B Block Social Studies 11 - Today in class you'll work to compile your infographic poster on the commodity / resource / monoculture crop that you researched yesterday. Don't forget that you're trying to tie this topic to a country that depends upon your commodity. This assignment is due Monday in class so please work hard to compile your information and make your infographic poster interesting and attractive. I'll have smelly felts and coloured pencils for you to work with. Monday we'll examine the environmental issues that we face today. In order to prep for your exam look below
What’s on the exam? Exam specs at the Ministry of Education site
When is the exam? Wednesday, June 24st from 1-3 pm
What kinds of questions are on the exam? Sample exams with answer keys
Online review sites?
- Another review. Hyper-linked outline of all possible topics in Socials 11 with lots of resources.
- Flashcard machine: covers many terms and people in pre-made flashcards (can do on the computer or print out your own set). Covers prime ministers, famous people, basic Socials 11 questions.
- Notes from the Counterpoints textbook- chapter outlines
- Study Guide for Socials 11- outline notes and key terms
- Theilmann’s River- lots of notes, handouts, and even podcasts to review all SS11 topics.
- Review quizzes for each section of Socials 11
- Another quiz site with various sample questions.
C Block Geography 12 - Today we'll continue our look at resources, resource use, and management issues. We'll talk about renewable and non-renewable resources along with the four ethical views on resource use (economic/exploitation; preservationist; balanced-multiple use; and ecological or sustainable). Our focus will be on water consumption (Don't forget I'd like you to track your water consumption for the week). After, we'll watch the first few sections of the Human Footprint DVD we previewed yesterday. We'll get through scenes 1-6 today (from birth up to early 20's) and this will take about 45 minutes of class time. When the DVD is over I'd like you to answer the following:
- Why do different cultures use and consume things at different rates? What do the numbers and facts in the video say about North American society?
- In some areas of the world people are already in conflict over a limited amount of natural resources. How will a growing population affect people’s access to food, potable (safe drinking) water, and fuel? What affect might the population increase have on pollution and encroachment on wildlife habitats?
D Block Crime, Media & Society 12
- Today we'll look at race and ethnicity connected to moral panics and crime
waves. American and Canadian social histories are littered with the rise and
fall of drug panics. From marijuana, heroin, alcohol and crack, varying levels
of moral outrage and repression have been thrown at those blamed for "the sweet
pill that makes life better". If you look historically, media depictions of
crack are most often associated with African Americans (blacks) and violent
crime, while methamphetamine is most commonly associated with Caucasians(whites)
and is framed as a "public health problem". As you can see, the "depravity" of a
"ghetto drug" like crack, and the creeping of meth into the ‘‘mainstream’’ belie
racial stereotypes of black and white in North America. Meth brings the
depravity of urban drug panics to new spaces. The next Racial Moral Panic and
Crime Wave? Mexican Drug Cartels flooding Meth into White Suburban USA. So how
is this portrayed in Crime Media? 48 Hours Mystery aired an episode titled "The Curse of Small Town U.S.A". The description from their website reads like this:
Methamphetamine is a powerful, cheap drug and it is a growing problem in some surprising parts of America. Unlike crack cocaine, which primarily targeted the inner-city during its reign of terror in the 1980's, crank is making it's mark in Small Town, U.S.A. The drug's users range from middle class and well-educated people to teens -- even mothers who have passed on their addictions to their babies. One of the reasons crank is growing so quickly is that methamphetamine is easily produced in makeshift labs from inexpensive raw materials. In addition, users experience a "high" lasting up to 30 hours -- much longer than many other drugs. "Methamphetamine may be the worst drug ever to hit America," says retired General Barry McAffrey, the nation's Drug Czar. "It's expanding in a very bizarre manner. It's all over the Midwest. It's in Idaho, Arizona, Hawaii, San Francisco, Southern California. It's now showing up in Georgia." Crank's explosive growth is being fueled by mass production labs run by Mexican nationals. Authorities say they produce up to 95% of the crank on America's streets. CBS News 48 Hours took a close look at methamphetamine on Thursday, and found a drug that threatens to tear apart the lives of countless Americans. Could your community be at risk?
So we'll watch parts of the 1990's 48 Hours episode "On Crack Street"
and then we'll watch the Discovery Channel documentary :American Underworld: Homemade Illegal Drugs"
So after watching today's videos I'll ask you to answer the following:
- What messages about race and drug use do the videos show? (think about who uses meth, who makes meth, and who sells it).
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