December 10

IB 30/35

You completed the Tell Them From Me computer survey for part of today's class. We also looked at the Great Depression in Latin America. This Powerpoint presentation is already on the wiki in the Great Depression and the Americas section. On Thursday you will be writing a Social 30-1 test on the Market Economy and the Mixed Economy.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today. I also gave you back the results for your TNC Dossier Assignment as well. Your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20

I gave you back your Paper 3 Essays on Unit 6. We watched Part 2 of "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" today. We'll continue with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany this week. If you haven't printed off the Hitler PowerPoint presentation that I started last week yet, you should print it off before tomorrow's class (4-6 slides per page).

November 26

IB 30/35

We looked conservatism in the USA in the 1920s today. I went through a PowerPoint presentation called "Conservatism in the 1920s", this presentation is already on the IB 30 wiki in the Great Depression unit. We also watched a video from the U.S. history series called "The Roaring Twenties". You have a quiz on Wednesday on Prescribed Subject 1. It is a matching quiz with a few other surprises.

Social 10-1

We started today looking at the "Impacts of Globalization on Environments" and then transitioned into "Globalization and Sustainability". We started a film study of a NFB film called "Shipbreakers". We will continue this video tomorrow along with the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation. One week from today, Monday, December 3rd, you will be writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday. Your Chapter 14 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Thursday, November 29th.

IB 20

Most of today's class was spent watching a video on the Mexican-American War. There were a lot of details in this video that should help you complete notes on causes, courses/practices, events and results of this war. Tomorrow, we'll backtrack a bit and make sure that we have completed understanding of the entire American expansionist movement.

November 23

IB 30/35

You spent all of today's period writing your Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1. Next week, we'll start transitioning into economics in preparing for our examination of the Great Depression. These next few topics that we'll cover in IB History are useful for your IB exam in May 2013 as well as your Social Studies 30-1 Diploma Exam in June. You'll have a quiz on Prescribed Subject 1 next week, on Wednesday to be exact. This quiz will have a matching format and source analysis.

Social 10-1

We watched "Globalisation is Good" for most of today's period. As you watched this film you were to take notes in the film study booklet. This is your last weekend to work on your TNC Dossier Project since the project is due on Wednesday, November 28th, so make sure that you find some time to get together with your partner to work on this project. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz today at the beginning of class. I finished my "American Expansionism" PowerPoint lecture today, and I will be posting it on the wiki in a matter of days. I assigned the following homework from the History of the Americas textbook:

• Read pages 95-101
• Answer questions 1-3 on page 103 on Sources A to E

We'll continue with the Mexican-American War on Monday. You will be writing a Paper 3 on Friday, November 30th, so I will also go through the expectations of a Paper 3 in class next week.

November 16

I apologize for not posting on the blog last night, it was a busy afternoon and evening...

IB 20

You should have submitted your Facebook timeline assignment to me by now. I want a link to the group not to the individual profiles! We finished watching the PBS documentary on the War of 1812. I want you to complete the TOK Links in your History of the Americas textbook on pages 86-87. You should also complete the War of 1812 website assignment that is in Unit 6 Nation Building and Challenges on the IB 20 wiki.

Social 10-1

We continued our film study of "The Corporation", and I was able to show you some exemplars of the TNC Dossier Assignment as well. The TNC Dossier Assignment is due on November 28th, and you will not receive any class time to complete it. Don't forget that you have your Chapter 10-11 Test on Wednesday, please see the study guide here.

IB 30/35

I finished off the lecture on disarmament conferences in the Interwar Years at the beginning of class, and then you had some time to complete your homework assignments that are due on Monday. Please remember that you have your Emergence of the Americas in Global Affairs Test on Monday, please see the study guide here.

May 25

Social 30-1

We started watching an HBO documentary on the issue of freedom of speech in the United States called "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech", which we will continue on Friday. You can find this video in its entirety on YouTube broken into 5 parts, the first video in the series is here. Please remember that your Unit 3 Final Exam is tomorrow, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

Social 10-1

I went through a PowerPoint presentation today called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization", which I have already sent to your e-mail accounts. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please make sure that you read the article that I gave you on human rights abuses in a globalized world as well. Your TNC Dossier Assignment was due today and it looks like most people handed it in.

May 24

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today, which took almost the entire period. Your TNC Dossier Assignment is due tomorrow. At the end of the Unit 3 Exam you were to have picked up a copy of the Unit 4 Worksheet. Your Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday.

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 3 WRA II Essay today in the Blenheim Room. This took the entire period. You have your Unit 3 Final Exam on Thursday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). I recommend that you copy and paste this study guide into Word and then print it off so you have a hard copy. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday.