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

1. WELCOME !2012/2013CONTEMPORARY WORLD, sec. 5Ms. SchreyerPLEASE HAVE A SEAT!

2. 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) SSUNS: opportunity of a lifetime

3. 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 Basic expectations

4. GOAL: To investigate what we are and where we come from so we might determine where we are headed OUTLINE: 1. Introduction 5. Post Cold War 2. WWI/Current events 6. United Nations 3. WWII/Current events 4. 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 Course Description

5. 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 COMPETENCIES AND THEMES

6. 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 Evaluation (Purple handout)

7. IBO Your IBO binder with Reflection Journal TO 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 beposted) ● In-class texts, copies of readings, maps, instructions, study notes, Sites to go to ● Contemporary World workbook materials

8. 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?” Unit 1: WWI and RWANDA

9. 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 IBO DUE DATES THIS TERM

10. Assignment: October 22/23 Unit Test: October 29/30 MAJOR IMM DUE DATES

11. 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 FOR NEXT CLASS

12. If you have concerns or questions: • See me in this room at recess or lunch • Email me at : • jschreyer@lbpsb.qc.ca THE END

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

15. Tell me your name and something memorable about yourself … HELP ME REMEMBER YOUR NAME

16. Axiom: a statement accepted as true as the basis of an argument Regressive Progressive Cyclical Chronological Common historical axioms

17. all free: liberalism order/purity many free some free regressive Cycycli cyclical One free: tyrant progressive Chaos/damnation chronological

18. Weapons/technology: Firecrackers, cannons, high explosives, atomic bomb Human evolution Systems/human rights Sy Medicine/science

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

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

21. Positions and themes Take 5 minutes to write down the answer to the following two questions about your paragraph (on the back or bottom of your work): • Position Was your axiom that human history is progressing, regressing, chronological, cyclical? • Theme What specific aspect of human life were you thinking about when you answered the question? (here are few themes: health, technology, conflict, human rights …)

22. Environment: sustainability Power: power of the state Wealth: world disparity Population: increased migration Conflict/Tension: intervention Ministry THEMES in CW

23. BRAINWORK 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!) VISUAL Large 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 Activity (2 periods): What is progress

24. Day 3CONTEMPORARY WORLD, sec. 5Ms. SchreyerPlease sit down at the assigned seat for attendance after attendance:work in groups on your Progress poster

25. Progress improves life Progress is secular, objective, singular Today, progress has the status of myth MYTH: 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. What is progress

26. Weapons From Chinese gunpowder there has been progress in BANGS: 1. firecrackers, 2. cannons, 3. petard, 4. high explosive shells, 5. atomic bomb The error of our assumptions About progress