Tests: F-Ed & CW

Tuesday: Financial Ed (Or)
-test (short answer)
-study your notes & know textbook: p. 10, 12-13; 20-21

Wednesday (Gr)-Thursday (Or): Contemporary World
-finish notes about demographic characteristics of emerging & LDC's
-work on study questions (handout)
-know the landforms map

TEST:
Tues. Oct. 31 (Or); Tues., Nov. 7 (Gr).
-format: 10 short answer questions (/35); map of physical features (/15)
-answer the review questions in point form; this will help you to study
-review questions are posted in google classroom

From a CIA "Demographic Trends" report:

CW Test & Finance Ed.

CW: TEST ON THE INTRODUCTION, Sept. 28-29

REVIEW:
These questions provide a framework for test preparation. Answer them (in point form) using your notes, textbook and booklet. Refer to text pages: 4 (world map); 8-13 (left-right spectrum, economic systems); 152-153 (classification of countries); 23-25 (globalisation, mass media).

1. Label a blank world map: 7 continents, 4 major oceans, the countries from your booklet (including NK & Saudi Arabia). Print the map provided below; label it to study if you don't know it yet.
2. Complete this sentence: "An ideology is….
3. What does it mean to be politically, economically and socially "on the left," "on the right" or "in the centre"? Give an example to illustrate each.
4. List characteristics of a democracy and dictatorship. Provide a current example of each (not Canada or the U.S.A.).
5. Explain what is meant by the classifications of countries: developed, developing and least developed country. Provide current examples and characteristics for each.
6. What is the HDI? What is the GDP? Why or how are these used to classify countries?
7. Explain globalization by discussing characteristics.
8.What are the causes of globalization?
9. Discuss three ways that the global economy has been impacted by globalisation.
10. What is a "multinational" corporation? What does "outsourcing" mean? Why do MNCs outsource?
11. How are cultures affected by globalization?
12. What does the term "media" mean? What are the two functions (or roles) of media?
13. Are newspapers and the internet reliable sources of information? Discuss.
14. What challenges do journalists face?
15. Why is it important to question all that we see, read or hear through media sources?



FE:
Try: "What kind of consumer are you?"

Welcome back!

It's your graduating year - yay, 2018! Hope it's awesome!

Contemporary World: Basics booklet 
-first tasks:
-map: follow instructions (pg. 1); watch this video about the South China Sea
-political spectrum: read the 20 statements (pg. 2); check off "strongly agree-to-strongly disagree"
-dictatorships: check out the video about Kim Jong Il and this video about Kim Jong Un
-classification of countries (p. 3-4). Take a look at: Better life index: Canada


Financial Ed: Introduction 
Try these few sample test questions: OECD Financial Literacy
Read article about changing consumer habits and another one here

Economics: Test, Thurs. June 6

Final test: 60 marks
35% of term III
-16 multiple choice (2 marks each, 32 marks)
-start from Unit 3 (#3: Private enterprise; all of Unit 4)
-business organization, crown corporations, money supply, role of Bank of Canada, inflation (definitions, causes, consequences, measures, hyperinflation, deflation), CPI, government's economic role...

11 short answer (28 marks)
-definitions and explanations...

Ecological Footprint: Link & mind map

Update:
Your Eco-Footprint mind-map is due June 9 (or before). It is worth 15% of term 3. Our ONLY full class together is on May 29. This class will be devoted to review for your final test on Friday, June 2.  You must be in class for this exam, worth 30% (+/-) of term 3. Only a proper medical or legal note will excuse you from this exam; if none is forthcoming, your mark on the exam is 0%.

Global Footprint Network: use this link.  Also, read this blog post about eliminating "8 bits of plastic."

Task: Create a mind map

Include the following elements:

• define the Ecological Footprint (centre of page)
• causes of “Ecological Footprint” (there should be about 4-5)
• countries'  EF: worst (5) and least (5) offending countries (their location, their Footprint size, and interesting, pertinent information, etc…). 
• differences between developed countries’ footprint and LDC’s Footprint; reasons for this…
• Reducing footprint: ways in which society, individuals can reduce the Footprint (organize into countries and individuals; provide about 5 each) 
• Harmful Water consumption (ex. industries... or issues surrounding the water usage and the Footprint differ between Asia and Las Vegas

Each element can be developed in a different quadrant of your paper. Branch out logically; think of illustrations to add...

Watch this video:

CW & ECON: Apr. 10-12

CW: Monday
(1) begin documentary, "Freightened," as introduction to next unit (Environment & Sustainability)
-watch about 45 minutes; answer viewing questions that are assigned (while/after viewing); should you want, click here for more information about the film (a pdf press release);

(2) work on handout of study questions for the unit test on Wednesday.

Also, for those of you who have asked and/or for those of you who are interested, here's an updated video about the Syrian conflict (found in this reading on Vox):


Econ: Tuesday
-short quiz (Departments in a Business); study your handouts from Thursday's class;
-buy & sell stocks: max 10 minutes
-research your two corporations (use the organizer I provided in google classroom).

This is kind of hilarious (and it really is a terrible, terrible ad):

CW: International aid, etc.

Your project about your African country is due between Thursday, Mar. 30 and Monday, Apr. 3.

Assignment: Solutions to global disparity

1. Read textbook and take notes.
2. Identify the different ways in which the international community works to lessen the impact of global disparity and promote social justice.
3. What have been the results of international aid?

• p. 166-169; p. 172-175
• p. 176-177 (results of aid)
• We will review the reading and your notes.

Econ: Stock market indexes & Test (Wed.)

Your Consumer Protection review is due Monday. A small test about Consumer Protection is scheduled for Wednesday. You are responsible for three readings (google classroom); questions about them will appear on the test. Your test will include T-F, matching, vocabulary, short answers and a couple of multiple choice questions.

Below are stock market indexes that you can use to follow your virtual stock market.  Indexes include: CAC40 (La Bourse de Paris), Dow Jones (NYSE), FTSE (LSX), DAX (Deutsche B).

Read about Dow Jones' 120 year history, here.

CW & ECON: Mar. 20-24

CW:
-review neocolonialism
-work on Africa project (due Mar. 30)
-notes:
-solutions to global disparity: international aid & "fair trade" practices

Quiz next week


ECON:
-3 readings (CPA, class action law suit, price errors)
-complete unit
-review

CW & ECON: Mar. 7-10

Contemporary World:
Tuesday:
-hand in India-Pakistan assignment (we might discuss it a little, but we'll see...)
-go over quizzes from before the break
-notes: North-South axis, characteristics of countries (LDC's, etc.)

-examine the most developed African countries (they exist!):
http://www.africaranking.com/most-developed-african-countries/5/

use this link to discuss the characteristics of developed countries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country

read this article about South Africa and Jacob Zuma:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/03/jacob-zuma-calls-confiscation-white-land-without-compensation/

Thursday:
-examine and discuss political cartoons about neocolonialism
-notes: "Neo-colonialism"

ECONOMICS:
Wednesday:

Friday:

CW & ECON: Feb. 7-10

CW:
-work on project: comparison of developed & LDCs:
-comparison table
-GDP bar graph
-2 maps (title, legend, neatness, accuracy...)
-age expectancy line (countries from map 1)
-paragraphs: observations (wealth & disparity) & debt

LDCs you may choose from:
Burkina Faso, Afghanistan, Gambia, Eritrea, Central African Republic, DRC, Burundi, Niger, Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Chad, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Mali, Guinea, Somalia

Links:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

http://databank.worldbank.org/data/home.aspx

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/canada/unemployment-rate

Link for map 1:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index

ECON:

Wednesday:
-hand back mortgage assignment (eight students still owe this assignment; due Wednesday morning; it must be emailed if absent...)
-finish notes about steps to solving personal debt
-complete handouts from Friday
-review

Friday:
-test on Friday (credit after credit cards & debt), regardless of potential snow day on Wednesday
-format: 10 multiple choice & 10 short answer

CW & ECON: Jan. 31-Feb. 3

CW: Tuesday, Thursday
Video: "Why some countries are poor..."


Check out government debt visual, here.  Green booklet due Tuesday afternoon.
and start project...

Video: Inflation


ECON: Wednesday, Friday
-loan contract due Wednesday
-notes: mortgages (Wed), debt (Fri)
-Quiz: Feb. 10

CW & ECON

CONTEMPORARY WORLD: Tuesday & Thursday
-continue working in green booklet

ECON: Wednesday & Friday
-continue credit

CW: Test

Test: Tuesday, Dec. 20, period 3

Format: Long & short answer
-4-5 definitions with examples (vocab we chose in class; 2 mark each)
-3-4 long answer (8-10 marks each)
-6-10 short answer (1-2 marks each)
-cartoon to analyse

Map: Major urban areas (20)
-Asia: Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Dhaka, Manila, Jakarta, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangkok
-Europe: London, Paris
-Africa: Cairo, Lagos
-Americas: LA, Chicago, NYC, Mexico, Sao Paolo
(...and some bonus cities...)

Study, read, and know:
-notes: Migration & Urban territories
-textbook, p. 98-100
-class readings (ivory booklet, slums, urban sprawl...)

Dec. 15-16: ECON & CW

ECON:

-Alone, or with a partner, you will create and rationalise a print advertisement for your corporate client. 

-You will have one class period (Dec. 16) to work; manage your time efficiently – bring with you any necessary items, etc., to create something unusual or original. 

-It is due December 21. Be prepared to present it.

CW:

-map due by Friday, Dec. 16

-test next Tuesday (see blog post above)

Dec. 7-9: CW & ECON

Contemporary World:

-finish migration & urbanization (slums)

-begin work on map of urban areas

Economics: for Thursday

-bring to class a print advertisement

-you and your partner will analyze 10 ads based on today's information...

• The brand or name of “product” being advertised?
• Who is the intended audience?
• Is there a spokesperson?
• What is the goal of the advertisement?
• What type persuasive appeals (pathos, logos, ethos) & briefly explain how/if it is successful.

Economics: video & assignment

Remember: questions about budgeting and consumption due Friday, Dec. 2. Here they are, in case you can't access G-Classroom... ;)

CONTEMP: Nov. 28 & Dec. 1

Monday:
-continue migration & global urbanisation
-here are two readings: U.N. Report on megacities and major megacities by population

Thursday: Test
-two sets of notes (Migration Flows, Immigration Policies)
-readings (Worst Immigration Policies and textbook pages)
-short answer (reasons, impact of free trade zones, brain drain, refugees, diasporas, illegal immigration, immigration policies...)
-use the information from your poster project AND the questions from previous blog to prepare

CONTEMPORARY WORLD: November 21 & 23

Due Monday:
-having read documents 13-26 and completed table (ivory booklet, back page), you should be ready to hand in:
-two paragraphs about how governments handle immigration (legal and illegal) similarly, etc.
-remember: back your statements with FACTS and EXAMPLES from the documents

TEST, next week:
-two sets of class notes (Migration Flows, Immigration Policies); readings (Worst Immigration Policies, and textbook pages)
-short answer (reasons, impact of free trade zones, brain drain, refugees, diasporas, illegal immigration, immigration policies...)
-use the information from your poster project AND the following questions to help you prepare:

ECONOMIC & SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MIGRATION, textbook, p. 84-93

1.     For developing countries, why is the departure of large segments of the population an economic “solution”?

2.    According to the World Bank, out-migration has positive effects on the countries of origin. Discuss two positive effects.

3.    How does the arrival of immigrants in receiving countries have a positive impact on these countries’ economies?

4.    Why has the “globalization of the economy” negatively affected developed nations? How do companies remain “competitive” globally?

5.    What are some causes of the "brain drain?" Which country loses the highest percentage of its "brains"?

6.    Explain the phenomenon of diasporas: What does “diaspora” mean? What is a diaspora? What are some major diasporas? Why do diasporas play an important role within their communities?

7.    What are some characteristics of illegal immigration? Describe illegal immigration between Africa and Europe.

Some short questions:

Name three industrialized or developed regions that attract the most migrants.

Identify one international labour law.

What is NAFTA?

How many illegal immigrants live in the USA?

How many computer engineers are trained yearly in India?
What is a lasting symbol of a “closed border,” in existence from 1961-1989?

Global remittances:
"Remittances are among the most tangible links between migration and development. According to World Bank projections, international migrants are expected to remit more than $582 billion in earnings in 2015, of which $432 billion will flow to low- or middle-income countries. In 27 countries, remittances were equal to more than 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2014; in ten countries they were equal to more than 20 percent of GDP."

Economics

Tuesday:
-discuss Suzuki article
-review for exam on Thursday
-GDP project due

Another GDP website:
http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/canada/gdp

Term exam:

-20 multiple choice (2 marks each)

-5 short answer (10 marks)

-topics: everything we've done in unit 1

Thursday:

-exam