March 7

Social 10-1

Most of today's activity centered around looking at the challenges and opportunities associated with globalization. The class was split in half and one half of the class was given an article entitled "Globalization Benefits the World's Cultures", and the other half of the class was given an article entitled "Globalization Harms the World's Cultures". You were to read the article (see hyperlinked articles above), and then we had a very brief debate/discussion on the issues raised. The intent of today's class was to expose you to the differing viewpoints on how globalization is impacting the world's cultures and lays the foundation for future discussions on positional thinking on the issue. In other words, today's activity should help you when it comes time to writing the Unit 1 WRA II (Essay) on Tuesday, March 15th. It is really recommended that you read both of the articles that were given out today. Please remember that you have your Unit 1 Final Exam on Wednesday, please see the study guide here (scroll down to find it; the study guide is also on the wiki). This unit final will not appear on your interim report cards that will be going home on Wednesday, so essentially the interim report cards could inaccurate or out of date the moment you get them. Here is the "digital divide" map that I was talking about in class. There may be a tendency to say that unique cultures around the world can always use the Internet and media and communication technologies that we all have access to in North America, but that may not be the case in all of the world as this map helps to illustrate.

Social 30-1

Your "Sweden: The Welfare State" booklets were due today, so I did a homework check on them at the beginning of class. You had most of the period to work on your Chapter 6 Key Terms and Questions, and to actually read Chapter 6 as well. We'll be looking at "The Evolution of Modern Liberalism" for most of the week. Next Monday (March 14th) you will write your "Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test", please see the study guide below.

Ideological Reaction to Industrialization Test Study Guide:

1. Please review material from these PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Development of Classical Liberalism"
• "Responding to Classical Liberalism"

2. Be familiar with key concepts introduced in Chapters 3 and 4.
3. The Industrial Revolution:

• understand fundamental economic, social and political changes that were caused by the Industrial Revolution
• understand the connection between the Agricultural Revolution and the Enclosure Acts and the Industrial Revolution
• understand the differences, advantages and disadvantages of the cottage system and the factory system

4. Review material in the "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet
5. Key Beliefs of the Various Ideologies (review the spectrums briefly); also review this material from the "Responding to Classical Liberalism" PowerPoint presentation:

• Adam Smith
• laissez faire economics/capitalism (key ideas)
• John Stuart Mill
• Karl Marx (key ideas and beliefs associated with Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, withering away of the state, dictatorship of the proletariat, view of history, etc. ) and Friedrich Engels (see "Philosophies of Industrialism" booklet)
• Edmund Burke and classical conservatism

6. Some questions may require you to make connections between this year's material and what you learned in 10-1 and 20-1 as well