Wednesday, February 21, 2018

February 21


We finished our film study of "Bend it Like Beckham", the film study booklet questions are due tomorrow. I collected your infographic assignments today as well. Don't forget that you're writing your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, please see the study guide below. The Chapter 4 Key Terms and Questions are due on Friday

  1. Study your Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms
  2. Review the case studies from the textbook in Chapters 1 and 2, specifically the Metis, the Francophones, the Hmong, and the Maori
  3. Be prepared to answer any of the "Questions for Inquiry" from Chapters 1 and 2 (they are on the following pages: p.9, p.14, p.20, p.29, p.35, p.39):
  • How does globalization affect economic aspects of people's lives?
  • How does globalization affect social aspects of people's lives?
  • How does globalization affect political aspects of people's lives?
  • What is the difference between individual and collective identity?
  • What is the relationship between identity and language?
  • How does cultural exchange shape people's identities?
4. Make sure that you can answer all of the chapter questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet


You wrote your Chapter 1-2 Test today. Hopefully, you'll get your results back on Friday. We'll be moving on to Chapter 3 material tomorrow, including contending loyalties.



I showed you a video from the BBC 20th Century History series, today's episode was called "Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev". I also gave you a booklet with maps and articles on the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

When I stopped today's video when Sputnik was launched I also started talking about how some people think that the Apollo moon landing was a hoax. I said that I'd seen a video on the subject and how the conspiracy theories can be refuted by looking at how difficult it would have been to fake the lunar landing, I'm embedding the video below:


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