PLEASE HAVE A SEAT !

SSUNS: OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME
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McGill’s Secondary Schools United Nations
Simulation!
 go to http://www.ssuns.org/
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Nov. 8-11
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Only 60$ per student with St. Thomas help
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Submit signed form asap to book your spot
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A life-changing experience with international name-recognition (for CV purposes)

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Be on time to class and with your work
 late to class? ►I will catch you up on Polka music
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Late with work? ► -10% for 3 days, then 0 assigned
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Be ready with your materials
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Not ready? ► I have Tibetan throat singing too!
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Be respectful to self and others
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Disrespectful? ► see agenda

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

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There are 2 competencies :
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1: Interprets Contemporary World Problems
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2: Takes a position on Contemporary World Issues
Each is valued at 50%, both are evaluated each term
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There are 5 themes (Orange handout):
Power , Wealth , Conflict, Environment , Population

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Homework and Participation ( up to 20%)
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Write, investigate, answer questions, read
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Quizzes (up to 30%)
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Surprise quizzes on homework assigned or recent classes taught
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Unit tests (20-50%)
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One test per unit
Terms, short answer, maps, visual media, essay
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Major projects (30-80%)
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Research papers, simulations, debates, negotiations, United Nations

IBO
Your IBO binder with Reflection Journal
TO BUY
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Binder with loose-leaf or two notebooks (one for notes and one for quizzes)
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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

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This Unit is interdisciplinary (in coordination with the English Department)
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The content for CW is :
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WWI: its causes, battles, consequences
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Rwanda: its causes, the event, consequences
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The Unit Question is”
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“ How and why do atrocities occur?
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IBO
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HW Assignment: October 11/12 (days ¾)
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Interdisciplinary Project: October 22 (day 4)
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Unit Test: Oct 29/30 (days 2/3)
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COURSE WEBSITE: on the school portal, each student has access via username and password – no password? See me asap

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Assignment: October 22/23
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Unit Test: October 29/30

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1. Bring required materials
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2. Submit the answers to the Introductory
Questionnaire (typed and stapled!)
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4. Submit your answer to the Unit Question:
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1 page, single spaced (2 pages if double spaced), hand written in your IBO reflection notebook
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Suggested content: define your terms, summarize your position, give examples that support your position

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

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

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Tell me your name and something memorable about yourself …

Axiom: a statement accepted as true as the basis of an argument
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Regressive
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Progressive
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Cyclical
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Chronological

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

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

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

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

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):
Theme
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Position
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Was your axiom that human history is progressing, regressing, chronological, cyclical?
What specific aspect of human life were you thinking about when you answered the question?
(here are few themes: health, technology, conflict, human rights …)

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Environment : sustainability
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Power : power of the state
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Wealth : world disparity
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Population : increased migration
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Conflict/Tension : intervention

ACTIVITY (2 PERIODS): WHAT IS PROGRESS
BRAINWORK
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In groups of 4-5 (best to go with likeminded individuals!)
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Define what PROGRESS is in one sentence
Choose one of the five themes
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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

PLEASE SIT DOWN AT THE ASSIGNED SEAT FOR
ATTENDANCE
AFTER ATTENDANCE:
WORK IN GROUPS ON YOUR PROGRESS POSTER

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Progress improves life
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Progress is secular, objective, singular
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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.

THE ERROR OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PROGRESS
Weapons
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From Chinese gunpowder there has been progress in BANGS:
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1. firecrackers, 2. cannons, 3. petard, 4. high explosive shells, 5. atomic bomb