Transcript Contemporary World Sec. 5 D` O* venons Nous?, Que

WELCOME !
2012/2013
CONTEMPORARY WORLD, SEC. 5
MS. SCHREYER
PLEASE HAVE A SEAT!
SSUNS: OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME
McGill’s Secondary Schools United Nations
Simulation!
 go to http://www.ssuns.org/
 Nov. 8-11
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 Submit signed form asap to book your spot
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name-recognition (for CV purposes)
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BASIC EXPECTATIONS
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Be on time to class and with your work
late to class? ►I will catch you up on Polka music
 Late with work? ► -10% for 3 days, then 0 assigned
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Be ready with your materials
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Not ready? ► I have Tibetan throat singing too!
Be respectful to self and others
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Disrespectful? ► see agenda
COURSE DESCRIPTION
GOAL:
To investigate what we are and where we come from
so we might determine where we are headed
OUTLINE:
1. Introduction
5. Post Cold War
2. WWI/Current events
6. United Nations
3. WWII/Current events
4. Cold War/Current events
The focus of the units is to look at the causes of past
conflicts/problems/issues, and to study attempts to either resolve
the ones that are with us and avoid them in the future
COMPETENCIES AND THEMES
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There are 2 competencies:
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1: Interprets Contemporary World Problems
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2: Takes a position on Contemporary World Issues
Each is valued at 50%, both are evaluated each term
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There are 5 themes (Orange handout):
Power, Wealth, Conflict, Environment, Population
EVALUATION (PURPLE HANDOUT)
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Homework and Participation ( up to 20%)
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Quizzes (up to 30%)
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Surprise quizzes on homework assigned or recent classes taught
Unit tests (20-50%)
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Write, investigate, answer questions, read
One test per unit
Terms, short answer, maps, visual media, essay
Major projects (30-80%)
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Research papers, simulations, debates, negotiations, United Nations
MATERIALS
IBO
Your IBO binder with Reflection Journal
TO BUY
 Binder with loose-leaf or two notebooks (one for notes and one for
quizzes)
 Pens, pencils, ruler, eraser and pencil sharpener
 Colouring pencils and markers (5+ colours)
FROM ME
● Class website (power points and assignments will be posted)
● In-class texts, copies of readings, maps, instructions, study notes,
Sites to go to
● Contemporary World workbook
UNIT 1: WWI AND RWANDA
This Unit is interdisciplinary (in coordination
with the English Department)
 The content for CW is :
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 WWI:
its causes, battles, consequences
 Rwanda: its causes, the event, consequences
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The Unit Question is”
 “How
and why do atrocities occur?”
MAJOR IBO DUE DATES THIS TERM
HW Assignment: October 11/12 (days ¾)
 Interdisciplinary Project: October 22 (day 4)
 Unit Test: Oct 29/30 (days 2/3)
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COURSE WEBSITE: on the school portal, each
student has access via username and
password – no password? See me asap
MAJOR IMM DUE DATES
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Assignment: October 22/23
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Unit Test: October 29/30
FOR NEXT CLASS
1. Bring required materials
 2. Submit the answers to the Introductory
Questionnaire (typed and stapled!)
 4. Submit your answer to the Unit Question:
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1
page, single spaced (2 pages if double spaced),
hand written in your IBO reflection notebook
 Suggested
content: define your terms, summarize
your position, give examples that support your
position
THE END
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If you have concerns or questions:
 See
me in this room at recess or lunch
 Email
me at :
[email protected]
END
Anton Möller: Balance of Wealth, oil on canvas (1601)
HELP ME REMEMBER YOUR NAME
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Tell me your name and something memorable
about yourself …
COMMON HISTORICAL AXIOMS
Axiom: a statement accepted as true as the basis of an argument
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Regressive
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Progressive
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Cyclical
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Chronological
all free: liberalism
order/purity
many free
some free
regressive
Cycycli
cyclical
One free: tyrant
progressive
Chaos/damnation
chronological
Weapons/technology: Firecrackers, cannons, high explosives, atomic bomb
Human evolution
Systems/human rights
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Medicine/science
Michelangelo: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, fresco (1508-1512)
Anton Möller: Balance of Wealth, oil on canvas (1601)
POSITIONS AND THEMES
Take 5 minutes to write down the answer to the following two questions about your
paragraph (on the back or bottom of your work):
Position
Was your axiom that
human history is
progressing, regressing,
chronological, cyclical?
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Theme
What specific aspect of
human life were you
thinking about when you
answered the question?
(here are few themes:
health, technology,
conflict, human rights …)
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MINISTRY THEMES IN CW
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Environment: sustainability
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Power: power of the state
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Wealth: world disparity
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Population: increased migration
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Conflict/Tension: intervention
ACTIVITY (2 PERIODS): WHAT IS PROGRESS
BRAINWORK
 In groups of 4-5 (best to go with likeminded individuals!)
 Define what PROGRESS is in one sentence
 Choose one of the five themes
 Based on that definition, answer where we are headed as a species in the
theme you have chosen
 Create a visual illustration of your answer to where we are headed (no words
allowed!)
VISUAL
Large paper,
Pencils and markers,
No words,
You will explain your work to the class, so use symbolism to express your ideas
(colour, images, connotations),
Write definition and explain where we are headed on the back of the paper (in
pencil), 6. include the names of group members
DAY 3
CONTEMPORARY WORLD, SEC. 5
MS. SCHREYER
PLEASE SIT DOWN AT THE ASSIGNED SEAT FOR
ATTENDANCE
AFTER ATTENDANCE:
WORK IN GROUPS ON YOUR PROGRESS POSTER
WHAT IS PROGRESS
Progress improves life
 Progress is secular, objective, singular
 Today, progress has the status of myth
MYTH: an arrangement of the past, whether real
or imagined, in patterns that reinforce a
culture’s deepest values and aspirations … we
live and die by myths. They are the maps by
which cultures navigate through time.
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THE ERROR OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PROGRESS
Weapons
 From Chinese gunpowder there has been
progress in BANGS:
 1. firecrackers, 2. cannons, 3. petard, 4. high
explosive shells, 5. atomic bomb