C Block Human Geography - Today we'll look the the key question "Why Do People Preserve Local Languages?" This is the basis of your current project in Human Geography. We'll look at multilingual states and linguistic diversity in Switzerland, Belgium, Nigeria and here in Canada. We'll try to examine of Celtic languages like Welsh, Irish, Breton, Scottish, and Cornish are being preserved along with Aboriginal languages (in Both Australia and Canada) and Maori (in New Zealand). Finally we'll look at English as a lingua franca and examine pidgin, Fringlish, Spanglish and Denglish.
Now, since you asked about AAVE or Ebonics, its use and appropriation:
I posted these videos already but you know...
You'll have the remainder of the block to finish your Language package
D Block Physical Geography - Today you have the block to finish your work on the Medicine Hat Topographic map. You need your Canadian Landscape topographic map book and the Medicine Hat map can be found on pages 40-42. You will need to work on questions 1 a, b and d, 2 a&b, 3 a-e, 4, 7 a-d and 8 (PLEASE NOTE...I've added questions 4 & 8 to your work). You can find topographic maps of Medicine Hat on Google Maps (Type in Medicine Hat Alberta on a Google search and click on maps at the top and then choose "Terrain" as an option).
The Seven Persons Creek watershed is 4,785.01 km2 in size and comprises 3.28% of the South Saskatchewan River Basin (146,100 km2). The watershed consists of a topography of slightly rolling grassy hills and deep coulees which is similar to other South Saskatchewan River Sub-Basin regional watersheds; land that was glacially scoured and subsequently shaped by huge volumes of meltwater which occasionally cut through the glacial debris to form long and narrow, now typically dry, flat-floored valleys. Seven Persons Creek is a major tributary of the South Saskatchewan River, intersecting the City of Medicine Hat, providing off-stream storage for irrigation, and discharging to the South Saskatchewan River. On average, the Medicine Hat weather station receives 330 sunny days and 2,544 sunshine hours annually and receives 323 mm of precipitation per year making it a semi-arid climate.
To Help:
Quiz Review:
Weathering & MW: Names of MW (Big 3 – flows slides and falls – speed and consistency); Chemical & Physical Weathering (Frost Action, Oxidation & Solution – Carbonation); Karst (Carbonation created it – found in limestone) along with features (stalagmite & stalactite); Slopes – causes of slope failure
H2O & Streams: Water Cycle terminology (condensation, evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, percolation, infiltration, aquifer); Where is most of fresh water?; Transportation of sediment in water (bed load & suspended load); Young – mature – old profile (what’s going on in terms of erosion & deposition) and features of young & old; Deltas (4 types); Floods (causes, damages, impact); Cross section of a river (meandering profile)
Coasts, Glaciers & Deserts: Longshore Drift (swash & backwash); Types of coastlines and features (depositional- spit/barrier bar vs erosional Cave-Arch-Stack); Continental vs Alpine erosion (scouring & plucking) – features cirque, horn (pyramidical peak) & hanging valley, U Shaped valley & fjord Deposition – moraines Deserts – erosion (Aeolian) & transportation & desertification (increasing sizes of deserts – causes)
A Block Legal Studies - You'll start the day with a bit of time to work on these questions from yesterday:
- What is the legal definition of a drug?
- What are the elements of a charge for possession?
- Describe two situations in which someone may be charged with possession while not physically possessing the drug.
- What is "Intent to Possess"? Is intent necessary for a charge of possession?
Today, I'm adding these questions from page 250 of the AAL textbook
- How does the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act define trafficking?
- What two points must the Crown prove to obtain a conviction for trafficking?
- Who has the onus in a trial to prove that an accused person possessed a controlled drug for the purpose of trafficking? What evidence can prove this?
The precise wording for each offence is important because Parliament conveys its intentions in laws through the words it uses. The wording will indicate important information such as the actus reus and type of mens rea required (e.g., words like intentionally, fraudulently, knowingly, willfully, and recklessly have specific meanings that are essential to the mens rea issue for each specific crime). When the court interprets provisions in laws, it will always try to figure out the meaning Parliament intended when it created the law. The court will not impose a meaning to a law that it does not think was Parliament’s intention.
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B Block Criminology - Gangs are often considered "immoral" and their profit comes from many "immoral" things. Immoral acts are distinguished from crimes on the basis of the social harm they cause. Acts that are believed to be extremely harmful to the general public are usually outlawed, whereas acts that only the harm the actor themselves are more likely to be tolerated. Acts that are illegal because they are viewed as a threat to morality are called public order crimes. So, to curb the power of cartels or gangs should we take some radical action? Should we cut off their source of income (like drugs and sex trade workers)? Here is question for you to answer:
- Should drugs be legalized? Why? If you believe drugs should be legalized, think about whether all drugs should be legalized or just a select few. Why should certain drugs be legalized and others not? Use the resources below to help shape your answer
For more check out this Vice article here or the video below..
Now it's not all sunshine and rainbows but 20 years ago, in 2001, Portugal decriminalized the personal possession of all drugs as part of a wider re-orientation of policy towards a health-led approach. Possessing drugs for personal use is instead treated as an administrative offence, meaning it is no longer punishable by imprisonment and does not result in a criminal record and associated stigma. Check out the article here.
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