot Act again, and looked at aspects of the American Bill of Rights that it may infringe upon. You also read a short debate between former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Senator Russell Feingold over the USA PATRIOT Act. You also had some questions to answer on this topic as well. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10 Test tomorrow, here's the study guide.

December 9

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Who Killed the Electric Car?" today. I will be doing a homework check tomorrow to see if you printed of the "Biofuel Controversy" PowerPoint presentation (4-6 slides per page). On Friday, you will be writing your Unit 3 WRA I (3 source analysis). You won't be getting any time to do small group brainstorming this time around. I want to see how well you can analyze these sources by yourself. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). I gave you the Unit 4 Worksheet today as well. The Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, December 11th.

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions today. Here is the video that I forgot to post yesterday. It connects nicely to some of the themes that we addressed today in class with regard to anti-terrorism legislation that was passed in Canada and the United States after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In yesterday's video we looked at the FLQ crisis, this is the interview on the steps of Parliament that features Trudeau's "just watch me" speech. It's an interesting little debate that is waged being Trudeau and the reporters over the issue on giving up/losing civil liberties in order to ensure security.


We watched a couple of CBC News in Review on the September 11th attacks today prior to talking about anti-terrorism legislation in Canada and the United State, because in order to fully understand why this legislation was passed, you need to see the context in which it was passed. The value conflict between ensuring security, peace and order in society versus individual freedom and civil liberties could be a potential topic on Part A of your Diploma Exam. Liberal democracies around the world, post-9/11 have had to deal with the issue of the extent to which they must ensure security and the balance between security and civil liberties. It would not be difficult to use a quotation that relates to this issue ("They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."--Benjamin Franklin) and then have the essay question: "To what extent should we embrace the perspective(s) in this source?" Would you be able to write an essay on that topic? Think of the source material that I've given you on the FLQ crisis, the Emergencies Act, the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Patriot Act and the no fly list, and think about other ways you could prepare for this as a potential essay topic. Speaking of writing assignments, please remember that you have your Unit 3 WRA I (source analysis) tomorrow. Your Chapter 10 Test is on Friday, here's the study guide (there's more democracy-related questions on the test than authoritarianism/dictatorship questions).

December 8

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Civil Rights Movement Assignment at the beginning of class. In today's class we focused in on a case study from Canadian history when civil liberties were infringed upon through the use of the War Measures Act. In Social 20-1, you would have looked at the usage of the War Measures Act in WWI and WWII, but we looked at the FLQ Crisis of October 1970. We watched a video and completed a film study from the History's Turning Points series on the FLQ Crisis. In the package I gave you were to also do a document analysis on the October Crisis, and there was also information on the Emergencies Act. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember that your Chapter 10 Test is on Friday, here's the study guide. You have your Unit 3 WRA I (3 source analysis) on Thursday.

Social 10-1

I did a PowerPoint presentation on the biofuel controversy today. I will send this presentation to you, so please print it off (4-6 slides per page). We then started watching "Who Killed the Electric Car?" We will finish this film tomorrow. You have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Monday (December 14th), here is your study guide. You also have your Unit 3 WRA I (3 source analysis) on Friday (you won't have time to do group brainstorming).

December 7

Social 30-1

I gave you some notes today on material related to Chapter 11. If you missed class or were late for class you need to get these notes from a friend. I did a homework check on your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions today. I gave you your Chapter 11 Worksheet. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday. Your Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due tomorrow. Please remember that your Chapter 10 Test is on Friday, please see the study guide here.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Written Response Assignment II (in-class essay)today. You have your Unit 3 Final Exam next Monday, please see the study guide below. Your Unit 3 WRA I (3 source analysis) is on December 11th.

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 Monday, December 14th.

December 4

Sorry for the later post tonight...

Social 30-1

You did an in-class writing assignment today in which you had to write an analysis of a propaganda poster. Please remember that your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Monday. You have a Chapter 10 Test on Friday, December 11th. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 10 Test Study Guide:

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

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

Social 10-1

I showed you a short video today from the CBC show "The Hour" which featured George Stroumboulopoulos interviewing Jeff Rubin about the connection between oil and the end of globalization. We'll have to wait a while to see if Jeff Rubin's predictions about triple digit oil prices and their impact on global trade come true or not, but it is very interesting thesis. Globalization depends on cheap oil prices to make it work. Our very civilization revolves around oil, and if we've hit peak oil or not, demand for oil will continue to grow with newly industrializing countries like China and India increasing their demand. Will the supply be able to keep up? Only time will tell. Here's a short interview that Jeff Rubin did with NPR, it also includes an excerpt from his book.

Please check your e-mail tonight. I have sent you your essay question sheets. Take the weekend to prepare for your in-class position paper. Make sure that you review the "Recipe for Success" handout on preparing for in-class position papers. Go directly to the Blenheim Room on Monday.

December 3

Social 10-1

We played a review game in class today that reviewed many key concepts in Unit 3. Please remember that your "High Tech Trash" Written Response Assignment is due tomorrow. I gave you a list of important upcoming dates, so here is that list again:

• Unit 3 WRA II (essay) is on Monday, December 7th
• Unit 3 WRA I (3 source analysis) is on Friday, December 11th
• Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 14th
• Chapter 15-16 Quiz is on January 6th
• Social 10-1 Final Exam Part A (3 source analysis) is on January 7th
• Social 10-1 Final Exam Part B (100 multiple choice questions) is on January 19th

Social 30-1

We looked at a CBC News in Review today on the recent election in Afghanistan and the controversy surrounding it. You had to complete the previewing, viewing and post-viewing activities in the package that I gave you. I also gave you your Chapter 9 Worksheet. You must read Chapter 9, and complete the Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions for Monday. Please remember that your Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Tuesday, December 8th.

December 2

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent watching an excerpt from the documentary film "Manufactured Landscapes". The film ties into concepts that we've examining lately, such as the sustainability of economic globalization, environmental consequences of industrialization and extraction of resources, shipbreaking and e-waste. I also did a couple of homework checks, one to see if you had printed off the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation, and the other homework check was to see if you had completed your Chapter 14 Key Terms.

Social 30-1

We watched a few videos from the BBC 20th Century History series, one was called "One Man's Revolution" and the other was "China Since Mao". I also gave you a fairly extensive package on China that covered the modern history of China, and then an article about China's "Road to Prosperity" that appeared in the New York Times on the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. We also looked at a couple of political cartoons out of The Economist magazine that had been published recently, both cartoons had a China connection. I STRONGLY urge you to read over the material that you were given today!

December 1

Social 30-1

I gave you an outline of important upcoming dates in Social 30-1. We will be picking up the pace this month to finish off material related to Unit 3. Please remember that your USA/Canada Comparison Chart is due tomorrow. I went through the last half of a PowerPoint presentation that corresponds to Chapter 10 in your textbook. Please print off the presentation called "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (4-6 slides per page) and bring it to class tomorrow. I looked at various types of authoritarian governments today and I also gave you a reading called "The End of Democracy?" that you should have been able to finish during class time. I also gave you an assignment today that covers the concept of majority tyranny very nicely. There are three parts to this assignment: the first two parts are for separate homework check marks, and the last part requires you to make an essay outline (I will be sending this to your e-mail accounts). This Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due next Tuesday (December 8th). Tomorrow, we will be examining China as a case study of an authoritarian government.

Social 10-1

In connection with watching "Shipbreakers" last week, and talking about the life cycle of a ship and the sustainability of the shipbreaking industry, I thought it would be interesting to look at another example of an industry that has environmental consequences that are sort of "out of sight, out of mind". I'm talking about e-waste. We watched a short excerpt from the CBC News in Review on "Electronic Waste and China". Next, I gave you a hard copy of an article that was in National Geographic Magazine in their January 2008 issue that I would like you to read. Here is the hyperlink to the article: click here. 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 4th, 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? You should be thinking about possible solutions to the problem, in other words, what can individuals do, what can governments do, what can corporations do, etc.

November 27

Social 30-1

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

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

Next, I split you into four groups to summarize some of the viewpoints in the classroom, and then we had a whole class discussion about the issues related to these questions. I think that it was a really great discussion period. I would like to extend the classroom discussion to here on the blog. Here is your homework assignment: I would like you to post your answer to any one (or two or three) of the discussion questions that we did in class. I'd like you to also include the initials of your first and last name after your post (for example, "K.G. in Social 30-1"). I'd also like you to comment on someone else's post. This is for double homework check marks. You must post and respond to someone else's post before Tuesday of next week (remember you have a long weekend; the next time that I see you it will be December). Please be civil in your posting. Please remember that your American-Canadian Political Systems Comparison Charts are due on Wednesday, December 2nd.

Social 10-1

I finished up the PowerPoint presentation called "Globalization and Sustainability" today. I will be sending this to you by e-mail this afternoon. I also did a homework check on some previous PowerPoint presentations as well. Your Chapter 14 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Enjoy your long weekend!

November 26

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Shipbreakers" today. I would like to take a little bit of time to properly finish off the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation, so I will be doing that tomorrow, and as a result, I will not be sending this out by e-mail tonight.

Social 30-1

After looking at the blog feed last night it was apparent that a lot of you didn't get a chance to watch the U.S. electoral college video that I posted a link to yesterday, so that's what I started with today. I then also went over some other concepts related to the electoral college system, and how it is possible to win the popular vote but not win enough electoral college votes to become president. Your textbook uses the 2000 U.S. Presidential election as an example of this. In that particular case the key state was Florida. I talked a little bit about the differences between the types of ballots used in Canada and in the United States. In many counties in Florida during the 2000 election they used what's called a butterfly ballot where you punch holes in the ballot to indicate which candidate you are voting for. I tried to draw it on the board, but I think the following graphic illustrates nicely what I was trying to draw on the board.

I think you can see how this might have caused some confusion. If you can't see the ballot clearly, just click on it and you should see a larger view. If you want to look at past U.S. Presidential elections and see the U.S. electoral college maps for the past ten elections, have a look at Real Clear Politics. Have a look at the 1984 election, that was extremely one-sided!

I'm adding some links under the Social 30-1 Links on this page to help you out with your USA-Canada Political System Comparison Chart assignment (which is due next Wednesday). Here some websites that I think will help (permanent links will appear on the right-hand side of the blog under Social 30-1 Links):

• Ben's Guide to U.S. Government
• Elections Canada
• Real Clear Politics
• Canadian Parliament
• Canadian Senate
• Government of Canada: Democratic Reform
• The White House
• The United States Senate
• The House of Representatives
• The Electoral College System
• USA: How a Bill Becomes a Law

November 25

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint presentation today called "Globalization and Sustainability" which I will finish off in tomorrow's class. We also started watching a documentary called "shipbreakers" which tied into many of the themes in today's PowerPoint. We'll finish the film off tomorrow as well. Your TNC Dossier Assignment was due today as well. If you haven't handed it in yet, you will be facing a 10% penalty per day that it is late.

Social 30-1

I tied up some loose ends related to the Canadian political system, including the type of electoral system used in Canada and elsewhere in the world. We also looked at another version of re-casting a federal election (thanks for catching the mistakes in the Math people!) and then we finally looked over how a bill becomes a law in Canada. We then moved on to look at the structure of the American political system. We will continue this tomorrow. Here's a link to the video on the American electoral college system.

November 24

Social 30-1

Today's class was spent writing your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment II in the Blenheim Room. Tomorrow we'll tie up some loose ends in looking at the Canadian political system and then we'll move into the American system.

Social 10-1

We finished off watching "Globalisation is Good" today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation that corresponds to material in Chapter 13 called "The Impacts of Economic Globalization on Environments". I will send this presentation to you this afternoon. Please print it off and add it to your notes. Your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due tomorrow.

November 23

Social 30-1

I did a homework check today on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions. I gave you a handout today that looks something like this:

You were to take notes on some specifics of the Canadian government structure as I lectured. You were introduced to a lot of new concepts today, but most it should have been review for you since it was in Chapter 10. We talked about re-casting the November 2008 Canadian Federal election with a proportional representation system, and what political parties might be in favour of P.R. and what parties might be opposed to the idea of introducing this system to Canada. We also talked about general problems of P.R. in the Canadian political landscape, namely the difficulty of winning a majority government, and the susceptibility of minority governments to votes of non-confidence. I gave you the remaining time to do some small group brainstorming on tomorrow's Unit 2 Written Response Assignment II. I gave you the essay question sheet today. Remember, you are allowed to prepare for the essay, but you can't write it ahead of time. You're allowed to bring in point form notes on the essay question sheet as long as they are hand-written notes, and all of the notes are on the front side of the sheet under the line. DO NOT write on the back side of the essay question sheet. This is the last time that you get the text-based source in advance. You will be writing your Unit 2 WRA II in the Blenheim Room tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We went over the Word document that I sent you by e-mail over the weekend which gives you some idea of what the Written Response Assignment II will be like on your 30-1 Diploma Exam. You will be writing a Unit 2 WRA II on December 7th in the Blenheim Room. We started watching "Globalisation is Good" today and completing a film study. We'll finish this off tomorrow. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday.

November 20

Social 30-1

I gave you back the results for your Unit 2 Final Exam today. I also assigned your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions for homework. I will be doing a homework check on this on Monday. I will also give you your text-based source on Monday in preparation of your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment II (in-class position paper) and I'll give you some time to do in-class brainstorming of potential arguments and examples/evidence for your essays.

Social 10-1

We finished watching "The Other Side of Outsourcing" today. I started talking about writing in-class position papers (we call this Written Response Assignment II), I will be sending you an e-mail message today. Please print off the handout that will be attached to this e-mail message. The handout deals with how to write and prepare for the WRA II. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, November 25th, this is your last weekend to work on this project and get together with your partner.

November 19

Social 10-1

You watched "Impacts of Globalization" today and started watching "The Other Side of Outsourcing", with both of these videos you had a film study to complete. We'll finish off "The Other Side of Outsourcing" tomorrow and start talking about writing in-class essays. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, November 25th.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today, which took the entire class period. You will be writing an in-class essay (Unit 2 WRA II) on Tuesday, November 24th in the Blenheim Room. You will get the text-based source in Monday's class. We'll continue working on Unit 3 material tomorrow.

November 18

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization". I have sent this presentation to your e-mail accounts already. Your Chapter 12 Questions are due tomorrow.

Social 30-1

We talked a little about the results of the Political Compass survey that you completed for homework last night. I also did a homework check on the "10 Questions About Democracy" video guide. I gave you some handouts on terms associated with politics and government as well. Make sure that you study these terms, you'll get a pop quiz on them soon enough. I also gave you some notes on the two main types of democratic systems, the parliamentary democracy model and the presidential democracy model. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow. Here is the study guide (scroll down to find it).

November 17

Social 30-1

We started looking at Unit 3 material today. We started by looking at what democracy is, what are some forms of democratic systems and the different types of democratic systems. If you missed today's class you will have to get these notes from a classmate. We also watched a video from BBC World called "10 Questions About Democracy" (here is a link to the companion website if you'd like to here what people had to say again). You are responsible for finishing the entire film study that went along with this video for tomorrow's class (I'll be doing a homework check on it, and in all likelihood, we'll be able to discuss some of the questions in the video). You have another homework assignment tonight: please go to the following website-Political Compass, complete the political survey (from the left-hand navigation menu, click on "Take the test"), print off where you fall in the economic-political grid and bring it to class tomorrow. We'll be able to talk about this tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Thursday, please check out the study guide here (scroll down to find it). I also gave back the results of your Chapter 7 Test as well today. Please check your e-mail today because I will be sending you a copy of the "10 Questions About Democracy" video study and I will also be sending you a handout that looks at positive and negative freedoms (I'm trying to clear up some confusion about this concept; this relates to material in Chapter 8).

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent writing your Chapter 10-11 Quiz. Please remember that your Chapter 12 Key Terms are due tomorrow.

November 16

Social 30-1

You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today in class. You'll get the results of this test tomorrow. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. We will be starting Unit 3 material tomorrow. Please remember your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, November 19th, you can find the study here for this exam (scroll down to find it).

Social 10-1

We finished watching "The Age of Wal-Mart" in class today and completed the film study that went along with it. You have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms are due Wednesday, November 18th.

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November 13

Social 30-1

We finished watching "Good Night, and Good Luck" today in class. This film explores a lot of issues that are relevant to today. I found this short video on YouTube that spliced together Edward R. Murrow's speech that appears at the beginning of the film and continues at the end of the film. I find that this speech has relevance even today when you talk about the level of discourse in the media. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War period) on Monday, November 16th and your Unit 2 Final Exam on Thursday, November 19th. Please see both study guides here.

Social 10-1

I went through the TNC Dossier Assignment with you today, I talked about expectations and showed you some outstanding examples of this assignment from former students. I will be sending you the rubric for this assignment today, so please check your e-mail. I gave you some advice for completing the TNC Dossier Assignment. Please check under the Social 10-1 Links on the right-hand side of the blog for a link to your corporation's corporate website. Be sure that you check out the link to the Multinational Monitor, and search for your TNC on their website for related articles. It's also not a bad idea to search for "worst corporations" on the Multinational Monitor website. We started to look at the advantages and disadvantages of Wal-Mart today as well, so we went back to Chapter 1 in the textbook to look at this case study in greater detail. We started a film study today on the CNBC documentary called "The Age of Wal-Mart". We will finish this documentary next week. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz is on Tuesday, November 17th, please see the study guide here.

November 12

Social 10-1

We finished watching "The Corporation" today in class. You drew lots today as well to pick a TNC that you will be profiling in the major Unit 3 project. We'll be looking at this assignment in greater detail tomorrow, and I will show you some excellent examples of finalized projects from former students. Please remember that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Tuesday, please see the study guide here.

Social 30-1

We started looking at the film "Good Night, and Good Luck" today in class. This film explores McCarthyism in the early 1950s. The film study that I provided you with also has a film review, and some study questions and some discussion questions. This film definitely has relevance in today's world (which we'll be talking about more tomorrow and in Unit 3 of the course). We'll finish off the film tomorrow, and be able to have a short discussion period of some of the issues the film raises. In all likelihood, the study questions from the film study will be due on Monday. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Exam (Cold War period) on Monday, November 16th and your Unit 2 Final Exam on Thursday, November 19th. Please see the study guides for both exams here.

November 10

Social 30-1

I went through some disarmament talks and agreements today by writing some notes up on the board. If you missed class today, make sure that you get these notes from a classmate. Make sure that you know the difference between a bilateral and a multilateral agreement. I also gave you a note package on arms reduction agreements as well as a one page set of notes on the end of the Cold War. Be sure that you read these notes! On Thursday, we will be looking at McCarthyism in the United States in the 1950s (so we're backtracking a bit). To fully understand what we're doing in class on Thursday and Friday, it will be beneficial to re-read the section in Perspectives on Ideology on McCarthyism and to read up on Edward R. Murrow as well. Please check your e-mail, I'm sending you a political cartoon that deals nicely with neoconservatism and Ronald Reagan and the impact that he had on American foreign policy (a nice tie-in to Chapter 8 material). Please make sure that you are studying for the Chapter 7 Test which is on Monday, November 16th, please see the study guide here. Also, your Unit 2 Final Exam is next Thursday (November 19th), please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 10-1

We watched another section of "The Corporation" today. I did a homework check on your Chapter 11 Questions today. One week from today, you will have your Chapter 10-11 Quiz. 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?
  

November 9

Social 30-1

We watched the film "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" today, which took most of the period. You were to hand in your answers to the Vietnam War booklet questions today as well. Please make sure that you are studying for the Chapter 7 Test which is on Monday, November 16th, please see the study guide here. Also, your Unit 2 Final Exam is next Thursday (November 19th), please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). We'll be looking at some arms reduction treaties and agreements, and the end of the Cold War. Starting on Thursday, we'll be back-tracking a bit and looking at McCarthyism in the United States.

Social 10-1

We started a film study of the documentary "The Corporation" today. We'll be watching sections of this film over the course of the next few class periods. Your Chapter 11 Questions are due tomorrow. Next Tuesday, you will have your Chapter 10-11 Test, I will be posting the study guide tomorrow on the blog. By the way, don't worry about your milk, it's safe. I'll explain tomorrow to 10-3 students.

November 6

Social 30-1

You wrote your Cold War Concepts Quiz today, which took most of the class period. Please be on time for Monday's class since we will be watching "Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam" which is an excellent 80 minute film. Your Vietnam War booklet is due on Monday (sections A-C). I have sent you some notes on the Vietnam War that I want you to print off, read and highlight. Reading over these notes will help you complete your homework assignment and prepare you for Monday's film. I'm posting study guides for your Chapter 7 Test (Cold War Exam) and your Unit 2 Final Exam below. You have a lot of review and studying to do, that's why I'm posting these study guides so far in advance.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

The Chapter 7 Test is on Monday, November 16th. It is a multiple choice test with 70-75 multiple choice questions. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 7. Here are some other study tips:

• study "The Origins of the Cold War (ppt)"
• study all notes on the Origins and Causes of the Cold War
• study notes on the Korean War
• study notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
• study notes on the Vietnam War (see notes package and Vietnam War booklet, and the notes that I'm sending you on the Vietnam War on Friday, November 6th)
• make sure that you know all the Cold War Concepts (please see the Cold War Concepts Quiz Study Guide)
• know the chronology of events of the Cold War (study the Cold War timeline and the Vietnam War timeline, and the end of the Cold War timeline that I will be giving you on Monday, November 9th)
• know key events that we've emphasized in class (for example: Berlin Airlift,Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War) plus other key events from the timeline
• know major arms reduction agreements (bilateral agreements and multilateral agreements), please study the notes that I will give you on this on Monday, November 9th.
• know about the formation of alliances (NATO, Warsaw Pact) and the formation of "spheres of influence"
• anything that I gave you as a handout is testable material and should be reviewed!!
• know how the Cold War ends and its results/consequences
  
  

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

The Unit 2 Final Exam is on Thursday, November 19th. It will be a 75 multiple choice question test. In your textbook, this is material from Chapters 3-8. Please look at the studying hints below:

• study "The Development of Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "Responding to Classical Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Techniques of Dictatorship" (ppt)
• study "20th Century Rejections of Modern Liberalism" (ppt)
• study "The Origins of the Cold War" (ppt)
• study the key concepts from the Chapters 3-8 worksheets
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• techniques of dictatorships (USSR and Nazi Germany case studies)
• modern liberalism
• features of the Nazi state
• Hitler's rise to power
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR; I gave this booklet to you on Friday, October 23rd)
• do a brief review of the political spectrum and economic spectrum and the quadrant model

Social 10-1

We finished off the film "Life + Debt" today. As you were watching this film, you were to complete the film study sheet. I also did a homework check on your WTO chart today, you'll get these charts back on Monday. On Monday you will go to your homerooms to get your Term 1 Report Cards.

November 5

Social 10-1

I gave you a package today that covered the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank. Your homework assignment tonight is to put together a detailed chart of the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO system. We also started watching a documentary today called "Life + Debt" which we will finish off tomorrow.

Social 30-1

We continued our look at the Vietnam War today by watching an excerpt from "Born of the Fourth of July". Please remember that you have your Cold War Concepts Quiz tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Here is a link to the NPR that explains the story behind this photograph, definitely worth the time to read or listen to the podcast, and make sure that you look at the photo gallery of Eddie Adams' photographs of the Vietnam War.

November 4

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Expansion of Economic Globalization". I have sent this presentation to you already, so please print it off (4-6 slides per page) and bring it to class tomorrow. I will be doing a homework check on it and the Chapter 11 Key Terms.

Social 30-1

We finished off the "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev" video today, and then we started looking at the Vietnam War. I gave you a Southeast Asia package that you were to work on and finish in class. After you finished the Southeast Asia package, you were to get the Vietnam War reading, and then after that Vietnam War assignment (I will be taking this last one in on Monday). You have a Cold War Concepts Quiz on Friday, please see the study guide below. Also, please have a look at some upcoming important dates.

Cold War Concepts Quiz Study Guide:

This short answer quiz will be on Friday, November 6th. Be able to define each of the following key terms, and be able to provide real-world examples of each of these concepts in action:

• deterrence
• disarmament
• isolationism
• appeasement
• collective security
• direct confrontation
• brinkmanship
• containment
• detente
• collective intervention

Be able to define the following key concepts:

• superpower
• sphere of influence
• arms race
• brinkmanship
• Korean War
• Cold War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• detente
• NATO
• collective security
• Warsaw Pact

Upcoming Important Dates for Social 30-1 Students:

• Cold War Concepts Quiz is on Friday, November 6th
• Chapter 7 Test (70-75 multiple choice questions) is on Monday, November 16th
• Unit 2 Final Exam (70-75 multiple choice questions) is on Thursday, November 19th
• Unit 2 WRA II (in class essay) is on Tuesday, November 24th

November 3

Social 30-1

We continued our examination of the Cold War. We looked at the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 (the video we watched even covered escape tunnels, and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism, and German re-unification). We also did some reading on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and started watching a video from the BBC 20th Century History series called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev", which we will finish tomorrow.

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent watching "China Rises: Getting Rich" and completing a film study sheet. I talked to a few people about their Imperialism Research Projects (if I talked to you, please send me your projects by e-mail tonight!). I also gave you back your Unit 2 Final Exam test results.

November 2

Social 30-1

We covered the Korean War today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "The Korean War" that had a corresponding handout, so you didn't have to take notes. I won't be sending this PowerPoint by e-mail because the notes package that I gave you cover the Korean War already. I also gave you a one page handout that had a reading on one side and a map of the Korean War on the other side. Please make sure that you read all of today's handouts. I did a homework check on your Cold War Events booklet, and took back the class set of books that I had lent out over the weekend. I also did some homework checks on PowerPoint presentations that you should have printed off by now. Please remember that your Chapter 7 Key Terms are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam in today's class. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Questions today.

October 30

Social 30-1

We continued our look at the Cold War today by watching a couple of short videos from the BBC 20th Century History series: "The Road to Berlin" which dealt with the end of WWII and "Cold War Confrontation" which covered some early tensions between the superpowers, namely the Berlin Airlift and the Korean War. We'll continue looking at the Korean War on Monday. I also gave you a rough outline of the remainder of Unit 2 that we need to cover, it's a lot of material and we'll have to work hard to get through it! To that end, your Cold War Key Events booklet is due on Monday and your Chapter 7 Key Terms are due on Tuesday.If you didn't check out the WWII Behind Closed Doors website yesterday, take some time this weekend to check it out, please check yesterday's post for the links.

Social 10-1

We continued debating the "Dilemmas of Global Trade" today, which took up more than half of the period. Your Chapter 10 Questions are due on Monday, November 2nd. You have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday as well, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

October 29

Social 10-1

I gave you a handout today called "Dilemmas of Global Trade" that presented you with seven different scenarios, that you were to respond to, and start thinking of arguments and evidence to support your position on the issue. This is the beginning stage of positional-thinking that you will need to develop over the next three years to have success on your Diploma Exam. We'll talk about another scenario tomorrow (we'll vote again on what you want to discuss). Social 10-4 talked about and debated the merits of requiring countries like Thailand, Pakistan, India and Malaysia to put TEDs on shrimp fishing nets whereas Social 10-3 debated the issues surrounding genetically modified foods and informing consumers if the food products they are purchasing genetically modified. If you like discussing controversial issues such as this, you might want to go the Science Cafe that is happening after school tomorrow. The topic centers around evolution and intelligent design.
Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, November 2nd, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 30-1

I gave you back the results of your Chapter 5 Test today. The class average again was outstanding, for a test that I know is not easy. We started our examination of the Cold War today. I hope that you read Chapter 7 prior to today's class. If you haven't read it yet, please do so tonight. I delivered a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Origins of the Cold War", which I have already sent to you. I also sent today's other handouts by e-mail as well, make sure you read these handouts. I know that I gave them out at the end of the period, but they are important. The handout that covers the WWII conferences and agreements is especially valuable in my opinion. I would like you to go to the World War II Behind Closed Doors website tonight, and read the sections on the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference. This is an excellent site, with tons of information, maps, video clips, timelines and archival footage and re-enactments as well. You do need to really make sure that you understand the Yalta Agreements and the Potsdam Declaration (among other things) and this is a great site to do this. Episode 3 is the one that contains most of the information that you would need to read and watch. There's a great little video clip on this website called "Stalin's Distrust of the West" that might help you see WWII from the Soviet perspective and why the Soviets might wish to extend control over Eastern Europe and be so distrustful of their wartime allies. You can find this video clip in Episode 3 (Dividing the World), scroll down and click on the video clip on the right called "Stalin's Distrust of the West". It's a short little clip, but you'll get the idea. We'll continue our look at the Cold War tomorrow.

October 28

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I, which took most of the period. I will be doing a homework check tomorrow to see if you printed off your "Foundations of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint presentations (4-6 slides per page). Please keep in mind that I have two classes of Social 10-1 this semester, and it will take me approximately 10-11 hours to mark your three source analysis papers. So please, don't ask me first tomorrow, "have you finished marking our 3 source analysis papers?" Please study for your Unit 2 Final Exam, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 30-1

You wrote your Chapter 5 Test today, which took the whole period. You'll get the results back tomorrow. As always, I was very impressed with the results. Some of you set personal best results on this test. I also gave you back the results of your Nazi Germany Quiz that you wrote yesterday (also outstanding results). It would be a very good idea to read Chapter 7 tonight in your textbook because I will be starting the Cold War era tomorrow.

October 27

Social 30-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation on the "Techniques of Dictatorship", which also looked propaganda techniques used in the Third Reich. In all likelihood, I won't be sending this presentation to you. I will, however be sending you some information on the White Rose student group and the obituary of Leni Riefenstahl. We watched a short excerpt from the German propaganda film "Triumph of the Will". You also wrote your Nazi Germany Quiz today. Please remember that you have your Chapter 5 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide here. If you are really interested in watching the rest of "Triumph of the Will", you find it pretty easily on YouTube.

Social 10-1

I finished the PowerPoint presentation called "The Foundations of Economic Globalization", and I have already sent it to you, so please check your e-mail. Please print off the presentation (4-6 slides per page), I will do a homework check on this tomorrow. Please study for your Unit 2 Final Exam (which is on Monday, November 2nd), in doing so, you will be preparing for your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I (which is tomorrow). Please see the study guide for the Unit 2 Final Exam here.

October 26

Social 30-1

I decided to finish off a lot of Chapter 5 material today by delivering the remainder of the "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation. I have sent this presentation to your e-mail accounts, so please print it off (4-6 slides per page). I will do a homework check on this on Thursday, since we will be busy for the next couple of days. Tomorrow we'll revisit the techniques of dictatorship and specifically we'll look at propaganda and indoctrination in Nazi Germany and the USSR. We'll also watch a short excerpt of "Triumph of the Will" tomorrow, and you'll write a matching quiz on Nazi Germany (39 key terms, please see the study guide here). See what I mean? We're going to be busy! On Wednesday, you will be writing your Chapter 5 Test, please see the study guide here.

Social 10-1

Today, I started a PowerPoint presentation called "The Foundations of Economic Globalization" which I will finish tomorrow. If you chose to not read Chapter 10 in advance (like I recommended), you have a lot of work to do tonight. I have assigned your Chapter 10 Key Terms for homework for tomorrow. If you didn't to the reading, you obviously have to do that tonight as well. I gave back your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions today as well. Please note the upcoming important dates below:

• Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I (3 source analysis) is on Wednesday, October 28th
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 2nd (please see the study guide below)

Social 10-1 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 2nd. 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

October 23

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 5 Questions. I gave you the class period to work on a booklet that covers the core fascist values, conditions in the Weimar Republic that were exploited by Hitler, Hitler's steps to dictatorial power (January 1933-August 1934), and the techniques of dictatorship used in Nazi Germany and the USSR. This booklet is due on Monday, October 26th. I will give a pop quiz next week (either on Monday or Tuesday) on key people, key events, key groups associated with Nazi Germany (please see the study guide below). It's a short matching quiz. The only reason why I'm telling you about this "pop" quiz in advance is so you won't be freaking out when I give it to you. On Wednesday, October 28th, you'll have your Chapter 5 Test. Please see the study guide for this test below. I'll be starting the Cold War (Chapter 7 material) on Thursday of next week.

Nazi Germany Quiz Study Guide:

This quiz is a short matching quiz, with a word bank. What you'll have is a list of key people, key terms and key events associated with Nazi Germany (this is your word bank) and then you'll have a description that you'll have to match it up with. Here's a list of possible key terms that you might see on this quiz

• anti-Semitism
• Aryan
• concentration camp
• corporate state
• Dachau
• decree
• deportation
• dissent
• elite
• Enabling Act
• ethnic
• Fuehrer
• Gestapo
• Hitler
• Holocaust
• indoctrination
• inequality
• inflation
• judicial
• jugend
• Mein Kampf
• Kristallnacht
• nationalism
• Nazi
• Niemoller
• Nuremberg
• passive
• plebiscites
• pogrom
• prinzip
• Reichstag
• Ruhr
• SA
• SS
• state
• swastika
• War Guilt Clause
• White Rose
  

Chapter 5 Test Study Guide:

The Chapter 5 Test will be on Wednesday, October 28th. It is a 70 multiple choice question test. Since we're writing this test on Wednesday, you'll have 85 minutes to write it.

Please review the following:

• "20th Century Rejections of Liberalism" (ppt): I will be finishing this off on Tuesday
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• Soviet Economy notes
• Soviet Economic System notes
• Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin notes
• Gorbachev to Collapse notes
• Economic Planning in the USSR booklet
• Characteristics of Democracy
• Characteristics of Dictatorship
• Democratic Systems notes
• Non-Democratic Systems notes
• Types of Dictatorships notes (includes Techniques of Dictatorships as well)
• A Comparison of Communism and Fascism notes
• Totalitarianism notes
• Fascism/Nazism booklet (has techniques of dictatorship in Nazi Germany and USSR; I gave this booklet to you on Friday, October 23rd)
• do a brief review of the political and economic spectrums

The following key concepts/key events/key people are mentioned in this test, if you (re-)familiarize yourself with them it will help you out immensely!

• centrally planned economies
• initiative
• FDR and the New Deal
• Reaganomics
• consumer sovereignty
• invisible hand
• Keynesian economics
• laissez faire economics
• War Communism
• Five Year Plans
• mixed economies
• indicative planning
• proportional representation
• democracy
• dictatorship
• political spectrum (characteristics associated with the various ideologies)
• status quo
• egalitarianism
• conservative
• reactionary
• liberal
• radical
• SA
• Hitler
• Bolshevik
• fascism
• communism
• indoctrination
• controlled participation
• terror and force
• direction of popular discontent
• democratic socialists
• supply-side economics
• authoritarian
• tyrant
• totalitarian
• totalitarianism
• ultranationalism
• nationalization
• privatization
• propaganda
• progressive taxation
• Marx
• Lenin
• utopian socialism
• Gorbachev
• martial law
• Reichstag (Reichstag Fire, Reichstag election results)
• referendum
• collectivization
• modernization
• classical liberal
• laissez faire free market economy
• mixed economy
• planned economy
• (review your economic political quadrant model)
• Das Kapital
• Mein Kampf
• The Wealth of Nations

Social 10-1

I showed a video today from the CBC News in Review that covered Canada's Residential School Apology. I also gave you a handout with a few articles on the residential school apology and the actual apology of the Canadian government. You were to hand in your Imperialism Research Projects today. I gave you back the results of your Chapter 7 Test today. Please have a look at the upcoming important dates below:

• Unit 2 WRA I (3 source analysis) is on Wednesday, October 28th
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, November 2nd (see study guide below)

Social 10-1 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 2nd. 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

October 21

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today. I also went through a PowerPoint presentation which should help you to avoid plagiarism in your Imperialism Research Projects. I have sent this presentation to you already. Your Imperialism Research Projects are due on Friday, October 23rd. It would be best to burn your project to a CD and hand that in on Friday. It would be best if you DIDN'T send the project by e-mail since my CBE e-mail account has less memory than your own CBE mail accounts.

I gave you interim report cards as well today. You don't have classes tomorrow because of Parent Teacher Interviews (1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.).

Social 30-1

I gave you some notes today on totalitarianism (key features of totalitarianism) and notes that outline the unique features of communism and fascism and differences between these two ideologies. We then watched part of a A & E Biography of Adolf Hitler called "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler". During this video you were to take notes.
I gave you interim report cards as well today. You don't have classes tomorrow because of Parent Teacher Interviews (1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.).

October 20

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I gave you back the results of your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I today. This will appear on your interim report cards that go home tomorrow. I went through the "Democratic Systems" notes today. I gave you another couple of handouts today as well, "Non-Democratic Systems" notes and "Types of Dictatorships" notes. Please make sure that you have read over these notes, highlighted them and made annotations to yourself on them. Your Chapter 5 Questions are due on Friday.

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We started a film study of "Where the Spirit Lives" in class today, which we will finish tomorrow. Please remember that your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions will be due tomorrow.

October 19

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You wrote your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I today in class. You'll get the results back tomorrow. Please read over the Democratic Systems notes that I gave you today, and check your e-mail later tonight because I will be re-sending the Characteristics of Democracy notes.

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You wrote your Chapter 7 Test today, which took most of the period. Please make sure that you have read Chapter 9 prior to tomorrow's class. Your Chapter 9 Key Terms and Questions are due Wednesday, and your Imperialism Research Project is due on Friday.

October 16

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I went over how to write a Written Response Assignment I today using a PowerPoint presentation called "Preparing for the Written Response Assignment I" (see picture below). I will be sending the PowerPoint that I used to deliver this information to your e-mail accounts this afternoon. Please check your e-mail and print this presentation off. I will also send you the rubric, and if at all possible a sample WRA I. You will be writing your Unit 2 Written Response Assignment I on Monday, in the classroom. The topic/theme of this Written Response Assignment I will be from material that we have covered in Unit 2 thus far.

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We finished watching "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" today and you wrote a short quiz based on the film. I also reminded you that you had your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Your Imperialism Research Projects are due on Friday, October 23rd.

October 15

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We continued watching "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" today. We'll finish the film tomorrow, and write a short quiz on the film. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, October 19th. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

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You wrote your Economic Systems Exam today. It took most of the period. I'll be reviewing how to write a Written Response Assignment I (three source analysis) tomorrow in class. On Monday, you will write an in-class Written Response Assignment I, which is based on material covered thus far in Unit 2. Please remember that you will have another in-class position paper later on in Unit 2 (date TBA).

October 14

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We started a film study of "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee", which we may finish tomorrow, but in all likelihood, we'll finish on Friday. We're watching this film to see how the American government dealt with one particular group of American Indians, in this case the Sioux. You do have a couple of homework assignments tonight: please complete the Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions from your Unit 2 Worksheet, and please print off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada" PowerPoint presentation (4-6 slides per page). You have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, October 19th, please see the study here (scroll down to find it). Don't forget to get some work done on your Imperialism Research Project as well (this is due on Friday, October 23rd). Please check your e-mail for instructions on how to access the Gale e-books that are available in our school library (in library, reference only) and online (anytime). These e-books are an excellent source of information, particularly for this project.

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I went through a very quick PowerPoint presentation on economic models explained by cows at the beginning of class. I then wrote out some quick notes on the board of the Soviet leaders from Lenin to Gorbachev and what concepts you should associate with each of them. I gave you some readings today, including "Gorbachev to Collapse" and "Economic Planning in the USSR" (the questions in this booklet are due tomorrow), as well as a short reading booklet on Gorbachev's economic reforms (perestroika) and Deng Xiao Ping's economic reforms ("four modernizations" and "building socialism with Chinese characteristics"), which constitute examples of market socialism. As always, there was a list of advantages and disadvantages of market socialism, when a command economy moves towards a mixed economy, and introduces these economic reforms. Please remember that you have your Economic Systems Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it, it's long, so copy and paste it into MS Word, and print it off). I gave you back the results of your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Test today, and there were some outstanding results. Don't get overconfident, no one got 100% on that test, so there's always room for improvement. Make sure that you have a strong grasp of all of the economic systems that we've looked at.

October 8

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I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada". I will be sending this presentation to you by e-mail, so please make sure that you print it off (4-6 slides per page) and add it to your notes. I also did a homework check to see if you printed off your "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentations. You don't have school until Wednesday, so I would use this time to work on your Imperialism Research Projects. Don't feel the need to jump into building a PowerPoint presentation or a Prezi right away, you should use this time to get the research completed. I really urge you to use some online collaborative tools, such as Google Docs, so you don't have to meet face-to-face with your partner (if you have a partner) if you have a busy weekend planned. You will have your Chapter 7 Test on Monday, October 19th. I am posting the study guide for this test, please use this study guide (I recommend copying it and pasting it into a Word document) to focus your review efforts.

Chapter 7 Test 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 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?
  

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You wrote your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam today. After you finished this exam you were to pick up the handout called "Changes to the Soviet System After Stalin", this will help bridge the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev. We'll be looking at political and economic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday of next week, and then next Thursday (October 15th), you'll have an exam that covers all of the economic systems, please see the study guide below for this test.

Economic Systems Exam:

This is a comprehensive exam that covers all of the major economic systems: market economy, mixed economy, and command economy. It is 70 multiple choice questions. This exam will be administered on Thursday, October 15th.

• Chapters 3-6 in Perspectives on Ideology
• study the applicable PowerPoint presentations that I have sent you for Unit 2
• In Chapter 5, just focus on the Soviet Union, and left-wing of economic spectrum (command economy), we haven't covered aspects of dictatorships or Nazism yet (the techniques of dictatorship and fascism will be on a Chapter 5 Test)
• please see the summary notes from the Ideologies textbook: Chapter 7 (Private Enterprise)
• supply-side economics
• boom and bust cycle/business cycle
• laws of supply and demand, Adam Smith, invisible hand, market forces
  self-interest, consumer sovereignty, competition, private ownership, profit motive
• basic economic problems/questions
• advantages/disadvantages of the market economy
• causes of the Great Depression
• FDR and the New Deal
• please see summary notes from the Ideologies textbook on the Mixed Economy Case Studies #14 (Sweden) and #15 (Canada), #16 (Japan), #17 (Fascism and Nazism)
• also see the Democratic Socialism booklet on Sweden (indicative planning, "cradle to the grave" economics)
• characteristics of a mixed economy
• nationalization
• privatization
• democratic socialism
• welfare capitalism
• Keynesian economics
• the business cycle and fiscal and monetary policies (study all of the notes I gave you and the booklet that I gave you)
• demand-side economics
• neo-conservatives
• monetarism
• trickle down economics
• supply-side economics
• Thatcherism and Reaganomics
• Milton Friedman
• Friedrich Hayek
• how Keynesian economics deals with a recession (remember "the percolator": increase circulation of money reducing taxes, increase government spending on "make work" projects, and reduce interest rates, which according to Keynesian economics is going increase demand for goods and services and lead to more money circulating in the economy)
• how supply-side economics deals with a recession (remember "trickle down coffee maker": government should stimulate the goods and services sector of the economy by reducing corporate and personal taxes, eventually benefits will "trickle down" to the middle class and working class, make connections between supply-side economics and laissez faire economics/classical liberalism)
• advantages and disadvantages of a mixed economy
• neo-conservative criticism of government intervention
• characteristics of a centrally planned economy
• advantages and disadvantages of a centrally planned economy
• Marx notes (sent by e-mail)
• Lenin notes (sent by e-mail)
• establishment of the Soviet Union
• Soviet economic system (top-down decision-making process)
• Lenin's War Communism and the New Economic Policy
• "Stalin and the Modernization of Russia" (see film notes)
• Stalin notes (sent by e-mail)
• "Changes to Soviet Society After Stalin" notes (this bridges the gap between Stalin and Gorbachev)
• Gorbachev to Collapse Notes (you'll get these notes on Wednesday, October 14th)
• Economic Planning in the USSR (again, you'll get these notes on Wednesday, October 14th)
  

October 7

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You spent today's class in the library doing research for your Imperialism Research Project. This project will be due on Friday, October 23rd. We'll talk about this project tomorrow. Please make sure that you have printed off the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentation for homework check marks tomorrow.

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We watched a video called "Joseph Stalin: Red Terror" and completed a film study for part of today's class. I gave you some very detailed notes on the Soviet Economy and another handout with characteristics and advantages and disadvantages of the command economy. Tomorrow, I will be sending you some notes by e-mail which will detail the economic conditions in the USSR after Stalin, prior to the reforms introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev. Tomorrow you have your Market Economy and Mixed Economy Exam, please see the study guide here. You don't have school on Friday, Monday or Tuesday. Next week, on Wednesday, we'll be looking at the political and economic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev. Next Thursday, you will have an exam on economic systems next Thursday, October 15th. I will post the study guide for this exam tomorrow on the blog.