December 2

Social 10-1

Most of today's class was spent watching an excerpt from the documentary film "Manufactured Landscapes". The film ties into concepts that we've examining lately, such as the sustainability of economic globalization, environmental consequences of industrialization and extraction of resources, shipbreaking and e-waste. I also did a couple of homework checks, one to see if you had printed off the "Globalization and Sustainability" PowerPoint presentation, and the other homework check was to see if you had completed your Chapter 14 Key Terms.

Social 30-1

We watched a few videos from the BBC 20th Century History series, one was called "One Man's Revolution" and the other was "China Since Mao". I also gave you a fairly extensive package on China that covered the modern history of China, and then an article about China's "Road to Prosperity" that appeared in the New York Times on the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. We also looked at a couple of political cartoons out of The Economist magazine that had been published recently, both cartoons had a China connection. I STRONGLY urge you to read over the material that you were given today!