WELCOME ! 2012/2013 CONTEMPORARY WORLD, sec. 5 Ms. Schreyer PLEASE HAVE A SEAT !

WELCOME !2012/2013

CONTEMPORARY WORLD, SEC. 5MS. SCHREYER

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT!

SSUNS: OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME

McGill’s Secondary Schools United Nations Simulation!

go to http://www.ssuns.org/ Nov. 8-11 Only 60$ per student with St. Thomas help Submit signed form asap to book your spot A life-changing experience with

international name-recognition (for CV purposes)

BASIC EXPECTATIONS Be on time to class and with your work

late to class? ►I will catch you up on Polka music Late with work? ► -10% for 3 days, then 0

assigned

Be ready with your materials Not ready? ► I have Tibetan throat singing too!

Be respectful to self and others Disrespectful? ► see agenda

COURSE DESCRIPTION GOAL:To investigate what we are and where we come from

so we might determine where we are headedOUTLINE:1. Introduction 5. Post Cold War2. WWI/Current events 6. United Nations3. WWII/Current events4. Cold War/Current events

The focus of the units is to look at the causes of past conflicts/problems/issues, and to study attempts to either resolve the ones that are with us and avoid them in the future

COMPETENCIES AND THEMES There are 2 competencies:

1: Interprets Contemporary World Problems

2: Takes a position on Contemporary World Issues

Each is valued at 50%, both are evaluated each term

There are 5 themes (Orange handout):

Power, Wealth, Conflict, Environment, Population

EVALUATION (PURPLE HANDOUT)

Homework and Participation ( up to 20%) Write, investigate, answer questions, read

Quizzes (up to 30%) Surprise quizzes on homework assigned or recent classes taught

Unit tests (20-50%) One test per unit Terms, short answer, maps, visual media, essay

Major projects (30-80%) Research papers, simulations, debates, negotiations, United

Nations

MATERIALSIBO

Your IBO binder with Reflection JournalTO BUY Binder with loose-leaf or two notebooks (one for notes and one

for quizzes) Pens, pencils, ruler, eraser and pencil sharpener Colouring pencils and markers (5+ colours)

FROM ME● Class website (power points and assignments will be posted)● In-class texts, copies of readings, maps, instructions, study

notes, Sites to go to ● Contemporary World workbook

UNIT 1: WWI AND RWANDA This Unit is interdisciplinary (in

coordination with the English Department)

The content for CW is : WWI: its causes, battles, consequences Rwanda: its causes, the event,

consequences The Unit Question is”

“How and why do atrocities occur?”

MAJOR IBO DUE DATES THIS TERM HW Assignment: October 11/12 (days

¾) Interdisciplinary Project: October 22

(day 4) Unit Test: Oct 29/30 (days 2/3)

COURSE WEBSITE: on the school portal, each student has access via username and password – no password? See me asap

MAJOR IMM DUE DATES Assignment: October 22/23

Unit Test: October 29/30

FOR NEXT CLASS 1. Bring required materials 2. Submit the answers to the Introductory

Questionnaire (typed and stapled!) 4. Submit your answer to the Unit

Question: 1 page, single spaced (2 pages if double

spaced), hand written in your IBO reflection notebook

Suggested content: define your terms, summarize your position, give examples that support your position

THE END If you have concerns or questions:

See me in this room at recess or lunch

Email me at : [email protected]

END

Anton Möller: Balance of Wealth, oil on canvas (1601)

HELP ME REMEMBER YOUR NAME Tell me your name and something

memorable about yourself …

COMMON HISTORICAL AXIOMSAxiom: a statement accepted as true as the basis of an argument Regressive

Progressive

Cyclical

Chronological

all free: liberalism order/purity

many free

some free regressive

Cycycli cyclicalOne free: tyrant progressive

Chaos/damnation

chronological

Weapons/technology: Firecrackers, cannons, high explosives, atomic bomb

SyMedicine/science

Human evolution Systems/human rights

Michelangelo: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, fresco (1508-1512)

Anton Möller: Balance of Wealth, oil on canvas (1601)

POSITIONS AND THEMES

PositionWas your axiom that

human history is progressing, regressing, chronological, cyclical?

ThemeWhat specific aspect of

human life were you thinking about when you answered the question?

(here are few themes: health, technology, conflict, human rights …)

Take 5 minutes to write down the answer to the following two questions about your paragraph (on the back or bottom of your work):

MINISTRY THEMES IN CW Environment: sustainability

Power: power of the state

Wealth: world disparity

Population: increased migration

Conflict/Tension: intervention

ACTIVITY (2 PERIODS): WHAT IS PROGRESSBRAINWORK In groups of 4-5 (best to go with likeminded individuals!) Define what PROGRESS is in one sentence Choose one of the five themes Based on that definition, answer where we are headed as a species in

the theme you have chosen Create a visual illustration of your answer to where we are headed (no

words allowed!)VISUALLarge paper, Pencils and markers, No words, You will explain your work to the class, so use symbolism to express your

ideas (colour, images, connotations), Write definition and explain where we are headed on the back of the

paper (in pencil), 6. include the names of group members

DAY 3

CONTEMPORARY WORLD, SEC. 5MS. SCHREYER

PLEASE SIT DOWN AT THE ASSIGNED SEAT FOR ATTENDANCE

AFTER ATTENDANCE:WORK IN GROUPS ON YOUR PROGRESS POSTER

WHAT IS PROGRESS Progress improves life Progress is secular, objective, singular Today, progress has the status of mythMYTH: an arrangement of the past, whether

real or imagined, in patterns that reinforce a culture’s deepest values and aspirations … we live and die by myths. They are the maps by which cultures navigate through time.

THE ERROR OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PROGRESS

Weapons From Chinese gunpowder there has

been progress in BANGS: 1. firecrackers, 2. cannons, 3. petard, 4.

high explosive shells, 5. atomic bomb