Social 20-1
I gave you your Social 20-1 study booklets, and the course outline in class today. I went over classroom rules and expectations along with the main units of study for the course. I will try to make sure that you all are on the Social 20-1 wiki tomorrow. If you miss class tomorrow, you can go to the link on the blog for the Social 20-1 and request access. When you request access, it will look something like this:
Click on the request access button, and set up an account. (Send me a message too, so I know that you're in my class). I will be giving you a small homework assignment in tomorrow's class. I will also start teaching the course content.
Please complete the Google Contact Form (if you didn't sign up in class):
- family
- interests
- academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?)
- academic goals (what are your goals for Social Studies/ academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations)
- what other classes are you taking this semester?
- hobbies
- sports,
- favorite movies
- favorite TV shows
- favorite music
- favorite books
Social 10-1
I went through a self-introduction, the course outline, and got the class on the Social 10-1 wiki. I'll check to make sure that you've all logged on to the wiki tomorrow in class.
Please complete the Google Contact Form (if you didn't sign up in class):
You have a friendly letter of introduction which is due on Monday, February 5th. Please make sure that you organize your writing in a friendly letter format, covering the following topics:
- family
- interests
- academic background (i.e. what junior high school did you go to?)
- academic goals (what are your goals for Social Studies/ academic goals for this semester/year, future goals/aspirations)
- what other classes are you taking this semester?
- hobbies
- sports,
- favorite movies
- favorite TV shows
- favorite music
- favorite books
IB 30/35
I gave back your homework checks from the first semester, and some marked assignments as well. I showed you your current non-standardized mark in IB History too. I then showed you a video from The History's Turning Points series on the making of the atomic bomb. I gave a you a reading to prepare for Monday's debate, and split you into 3 teams for the debate.
Here is the study guide for your World War II Test (which is one week from today, February 8th).
World War II Test Study Guide:
This test consists of 70 multiple choice questions (but there will be 7 questions that will be omitted from the test, so really 63 questions), and you will write in on Thursday, February 8th.
Key terms, concepts, people mentioned in the exam (knowing these terms, concepts and people will help you eliminate them as possible answers):
- Treaty of Versailles (study the terms of the treaty: GARGLe)
- Marshall Plan
- Lend-Lease Act
- Truman Doctrine
- lebensraum
- blitzkrig
- anschluss
- Winston Churchill
- Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Maginot Line
- Munich Conference
- invasion of Abyssinia
- Mussolini
- Hitler
- appeasement
- League of Nations
- "Night of the Broken Glass" (Kristallnacht)
- "Final Solution"
- "the Low Countries"
- Polish Corridor
- Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
- brinkmanship
- diplomacy
- Second Battle of El Alamein
- invasion of Manchuria
- Marco Polo Bridge Incident
- Battle of Coral Sea
- Battle of Midway
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- Kellogg-Briand Pact
- Operation Barbarossa
- deterrence
- Great Depression
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Dunkirk
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Nuremberg Trials
- Phoney War
- The Dieppe Raid
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