New Unit Begins.....

Government and Politics Unit Begins today......

1. Government and Politics notes

2. Structure of Canada’s Federal Government – review as a class

3. Read p. 238 – 242 – questions 4, 5, and 6 AND Read p. 243 – 248 – question 8

4. Define Monarch, Governor General, Royal Assent, and Residual Power

#3 and 4 are to be completed for homework.

Have A Great Weekend!

Today we.....

1. Reviewed UN Handout - discussion, answered questions and map.
2. Reviewed Foreign Policy Assignment
discussed specifics and told what you need to know for the exam.
3. Sovereignty review overhead - we discussed what's on the exam.
4. Pacific Rim and E.U. Maps
5. Canada and US - p. 182 - 200

UNIT EXAM TOMORROW!

Foreign Policy Assignment

CANADA'S ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Assignment

Canada belongs to a number of international organizations for a number of reasons. Listed below are ten organizations with links to the appropriate sites. For each organization you must find the following information:

1. Date the organization was formed
2. The member nations
3. Main purpose and goals of the organization
4. Canada's role in the organization
5. Identify the goal(s) of foreign policy addressed by the organization

Foreign Policy Sites

APEC – Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada-apec/menu-en.asp
http://www.apecsec.org.sg/

Commonwealth
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/commonwealth/menu-en.asp
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/

G8
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/g8fmm-g8rmae/menu-en.asp

la Francophonie
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/francophonie/menu-en.asp

NAFTA - North America Free Trade Agreement
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/nafta-alena/menu-en.asp

NATO – North Atlantic Organization
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreign_policy/nato/canada_nato-en.asp
http://www.nato.int/

NORAD – North American Aerospace Defence Command
http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/focus/canada-us/bg00.010_e.asp

OAS – Organization of American States
http://www.oas.org/default.htm

UN – United Nations
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canada_un/ottawa/menu-en.asp
http://www.un.org/

WTO – World Trade Organization
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/tna-nac/wto-en.aspwww.wto.org

Reminder: Unit Exam is Thursday!

United Nations cont....

Today we...

1. Reviewed the unit pack assignment (#1-4) that was assigned on Friday.

2. UN Handout: The United Nations - Peacekeeping or Peacemaking

-read, discussed, and completed 7 questions relating to the handout.

3. Read p. 392-400 - definitions; peacekeeping, peacemaking, Korea, Kuwait, Somalia and apartheid

4. Read p.401-405 - unit pack questions 17-19

Reminder: Unit Exam will be on Wednesday or Thursday (most likely Thursday but...)