April 30

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We focused on Paper 2 today. We looked at a Topic 1 essay question, which focused in on the short-term and long-term results of the First World War, and a Topic 5 essay on the Cold War. With the Topic 1 essay you were to write the introductory paragraph and outline your subsequent arguments and evidence. With the Topic 5 essay you were given a sample and were asked to read it and evaluate it using the Paper 2 markbands. I also had you outline the essay. We have an optional class on Tuesday, May 7th, where we'll look at the Paper 3.

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I gave you a list of upcoming important dates at the beginning of class that I'll post here on the blog as well. You had the entire class period to read Chapter 7 and complete the key terms and questions. The Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. The Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Tuesday, May 7th.

Upcoming Important Dates:

• Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday, May 1st
• Unit 2 WRA I is on Thursday, May 2nd
• Unit 2 Research Project is due on Monday, May 6th
• Chapter 7-8 Test is on Monday, May 6th (please see the study guide below)
• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Tuesday, May 7th
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, May 13th

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Monday, May 6th. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust"
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (see the Genocide Watch website: http://www.genocidewatch.org/)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide"

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust
• Turning Points in History: The Atomic Bomb (film notes)
• White Light/Black Rain (film notes)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)
• Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!

1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:

• genocide
• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• the Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination
• Wansee Conference
• Nuremberg Trials
• Mahatma Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah
• home rule
• Hutu
• Tutsi
• Romeo Dallaire
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki
• Robert Oppenheimer
• FDR
• Harry Truman
• Potsdam Conference
• Slobodan Milosevic

2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet from Chapter 7 and 8.

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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, May 2nd, 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).

February 22

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 2 on the origins of the Cold War today. Please print off the Vietnam War Notes from the wiki this weekend. Make sure that you read, highlight and take notes on them. We're starting the Vietnam War on Monday. Of course, we also have TOK Group Presentations next week. Please have a look at the new documents that were posted on the wiki under the TOK, they should help out a lot on structuring your TOK essay.

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We did some review today on 19th and 20th century political spectrums, the economic-political grid, before we delved into new territory. We looked at some basic economics, looking at scarcity, basic economic values, and basic economic questions. Next week, we'll look at the business cycle. I did a homework check on the Chapter 3 Questions as well. Here's the video that we started watching in class on the Industrial Revolution:

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We had some group and class discussion time today. We covered the concepts of expressions of nationalism, and then we ranked the causes of the French Revolution. Next week, we'll be reviewing how to write a WRA I (3 source analysis writing assignment).

February 21

Social 20-1

You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today, which took the entire period. Please remember that your French Revolution DBA assignment is due on Wednesday, February 27th.

Social 30-1

I finished off the PowerPoint presentation called "The Development of Classical Liberalism", which I will send out this evening. The remainder of class time was spent working on the Chapter 3 Questions, which are due tomorrow. I did a homework check on your Chapter 3 Key Terms at the beginning of class.

IB 30/35

You wrote a quiz on the Cold War at the start of class. We finished watching the CNN Cold War series episode on Cuba (1959-1962) today. You will be writing a Paper 2 tomorrow on the origins of the Cold War.

December 18

IB 30/35

We had our debate today on the topic of "This house believes that government intervention in the economy is necessary". We also started watching "It's a Wonderful Life" today, and we'll continue the movie on Wednesday and Thursday.

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You wrote your Paper 2 on Topic 3, Authoritarian and Single-Party States today. We also started watching "Understanding Canadian Government".

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We continued our Model UN Conference on Child Soldiers today. We'll finish this conference off tomorrow, by looking at some working papers and resolutions that you were working on today. Please remember that you have homework tonight: your Chapter 17 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow.