April 30

IB 30/35

We finished off the George H.W. Bush administration, and I also got through the Clinton administration too. We should be able to get to the George W. Bush administration this week. This is our tie-in to Social 30-1 and concepts that you need to understand for the Social 30-1 Diploma Exam in June.

Social 10-1

I showed you some exemplars for the TNC Dossier Assignment at the beginning of class. We got into a film study of "The Age of Wal-Mart" today, while you were watching the video you should have been looking for advantages and disadvantages of Wal-Mart. Please remember that you have the Chapter 10-11 Test on Thursday, May 3rd. Please see the study guide below.

SOCIAL 10-1 CHAPTER 10-11 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

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). This test is on Thursday, May 3rd. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "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

I did a homework check on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions today. We looked at the case studies of Kosovo and Catalonia today. I gave you some notes on nationalism and the pursuit of national interest, and then I showed you a CBC News in Review from April 2008 on Kosovo declaring independence from Serbia. As you watched the video you were supposed to fill in answers to the video review questions. I also showed you a quick video from the Washington Post on Catalonia's attempts to declare independence from Spain.

April 27

This is going to be a short post today because I’m doing this on my iPhone because my laptop is out of commission.

IB 30/35

I lectured on the presidency of George H.W. Bush. You can find this lecture on the wiki. I’m going to finish it off on Monday, and I’ll probably roll into the Clinton administration afterwards.

Social 10-1

We finished off “The Corporation” today. I gave you the TNC Dossier Assignment today, you picked the corporations that you’re going to do a profile on in your dossiers. Don’t forget that you’re going to be writing your Chapter 10-11 Test next Thursday. Please check yesterday’s post for the study guide.

Social 20-1

You had a work period today. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday.

April 26

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today. Please complete the four post-viewing questions and hand them in tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We continued watching "The Corporation" today, and we'll watch the third part of the documentary tomorrow in class. One week from today, you will be writing the Chapter 10-11 Test. Please see the study guide below.

Social 10-1 Chapter 10-11 Test Study Guide:

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). This test is on Thursday, May 3rd. 

Please review the following two PowerPoint presentations:

• "Foundations of Economic Globalization"
• "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?

IB 30/35

We continued watching the HBO documentary on Ronald Reagan. We finished watching this documentary today. We'll move on to the administration of George H. W. Bush tomorrow.

April 25

Social 10-1

We finished watching the segments of "Life + Debt" that we were going to watch today. We started "The Corporation" as well. We'll watch this documentary film over the course of the rest of this week. I'll be posting the Chapter 10-11 Test study guide tomorrow on the blog.

Social 20-1

We finished off CNN documentary "Scream Bloody Murder" today, and then we moved right into the Rwandan genocide case study. We'll watch the film "Shake Hands with the Devil" for next couple of classes.

IB 30/35

I went through a lecture on the Reagan administration today, and then in the time remaining we started an HBO documentary on Ronald Reagan. Hopefully, we'll be able to start the George H.W. Bush administration this week.

April 24

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 3 on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement today. Hopefully, I'll be able to give you back your results next week. However, with the weather getting nicer this week, do I really want to be indoors marking your essays? Hmm.......

Social 20-1

We watched a CNN documentary today called "Scream Bloody Murder", which we will continue tomorrow. As you watched this documentary you should have been taking notes on the key players in the genocides, and the witnesses to the killings.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your WTO charts, and I handed back some previously checked homework too. I started showing a documentary called "Life + Debt" today. As you watched this film, you were supposed to take notes on the film study sheet provided. I paused the video numerous times to discuss issues raised in the film with you. We'll finish this film off tomorrow.

April 23

IB 30/35

I lectured on the Nixon administration today. I shared with prior to class a PowerPoint lecture called "The Nixon Years". You are writing your Paper 3 tomorrow on the Civil Rights Movement. Remember, I will choose one question from each Google Doc working group and include it as a choice on this exam. I'll probably start talking about Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I gave you some class time to work on an advantages and disadvantages chart on the WTO. This chart is due tomorrow. I went through a PowerPoint lecture on the "Challenges and Opportunities of Economic Globalization", which I finished in class. I have posted the results from your Unit 2 Final Exam on HomeLogic.

Social 20-1

I gave you the Unit 2 Research Project booklet today, and you drew lots and "drafted" topics to study. This project is due on Tuesday, May 15th, so you have lots of time (don't procrastinate). I also went through the Eight Stages of Genocide as well. Tomorrow, we'll be watching a documentary that covers many genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries called "Scream Bloody Murder". We should be able to start our case study of the Rwandan genocide this week as well.

April 19

Social 20-1

You finished watching "White Light/Black Rain" today. The film study questions are due on Monday. You should also start working on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions.

Social 10-1

You finished off the "Expansion of Economic Globalization" today, and had some class time to work on your Chapter 11 or 12 key terms and questions. The Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday. You were also given a booklet on the WTO (and IMF and World Bank) that you should read, highlight and annotate. We'll be working with this information next week.

IB 30/35

You should have finished "American Experience: 1964" today. You should have taken notes on this video too! Make sure that you're ready for next week's Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement (Tuesday, April 24th).

April 18

Social 10-1

You started the "Expansion of Economic Globalization" PowerPoint lecture today. You had class time to work on either your Chapter 11 or 12 key terms and questions.

Social 20-1

You started watching "White Light/Black Rain" today. While you were watching this video, you should have been answering the film study questions. You need to submit those questions on Monday, so they need to be completed on a separate piece of paper.

IB 30/35

You started a film study for "American Experience: 1964". As you watched this film, you should have taken notes. You will finish it off tomorrow.

April 17

IB 30/35

You wrote your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test today, you should get the results back next week.

Social 20-1

You looked at the development of the atomic bomb in the Manhattan Project today. You should have read about the use of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (p. 168-169). You watched a video from the Turning Points of History series on the atomic bomb. You should have taken notes on this video.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. You should get the results back next week.

April 16

IB 30/35

WE watched the A & E Biography on Malcolm X today in class. As you watched this documentary, you should have been taking notes. I highly recommend you check out Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" film if today piqued your interest. One week from tomorrow you're writing a Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement, so you should have prepared your notes in your Google Docs for all of your assigned questions. Please remember that you're writing the U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test tomorrow, you can find the study guide below.

On April 17th you'll be writing Civil Rights Movement Test you can find the study guide below.

U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TEST STUDY GUIDE: 

This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer sectionand 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it.study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki  Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas).

•  know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.) 
• know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players) 
• know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
• know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Questions today. Today was a work period for you to read Chapter 11, and work on the Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions. If you're given class time tomorrow to work on key terms and questions from the Unit 3 Worksheet tomorrow, please work on your Chapter 11 and 12 key terms and questions.

On Tuesday, April 17th, you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam. You can find 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 Tuesday, April 17th. 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 talked about the Nuremberg Trials today. I showed you a YouTube video from the American Experience series on the Nuremberg Trials.

April 13

IB 30/35

We watched the A & E Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Please make sure that you're working on your Google Docs group on your Paper 3 essay questions prep. Prep the second question over the weekend. 

On April 17th you'll be writing Civil Rights Movement Test you can find the study guide below.

U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TEST STUDY GUIDE: 

This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer sectionand 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it.study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki  Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas).

•  know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.) 
• know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players) 
• know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
• know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

SOCIAL 10-1

We did the debate on the topic "BIRT the 21st century will belong to China" today. 

On Tuesday, April 17th, you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam. You can find 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 Tuesday, April 17th. 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 finished watching "Schindler's List" today. We'll talk briefly next week about the Nuremberg Trials and the consequences for SS officers like Amon Goethe (depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List).  

April 12

SOCIAL 20-1

We continued watching "Schindler's List" today. We should be able to finish this film tomorrow. 

 

SOCIAL 10-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 10 Key Terms today. We were in Room 241 to work on debate preparation today. The topic "BIRT the 21st century will belong to China" was debated at the Munk Debates. Please have a look at their website: https://www.munkdebates.com/The-Debates/China (scroll down to find video from the debate). 

On Tuesday, April 17th, you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam. You can find 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 Tuesday, April 17th. 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

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 6 of "Eyes on the Prize" today, so the questions are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you're working on your Google Docs group on your Paper 3 essay questions prep. Prep on the first question is due tomorrow. On April 17th you'll be writing Civil Rights Movement Test you can find the study guide below.

U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test Study Guide: 

This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer section and 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it.study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki  Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas).

•  know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.) 
• know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players) 
• know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
• know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

April 11

SOCIAL 10-1

I showed you the documentary "China Rises: Getting Rich" today. As you watched this documentary you were supposed to complete the film study that went along with it. The Chapter 10 Key Terms are due on Thursday, April 12th. I've split you into two groups for Friday's debate. Tomorrow, we'll be in Room 241 to work on debate preparation. The topic "BIRT the 21st century will belong to China" was debated at the Munk Debates. Please have a look at their website: https://www.munkdebates.com/The-Debates/China (scroll down to find video from the debate). 

On Tuesday, April 17th, you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam. You can find 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 Tuesday, April 17th. 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 started watching "Schindler's List" today. We should be able to finish this film by Friday. 

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 5 of "Eyes on the Prize" today, so the questions are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you're working on your Google Docs group on your Paper 3 essay questions prep. On April 17th, you'll be writing a Civil Rights Movement Test, you can find the study guide below. If I don't see some activity on your Paper 3 Prep Google Doc Groups soon, I will set due dates for the questions. 

U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer section, and 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it. 

• study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki under Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas section)
• know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.)
• know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players)
• know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
• know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

March 10

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 4 of "Eyes on the Prize" today, so the questions are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you're working on your Google Docs group on your Paper 3 essay questions prep. One week from today (April 17th), you'll be writing a Civil Rights Movement Test, you can find the study guide below.

U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer section, and 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it. 

• study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki under Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas section)
• know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.)
• know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players)
• know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
• know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration

Social 20-1

We started our examination of the Holocaust today. If you missed class today, you need to read over the PowerPoint lecture that is in your Social 20-1 coursebook.

Social 10-1

I finished off the lecture on "Foundations of Economic Globalization" lecture today. I gave you the Unit 3 Worksheet today. Your Chapter 10 Key Terms are due on Thursday, April 12th. On Tuesday, April 17th, you will be writing the Unit 2 Final Exam. You can find 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 Tuesday, April 17th. 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

April 9

IB 30/35

We watched Episode 3 of the PBS documentary series "Eyes on the Prize" today. The questions from this episode are due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

We started Unit 3 material today. I started a lecture on "The Foundations of Economic Globalization", which I should be able to finish tomorrow. I'll give you the Unit 3 Worksheet tomorrow, so you can start on your Chapter 10 Key Terms. One week from tomorrow, you will be writing your Unit 2 Final Exam, the study guide will be posted here on the blog tomorrow.

Social 20-1

We looked at the Normandy invasion today, so I showed you an excerpt from "Saving Private Ryan", hopefully you'll get a chance to finish watching this film on your own. We'll start our examination of the Holocaust tomorrow.

April 6

IB 30/35

We continued watching the PBS series "Eyes on the Prize", we watched Episode 2 today. Your Episode 2 questions are due on Monday. If you missed class today, you can find this episode on the IB 30/35 wiki, on the Civil Rights Movement page (scroll down to find it). You can also find the entire PDF for each episode on the wiki as well (usually the readings and questions are on the first two pages of the PDF).

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Where the Spirit Lives" today, and you also wrote a quiz on the film as well. I gave you a reading on the Canadian government's apology for the residential school system. I also showed you a CBC New in Review series on the residential schools as well. We'll be starting Unit 3 material on Monday.

Social 20-1

We watched the documentary "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb" today, which took most of the class period. You should get the results for your Chapter 5-6 Test next week. You should also look over the maps and readings that are in your Social 20-1 coursebook (pages 172-183).