Wednesday, December 14, 2011

December 14

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today in class, and it took all of the period to write. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Tuesday, December 20th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday.

We watched the video "Unconstitutional" today in class, and as you watched this film you were to complete a film study sheet. Tomorrow you are writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay in the Blenheim Room. Please go there for tutorial tomorrow, I'll let you start the essay early because there is apparently a fire drill during our class. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, December 19th, please see the study guide here(scroll down to find it).

I took in your 1920s Study Guide at the beginning of class today. We finished off the "Roaring Twenties" video as well. Then I launched into a long-winded lecture on economics. A lot of the material that was covered connects to the Social Studies 30-1 curriculum, but in order to understand the economic crisis that emerges in 1929 you have to have some understanding of basic economics. We looked at the principles of individualism and collectivism (if you want more details on these please visit the Social 30-1 Unit 1 section of the wiki), classical liberalism and its political/democratic and economic foundations, the 20th century political spectrum, basic economic systems, basic economic values, the political-economic grid, basic economic values (GESSEF), the basic problem economic problem facing all societies (scarcity) and the basic economic questions. It was, I'm sure, a lot to take in. Tomorrow we will forge ahead with looking at the market economy in greater detail, including the boom and bust cycle. Please check the Great Depression section of the wiki as well, as we've posted some YouTube videos there.

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