C Block Crime, Media & Society 12 - Today we start our week long look at the Casey Anthony trial and media coverage in the United States. In June 2008 Casey's daughter Caylee went missing and was found dead later that December. Due to inconsistencies in her story, her delay in reporting her child missing, and increased public pressure and scrutiny, Casey was charged with Caylee's murder. A ferocious media storm ensued and Casey Anthony's trial was conducted both in a Florida courtroom and the national media in June 2011. After a month long trial, Casey Anthony was found not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated child abuse. She was found guilty on four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer, and sentenced to one year in jail and $1,000 in fines.
So this week we'll try to make sense of the crime (Casey Anthony), the media's coverage of the crime (particularly Nancy Grace), feminist perspectives on criminology, the bad mother motif, Schadenfreude, and the way fictional crime media repersented the story (Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit). Today, I'll give you a handout on the case and we'll go over it together. After that, I'll show you the Dateline episode above "The State vs. Casey Anthony" and we'll talk about it at the end of the video. Tomorrow will be Schadenfreude, HLN (Nancy Grace) and the commentary on that network's coverage of the case (including an excellent portion of the HBO series The Newsroom and skits from SNL). Thursday we'll look at feminist perspectives and the bad mother along with Law & Order Special Victim's Unit and on Friday we'll try to make sense of it all.
There are almost too many web pages dedicated to the Casey Anthony trial but to start with, take a look at:
Investigative Discovery "Casey Anthony: Mom or Murderer"
TruTV Crime Library Caylee Anthony
HLN Nancy Grace Essential Guide to the Casey Anthony Trial
D Block Social Studies 11 - So yesterday we got to the end of the Cold War with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dismantling of the Soviet Union. Today we'll look at the rise of surburbia in post WW2 Canada along with the dramatic changes to Canada's culture and identity as a result of the "baby boom" generation. We'll look at how society was altered by car culture, "suburbia", and television (think consumption). British Columbia's own Nat Bailey started White Spot in 1928 and the 1950's saw the proliferation of "car hops" due to the culture of the automobile. Today, you'll need to work on question 2, 3, 5 and 6 from page 167 and then we'll look at how the government tried to protect Canadian culture and the economy. We'll look at the CBC, the Massey Commission and the CRTC. We'll look at Medicare and social welfare programs. We'll look at the changes to immigration in Canada, the points system and multiculturalism. Tomorrow we'll look at radical shifts in the culture of our country in the 1960's.
A Block Law 12 - Today we will go over the elements necessary for a negligence case to move forward. We will understand: Duty of Care; Standard of Care (including foreseeability and the reasonable person's test); Causation; and Actual Loss (real loss or injury). Included in this will be understanding the legal principle res ipsa loquitur (the facts speak for themselves). We'll go over the precedent setting Donoghue v. Stevenson (1932) case along with a few other negligence related cases in the All About Law textbook and then you'll have time to continue working on your case study project.
B Block Geography 12 - Yesterday we started our project in class. We'll be back in the library tomorrow to continue working on it. Today we’ll take a brief look at climatology and climate types on the planet, making sense of the Koppen climate classification system and then I'll give you a review for next Tuesday's unit final for weather:
Earth
in Motion (Geosystems Chapter 2)
1. Define and
explain the following in terms of weather and climate: Revolution, Precession,
Tilt, Equinox (vernal, autumnal), Solstice (summer, winter), Rotation, Coriolis
Effect
Solar
Radiation (Geosystems Chapter 3 & 4)
1. What is the
gaseous composition of the atmosphere: N2,
O2, CO2, H20.
2. Identify
Sources and problems associated with CO2, NOx, O3,
and SO2.
3. Identify on a
diagram the layers of the atmosphere: Troposphere (weather, tropopause),
Stratosphere (ozone layer, jet streams - polar & equatorial, stratopause),
4. Define: Albedo
— and rank the following in terms of their maximum albedo; forest,
deforested area, snow.
5. Discuss the
causes, effects, and possible solutions to Global Warming.
6. Discuss the
causes, effects, and possible solutions to Ozone Depletion.
Weather
Patterns and Climate (Geosystems Chapter 5, 6 &
10)
1. Differentiate weather
and climate.
2. Outline
Köppen’s Climatic Classification system (A, B, C, D, and E climates on the
globe)
3. Use a climograph
to interpret climate in terms of the following, given a climograph from any
location on the planet.
4. Discuss the
effect of Latitude on climate
5. Discuss the
effect of Wind Systems on climate. Be able to understand on
cross-sectional diagram of global air cells and movements on the Earth’s
surface from 0°, 30°, 60°, 90°N/S the following: Polar Easterlies, Jet Streams, Westerlies, Horse Latitudes, NE and
SE Trade Winds, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, High and Low Pressure Cells,
Coriolis Effect and Regions of High Pressure, Regions of Low Pressure
6. Define Monsoon,
state their causes and identify the areas most affected by Monsoon winds (and
associated rains).
7. Discuss the
effect of Ocean Currents on climate. How is water a regulator of
temperature and how is energy distributed by the ocean currents? How does this
affect climate?
8. Discuss the
effect of Continentality on climate
9. Discuss the
effect of Altitude on climate.
10. Discuss the Local
Effects on climate such as: Sea/Ocean/Lake breeze, Land breeze (Night and
Day Breeze), Aspect (slope of the land), and Rain shadow
11. Discuss the
causes, effects, and possible solutions to Acid Precipitation.
Weather (Geosystems
Chapter 8)
1. Define
meteorology.
2. Identify and
define the factors commonly measured by meteorologists; air pressure
(Barometer), air temperature (thermometer), precipitation (rain gauge,
hygrometer), wind (anemometer), cloud, visibility.
3. Identify Air masses in terms of place of origin
(Arctic, Tropical); Formation on land or
over water (continental, maritime); When a cold air mass
collides with a warm air mass what happens?
4. In terms of
the mid- and high latitude weather, define and understand a diagram of: a Frontal
System, a Cyclone and anti-cyclone, a Warm front, and a cold
front. Explain that a high pressure system is generally associated with
what kind of weather in the summer and winter? Explain that a low pressure
system is generally associated with what kind of weather in the summer and
winter?
5.
Describe the effect of the Jet Stream on weather.
6. In terms of
Equatorial weather define and understand a diagram of tropical storms (tropical
disturbance, tropical depression, tropical storm, and hurricane/typhoon)
7. Define and understand
a diagram of a Tornado.
8. From a weather
map, be able to identify, read and extrapolate the meanings of: Isobars
(If isobars are close together, what does this tell you about the pressure
gradient and wind speed?); a Simplified Station Model (including the
various symbols used to delineate fronts, clouds, wind speed (in
km/h), and present weather)
9. Describe in
detail the three types of rainfall: Frontal (Convergent) or Cyclonic rainfall;
Orographic or Relief rainfall (Define Rainshadow.); and Convectional
rainfall
10. Describe and
explain the occurrence of: Radiation or Ground fog; Advection fog;
and Orographic fog
The
Hydrosphere and the Hydrologic Cycle (Geosystems
Chapter 7 & 9)
1. Understand a
diagram of and explain the components of the Hydrologic Cycle including
evaporation, ground water, clouds, transpiration, precipitation, surface water,
and condensation
2. Discuss the
causes and formation of Clouds, Fog and understand the following
terminology associated the resulting Precipitation: Relative Humidity
(%), and Dew Point.
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