April 30

Social 30-1

I finished talking about types of democratic systems today. We will be going into greater detail in the coming weeks about the similarities and differences between parliamentary democracies and presidential democracies. I gave you some class time to work on your Chapter 10 Key Terms and Questions, which are due on Monday. On Tuesday, you will be writing your Unit 2 WRA II (in-class essay) in Room 241. I will make sure that you get the text-based source/essay question on Monday. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions today.

Social 20-1

I collected your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions today. Your "Gandhi" Film Study questions (content questions and thought questions) are due on Monday. You have your Unit 2 WRA I (3 source analysis) on Tuesday, May 4th. You have your Chapter 7-8 Test on Wednesday, May 5th, please see the study guide here. Please remember that we are going to the Holocaust Symposium on Monday. Please meet in the Main Foyer on Monday morning, and please remember to bring a non-perishable food item for the Food Bank as well.

April 29

Social 20-1

We finished off watching "Gandhi" today. Your "Gandhi" film study is due on Monday. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Wednesday, May 5th, please see the study guide here. Please remember that you will writing your Unit 2 WRA I (3 source analysis) on Tuesday. Please remember to bring in your field trip forms for the Holocaust Symposium tomorrow! We're going on this field trip on Monday. We are being asked to bring a non-perishable food item on this field trip (I'll talk about this tomorrow in class).

Social 30-1

You wrote your Unit 2 Final Exam today. You'll get the results of this test tomorrow. Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow for 30-1 students.

April 28

Social 20-1

We continued our film study of "Gandhi" today. I also took in your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions as well. Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions will be due on Friday. We will finish off "Gandhi" tomorrow. Your Unit 2 WRA I (3 source analysis) will be moved to Tuesday, May 4th. Your Chapter 7-8 Test has been moved as well to Wednesday, May 5th. Please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Wednesday, May 5th. 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!
• read the links about the genocide in Darfur that I will send to you!
  

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.

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on your "10 Questions About Democracy" work and on the results of your Political Compass survey. I gave you a few handouts today on political terminology that you must master, and another booklet that covered the two main types of representative democratic systems that we'll be examining this semester, namely parliamentary democracies and presidential democracies. I will be picking up where I left off with on the presidential democracy tomorrow. You have your Unit 2 Final Exam tomorrow. Please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

April 27

Social 30-1

We started looking at Unit 3 material today. If you missed today's class you will have to get these notes from a classmate. 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 hear 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, 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). Your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday.

Social 20-1

We started our film study of "Gandhi" today. Before I started the film, I took in Part 1 of your case study (the background information) on India. Please remember that your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Please remember to complete your field trip forms and hand them in tomorrow.

April 26

Social 30-1

You wrote your Cold War Exam today which took most of the period. You'll get the results back for this exam and your Cold War Concepts Quiz tomorrow. Please make sure that you study for your Unit 2 Final Exam tonight. This exam is on Thursday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). If you didn't hand in your "Good Night, and Good Luck" film study in class, I should expect to find it in my mailbox in the Main Office or waiting for me in my e-mail inbox so that you get full homework check credit for your work. We'll be moving on to Unit 3 material tomorrow.

Social 20-1

Today was a work period for you to learn as much as possible about background information on India, in preparation for our film study of "Gandhi". We will start our film study tomorrow. Please remember that the "Part 1: Background and Colonial Period for India" questions (all of questions 1-4) are due tomorrow for homework check marks. Also, your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday.