You wrote your Unit 2 Essay today in the Blenheim Room. If you missed today's class, and it was an explained absence, then you will be able to write this essay tomorrow. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 Final Exam on Monday, December 6th. Please see the study guide below.
1. Study the following PowerPoint presentations from Unit 2:
- The Causes of World War I
- Total War-Allied Victory in WWI-Paris Peace Conference
- Ultranationalism in WWII: Italy, Japan, Germany
- The Internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII
- The Holocaust
- Eight Stages of Genocide (from the Genocide Watch website)
- Contemporary Examples of Genocide
2. Know the following key concepts:
- national interest
- domestic policy
- foreign policy
- Triple Alliance
- Triple Entente
- Treaty of Versailles
- Big Four (Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Georges Clemenceau, Vittorio Orlando)
- appeasement
- ultranationalism
- propaganda
- conscription crisis
- Adolf Hitler
- Nazis
- Hirohito
- Tojo
- Kristallnacht
- The Way of Subjects
- League of Nations
- total war
- internment
- War Measures Act
- Great Depression
- the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
- irredentism
- genocide
- crimes against humanity
- war crimes
- Holocaust
- ethnic cleansing
- lebensraum
- Weimar Republic
- Final Solution
- decolonization
- successor state
- self-determination
3. Make sure that you review the following broad topics in your review of Unit 2 (and make sure that you can answer ALL of the questions on the Unit 2 Worksheet):
- World War I (don't concern yourself with memorizing battles though)
- Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles
- The Interwar Years
- Rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Japan, and Italy
- Causes of World War II and key events (turning points in the war)
- The Holocaust
- Contemporary examples of genocide (review case studies that were emphasized in class and in the textbook, review your notes for "Scream Bloody Murder", "Shake Hands with the Devil")
- Decolonization and self-determination (quick review of "Gandhi" film study booklet, what are successor states? What is self-determination? Kosovo case study)
I spent a bit of time at the beginning of class trying to figure where we're at in the Unit 3 material given that I've missed the last two classes. We then moved into a discussion activity. I gave you two Post-It notes to write out answers to the following questions:
1. Should the voting age be lowered?
2. Should voting be mandatory?
3. Should everyone over the age of 18 be allowed to vote?
4. Is the first past the post system democratic?
You were to pick two questions and write out your answers to those questions on the Post-It notes and then put your Post-Its up on the board. We then split into three groups to discuss and summarize the arguments given in the answers. We did not discuss all of the questions, in fact almost no one wrote an answer to the fourth question. I have taught you what
first past the post (FPTP) is already, check your notes! Here's what your assignment is related to this activity. You must post an answer to two of the questions AND
one of them MUST be an answer to question 4. You post your responses in the comment section on today's post and identify yourself by your initials (K.G. Social 30-1).
You must also respond to two classmates' posts. This assignment is for
DOUBLE homework check marks. You must complete this assignment between today and next Thursday's class. Get it done!
