Friday, May 13, 2011

May 13

I tried to go through a little easy preparation with you today in advance of your Unit 3 WRA II on Tuesday of next week. I will be sending the essay outline sheet that we started in class today, as well as the essay question sheet by e-mail this afternoon. There was at least one of you that forgot the essay question sheet behind in the class. Please remember that your TNC Dossier Assignment is due on Wednesday, May 25th. You also have your Unit 3 WRA I on Thursday, May 19th.

TNC Dossier is now due on May 25th


We started watching a video today on the FLQ Crisis of 1970 and the Canadian government's response to it. As you were watching this video you were to write down answers to fill-in-the-blanks questions. We will finish this video off next week. Please remember that your Civil Rights Movement Assignment is due on Monday, May 16th. Your Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions are due on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, you have your Unit 3 WRA I. Please check the May 5th post to make sure that you have commented on the questions I posed about how Canadian political leaders could increase civic engagement of young people.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

For the essay outline due Monday, did you want almost a full essay, except in it's outline format (ie. 3 evidence for each argument)?

I'm having trouble finding evidence for Position C. Is there anything you would suggest looking into for evidence (when saying government should not restrict civil liberties in crisis)? Currently I have the FLQ Crisis, the USA PATRIOT Act, WWI&II Internment camps, and McCarthyism.

Thanks
Social 30-1 P.3

Kevin Gilchrist said...

For the essay outline due Monday, did you want almost a full essay, except in it's outline format (ie. 3 evidence for each argument)?

I'm having trouble finding evidence for Position C. Is there anything you would suggest looking into for evidence (when saying government should not restrict civil liberties in crisis)? Currently I have the FLQ Crisis, the USA PATRIOT Act, WWI&II Internment camps, and McCarthyism.

Thanks
Social 30-1 P.3

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Yes, it's pretty much all in point form, with the exception being the thesis statement.

You need to have three arguments and three detailed, acuurate pieces of evidence to support that argument. I have to be able to tell where you're going with your evidence. For example, it's not enough to simply put:

Argument: Governments should not restict civil liberties in times of crisis because the targeted group may be innocent.

Evidence: Japanese-Canadians in WWII

That's NOT detailed enough.

As for what you have right now, you could explore the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Emergencies Act, No-Fly Lists.