December 7

Social 10

Today we started talking about citizenship, and what factors might affect an individual's involvement in the political process. We also updated the election campaign retrieval chart.
In the 2000 federal election voter turnout was down across Canada. Most alarming, voter turnout for young people was 25%. Given this information, I would like you to do the following:
1. Visit the Elections Canada website
2. Click on "English" ("French" if you're feeling adventurous)
3. Under "Information for You" click on "Young Voters"
4. Under the right-hand side navigation click on "Election Basics"
5. Scroll down to and click on "Why should I vote?"
6. At this page, take notes on why people should vote.
7. Can you think of reasons why young people don't vote? List off some reasons.
8. What would you do to encourage young people to get involved in the political process, and to exercise their right to vote? (Write down some of your own ideas)

The Elections Canada site does also provide a lot of valuable information. While you're there, please explore some more!

Social 23

I collected your "Country Report Assignment" today in class. If you were away today, hopefully it was an excused absence, otherwise you have just lost 10% off this assignment. These assignments will not be accepted after the end of classes on Friday, so please make sure that you hand it in. Also, I asked you to read the following pages in your textbook: page 161, pages 163-167, and answer the following questions: Q2-3a on page 164 and Q4c on page 165. Additionally, I asked you to start compiling a list of "Hunger Terms", including the following key terms:

• hunger
• malnutrition
• undernutrition
• kwashiorkor
• marasmus
• beriberi
• pellagra
• scurvy
• rickets