April 24

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 Monday, April 26th and your Unit 2 Final Exam on Thursday, April 29th. Please see the study guides for both exams here (scroll down to find the study guides).

Social 20-1

I gave you a reading from Pulitzer Prize winning writer Samantha Power today. I would like you to read her article entitled "Never Again-The World's Most Unfulfilled Promise". I will also be sending you a PowerPoint presentation on other genocides that have occurred in the 20th century. We have now moved on to another topic in Unit 2, that being a case study of the Indian independence movement. I gave you a background reading booklet and a case study booklet. You were given the entire class period to complete the "Background and Colonial Period for India" section questions in the case study booklet. These questions will be due tomorrow. We'll begin our film study of "Gandhi" tomorrow.

IB 30/35

We finished off the HBO documentary on Ronald Reagan today, and then we started looking at his successor George H.W. Bush.