September 6

IB 20

Please print off notes from Unit 1 Historiography tonight. Please make sure that you print off the 8C's of Historical Analysis, primary vs. secondary sources, and introduction to the study of history. With the "Why Study History?" reading please answer the following questions: You do have a homework assignment tonight, please read the article "Why Study or Write History?" and answer the following questions:

1. What is history? Summarize and explain three definitions of this concept. Do these different meanings of history contradict or compliment one another?
2. Why study history? How and why do historians seek to make sense of the human experience? List and summarize at least five reasons for studying history, rank them in order of importance and justify your ranking.
3. Identify and discuss the kinds of questions historians ask that guide their investigation into the past.
4. What are primary sources? What are secondary sources? Discuss at least three problems historians must overcome when they use different types of sources.

You also have your timelines due tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I did a homework check on your friendly letter homework assignment at the beginning of class. For most of today's class we went through an activity in which we looked at different definitions of globalization and classified those definitions as having a positive, negative or neutral view of the globalization process. We also looked at various images associated with globalization and what their connection was to globalization. Global bingo tomorrow!

IB 30/35

I told you about September 10th and how you're getting library research time on Monday for your IA, and for Diploma students your preliminary reading list is due for your Extended Essays. We briefly reviewed OPVL today. I talked briefly about the Mexican-American War. The PowerPoint that covers this topic has been posted on the IB 30/35 wiki and it's called "American Expansionism" (it covers other topics as well) and it can be found on the Nation Building and Challenges page. Also on that same page, I put up the PowerPoint presentation on the Monroe Doctrine and the reading on the Monroe Doctrine. Here's what you should be doing tonight:

• Review key requirements of an OPVL (check out the OPVL Document Analysis on the wiki)
• Review how to write a Paper 1
• Review the Mexican-American War using the notes you took last year and the aforementioned PowerPoint presentation
• Print off, read and answer questions on the Monroe Doctrine (on the wiki on the Nation Building and Challenges page)