December 10

IB 30/35

You completed the Tell Them From Me computer survey for part of today's class. We also looked at the Great Depression in Latin America. This Powerpoint presentation is already on the wiki in the Great Depression and the Americas section. On Thursday you will be writing a Social 30-1 test on the Market Economy and the Mixed Economy.

Social 10-1

You wrote your Unit 3 Final Exam today. I also gave you back the results for your TNC Dossier Assignment as well. Your Chapter 16 Key Terms and Questions are due on Wednesday.

IB 20

I gave you back your Paper 3 Essays on Unit 6. We watched Part 2 of "The Fatal Attraction of Adolf Hitler" today. We'll continue with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany this week. If you haven't printed off the Hitler PowerPoint presentation that I started last week yet, you should print it off before tomorrow's class (4-6 slides per page).

November 30

IB 30/35

I went through a handout on the Great Depression and FDR's New Deal with you today. I also gave you some time to complete the Great Depression Study Guide as well. Your answers to these questions are due on Monday. The questions can be found on the IB 30/35 wiki under The Great Depression and the Americas. I'm also going to post the fiscal and monetary policy handout on the wiki. Please print it off and bring it to class on Monday.

Social 10-1

We played a Unit 3 Review Game for the entire period. Please remember that you are writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay on Monday in the Blenheim Room. Go to the Blenheim Room directly on Monday.

IB 20

You wrote your Paper 3 on Unit 6 for most of the period today. You also have homework this weekend. Please go to the Dictatorships unit on the IB 20 wiki, and complete the work sections on page 7 and page 9 in the Stalin and the USSR PDF file.

November 27

IB 30/35

You had class time today to work on the 1920s study guide. Your answers to these questions are due tomorrow. You can find this study guide on the IB 30/35 wiki under "The Great Depression and the Americas". I also taught you some mnemonic devices to remember the principles of individualism and collectivism. Please remember that you have your Prescribed Subject 1 Quiz tomorrow.

IB 20

We watched a video from the U.S. History series called "Expansionism" which followed the growth of the continental United States from 1800 to 1853. I also went through some advice on how to write a Paper 3. Remember, you are writing a Paper 3 on Friday.

Social 10-1

We finished watching the NFB documentary "Shipbreakers" today. I continued with the PowerPoint lecture on "Globalization and Sustainability". I have sent this PowerPoint to you already (as well as the "Impacts of Globalization on Environments"). Your Chapter 14 Key Terms and Questions are due on Thursday. On Monday, December 3rd you will be writing your Unit 3 WRA II Essay. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on December 10th (a study guide will be posted here on the blog shortly).

November 23

IB 30/35

You spent all of today's period writing your Paper 1 on Prescribed Subject 1. Next week, we'll start transitioning into economics in preparing for our examination of the Great Depression. These next few topics that we'll cover in IB History are useful for your IB exam in May 2013 as well as your Social Studies 30-1 Diploma Exam in June. You'll have a quiz on Prescribed Subject 1 next week, on Wednesday to be exact. This quiz will have a matching format and source analysis.

Social 10-1

We watched "Globalisation is Good" for most of today's period. As you watched this film you were to take notes in the film study booklet. This is your last weekend to work on your TNC Dossier Project since the project is due on Wednesday, November 28th, so make sure that you find some time to get together with your partner to work on this project. I also did a homework check on your Chapter 13 Key Terms and Questions.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz today at the beginning of class. I finished my "American Expansionism" PowerPoint lecture today, and I will be posting it on the wiki in a matter of days. I assigned the following homework from the History of the Americas textbook:

• Read pages 95-101
• Answer questions 1-3 on page 103 on Sources A to E

We'll continue with the Mexican-American War on Monday. You will be writing a Paper 3 on Friday, November 30th, so I will also go through the expectations of a Paper 3 in class next week.

October 16

IB 30/35

You wrote your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Hopefully you found a question that you could sink your teeth into. There's no school tomorrow due PST Interviews, so I'll see you again on Thursday.

IB 20

You wrote your Paper 1 on the Independence Movements unit. See you on Thursday. I'll be asking for the U.S. Constitution graphic novels back on Thursday, so finish reading them!

Social 10-1

We finished off "Tools of Exploitation" video and the "Legacies of Historical Globalization" PowerPoint presentation. I will send this PowerPoint presentation to you this afternoon. We drew lots as well today and drafted countries for our Imperialism Research Project. The due date for this project is Monday October 29th. On Tuesday, October 23rd you will be writing your Chapter 7 Test, please see the study guide below. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on October 30th, please see the study guide below as well.

Chapter 7 Test Study Guide:

This test is on Tuesday, October 23rd. This test will have three sections: a matching section, a multiple choice section, and a short answer section.
1. Key Terms for Chapter 7 Quiz:

• historical globalization
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• the Columbian exchange (the grand exchange)
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• Adam Smith
• entrepreneur
• communism
• industrialization
• the Industrial Revolution
• cottage system
• physiocrats
• exploitation
• imperialism
• Eurocentrism
• ethnocentrism
• European imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence

2. Study the Questions for Inquiry from Chapter 7 (be able to answer these questions using case studies and examples that we have covered in class):

• What were the beginnings of global trading networks?
• What values are associated with capitalism?
• Whose values did industrialization effect?
• Why did England industrialize before other European powers?
• What were some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution?
• In what ways did imperialism benefit one people over another?

Unit 2 Final Exam

This final exam is entirely multiple choice format. There are 57 multiple choice questions. This Unit 2 Final Exam will be on Tuesday, October 30th. Please make sure that you study your key terms from Unit 2 (Chapters 6-9), as well as the three PowerPoint presentations from this unit:

• "Historical Globalization and Imperialism"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization"
• "Legacies of Historical Globalization in Canada"

Key Concepts from Unit 2:

• world views
• historical globalization
• cultural contact
• depopulation
• the Silk Road
• international trade
• mercantilism
• capitalism
• free market
• entrepreneurs
• Adam Smith
• exploitation
• communism
• industrialization
• Industrial Revolution
• cottage industries
• imperialism
• "new" imperialism
• "old" imperialism
• colony
• protectorate
• sphere of influence
• paternalistic
• Confederation
• residential schools
• the Oka crisis
• First Nations Policing Policy
• legacy
• ethnocentrism
• Eurocentrism
• Scramble for Africa
• Leopold II
• migration
• displacement
• British East India Company
• Queen Elizabeth I
• the Raj
• Mohandas Gandhi
• swadeshi
• deindustrialization
• colonization
• the Hundred Associates
• Hudson’s Bay Company
• Rupert’s Land
• North West Company
• Seven Years’ War
• Proclamation of 1763
• Quebec Act of 1774
• the Numbered Treaties
• the Indian Act
• Status Indian
• Non-Status Indian
• multiculturalism
• specific claims
• comprehensive claims

October 15

IB 30/35

You wrote your document analysis questions on the Reconstruction era today. Also, we watched a video from the U.S. History series called "U.S. and the World" (1865-1917) which you should have taken notes on while you were watching the video. You are writing your Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction tomorrow.

Social 10-1

I started a PowerPoint lecture today called "Legacies of Historical Globalization", which I will finish tomorrow. We also started a video called "Tools of Exploitation", while you were watching this video you were to answer questions from a film study sheet. We'll finish the video tomorrow as well.

IB 20

We watched a video on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights (you needed to take notes on this). We then also talked about how to write a Paper 1. You'll be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution tomorrow. You'll be writing your American Revolution Test on Thursday. Please see the wiki for more information on OPVL Document Analysis and Paper 1 advice.

October 12

IB 30/35

You wrote your Civil War and Reconstruction Test today. You'll write the second part of this exam on Monday when you write your in-class document analysis assignment. You have a Paper 3 on Tuesday, so please check out the PowerPoint that I posted on the wiki which gives you some advice on writing a Paper 3 on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Check out the historiography documents on the wiki as well.

Social 10-1

We did an activity based around the story "The Rabbits". This book addresses some of the themes that we'll be looking at Unit 2, such as cultural contact, assimilation, imperialism, differing world views, and residential schools. We spent a fair bit of time looking at the symbolism in the book and some of the themes that the book introduces. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday.

IB 20

We finished our constitutional convention today. Unfortunately we didn't have time to get to all of the agenda items. We'll be examining the U.S. Constitution some more on Monday, and I'll teach you how to write a Paper 1 as well. On Tuesday, you'll be writing a Paper 1 on the American Revolution. You'll also be having an American Revolution Test next week as well.