A Block Criminology - Don't forget you have one last term three question to answer:
What can you do to reduce the chances of being victimized by a good burglar? - Consider targets (houses, cars AND commercial properties like businesses)
To Help: What makes a good burglar?
Then, in order to understand "professional" thieves, I am going to show you an episode of "White Collar". The premise of the show is that Neal Caffrey, a renowned con artist, forger, and thief, is captured after a three-year game of cat and mouse with the FBI, specifically Special Agent Peter Burke. With only three months left in his four-year sentence, he escapes to look for his girlfriend, Kate. Peter Burke once again finds Caffrey and returns him to prison. This time, Caffrey proposes a deal to help Burke apprehend dangerous white collar criminals with the FBI as part of a work-release program. After some hesitation, Burke agrees. They thus begin their unconventional and testy relationship. Today's episode is called Copycat Caffrey. When the theft of a famous painting makes the papers, Neal and Peter think they have a copycat on their hands who is taking inspiration from Neal's past exploits.
B Block Legal Studies - You'll need to answer question 5 on page 175 of the All About Law text “Explain plea negotiation and outline the advantages and disadvantages of the process. In your opinion, is justice served by plea negotiations?”
This is not a one or two sentence answer; it requires thought and work.
C Block Human Geography - Today the Internet and Social Media.
We'll examine the Internet and Social Media's influence on popular culture. The Internet has been a key factor in driving globalization. At its core, globalization is the lowering of economic and cultural impediments to communication between countries all over the globe. While some political and social barriers still remain, from a technological standpoint there is nothing to stop the two-way flow of information and culture across the globe.
00:05 The Media is Lying to You
10:31 Meme Culture
22:16 The Rise and Fall of Reddit
36:53 Why Facts Don't Change Minds
49:38 The Myth of Philanthropy
01:01:17 Why Cancel Culture Sucks
01:11:58 Algorithms are Destroying Society
01:24:39 This Is Why Discord Is Dangerous
01:38:15 Lies About the World You Believe In
01:52:12 The Problem With Romanticizing Mental Illness
02:04:31 Why YouTube Feels Boring Now
Valerie Berset-Price wrote a lovely piece called From Pop Culture to Global Culture: How Millennials and Technology Are Influencing Our World. In it she states
For Millennials (although you are iGen/Gen Alpha/Gen Z in the context of this quote that would be you - my inset), two things are happening simultaneously: culture is impacting technology, and technology is impacting culture. On one hand, culture serves as a standard of judgment. It places an importance on what is acceptably good, valuable, and ethical. It conditions how and what we communicate, and it is the lens by which we perceive the world and, in some ways, the way the world perceives us. On the other hand, technology has served as a force for sweeping cultural change, joining the ranks of war, colonization, religious influence and military expansion as cultural modifiers. The expansion of the internet has allowed global communication and information to permeate everything from apartment walls to international borders...Such global exposure has provided the basis for peaceful international homogenization as well as deep conflicts of perspective, and technological advances have increased the speed and frequency of both.
Today you'll need to answer:
- Social media (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) is changing the way that popular and folk cultures are diffused. Give and support an argument for how the Internet might aid the preservation, or even expansion, of some folk cultural elements.
- Why do many governments consider it important to limit the freedom to use social media?
- A recent study of University of Maryland students found that not using any electronics for 24 hours produced anxiety, craving, and other symptoms akin to withdrawal from alcohol or drugs (FOMO). How do you think you would react to a 24-hour ban on all electronics?
Has technology changed cultural taste?
How the Internet has Changed Pop Culture
Freedom House "Internet Freedom Status Map" *Good One!
D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll be looking at streams and drainage basins. You'll need to work on a few definitions, a diagram, and questions in your Geosystems Core textbook. Canadian Geographic has a good article on the Peace/Athabasca Mapping water flow in the Peace-Athabasca Delta
In order to understand streams we'll watch a Bill Nye the Science Guy episode on the topic - Rivers & Streams (#209). Splash down a rapid river with Bill Nye the Science Guy and explore how ecosystems work and why they are important to our environment. From waterfalls and dams, to the depths of the Grand Canyon, this is one wet and wild ride. This week's music video showcases the Talking Headwaters singing "Take Me to the River
Today's Fit -
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