December 12

Social 10-1

You got the results of your Unit 3 Final Exam today. I also delivered a presentation that corresponds to Chapter 15 called "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization". I will send this presentation to you today, so please check your e-mail. You have your Chapter 15-16 Quiz on Thursday, December 18th. Here is the study guide.

Chapter 15-16 Quiz Study Guide:

You will have a Chapter 15-16 Quiz on Thursday, December 18th. This quiz will follow the typical format: a matching section, a multiple choice section and a short answer section. Please use the following study guide. Study from your textbook and the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "Quality of Life, Human Rights, and Democratization" (ppt)
• "Impacts of Globalization on Groups in Society" (ppt)
• study the reading "Human Rights Abuses in a Globalized World: Burma Case Study" (from Globalization 101 website)
  

Key Terms:

• Chapter 15 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• Chapter 16 Key Terms (from Unit 4 Worksheet)
• additional key terms from the presentations that correspond to Chapters 15 and 16)
  

Key Questions:

• What are human rights?
• What is democratization?
• What is quality of life?
• What is standard of living?
• How are ideas about human rights and democracy related?
• How are globalization, human rights, and democracy related?
• How have ideas about human rights changed over time?
• What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
• What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of children and youth?
• In what ways does globalization affect the lives of women?
• human rights abuses in Burma
  

Social 20-1

I showed you a video today called "Darfur: On Our Watch", which covers the crisis in the western region of the Sudan called Darfur, and the failure of the international community to act to stop the conflict and genocide in Darfur. Here are some good links on Darfur:

• Please have a look at the following hyperlink from ABC News on Darfur.
• Here's a hyperlink to Eyes on Darfur (an Amnesty International project).
• CBC News in Depth: Darfur, Sudan
• If you have Google Earth, have a look at this download from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum called Crisis in Darfur
• Eric Reeves website on Sudan (featured in the film Darfur: On Our Watch)

Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam next Wednesday, here is the study guide.