Thursday, November 05, 2009

November 5


I gave you a package today that covered the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank. Your homework assignment tonight is to put together a detailed chart of the advantages and disadvantages of the WTO system. We also started watching a documentary today called "Life + Debt" which we will finish off tomorrow.


We continued our look at the Vietnam War today by watching an excerpt from "Born of the Fourth of July". Please remember that you have your Cold War Concepts Quiz tomorrow, please see the study guide here. Here is a link to the NPR that explains the story behind this photograph, definitely worth the time to read or listen to the podcast, and make sure that you look at the photo gallery of Eddie Adams' photographs of the Vietnam War.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi, Mr. G:

Would an example of collective security be something like a military agreement such as NATO or the Warsaw Pact?

Also, what is collective intervention? Would the UN interfering in the Korean War be a good example?

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Kevin Gilchrist said...

Hi, Mr. G:

Would an example of collective security be something like a military agreement such as NATO or the Warsaw Pact?

Also, what is collective intervention? Would the UN interfering in the Korean War be a good example?

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Yes, the Warsaw Pact and NATO would be examples of military alliances that would use collective security. The Korean War would be an example of collective intervention between the UN voted to intervene in Korea and the UN sent forces under American direction.

Anonymous said...

hi! this is a 10-4 student
i will not be able to go to school tomorrow (nov. 6, 2009)
but we have to hand in the WTO chart
is it ok if i hand it in late?

Kevin Gilchrist said...

hi! this is a 10-4 student
i will not be able to go to school tomorrow (nov. 6, 2009)
but we have to hand in the WTO chart
is it ok if i hand it in late?

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Sure, hand it in the next time I see you.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr. Gilchrist,

In the WTO chart, for the advantages section, can we use the benefits given on the "What is the WTO?" sheet and describe it in our own words?

Kevin Gilchrist said...

Hi Mr. Gilchrist,

In the WTO chart, for the advantages section, can we use the benefits given on the "What is the WTO?" sheet and describe it in our own words?

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Yes.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr. G,

What would be a good example of direct confrontation?

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Kevin Gilchrist said...

Hi Mr. G,

What would be a good example of direct confrontation?

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Pick a war.

Anonymous said...

http://www.poptel.org.uk/panap/latest/wto10.htm
This is a really excellent link for reasons why the WTO is bad. If anyone is up this late, trying to do their chart, then here you go :)

Kevin Gilchrist said...

http://www.poptel.org.uk/panap/latest/wto10.htm
This is a really excellent link for reasons why the WTO is bad. If anyone is up this late, trying to do their chart, then here you go :)

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Thanks for posting this. I'll put this up as a link on the blog.