Canadian and World Issues (CGW4U)

 

 

FALL TERM:

 

 

CLASS

DATE

TOPIC

HOMEWORK

FILES, REMARKS, EXTRA MATERIAL

 

 

77

 Mon, May 28

 Exam Review

 Study for exam

 

 

 

76

 Thurs, May 24

 Exam Review

 Study for exam

 

 

 

75

 Tues, May 22

 Exam Review

 Study for exam

 Exam Outline and Review

 

 

74

 Thurs, May 17

 Debates

Study for exam

 Final Debate Today

 

 

73

 Tues, May 15

 Debate Preparation

Prepare for debates

 

 

 

 

72

 Fri, May 11

 Call to Action?

Prepare for debates 

 

 

 

71

 Wed, May 9

 Good News?

Read pages 467-469 in Global Connections 

 

 SUE -

 

 

70

 Mon, May 7

 A Sustainable Future?

Read pages 462-466 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

69

 Thurs, May 3

 Economic Growth and Sustainability

Read pages 456-461 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

UNIT 7: Responsibility and Hope for the Future

 

 

68

 Tues, May 1

 Unit Six Test

Read pages 449-455 in Global Connections 

 

Unit Six Test Today

 

 

67

 Fri, Apr 27

 Debates: Quality of Life

Study for upcoming test

 Debates Today: Quality of Life

 

 

66

 Wed, Apr 25

 Microcredit and Fair Trade

Prepare for debates

 

 

 

 

65

 Mon, Apr 23

 Empowerment in a Globalized World

Read pages 443-448 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

64

 Thurs, Apr 19

 Cultural Exceptionalism?

Read pages 438-442 in Global Connections 

 

 SUE -

 

 

63

 Tues, Apr 17

 Human Rights

Read pages 433-437 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

62

 Fri, Apr 13

 Obesity Pandemic

Read pages 424-432 in Global Connections 

 

 Final Microfinance Portfolio Due

 

 

61

 Wed, Apr 11

 Global Diseases

Read pages 416-423 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

UNIT 6: Quality of Life

 

 

60

 Thurs, Apr 5

 Unit Five Test

Read pages 410-415 in Global Connections 

 

 Unit Five Test Today - Review

 

 

 

59

 Tues, Apr 3

A Look Back at Conflict and Cooperation

Study for upcoming test

 

 

 

58

 Fri, Mar 30

Policy Brief for Future PM

None

 

Policy Brief Due - Exemplar

 

 

57

 Wed, Mar 28

 Are World Peace and Development Possible?

Finish Policy Brief

 

 

 

 

56

 Fri, Mar 9

 Making the World a Better Place

Read pages 401-408 in Global Connections 

 

SUE -

 

 

55

 Wed, Mar 7

 Changes to Global Power

Read pages 395-400 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

54

 Mon, Mar 5

 Global Power Structures

Read pages 390-394 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

53

 Thurs, Mar 1

 Is a War on Terror Possible?

Read pages 377-389 in Global Connections 

 

SUE -

 

 

52

 Tues, Feb 28

 Terrorism

Read pages 371-376 in Global Connections 

 

 Microfinance Portfolio #4 Due

 

 

51

 Fri, Feb 24

 Clash of Civilizations?

Read pages 364-370 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

50

 Wed, Feb 22

 Hard and Soft Power

Read pages 353-363 in Global Connections 

 

 SUE –

Toronto Star

CBC

 

 

49

 Thurs, Feb 16

 Ideology and Conflict

Read pages 349-352 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

48

 Tues, Feb 14

 Geopolitics

Read pages 343-348 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

UNIT 5: Conflict and Cooperation

 

 

47

 Fri, Feb 10

 Unit Four Test

Read pages 338-342 in Global Connections 

 

 Unit Four Test Today - Review

 

 

46

 Wed, Feb 8

 A Look Back at The Earth in Balance

Study for upcoming test 

 Posters Due: Environmental Issues

 

 

 

45

 Mon, Feb 6

Solutions to the Climate Problem

None

 

 

 

 

44

 Thurs, Feb 2

 Climate Change

Read pages 321-336 in Global Connections 

 

SUE –

Climate Change Simulation

 

 

43

 Tues, Jan 31

 How to Make our Energy?

Read pages 316-320 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

42

 Fri, Jan 27

 Energy Choices

Read pages 307-315 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

41

 Wed, Jan 25

 Threats to Our Air

Read pages 291-306 in Global Connections 

 

SUE -

 

 

40

 Mon, Jan 23

 The Atmosphere

Read pages 282-290 in Global Connections 

 

 Microfinance Portfolio #3 Due

 

 

39

 Thurs, Jan 19

 The Earth’s Water Resources

Read pages 277-281 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

38

 Tues, Jan 17

 Sustainable Forests?

Read pages 258-276 in Global Connections 

 

SUE -

 

 

37

 Fri, Jan 13

 The World’s Forests

Read pages 249-257 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

36

Wed, Jan 11

 Land Issues

Read pages 245-248 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

UNIT 4: The Earth in Balance

 

 

35

 

Wed, Dec 21

 Unit Three Test 

Read pages 228-244 in Global Connections 

 

 Unit Three Test Today - Have a Great Winter Break!

 

 

34

 Mon, Dec 19

 A Look Back at Economic Issues

Study for upcoming test

 Test Review

 

 

33

 Thurs, Dec 15

 Dealing with the Debt Crisis

None

 

 Combating World Hunger Assignment Due

World Debt Simulation

 

 

32

 Tues, Dec 13

 International Debt

Read pages 221-226 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

31

 Fri, Dec 9

 Is Income Fairly Distributed?

Read pages 213-220 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

30

 Wed, Dec 7

 Economic Disparity

Read pages 209-212 in Global Connections 

 

 SUE -

 

 

29

 Mon, Dec 5

 Free Trade 

Read pages 196-208 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

28

 Thurs, Dec 1

 Global Corporations

Read pages 188-195 in Global Connections 

 

 Microfinance Portfolio #2 Due

Big is Beautiful

 

 

27

 Tues, Nov 29

 Economic Systems

Read pages 181-187 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

26

 Wed, Nov 23

 How Do Economies Develop?

Read pages 175-180 in Global Connections 

 

 SUE -

 

 

25

 Mon, Nov 21

 Green Revolution and Future of Agriculture

Read pages 167-174 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

24

 Thurs, Nov 17

 Hunger

Read pages 151- 166 in Global Connections 

 

 Combating World Hunger - Exemplars

 

 

UNIT 3: Economic Issues

 

 

23

Tues, Nov 15 

 Unit Two Test

Read pages 146-150 in Global Connections 

 

 Unit Two Test Today - Review

 

 

22

 Wed, Nov 9

A Look Back at Human Population 

 

Study for upcoming test

 

 

 

 

21

 Mon, Nov 7

 Urban Migration - Problems and its Future

None

 

 

 

 

20

 Thurs, Nov 3

 Urbanization

Read pages 138-144 Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

19

 Tues, Nov 1

 Migration Issues

Read pages 128-137 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

18

 Fri, Oct 28

 Migration

Read pages 119-127 in Global Connections 

 

 SUE -

 

 

17

 Wed, Oct 26

 Will a Population Implosion Happen?

Read pages 113-118 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

16

 Mon, Oct 24

 Birth Dearth?

Read pages 109-112 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

15

 Thurs, Oct 20

 Assumptions and Futures

Read pages 104-108 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

14

 Tues, Oct 18

 Population Control

Read pages 100-103 in Global Connections 

 SUE –

Work Skills Conferences

 

 

13

 Fri, Oct 14

 Population Explosion

Read pages 95-99 in Global Connections 

 

 Microfinance Portfolio #1 Due

 

 

12

Wed, Oct 12

 Population Projections

Read pages 84-94 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

11

 Fri, Oct 7

 Population Theories

Read pages 79-83 in Global Connections 

 SUE -

 

 

 

10

 Wed, Oct 5

 Measuring Demographics

Read pages 69-78 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

9

 Mon, Oct 3 

Population Trends

Read pages 63-68 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

UNIT 2: Human Population

 

 

8

 Thurs, Sept 29

 Unit One Test

Read pages 56-62 in Global Connections 

 

Unit One Test Today 

 

 

7

 Tues, Sept 27

 Presentations

Study for upcoming test

Presentations Today - Ways of Grouping Nations

 

 

6

 Thurs, Sept 22

 Ways of Looking at the World

Prepare for Presentations

 

 

 

 

5

 Tues, Sept 20

 Sustainability

Read pages 31-39 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

4

 Fri, Sept 16

 Globalization

Read pages 20-30 in Global Connections 

 

 SUE - 

 

 

3

 Wed, Sept 14

 Opinions, Facts, and Biases

Read pages 11-20 in Global Connections 

 

 

 

 

2

 Mon, Sept 12

 Perspectives and Issues

Read pages 8-10 in Global Connections 

 

 Microfinance Assignment

 

 

1

 Thurs, Sept 8

Class Introduction

Read pages 1-7 in Global Connections 

 Student Outline

 

 

UNIT 1: Looking at the World