July 18

Social 20-1

We finished off looking at the Holocaust today by watching excerpts from "Schindler's List". We then moved on to our final topic of World War II, the usage of atomic bombs against Japan to end the war. We watched an HBO documentary called "White Light Black Rain" which covered the bombing and destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As you watched the film you should have been completing the film study questions from your Unit 2 study booklet. I did a class check on this film study. Tomorrow, we'll be watching a CNN special called "Scream Bloody Murder" to look at genocide in the 20th and 21st centuries. You'll also be writing your Unit 2 WRA II Essay tomorrow from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm in the Blenheim Room. Don't forget that your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, and your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday (July 23rd), please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, July 24th, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it).

July 17

Social 20-1

We had to cover a lot of ground today because we didn't finish everything that we needed to cover yesterday. We started the day off by watching an excerpt of the film "Saving Private Ryan" which showed the American experience on Omaha Beach during the D-Day operations. As I said in class yesterday, once the Allies had established a foothold in France, the Nazis were now fighting the Allies on three different fronts: the Soviet Union in the east, the British and Americans in Italy, and now the British, Americans, Canadians, and others in France. A little less than one year later Nazi Germany would surrender to the Allies, ended WWII in Europe. The Second World War would continue in the Pacific against the Japanese until August 1945.

I also went through a PowerPoint lecture on "The Holocaust", which is in your green study booklets and on the wiki. We also watched some of the documentary called "Genocide" today. You started writing the Unit 2 WRA II Essay today, and we did a peer edit on the introductory paragraph. You were to e-mail this essay to yourself and print off a hard copy for peer editing. We are booked into the Blenheim Room on Friday to finish writing your essays. DO NOT DO ANY EDITING OF YOUR ESSAY BEFORE FRIDAY.

Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, and your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Make sure that you read these chapters and complete the assigned work on time. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, please see the study guide below. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is one week from today (July 24th), please see the study guide below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, July 23rd. 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.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Wednesday, July 24th.

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)

July 16

Social 20-1

I didn't get a chance to post anything on the blog yesterday, so here's a recap of what we did:

• You wrote your Unit 2 WRA I (I marked these yesterday, so that's why I didn't get around to posting)
• FAILURe of the League of Nations
• "Ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan" (ppt)
• Japanese expansionism and motivation for attacking Pearl Harbor
• Watched excerpt from "Pearl Harbor"
• You should have read over the "The Internment of Japanese-Canadians" PowerPoint notes from your green study booklet
• Started to learn how to write a WRA II Essay

You wrote your Chapter 5-6 Test today. We also continued looking at how to write a WRA II Essay by looking at the difference between argumentation and evidence. Please make sure that you keep up with the readings from the green study booklet, specifically the following:

• Down the Road to World War II
• Blitzkrieg to the Bomb
• Blitzkrieg! (reading on front with map on back)
• Barbarossa
• Japan's Pacific Blitzkrieg
• The Turn of the Tide: Hitler Tastes Defeat
• The Defeat of Hitler's Germany
• Japanese Defeat in the Far East
• Canada's Role in WWII

We also watched the video "Blitzkrieg to the Bomb", the notes that go along with the video are in the green booklet (see above). We didn't get a chance to watch an excerpt from "Saving Private Ryan" today, but we will tomorrow. Please see the study guides for the upcoming tests below. Your Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, July 23rd, and your Unit 2 Final Exam is on Wednesday, July 24th. Both study guides are posted below.

Chapter 7-8 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, July 23rd. 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.

Unit 2 Final Exam Study Guide:

This exam consists of 75 multiple choice questions, and it will be on Wednesday, July 24th.

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)

70 % Honorer K2 Yang Gagal Di Angkat Jadi PNS Bakal Diberi Pesangon Oleh Pemerintah

JAKARTA - Mayoritas tenaga honorer kategori dua (K2) siap-siap saja kecewa. Pasalnya, pemerintah memastikan sebanyak 70 persen tenaga honorer K2 tidak akan diangkat menjadi Calon Pegewai Negeri Sipil (CPNS).

Dengan kata lain, hanya 30 persen honorer K2 yang akan menyandang status sebagai PNS. Nah, yang 70 persen lagi, diserahkan nasibnya ke masing-masing pemda. Bisa saja langsung dipensiunkan dan diberi uang pesangon.

"Yang tidak lulus atau tidak memenuhi kriteria akan dikembalikan ke daerah karena itu menjadi tanggung jawab daerah. Apakah dipensiunkan atau diberi pesangon, ujar Kepala Bidang Rekrutmen SDM Aparatur Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi (KemenPAN-RB) Diah Faraz kepada wartawan di Jakarta, Senin (8/7).

Nah, terkait dengan data-data tenaga honorer K2, pemerintah pusat memberikan waktu hingga 10 Juli ini. Data ini terkait dengan usulan, atau pun data sanggahan publik terhadap nama-nama honorer K2 yang sudah dipublikasikan.Lewat tenggat waktu dimaksud, maka data dan sanggahan tidak akan diterima lagi. Alasan Diah, karena pusat memerlukan waktu untuk pendataan guna keperluan penyelenggaraan tes honorer K2 yang dijadwalkan September mendatang.

Dijelaskan, setelah data masuk, maka akan ditetapkan mana yang memenuhi persyaratan sehingga bisa diketahui jumlah peserta tes. Jumlah peserta ini terkait dengan persiapan penggandaan soal tes. Setelah itu, soal akan didistribusikan ke seluruh daerah.

Teungku Dayah di Aceh Utara Berharap Ular Berkepala Manusia (Jenglot) di Seunuddon Wajib Dimusnahkan Segera

TENGKU dayah di Kecamatan Lhoksukon berharap penemu jenglot di Kecamatan Seunuddon, Aceh Utara, memusnahkan makhluk tersebut.

Teungku Azhari, 32 tahun, salah seorang pengajar di Dayah Nurul Islam Lhoksukon, kepada ATJEHPOSTcom, Sabtu 13 Juli 2013, mengatakan, dalam pandangan Islam, jenglot itu sejenis binatang yang biasa digunakan sebagai alat pemujaan ilmu-ilmu hitam.

“Jenglot tidak dapat dikatakan makhluk halus karena terlihat mata. Yang namanya makhluk halus itu tidak terlihat seperti iblis atau jin,” ujarnya.

Sedangkan Muzakir M Ali atau Abi Muzakir, Pimpinan Dayah Sirajul Huda Lhoksukon mengatakan, dalam Alquran tidak ada penjelasan tentang jenglot. Namun, kata dia, hal semacam jenglot tertuang jelas tentang keajaiban-keajaiban yang sulit diterima logika manusia, tapi mungkin oleh Allah.

“Terkait makhluk atau binatang yang disebut jenglot itu sebaiknya dimusnahkan saja. Agar tidak mengundang iri dan syirik dari orang lain,” ujar Abi Muzakir.

Misalkan saja, kata Abi Muzakir, saat ini di lokasi temuan dibuka kotak amal. Secara perlahan, pasti akan ada orang sekitar atau warga lainnya yang merasa iri. Demikian juga halnya jika ada orang berniat buruk, sehingga malah mempercayai atau malah memuja (menyembah) selain Allah dan menjurus ke syirik.

“Saya menyarankan agar si penemu makhluk itu segera memusnahkannya untuk kebaikan semua. Apalagi jika memang sudah mati. Untuk apalagi disimpan,” ujar Abi Muzakir.