Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Addressing Imperialist Policies and our Impact Project

1. For Homework; Addressing Imperialist Poilicies - Read pages 171 - 177

2. In class we went on in Chapter 8 with more discussion and for the second half of the period we worked on our Projects.

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Homework for Tuesday.....

Today (Thursday) we.....

1. wrote the quiz (terms and essay)

2. work with our groups on the "Imperialist policies and practices" critical challenge - that will be presented on Thursday of next week.


Homework for Tuesday;

Please read and write brief notes and terms for pages 168-173 of the text.

Enjoy your long weekend!

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Chapter 7 Quiz Tomorrow and continue with our Critical Challenge

1. Tomorrow we have the Chapter 7 quiz;

KEYS ARE:
- knowing the terms from the Chapter...
- also the written response portion will be based on the following question

"To what extent did historical globalization affect people's lives?"

**Remember you can bring a "cheat sheet" for the written response but it can only include point form/web notes. Remember the rules discussed in class such as; NO WRITTEN PARAGRAPHS

If you were away today please see Mr. Flanagan asap.

Happy Studying!

Monday, November 19, 2007

Imperialism and Eurocentrism

1. European Imperialism p. 150
- write brief notes
- figure 7-11 terms

2. Trade Connections p. 151
- write brief notes
- figure 7-12 - What country was most successful in the "scramble?"

3. Read p. 152 Impacts of imperialism
-write brief notes
-ideas and opinions- answer question in the margin.

4. Read p. 154 step #4
-use the example on next page: Two Perspectives About Imperialism to answer the questions of step #4.

5. Explore the issues, #2 & #3.

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Understanding Historical World Views cont....

We have completed the first part of the Critical Challenge: Understanding Historical World Views

Part I
1. "White Man's Burden" and "Brown Man's Burden" analysis
2. Rudyard Kipling research
3. research, thoughts and ideas - answer questions on "Recording Our Ideas" sheet

Part II - some have begun part II

Read: "Sepulveda" (juanginesdesepulvdea_bi.pdf) account - to understand European perceptions of Aboriginal peoples and not to look for accurate portrayals on the Indigenous peoples.

Identify: the assumptions, beleifs and values attributed to Aboriginal peoples.

create a Word doc; title and identify

Homework for Tomorrow:

1. Read text p. 129-131
2. terms
3. Ideas and Opinions p. 129
4. Voices p 130-131 #1-2
5. Explore the Issues p.131 - research conflict in Sudan and Darfur region for basic understanding and then answer #2 a and b.

Have a great day!