November 16

Social 30-1

We started looking at the film "Good Night, and Good Luck" today in class. This film explores McCarthyism in the early 1950s. The film study that I provided you with also has a film review (if you are having a hard time understanding the film so far, it might be a good idea to read this over tonight), and some study questions and some discussion questions. This film definitely has relevance in today's world (which we'll be talking about more tomorrow and in Unit 3 of the course). Hopefully, we'll finish off the film tomorrow, and be able to have a short discussion period of some of the issues the film raises. In all likelihood, the study questions from the film study will be due on Monday. Please remember that you have your Chapter 7 Exam (Cold War Exam) on Thursday, November 18th and your Unit 2 Final Exam on Tuesday, November 23rd. You can find both study guides here (scroll down to find them).

Social 20-1

We finished watching "Shake Hands with the Devil" today in class. The pre-viewing and post-viewing questions from the "Shake Hands with the Devil" film study are due tomorrow. Here is some additional information on Theoneste Bagosora (especially useful if your Unit 2 Research Project is on the Rwandan genocide). We will look at other contemporary examples of genocide tomorrow, and look at an article written by Samantha Power on the subject. Later this week, we'll start looking at India, the Indian independence movement, and the civil disobedience and non-violence movement advocated by Gandhi.