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==Canadian and World Issues:A Geographic Analysis (CGW4U) with David==
The following Canadian and World Issues course was designed in the year '''2003''' for an alternative secondary school setting by educator [[David M.R.D. Spencer|David Spencer]]. Please note that this educator no longer uses these materials and the following lessons and units are now '''out of date'''. To create an up to date CGW4U course, please refer to the curriculum the Ontario Ministry of Education '''[http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/canworld.html Grades 11 and 12: Canadian and World Studies, 2005, (revised)]'''

'''Course Code''': CGW4U
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'''Course Description''': The Canadian and World Issues course examines the global challenges of creating a sustainable and equitable future, focusing on current issues that illustrate these challenges. Students will investigate a range of topics, including cultural, economic, and geopolitical relationships, regional disparities in the ability to meet basic human needs, and protection of the natural environment. Students will use geotechnologies and skills of geographic inquiry and analysis to develop and communicate balanced opinions about the complex issues facing Canada and a world that is interdependent and constantly changing.

'''Achievement Chart'''
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Categories ---Percentage of the Course<br>---------------------------------------------------------

Knowledge and Understanding: 15%

Thinking: 20%

Communication: 15%

Application: 20%

Culminating Unit: 15%

Final Evaluation: 15%

==Class #1 ==
* Welcome
* Introductions
* Expectations
* Course Outline
* Unit 1: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/intro/ Introduction to Canadian and World Issues]''' assigned.



==Class #2 ==
* Homework Discussion
* Textbooks Assigned
* Unit 2: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/viewpoints/ Viewpoints and Perspectives]''' assigned.
* Decoding [[Editorial Cartoon|Editorial Cartoons]]




==Class #3 ==
* Test on The Map of the World K=__/20
* Unit 3: [http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/cu/ Culminating Unit for Canadian and World Issues] assigned and explained.
* Choose your '''[[CU Topics for Canadian and World Issues|Culminating Unit (CU) topic]]'''



==Class #4 ==
* Field Trip to the local public Library to:
** Learn how to use the [[Dewey Decimal Classification]]
** Introduction to the [[Library of Congress Classification]]
** Research for your '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/cu/ Culminating Unit (CU) for Canadian and World Issues]'''



==Class #5 ==
* Oral Quiz # 1 on coursework and library field trip 
* Unit 4: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/humanrights/ Human Rights and Child Labour]''' assigned.
* In class research and writing work period on your '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/cu/ Culminating Unit for Canadian and World Issues]'''



==Class #6 ==
* [http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/cu/ CU Part One] Due today. Arrive early and pick up a number for the cue to sit down with your teacher to show the progress of your CU Part One. Worth CU= ___/28 marks
* Make jot notes on the video "'''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afClM91uQFU It Takes A Child]'''" about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_the_Children Free The Children] founder [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Kielburger Craig Kielburger]. You may also learn about the background of [http://www.freethechildren.com/watch-the-60-minutes-video/ Free the Children].  Worth C= ___/10 marks
* Unit 5: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/population/ Population and Demography Issues]''' assigned.
* Study for Test # 1 on Units 1,2,3 (Culminating Unit) and Unit 4 held next Monday March 30. The questions are in multiple choice, definitions, short answer and long answer format.

==Class #7 ==
* Unit 6: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/debate/  In Class Debate]''' assigned. Our debate will be held on date of ____________. The two students to arrive early may be the debate Chairperson or scorekeeper.
* Make jot notes on the videos "[http://catalogue.bramlib.on.ca/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&type=Keyword&term=Ryan%27s%20Well&by=KW&sort=RELEVANCE&limit=TOM=vid&query=&page=0 "Ryan's Well" McNabb & Connolly. 2001]" Worth C= ___/10 marks and [http://catalogue.bramlib.on.ca/polaris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.3&type=Keyword&term=World%20in%20the%20Balance&by=KW&sort=RELEVANCE&limit=TOM=dvd&query=&page=0&expandpos=1#__pos1 "World in the Balance" WGBH Boston, 2004] Worth C= ___/10 marks 
* Write Test # 1 on Units 1,2,3 (Culminating Unit), 4 and Unit 5



==Class #8 ==
* [http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/cu/ CU Part Two Due] Worth CU= __/43 marks
* Unit 6: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/debate/  In Class Debate]''' held. Worth  ___/85 marks
* Unit 7: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/hunger/ The Politics of Hunger]''' assigned.



==Class #9 ==
* Unit 7: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/hunger/ The Politics of Hunger]''' videos and Guest Speaker from World Vision Worth ___/75 marks
* Unit 8: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/fear/ Fear- Terrorism, Genocide, Massacres, and Disease]''' assigned.



==Class #10 ==
* Unit 3: [http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/cu/ Culminating Unit for Canadian and World Issues] is due.
* Unit 8: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/fear/ Fear- Terrorism, Genocide, Massacres, and Disease]''' is due.
* Unit 9: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/women/ Hope, Women and the United Nations]''' assigned.



==Class #11 ==
* Oral Quiz # 2 on CU and coursework 
* Unit 10: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/letter/ Five Year Letter]''' assigned.
* Unit 9: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/women/ Hope, Women and the United Nations]''' due today.

==Class #12==
* Write Test # 2 on Units 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. The questions are in multiple choice, definitions, short answer and long answer format. 
* Unit 10: '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/letter/ Five Year Letter]''' is due.



==Class #13==
*In class work and study period. Last day to hand in outstanding course work is this Friday June 5 at 2:45 p.m.
* Review for the '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/summative/ Final Written Summative Assessment]'''.



==Class #14==
* Review for the '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/summative/ Final Written Summative Assessment]'''.



==Class #15==
* Write the '''[http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/issues/summative/ Final Summative Assessment]'''.



==Class #16==
* View your Final Summative Assessment and final mark



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