Thursday, February 26, 2009

Today, we discussed Direct democracy and parliamentary democracy. We also looked at the advantages and disadvantages of both.
We then watched the documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side"

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Today, you will present your news bureau assignment. If there is time, we will discuss more on political systems: Democracy.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Today you will be introduced to the foundations of democracy. You will do an activity which involves an Internet search to determine changes in countries as they relate to this topic.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Today you will work on your essay from last Friday with input into structure. The essay structure we will begin to familiarize ourselves with is a ten paragraph format. This will not lend itself as well to the essay you are working on today, but through exposure, it will prepare you later on. We will also look at how to prepare for these types of essays (pre-writing stage).

Friday, February 20, 2009

Today, you will write a quiz on terms from the interwar years and then complete a writing assignment on the video we watched earlier this week (Aftermath: Remnants of war).

Thursday, February 19 2009

Today, you were introduced to the political and economic spectrum and quadrant. You also were introduced to the terms anarchy, democracy, autocracy, dictatorship, republic, and socialism. You will be having a quiz tomorrow on the terms from today, as well as some of the terms in your booklet on the interwar years (see below). You will then write a response to the question posed earlier this week when we watched the video (you will be allowed to use your notes).
Alliances annexation
Anschluss balance of power
Appeasement Brest-Litovsk (Treaty of)
Deterrent Dawes plan
Fascist enabling act
Fourteen points (Wilson’s Great Depression
Imperialism isolationism
Kellog-Briand Pact League of Nations
Isolationism lend-lease
Lausanne plan Maginot Line
Lebensraum militarism
Locarno Pacts Nazis
Mandate system Non-aggression pact
Mein Kampf remilitarization
Mobilization Saar basin (League mandate over)
Nationalism self-determination of nations
Neutrality Sudetenland
Polish corridor Third Reich
Sanctions Versailles (Treaty of)
Secret diplomacy Weimar Republic
Sovereignty Unconditional surrender
Young Plan

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

You are to present their news reports to the rest of the class and hand in their hard copy in the in-box (instead of posting it on the board). You are then going to watch the rest of the video “Aftermath: Remnants of war”. You are to continue to take notes on where the problems exist and what they are (you have these instructions from yesterday). Once this is done, you are to answer questions 6, 8, 10, 12, 17, 19, 20 and 22 on pages 47 and 48 of your text (this is due for tomorrow).