Canadian and World Issues:A Geographic Analysis (CGW4U) with David

Please NOTE. This course was posted in 2010 and is now out of date. Please contact your school curriculum head, curriculum coordinator at your school board and Ontario Association for Geographic and Environmental Education/ Association and Ontario History and Social Science Teachers' Association (OHASSTA) for help to develop your Canadian and World Issues:A Geographic Analysis (CGW4U) course.

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 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 Please note that this educator no longer uses these materials and the following lessons and units are now out of date.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 Grades 11 and 12: Canadian and World Studies, 2005, (revised)

Course Code: CGW4U

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

Categories ---Percentage of the Course
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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: Introduction to Canadian and World Issues assigned.

Class #2

Homework Discussion
Textbooks Assigned
Unit 2: Viewpoints and Perspectives assigned.
Decoding Editorial Cartoons

Class #3

Test on The Map of the World K=__/20
Unit 3: Culminating Unit for Canadian and World Issues assigned and explained.
Choose your 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 Culminating Unit (CU) for Canadian and World Issues

Class #5

Oral Quiz # 1 on coursework and library field trip
Unit 4: Human Rights and Child Labour assigned.
In class research and writing work period on your Culminating Unit for Canadian and World Issues

Class #6

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 "It Takes A Child" about Free The Children founder Craig Kielburger. You may also learn about the background of Free the Children. Worth C= ___/10 marks
Unit 5: 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: 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 ""Ryan's Well" McNabb & Connolly. 2001" Worth C= ___/10 marks and "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

CU Part Two Due Worth CU= __/43 marks
Unit 6: In Class Debate held. Worth ___/85 marks
Unit 7: The Politics of Hunger assigned.

Class #9

Unit 7: The Politics of Hunger videos and Guest Speaker from World Vision Worth ___/75 marks
Unit 8: Fear- Terrorism, Genocide, Massacres, and Disease assigned.

Class #10

Unit 3: Culminating Unit for Canadian and World Issues is due.
Unit 8: Fear- Terrorism, Genocide, Massacres, and Disease is due.
Unit 9: Hope, Women and the United Nations assigned.

Class #11

Oral Quiz # 2 on CU and coursework
Unit 10: Five Year Letter assigned.
Unit 9: 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: 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 Final Written Summative Assessment.

Class #14

Review for the Final Written Summative Assessment.

Class #15

Write the Final Summative Assessment.

Class #16

View your Final Summative Assessment and final mark

Canadian and World Issues:A Geographic Analysis (CGW4U) with David

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