We started looking at the 1920s today as a precursor to our next unit of study in IB 30,
the Great Depression. I went through a lecture on
conservatism in the 1920s and talked briefly about the Harding and Coolidge administrations. I have put a
1920s Study Guide on the wiki under the Great Depression unit. The answers may be found in your
United States and its People textbook.
This homework is due tomorrow. We also started watching a video from the United States History series called
"The Roaring Twenties". We'll pick this video up tomorrow where we left off, "The Jazz Age". Please remember that you have a
quiz on Prescribed Subject 1 material (Paris Peace Conference to the Abyssinian Crisis) on
Friday.
You wrote your
Chapter 10 Test today in class, as per usual you will get the results back tomorrow. You have your
Unit 3 Final Exam on
Monday, December 19th, please see the study guide below. Your
Unit 3 WRA II Essay is on Thursday, you will be writing it in the Blenheim Room.
This exam will be entirely multiple choice format. It will be on
Monday, December 19th. Please study the following material:
- make sure that you have read Chapters 9-12 in Perspectives on Ideology
- study all key concepts from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets (see below)
- study all questions/answers from the Chapters 9-12 Worksheets
- "Political Challenges to Liberalism" (PowerPoint presentation)
Review the following notes/packages:
- Democratic Systems
- Non-Democratic Systems
- types of dictatorships
- techniques of dictatorships
- Civil Rights Movement
- authoritarian systems (China notes)
- review the economic and political spectrum (again!)
- re-read the notes on rights that I put on the board (Charter of Rights and Freedoms to War Measures Act)
- FLQ Crisis 1970
Know the following key concepts/key events/key terms/key people:
- assimilation
- self-interest
- humanitarianism
- Indian Act
- residential school system
- enfranchisement
- the White Paper
- the Red Paper
- “war on terror"
- authoritarianism
- consensus decision-making
- direct democracy
- military dictatorship
- oligarchy
- one-party state
- party solidarity
- representation by population
- proportional representation
- representative democracy
- responsible government
- democracy
- single-member constituency (first past the post)
- the Senate
- the House of Commons
- the House of Representatives
- the Senate
- mixed-member proportional system
- lobby groups
- American Bill of Rights
- Anti-Terrorism Act
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
- emergency and security legislation
- illiberal
- language legislation
- Bill 101
- Bill 178
- Bill 86
- Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms
- respect for law and order
- terrorism
- rendition
- the War Measures Act
- enemy aliens
- internment
- the Emergencies Act
- USA PATRIOT Act
- consumerism
- environmental change
- extremism
- pandemics
- postmodernism
- global warming
- Kyoto Protocol
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- drought
We watched a video on the genocide in Darfur called
"Darfur: On Our Watch" for part of the period. You could use information in this video for your
Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Remember, genocide is considered a contemporary global issues. You could argue that internationalism is effective, if not for nation-states pursuing their own national interests. In the case of Darfur, blame could be leveled at Chinese oil interests in Sudan and the Chinese government's usage of their veto power in the UN Security Council to block resolutions on Darfur being passed. You could also use information in the video for the other side of the argument as well.
Here are some other useful links on Darfur: Please remember that you have your
Unit 3 WRA II Essay is tomorrow in Room 107. Please go directly to the computer lab tomorrow. Your
Unit 3 Final Exam is on December 20th, please see the study guide below.
Please review all of the Unit 3 PowerPoint presentations that I have sent to you:
- "Nations, Nation-States and Internationalism"
- "Canada's Foreign Policy"
- "Nationalism and Internationalism"
Please review all of the Unit 3 Key Terms from the Unit 3 Worksheet in addition to the key concepts that were introduced in the PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, I would like to emphasize the following points with you:
- know the difference between multilateralism, unilateralism and bilateralism and know examples of each
- know the spectrum of foreign policy: internationalism, nationalism, ultranationalism, and supranationalism
- know the different foreign policy options
- know the 6 themes of Canadian foreign policy/Canada's foreign policy goals
- what influences foreign policy decisions?
- methods of foreign policy
- motivations for nations involvement or non-involvement in international affairs
- how can foreign policy promote internationalism?
- tied aid, bilateral aid, multilateral aid
- examples of INGOs and IGOs
- the United Nations (organization/structure, bodies, etc.)
- peacemaking vs. peacekeeping (and examples)
- different understandings of internationalism (types of internationalism)
- why do international organizations exist? purposes and examples
