September 8

Social 30-1

I talked a little bit today about the e-mail distribution list. Please check your e-mail because I have sent out the first two PowerPoint presentations and the Ideology Notes from the Black Gold School District. We did a review of the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum as well as the political-economic grid. I gave you a booklet on individualism and collectivism that is due on Monday, September 12th. I also advised you to work on the Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions which are due on Tuesday. Please make sure that you add the supplementary material to your Chapter 2 Key Terms. Make sure that you actually read Chapter 2 as well. Keep doing a little bit of review each night on the material introduced so far in the course, and TEST yourself! Practice drawing out the spectrums and the political-economic grid, test yourself on the principles of collectivism and individualism.

Chapter 1-2 Test Study Guide:

The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Wednesday, September 14th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:

• Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts and the Supplementary Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
• be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet (hopefully you have quality answers to study from!)
• you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
• know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
• be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
• be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
• know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
• know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)

Social 20-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Enlightenment". I will be sending this to you this afternoon so please let me know if you don't get it. As I was lecturing, you were to fill out a chart on these key Enlightenment thinkers. You will have a quiz on this material tomorrow. STUDY! Also, please remember that you have a World Geography Test next Friday, please see the study guide here. Please try the geography games below to study.

Geography Games

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