January 21, 2007:Hodgson
DAY FOR SOCIAL STUDIES COLLBORATION.
One favourite teaching strategy that worked well in Semester I
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Commanding Heights allows teachers and students to explore economic globalization in
“bite size chunks” students are introduced to a complex topic through stories, historical
events, countries, key individuals and ideas.
Website: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/index.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/story/index.html
o 3.3, 3.4, 3.5
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/timemap/index.html
o 3.5, 3.6
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/index.html
o 3.6 comparison by county including HDI(wellbeing)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/people/index.html
o 3.7 select a county, then a person and get a perspective or a point of view
o For example Canada: NAOMI KLEIN- interview a well know anti-globalization
activist, author and film maker
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/lo/ideas/index.html
o 3.8 ideas, policy, ideology
Unit Two: Overview | Poland & Bolivia | Shock Therapy & Economic Indicators | Russia
"Shock Therapy" in Latin America and Eastern Europe
Overview
Students will use materials from Commanding Heights Online to understand how the tools of the modern world economy
have been used in attempts to strengthen developing economies in crisis. They will explore the reasons why economies fail,
what approaches have been tried to reverse economic downturns, and the ways in which these approaches have succeeded
and failed. They will be challenged to understand why measures that succeed in one place fail in others. They will consider
perspectives on these phenomena offered by various political leaders and economic policy makers and be encouraged to
draw their own conclusions.
Objectives for this Unit
By the end of this Unit, students will be able to:
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Identify the conditions and events that can trigger a severe economic downturn;
Describe four approaches available to policy makers to address sagging economies swiftly;
Identify some of the complex factors contributing to the success or failure of "shock therapy" economic reform;
Explain why lessons garnered from one context might or might not be applicable to another;
Articulate the tradeoffs between the benefits and costs of opening up domestic markets to the global economy;
Discuss the limitations of standard economic indicators as clear measures of policy outcomes.
Unit Two: Overview | Poland & Bolivia | Shock Therapy & Economic Indicators | Russia
A. A list of Sources for useful ARTICLES(envelope)
B. http://walrusmagazine.com/
 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2006.03-society-canada-multiculturism/
 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/archives/2007.11/
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C. , WEBSITES….SOME….too much work to review all
Environment/sustainability
Economics
Poverty
http://earthday.net/footprint/index_reset.asp?pid=588952
905432555
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-13908682/science_technology/great_lakes_pollution/
http://www.foe.co.uk
http://www.finpipe.com/interest.htm
http://thetake.org/index.cfm
http://www.naomiklein.org/shock-doctrine/short-film
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/key/global.htm
http://www1.worldbank.org/economicpolicy/globalizat
ion/index.html
http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/thewto_e.htm
http://www.campaign2000.ca/
http://www.lsf-lst.ca/
http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Poverty.as
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http://www.freethechildren.com/index.php
Pop culture/Ads
http://www.wsu.edu/~amerstu/pop/ads.html
http://select.nytimes.com/2006/10/20/opinion/20talkingpoi
nts.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
terrorism
http://www.ijtihad.org/globalterror.htm
Globalization/ anti-globalization Views
http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/cultural/2003/060
3globalopinion.htm
http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/directory
/a/antiglobalization.asp
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=4805
http://www.anti-marketing.com/anti-globalization.html
http://gale.cengage.com/OpposingViewpoints/
Outsourcing
http://www.indiawebdevelopers.com/Outsourcing/default.
asp
Alternatives to Globalization
http://www.oneworld.org/
Globalization and Democracy
http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/issues
05.html
Multiculturalism
http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/a
bout/multi/#attitudes
Cornell note taking
http://www.eleven21.com/notetaker/
writing
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
Citizenship/immigration
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/l
ook/index.asp
http://www.7thfloormedia.com/ourwork/showcase/yo
uthlinks.html
D. YouTube sites
Invisible Children: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qds5MQCqWnk RI#4
Free the Children http://youtube.com/watch?v=_Lj1I04zlGg RI#4
From Inconvenient Truth: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NS6UHfzhm5c RI#3
Global warming view points http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnt3FWToSWs RI#3
Texico Oil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLzelMyjBOw RI#3
Linda McQuig part 1 of 4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E28nvGL8HU RI#1
Naomi Klein Part 1 of 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yViSN71ftl4 RI#1
No Logo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uI0itS3gQFU RI#1
Noam Chomsky on globalization. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdYwAXZh0ME&feature=related RI#1
BBC’s Hard Talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMmYreBTWFo RI#1
New Feature from COA News http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6HRt1bH_dw&feature=related RI#1
This is a "Persistence Hunt" of a Male Kudu, by tribesman of the San on the Kalahari Desert of Africa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wI-9RJi0Qo RI#1
October Crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIcefCi5TZQ RI #1 or 2
CBC
A Lost Heritage: Canada's Residential Schools: http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-70692/disasters_tragedies/residential_schools/
Bill 101 http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73-1297/politics_economy/bill101/
Road to Bilingualism http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?IDCat=71&IDDos=101&IDLan=1&IDMenu=71
Concentration to Convergence: Media Ownership in Canada http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-73790/politics_economy/concentration_press/
Herouxville, QC is ground zero in the battle over how much accommodation of religious difference is
reasonable, and required
htp://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/video/immigrationdiversity/identity_crisis.html
The Current: Mixed Blessings http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/mixedblessings/
E. DVD titles, Great Moments of the 20th Century 1900-200
The Take RI#3
Water RI#4
Invisible Children RI#4
Hank Williams First Nation RI#1
Tsotsi RI#1
Walmart The high cost of low pricing RI#3
The US vs. John Lennon RI#4
The Pursuit of Happiness RI#3
Born into Brothels RI#3 or 4
Shake Hands with the Devil RI# 2 or 4
Hotel Rwanda RI#2 or 4
F. 10:30 am to 10:45: Health Break and Networking
1. 10:45 am – 12:00 pm: Small Group Discussion and Review of January Final Exams. Each participating
teacher is asked to bring:
 Seven copies of the final exam used by your class/school. Please include both the M C section and
any Written Response questions you had your students do. This is an opportunity to review the
strengths and areas needing revision based on experience of this first round of student writing.
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Questions to be addressed by the groups:
A. Do the test items address the desired student outcomes in the Program of Studies?
B. Do the questions measure student understanding of the concepts?
C. What proportion of the Final Exam addresses factual content?
2. 12:00 – 12:45 pm: Lunch will be provided at the E C
3. 12:45 pm – 2:45 pm: Small Group discussions to begin looking at the upcoming curriculum material for
Social 20-1 and 20-2 to be implemented in September ‘08. Groups will be assigned a particular RI on which
to focus. (Grade 9 and 10 only teachers could meet separately and do the same work only applied to their
Curric)
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Teachers are asked to bring a copy of the Program of Studies Student Outcomes for grade 11 Social
Discussion questions to be addressed:
A. How might you teach the particular RI your group is assigned?
B. What are the ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS for this RI? What do you want your students to know and
understand at the end of the semester?
C. Possible resources one could use?
D. What from the “old curriculum” could be brought into this material?
E. What big “Critical Challenges” could be used in this RI?
4. 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm: Re-convene as a large group for specific school departments to sign up for future
work on a specific R I.
JUNE 23: EXAM WEEK DAY FOR COLLABORATION ON BOTH GRADE 10 AND GRADE 11
SOCIAL. Agenda will evolve from the teacher work done on January 21.