Monday, November 28, 2005

November 28

The Liberal party lost the non-confidence vote today in the House of Commons, so it looks like Canadians will be heading to the polls in January.

After current events today, we watched a video entitled "Democracy in Action". Yes, it was a bit cheesy, but it did contain a great deal of information, and hopefully it helped to improve your understanding of democracy in Canada.





We reviewed the concepts of First World, Second World, Third World, Fourth World and Fifth World. We also looked at another way to divide the world up into hemispheres, namely the North and the South. I then gave you time to start on some population key terms. Here is the list of key terms that you are responsible for:

  • demography
  • population growth rate
  • birth rate
  • death rate
  • natural increase
  • natural decrease
  • infant mortality rate
  • Rule of 72
  • doubling time
  • population pyramid
  • dependency load
  • Theory of Demographic Transition

You should define these terms, and for "population pyramid" and the "theory of demographic transition" you should also sketch out an example.

We also watched a short video on "Overpopulation" which was from the video series entitled "The People Bomb".

Here are some maps to help you complete your mapping assignment, which is due on Wednesday. Clicking on the maps will enlarge them.

























9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Darn it!!...ive got ot go to work...
i needed those definitonwords!!

:(
-Jessica

Anonymous said...

how long should the research go for the SS project, is like 2 or 3 pages of notes enough?

Kevin Gilchrist said...

Sorry Jessica. :(

Kevin Gilchrist said...

I'm not necessarily looking at the LENGTH of the project, but rather the QUALITY.

Anonymous said...

Could we expect a discussion on tonight's non-confidence vote tomorrow? Hope not.

Anonymous said...

Im hoping we do have a discussion on the event.

Anonymous said...

ha, i actually enjoyed the movie.

Anonymous said...

How are we suppose to give u our project if it's on a powerpoint??

Kevin Gilchrist said...

Please see the posting above. Alternatively, if it is a PowerPoint you may send it to me as an e-mail attachment (just as long as it isn't too big).