Thanks to the crew who came along to Mount Rainier/Mount Saint Helens this past weekend...Year 16!
C Block Human Geography - Today, we'll look at the key question "Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among Religious Groups"? Jerusalem - Religious Significance for three Abrahamic Religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity). It probably comes as no surprise that various conflicts have occurred between religions and governments and between governments or ethnicity using religion as an excuse. So, we'll watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown episode on Jerusalem
Bourdain's words...
“One can be forgiven for thinking, when you see how similar they are, that two peoples, both of whom cook with pride, eat with passion, love their kids, love the land in which they live or the land they dream of returning to, who live so close, who are locked in such an intimate, if deadly, embrace, might somehow, someday, figure out how to live with each other? But that would be very mushy thinking. Those things, in the end, probably don’t count for much at all.”
Tomorrow we'll try to understand religious conflict with three other examples:
- Hinduism, the Caste System and social equality (tradition vs modernism);
- The "Troubles" in Northern Ireland (sectarian violence Catholic vs Protestant); and
- China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama (religion, culture, language, environment, oppression and control)
D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll be working on an activity called “Sunlight and the Seasons” ("Solar energy and the reason for seasons"). After you have finished this activity you need to complete questions from your Geosystems Core textbook. If there's time we'll see what Bill Nye has to say about seasons. Below you'll find what the rotation of the Earth on its axis -giving us seasons-look like and mean for us?
Don't forget that every day we are going to start by looking at the synoptic forecast along with weather maps.
Envrionment Canada: Weather Office Courtenay
A Block Criminology - You have some questions you need to work on. Please make sure you read through each question and understand what is asked of you, then use the links I gave you to help. You may answer on your blog or on paper:
- What main story do you think Investigative Reporters Bob Friel and Peter Van Zant wanted to tell (Is it about Madison Scott? Loren Leslie? Cody Legebokoff? Colleen MacMillen? Pamela Darlington? Gale Weys? Bobby Jack Fowler? Ramona Wilson?) How can you infer that? How much of the episode focused on the actual missing women from the Highway of Tears? (Look at the Media Smarts article Media Portrayals of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women) compare that to the Gloria Steinem Woman episode and/or “Highway of Tears” film by Natanael Johansson
- Why did the show focus on Madison Scott first, Loren Leslie next and then the victims along the Highway of Tears afterwards? (Look at the article NEWSWORTHY” VICTIMS? Exploring differences in Canadian local press coverage of missing/murdered Aboriginal and White women along with the NPR article What We Know (And Don't Know) About 'Missing White Women Syndrome' or the New Yorker article The Long American History of “Missing White Woman Syndrome")
- What audience do reality crime shows appeal to & why do you think so (think demographics - age or gender or social class or occupation - and Psychographics - personal attitudes and values like security or status or caring or exploration/growth) What can Uses and Gratification Theory do to help explain the audience for True Crime stories? What techniques did the editors and storytellers of the 48 Hours Mystery show use to get you invested in the story of the episode? Compare that to the Gloria Steinem Woman episode and/or “Highway of Tears” film by Natanael Johansson
- What "values" does the 48 Hours Mystery on the Highway of Tears communicate to its audience? Why do you think the producers and editors framed the story the way that they did? Compare that to the Gloria Steinem Woman episode and/or “Highway of Tears” film by Natanael Johansson. Remember, Episodic Framing occurs when a story focuses on isolated details or specifics rather than looking broadly at a whole issue while Thematic Framing takes a broad look at an issue and skips numbers or details. It looks at how the issue has changed over a long period of time and what has led to it. Episodic frames may create more sympathy, while a thematic frame may leave the reader or viewer emotionally disconnected and less sympathetic
B Block Legal Studies - We are back in the Learning Commons to work on your criminal law legal memo project. Remember, the purpose of the legal memorandum is to answer one or more legal questions in the context of a specific set of facts. It should contain a thorough analysis of the relevant law and provide a well-reasoned answer to the questions posed. So, you have the block this afternoon in the Learning Commons to work on them. Facts: Present an overview of the case/matter at hand. State the legal question(s) asked or the issue(s) considered in the memorandum. So, here you are basically stating what the criminal charges / constitutional rights issues are connected to the scenario you are writing about. Make sure to include details that are of importance to the specific issues presented. In doing this you are summarizing all legally relevant facts from the case as you understand them AND explain how they connect to the potential charges. So, what is/are the charge(s) and what are the facts that support that/those charge(s).
If you'd like, you may do this section in a chart, table, or diagram format, however, be concise and precise (be brief, clear, simple, and accurate). If there is some disagreement or uncertainty about the facts, you need to say so and state both sides. Break down each question into all relevant sub-issues (are there problems or issues with the charges or the situation?) and list issues and related sub-issues in a logical order.
You write the fact section so that someone unfamiliar with the matter will get a concise and complete picture of the facts used in your legal analysis and conclusion. You include enough background facts to present the case coherently. Review your facts to make sure that each one is Legally Relevant (ask yourself: Does this fact prove or disprove an element in the case?) and Gives Background (ask yourself: What's needed to paint the big picture? - These are the facts that tell your story). Organizing the facts chronologically is usually convenient and efficient.
Discussion: Describe the relevant law (e.g., legislation like the Criminal Code of Canada, the Controlled Drug and Substances Act of Canada, or the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) and commentary on the law (e.g., texts, encyclopedias, policy statements - these are the resources you are using to back up your opinions and facts of the case you are looking at...so who wrote them and what are their qualifications), then apply them to the facts of your case.
- Analyse each issue separately. Show your reasoning, using a step-by-step approach.
- Address fairly any arguments on both sides of an issue.
- Identify any pertinent missing information and potentially outstanding issues.
- Anticipate what positions and counterarguments might be advanced by the opposing side (Give an opinion on the strengths and weaknesses of your position).
- Make any suitable recommendations about a course of action (most appropriate charge(s) and recommendations for penalties - along with your justification A.K.A. "Why" Present persuasively the best arguments based on any relevant legislation and common law principles. Show your reasoning.).
- Be creative.
- Think strategically.
- Focus on getting results.
- Reach a conclusion.
- Ensure that it is supported by the law.
Don't forget for your discussion section consider the principles of sentencing (deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation, resocialization, and segregation); the options for sentencing; along with considerations in sentencing; and finally sentencing, healing, and releasing circles. Try to identify the best choices among: absolute discharge, conditional discharge, probation, mitigating circumstances, aggravating circumstances, suspended sentence, concurrent sentence, consecutive sentence, intermittent sentence, indeterminate sentence.
For help with writing feel free to go down the Rabbit Hole of the following sites:
So for the Corley Hoogans case...Possession of a narcotic and Drug Possession Charges In Canada: Here Is What You Need To Know and Defending Yourself: Possession of an Illegal Drug and Charged with Possession of a Narcotic in British Columbia, Canada? Understand What It Means and What is the Penalty for the Possession of Cocaine in BC and
Don't waste time, use your time today to drill down on the issues at hand
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