December 9

Social 10-1

We finished watching "Who Killed the Electric Car?" today. I will be doing a homework check tomorrow to see if you printed of the "Biofuel Controversy" PowerPoint presentation (4-6 slides per page). On Friday, you will be writing your Unit 3 WRA I (3 source analysis). You won't be getting any time to do small group brainstorming this time around. I want to see how well you can analyze these sources by yourself. Your Unit 3 Final Exam is on Monday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it). I gave you the Unit 4 Worksheet today as well. The Chapter 15 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday, December 11th.

Social 30-1

I did a homework check on the Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions today. Here is the video that I forgot to post yesterday. It connects nicely to some of the themes that we addressed today in class with regard to anti-terrorism legislation that was passed in Canada and the United States after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. In yesterday's video we looked at the FLQ crisis, this is the interview on the steps of Parliament that features Trudeau's "just watch me" speech. It's an interesting little debate that is waged being Trudeau and the reporters over the issue on giving up/losing civil liberties in order to ensure security.


We watched a couple of CBC News in Review on the September 11th attacks today prior to talking about anti-terrorism legislation in Canada and the United State, because in order to fully understand why this legislation was passed, you need to see the context in which it was passed. The value conflict between ensuring security, peace and order in society versus individual freedom and civil liberties could be a potential topic on Part A of your Diploma Exam. Liberal democracies around the world, post-9/11 have had to deal with the issue of the extent to which they must ensure security and the balance between security and civil liberties. It would not be difficult to use a quotation that relates to this issue ("They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."--Benjamin Franklin) and then have the essay question: "To what extent should we embrace the perspective(s) in this source?" Would you be able to write an essay on that topic? Think of the source material that I've given you on the FLQ crisis, the Emergencies Act, the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Patriot Act and the no fly list, and think about other ways you could prepare for this as a potential essay topic. Speaking of writing assignments, please remember that you have your Unit 3 WRA I (source analysis) tomorrow. Your Chapter 10 Test is on Friday, here's the study guide (there's more democracy-related questions on the test than authoritarianism/dictatorship questions).