This week, we start on the last topic of Social 30, which is economics. When we are looking at economics, we are going to be looking at 2 schools of thoughts reflecting economics - a capitalist, free market economy vs a communist, centrally planned economy. Yes, we can finally use the term communism in its actual context and not have me yell at you - that is unless you use it incorrectly. Since we covered the basics of economics at the beginning of the semester, we will not be spending that much time on that part, but more focusing on the case studies of how these two systems work. So for roughly the next three weeks, we will be analyzing what a free market economy is and the good and bad parts of it.
This Week In Social Class...
Tuesday
Vocabulary Words: Invisible Hand, Monopoly and Industrial Revolution
Introduction video and questions
Capitalism and Adam Smith
How the Industrial Revolution started and consequences
Wednesday
Finish Industrial Revolution - IR in the United States vs IR in Great Britain
One thing that you guys have to be grateful of - I really think you're improving with your multiple choice tests! The marks after the partner test were amazing, you should all be proud of yourselves! Even hearing the great conversations with the partner tests is great because you are getting the chance to restudy or gain a clearer understanding of what we've learned so far. It's really cool as a teacher to see you guys improve so much in a short amount of time :)
This week is our week that is dedicated to the Cold War and we will probably finish this by next Wednesday at the latest (I hope). Which will leave us approximately a month to cover our economics unit. To finish up our Cold War unit, as it is so short, rather than doing a test, then partner test, I will have it be your groups you're working with right now completing a multiple choice assignment (aka: test questions) that are specifically about the Cold War. No clue how many questions it will be, but at least 20. Just a friendly reminder that the week that is grad (which is about 2 weeks away), regardless if I only have 5 students, I will continue to go through material. So if you are missing for whatever reason, it is your responsibility to catch up with what your are missing.
On another note, if you are really interested in the Cold War, here is a great documentary series that was on CBC.
For the most part of this week, you will be working on your presentation for your part of the Cold War. I cannot guarantee you access to computers, so if you are creating a presentation of whatever sort and can bring your own computer, it would be best if you could. The article that I handed out to you on Friday about the start of the Cold War is just extra background knowledge for the Cold War and its origins.
Monday
Hand in your spectrum of illiberal actions
Go through Potsdam Conference and the beginning of the Cold War
Extra Videos
Work on presentations
Tuesday and Wednesday
Work on presentations - all handouts, questions and anything else needs to be turned into me by THURSDAY night so that on Friday morning before class, I have the opportunity to photocopy anything that needs to be copied for your presentations.
