December 3

Social 10

For a large portion of today's class I talked about the organization of your in-class position papers, and possible arguments and examples that you could use on either side of the issue. Hopefully the notes that you took in today's class will help you prepare for this essay. Please prepare for this essay over the next few nights. There are lots of useful links on the side of this blog, under Social 10 Links that will be helpful. Here are some other useful hyperlinks:

• Criticism of World Bank, WTO and IMF
• IMF in Argentina
• BBC News: IMF and Argentina (related articles on the right hand side of BBC website might be helpful too)
• Globalization 101: World Bank and IMF issue brief
  

I'll see you on Thursday.

Social 20

We finished watching "Food or Famine" today. You also took some notes on foreign aid (what it is, and arguments for and against giving foreign aid). I also gave you a little bit of time to work on Part 3 of the Topic B Outline (only about 15 minutes though). I'll see you on Thursday.