Day 25: Population pressure and measuring poverty

Review MC sheet

Video: Mexico City (Populaton pressure)
Main ideas include:

• Push and pull factors
• problems associated with increasing population in cities
• connection between work-children-school
• living conditions of the poor
• urban problems (city development, roads, air quality, garbage disposal, water quality)

Handout: Measuring poverty (394/395) (World Bank.  Human poverty index)

Poverty Trap (pg. 396/97): IMF.  World Bank.  PECD.  Cycle of debt.  Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC).  Bilateral aid

Helping to improve living standards (413-417):
UNESCO.  NGOs.  ODA.  CIDA.

Government re-test on MC section next Wednesday, April 8th at lunch.

Day 24: Standards of living

If you were in charge of going into a developing country and improving the standard of living, what would you address first?  Rank in order of importance and back up with reasons why you have chosen this order

• health
• education
• clothing
• housing
• food
• jobs

Be Pandemic-ready warns Bill Gates

Why should developed countries aid developing countries?

Do companies have a responsibility to pay workers more in a developing country?

If a person is making $2 a day in a factory, should the company pay the person more?  

Should this person be happy making $2 a day?  Grateful to have this job?

Handout: Chapter 12.  Human development index

Why is there still a huge gap between developed/developing nations?

What is the impact of population growth on a country's standard of living?

Day 23: Limits to population growth

A look at Provincial exam Q's on population pyramids and demographic transition model

Population density vs. Population distribution (pg 380/381)

Human vs. physical factors of population density.

Census:  What is the purpose?  Difficulties with taking a census in a developing country?

China and India: Population control (Pg 368/69)

Youtube clip: unexpected consequences of China's One Child Policy

Limits to population growth (Pg 378/379).  Q #1

Fig 11-23.  Do you agree with the political cartoon?

What are some view points on population trends?

Day 22: Computer lab research and group work

continue to do research
Meet as a group to do the outline for your presentation
How are you dividing up the information/sections among group members
UNDERSTAND the difference between a DEVELOPING vs. DEVELOPED country
Case studies #1 and #2 should be about an issue in a DEVELOPING COUNTRY (ex. Chad, Niger, Mali....Look at bottom countries on the UN Development Index)
Case study #3 can be aboue a developing or developed country
Go over deadlines for slides/etc.....when will slides be completed? Set due dates for these slides to be sent/added do your document

Reminder: MAXIMUM 20 WORDS PER SLIDE (not 20 words per line).

Day 21: Demographic Transtion Model and Population Pyramids

Current events: Conservative MP apologizes for inappropriate comments regarding Canada's temporary foreign workers program.
Quebec man is fined for not providing his cell phone code at the border.  Do you think that he should have to provide access to his phone without a warrant?  Will be interesting to see if this is challenged in courts.  Is this a violation of human rights?

Top 10 most developed countries Click to watch

Top 10 least developed countries Click to watch

Powerpoint on the Demographic Transition Model (complete worksheet)

Ted ed lesson: Click to watch

Complete handout on Population Pyramids

Look at Figure 11-14: The population of Canada and India, 1900-2010 (pg. 367)
Do questions 1-3.

For tomorrow each person must complete three slides for the project.  Email me your slides or as a google doc.

Day 20: Research

Use the CIA factbook to find statistics.
Incorporate visuals in your presentation: graphs, tables, charts, etc.

The challenge for this project will be to take all of the available information and condense this into a 8-15 minute presentation.

Find a balance between not overwhelming the class with information and making it too simplistic.

You have all seen fantastic presentations by your peers over the course of your high school career (I assume).  Brainstorm ways to come up with an engaging, interesting presentation.  Imagine that you are sitting in the audience watching - what would you find interesting?

Three slides each (with name on the slides) must be sent to me tomorrow.  You can combine this on a google doc and send one link to me for viewing.

Back to the library on Thursday.

Day 19: Developed vs. Developing nations

Global Education Conference: picking topics

Brainstorm:  What are characteristics of Developed vs. Developing nations?

Begin Unit 4.  Human Geography: The Future in Balance (354/355)
Chapter 11: Population Trends and Issues (pg. 356-364)

Do Questions #1,2,4,5 on page 364

• Define demography, natural increase, emigration, immigration, net migration, and exponential growth
• What types of information are collected in census?  Give examples of three uses of this information.
• What are the main components of population change?  What is meant by the rule of 70?
• Why is immigration more important to Canada's population growth than to some other countries?

Finish atlas assignment (make sure you create a legend.  Colour code according to information criteria sheet).
Know your map and how to interpret information.  The map is due at the end of the Geography unit.

Meet directly in the library tomorrow.

Day 18: Mapping and oral interviews

Geography: World Map.  Using the text book and atlas.  Analyzing figures and graphs.

Oral interviews on government.

Day 17: Government Test

Mind maps collected.
Self evaluation on your mind map.

Test.

Oral interviews tomorrow.

Day 16: Review and the start of Geography

Discussion from yesterday on how to improve the criminal justice system.
For serious crimes do we focus on rehabilitation or retribution?  Is it possible to improve the justice system?

Review Jeopardy

Handout: Government review

Introduction to Chapter 11 on Population Trends and Issues (Pg 356/357)

7 billion people so fast.  How did we get here?  An interesting look through this clip: Click to watch

Handout: Group project on Global Issues Conference (I have selected the groups)

Geography/Human Rights/Law test tomorrow

Day 15: Criminal vs. Civil law

Went over the handout from yesterday on law

Criminal vs. Civil law
What are the three basic elements of criminal law:

1. Presumption of Innocence
2. The Criminal Act
3. Mens Rea

Read the article on Karla Homolka and David Milgaard.  Do you believe that the criminal justice system should be changed?  Do you believe in Retribution or Rehabilitation of criminals (serious crimes).

Youtube: A look at Karla Homolka
News: Vince Li - responsible for beheading a man on a Greyhound bus.   Being released
Maple Ridge: Man found not guilty of killing two people when he drove into the store front and killed two people.

Handout: Ways of improving the criminal justice system
Looking at current problems and solutions.
Group discussion.

Day 14: Human Rights and intro to Law

Current event: Murder of a prominent opponent of Russian government (Boris Nemtsov) READ HERE
A look at the history timeline of Russian government since 1917 to the end of the Cold War and fall of Communism.

Review sheet: Federal government
A review of Provincial and Municipal government structure

Pg 335-347.  Read and handout

Chapter 11: Intro to Law (old text book).

Government and Human Rights test on Thursday.
Oral interviews on Friday.