Day 35: Environmental issues

Click to watch a clip about Malala Yousefzai

Review of Chapter 12 - poverty.  HIPC.  World bank/IMF.  Bilateral aid.  Tied aid.

Environmental issues

Click to watch the CNN trailer to Planet in Peril

Click to watch Planet in Peril: shark finning

• supply and demand as population grows
• affecting one part of the ecosystem will have an effect on a different part of the ecosystem (ex. cutting down trees - global warming.  Killing sharks - affecting the numbers of other species)
• Government regulation regulation/deregulation.  (ex. setting standards of factory pollution into the air or water - if no regulations then what are the affects on the surrounding environment/wildlife/plant species/people/etc)

Handout: on Chapter 13 environment (What is global warming.  What governments can do around the world to decrease global warming.  Kyoto protocol)

Read page 418/419 - Do you think that Canadians should link foreign aid to human rights?

Do questions on page 420/421.  #5,7.9.10

Day 34: Globalization

Playing a simulation game: Oligopoly.

How does this relate to Globalization and global wealth.
Distribution of wealth
Owning a monopoly in a sector
Regulations/Deregulations
Stocks/investments

Day 33: Poverty cycle

Returned Geography quizzes - need to be more specific with your answers.  Provide examples to demonstrate further understanding of the topics

Debriefed article from last day on court ruling that homeless people can camp on public property.

TED Talk: Africa is poor and 5 other myths (by Simon Moss)
Click to watch
Summarize a key thought regarding each myth (1/2 sentences)

Handout: Poverty cycle (5 marks - in class write)

For Friday - Read "Kenya: trapped in poverty" on page 398/99
Answer questions #1,3,4

Have a fantastic field trip tomorrow!

Day 32: Global Issues conference presentations

5. Child Labour
6. Refugees
7. Human Trafficking
8. Child Soldiers

HANDOUT: Examples of possible provincial exam essay questions

Well done today.

Please send me links to your presentations please.
And include login information.

Day 31: Global Issus Conference presentations

Group presentation topics:

1. Primary education and literacy
2. Climate change
3. Human Rights
4. Poverty

Day 30: Quiz and poverty in BC

Quiz on Chapter 11 and Chapter 12 (up to p. 395)

A look at Insite (safe injection site): Click to watch

CNN International also produced a segment on this safe injection site: Click to watch

What are your thoughts about the safe injection site?
Do you agree/disagree with this?
What is this helping to prevent?
What else can be done to combat the various struggles of the homeless?

Article: Court rules homeless have the right to camp on public land Click to read

Please read and comment on the following questions:

• Do you agree with the court's decision?
• What/how are different municipalities handling the homeless population?  (What are some different agencies involved?)

Day 29: Measuring poverty and the poverty trap

Projects due on Monday: Discussion on group and individual responsibilities. 

Did you delegate responsibilities?  Did your group members meet time lines?
Be respectful of group members' time.  If your group member is not doing his or her share of work then please speak to me.  Don't reward a group member by doing extra work and completing work for him/her. 

Debrief Mexico City video yesterday. 
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)

Click to watch a clip of water pollution in Rio leading up to the 2016 olympics

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.
 A look at the problems in Vancouver's downtown Eastside: Click to watch

The Province's look at the Downtown Eastside

Harsh reality of the Downtown Eastside (Watch from 2-4 minute mark): Click to watch