Social 30-1
We finished watching the History's Turning Points video on "The FLQ Crisis of 1970". I gave you a little bit of time to complete filling in your answers to the questions. I had you read the section on 9/11: The Day That Changed the World from your Social 30-1 study booklets. I started a documentary from the Smithsonian channel on 9/11. We didn't finish this video, so we'll get to that tomorrow. After the September 11th attacks anti-terrorism legislation in Canada and the United States was passed quickly. In order to fully understand why this legislation was passed, you need to see the context in which it was passed. The value conflict between ensuring security, peace and order in society versus individual freedom and civil liberties could be a potential topic on Part A of your Diploma Exam. Liberal democracies around the world, post-9/11 have had to deal with the issue of the extent to which they must ensure security and the balance between security and civil liberties. It would not be difficult to use a quotation that relates to this issue ("They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."--Benjamin Franklin) and then have the essay question: "To what extent should we embrace the perspective(s) in this source?" Would you be able to write an essay on that topic? Think of the source material that I've given you on the FLQ crisis, the Emergencies Act, the Anti-Terrorism Act (we still need to talk about this) and the Patriot Act (we haven't talked about this yet) and the no fly list (we'll talk about this), and think about other ways you could prepare for this as a potential essay topic. Speaking of writing assignments, please remember that you have your Unit 3 WRA I (source analysis) on Tuesday, May 26th.
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