B Block Human Geography - Today we'll look at the key question, "Why Is Access to Folk and Popular Culture Unequal?" We will really focus on the diffusion of popular culture and look at the mass media of television. The world’s most popular and important electronic media format is television (TV). While the Internet has grown in popularity and importance in recent years, TV remains the foremost electronic media format. Television is a mirror of our world, offering an often-distorted vision of national identity, as well as shaping our perceptions of various groups of people.
In March 2011, then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the argument that U.S. television was giving people around the world a distorted view of Americans.
"I remember having an Afghan general tell me that the only thing he thought about Americans is that all the men wrestled and the women walked around in bikinis because the only TV he ever saw was Baywatch and World Wide Wrestling," (a side note, at its peak, Baywatch was broadcast in 142 countries and around the world more than 1 billion people have watched the show).So you'll have some questions about television to work on in your Introduction to Culture package today and if complete, you can get caught up on housing, clothing, food, sport, or music questions.
- Using the 2005 map in Figure 4-28 on page 126, complete the chart about television access
- What three countries dominate worldwide television markets and what region do they dominate?
- Why do developing nations view television as a new source of cultural imperialism?
A Block Legal Studies - Today we'll finish up the violent crimes section of this unit. First we'll review assault and sexual assault. In Canada, there are three levels of assault, based on the level of severity and corresponding penalties:
Level One: assault (max penalty 5 years)
Level Two: assault causing bodily harm (max penalty 10 years)
Level Three: aggravated assault (max penalty 14 years)
These levels are identified in section 265 of the Criminal Code. All assaults have two common elements:
1. The accused must have intent to carry out the attack and cause harm.
2. There must be no consent by the victim (for example, as in a boxing match).
After our discussion I'll have you work on questions 2, 3 and 4 on page 231 of the text. To help...
CC 265 Assault
Any unwanted application of force against another person
Level 1 simple assault
Level 2 assault causing bodily harm
Level 3 aggravated assault
Implying death ( bodily harm or burning property (burn/destroy) *Must be believable and Must be imminent
CC 265 Assault
Any unwanted application of force against another person
Level 1 simple assault
Level 2 assault causing bodily harm
Level 3 aggravated assault
Any unwanted sexual contact
Level 1 any touching (molestation).
Level 2 with a weapon
Level 3 aggravated (endanger life or wound/maim/disfigure)
Level 1 any touching (molestation).
Level 2 with a weapon
Level 3 aggravated (endanger life or wound/maim/disfigure)
To end the morning, you will get a "Key Components of Criminal Code Offenses" worksheet and I would like you to work on this activity in partners. For the Elements that Must be Proven section you will need to identify both the Actus Reus (yes that means explain what the physical act or omission that it is which constitutes the crime) and the type of Mens Rea (yes that means explain what the Intent, Knowledge, Recklessness or Willful Blindness is for the crime - you have this in your text but you do not need to worry about general intent or specific intent for this activity) in each scenario you're given. For the Maximum Penalty section feel free to use the Wikibooks Canadian Criminal Sentencing/Appendix/Offence Charts. NOTE: You will have tomorrow to finish this activity.
D/C Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - With Young we'll look at the key question "Why Do Farmers Face Economic Difficulties"? Commercial and subsistence farmers face comparable challenges. Both commercial and subsistence farmers have difficulty generating enough income to continue farming.
Rice farmers of the Philippines from Dan Chung on Vimeo.
The underlying reasons, though, are different. Commercial farmers can produce a surplus of food (as we saw last week), whereas many subsistence farmers are barely able to produce enough food to survive. Because the purpose of commercial farming is to sell produce off the farm, the distance from the farm to the market influences the farmer’s choice of crop to plant. A commercial farmer initially considers which crops to cultivate and which animals to raise based on market location and tomorrow we'll look at the problem of overproduction of food in the developed world and food waste.
With Mr. Benton in C Block, you're back working on your farming activity. Remember, you are an aspiring horticultural farmer (not livestock) and have selected a specific crop to produce, so what crop are you going to be growing and why?
Research the following points before answering the above questions with a practical and financial plan:
- Soil type and nutrient requirements, planting temperature, water needs, infrastructure (greenhouse?), time to harvest (multiple crops per year?), volume harvest/ acre (or hectare).
- Seed or seedling costs (source?), labour involved (weeding, thinning, etc.), market value (grocery or farmers market).
- Pests, diseases or problems with this crop
Human Geography text chapter on agricultural regions
From the Province of BC Starting a new farm (which includes the video below of John and Andrea Burch who own Windhover Farm, here in Courtenay. They share their experience of starting up a mixed farming operation on Vancouver Island.
The site also has a New Farm "Start Up Guide" which may help as well
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