Second+Term+Assignments

=Here is a list of your assignments for the second term:=

1. Nov. 12-16: You will have to answer the questions on 2.3 The October Crisis. After answering the questions go to the discussion area and post your response to the topic on the War Measures Act. Make sure you re-visit the site and post a response to at least one of your classmates.

2. Nov. 18-23: The Arms Trade. In Web- CT Read 4.24 The Arms Trade Some Surprising Statistics,and then do the assignment on the following page. The information for the assignment can be found there.

3. Nov. 25-Dec. 1 – World Issues Work/Assignment
== This will be the last assignment in the Terrorism unit that you have been working on. You will go to Wikipedia and do a search for “9/11”. Your assignment will be to create a PowerPoint presentation that will act as an outline/summary of the article(s) in Wikipedia on 9/11. == == This will be a non-linear PowerPoint presentation, meaning that you will have hyper-links to the resource material back on the Wikipedia page and or to other slides in the presentation that have information you want in your presentation. For example if your project is 50 slides long, you may have 10 or 15 slides after that; that are hyper linked to various slides in your presentation. You must link the reference slides back to the slide in your presentation that the original link came from. I will expect hyperlinks to videos, pictures and what ever other electronic media resources that you wish to use. == == There is a lot of material on 9/11 in Wikipedia, and rightly so, since 9/11 has been a defining point in modern world history. You will have to have read and know the material well, if you are going to concisely create only 1or 2 slides for each section of the outline that you will find below. This is a very difficult assignment that will be worth  a total of 200 marks. You will upload the assignment to your World Issues conference in 1st class. This assignment is due Monday Dec. 1  ==

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content
== In this link, you will find information on your “right” to use the Wikipedia information in your project. Your last slide(s) should include a reference to the Wikipedia site (or any other site) that you got the material for your presentation from. I want clear concise information that you would use as an outline to present to a group/class on 911. DO NOT WASTE TIME ON TRANSITIONS – LETTERS AND WORDS FLYING INTO YOUR SLIDE ON A CLICK ETC. I WANT TO SEE A POST SECONDARY LEVEL PRESENTAION ON 9/11. == == Here is the outline from the bottom of the Wikipedia site on 9/11 that you will use. As you can see there are approximately 30 heading in this outline. Your project will need to be at a minimum 40 slides long (excluding reference slides at the end). ==

Outline from Wikipedia on 9/11
4. World Issues and ICT I for Dec. 3 – 10 We will be looking at World Religion module 5. Start at 1.1 and go through to the end of 1.14 Comparing World religions. You will be marked on: 1. What do you think the definition of religion should be? Come up with your own idea of religion based on your ideas and experiences please do not consult any dictionaries or encyclopedias. Once you have come up with your own definition, go to the discussion topic called M5L1 Definition of Religion and write in your definition.
 * [|1] [|Attacks]
 * [|1.1] [|Casualties]
 * [|1.2] [|Damage]
 * [|1.3] [|Rescue and recovery]
 * [|2] [|Attackers and their motivation]
 * [|2.1] [|Al-Qaeda]
 * [|2.2] [|Planning of the attacks]
 * [|2.3] [|Osama bin Laden]
 * [|2.4] [|Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]
 * [|2.5] [|Other al-Qaeda members]
 * [|2.6] [|Motive]
 * [|3] [|Aftermath]
 * [|3.1] [|Immediate national response]
 * [|3.2] [|War on Terrorism]
 * [|3.3] [|Domestic response]
 * [|3.3.1] [|Hate crimes]
 * [|3.3.2] [|Muslim American reaction]
 * [|3.4] [|International response]
 * [|3.5] [|Conspiracy theories]
 * [|4] [|Long-term effects]
 * [|4.1] [|Economic aftermath]
 * [|4.2] [|Health effects]
 * [|5] [|Investigations]
 * [|5.1] [|9/11 Commission]
 * [|5.2] [|Collapse of the World Trade Center]
 * [|5.3] [|Internal review of the CIA]
 * [|6] [|Rebuilding]
 * [|7] [|Memorials]
 * [|8] [|References]
 * [|9] [|External links]
 * [|9.1] [|Multimedia]
 * [|9.2] [|Memorials]

2. 1.4 - Complete the comparison chart that examines the differences between the major world religions. Create a table in ms-word and fill in the table cells. Research the information you need by going to the references link and use the Websites list there.

3. Create a World Religions wiki page on your wiki site and paste the table information into it.

4. Once you have finished your wiki page, upload the ms-word document with the table in it to your World Issues mark folder. The file should be called "worldreligionyourname"

5. Go to the discussion topic called M5L1 Similarities in World Religions and post a message outlining what you believe to be a common thread (or threads) that is evidenced in all or most of the major world religions. Work is due Wednesday Dec. 10.

6. Hi.........I have had major internet problems, so sorry for the delay in your last assignment of 2008. Please go to this site. Believe it or not it has the most up-to-date statistics on Canadian religion(s).

[|__http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/Products/Analytic/companion/rel/canada.cfm__]

Your assignment is to prepare a 4-panel information brochure (printed out on 1 piece of paper) using MS Publisher that would be suitable for handing out to a person interested in Religions in Canada. Be concise with your information and make sure that it is an eye-catching brochure that would grab a persons attention and encourage them to read it. Mr. J.

World Issues – Jan. 6-12

Hi all………..your next assignment will look at the crisis in Gaza. You will use a variety of on-line resources (BBC/CNN/etc.)to get information on what is going on there. You will then compose a letter to the editor (Globe and Mail for example) that either supports Israel’s invasion of Gaza or condemns Israel for war crimes against civilians etc. The choice is yours based upon your research. Your letter to the editor has to be around 200 +/- words, which means that if it is printed out, that it will fit on a single piece of paper with 12 pt. Font double-spaced. You have to upload your letter by Tuesday Jan. 13

This assignment is out of a possible 30 marks.

MR. J.

Most of you had a difficult time with the GAZA letter, since you all seem to have basically a pacifistic ideology. It is hard to chose sides - who is right - who is wrong when people are being killed in the street or battle field. Read the following questions carefully - think about what the information and questions mean. Answer the questions in complete sentences and or in a small paragraph format: In his Little Red Book, Mao Zedong the former communist dictator or China wrote;'."war is politics with blood and politics is war without blood" 1. What do you think Chairman Mao meant by this? 2. Could an application of this "saying" be used to stop the war in Gaza? Explain fully. GO to the following site: [|__http://www.e-ir.info/?p=55__]

Read the article on **//The Politics of Military Technology: War Without (Our) Blood//** 3. What do you think will happen when our military (U.S./Britain/Canada ie. the west) can wage war successfully with virtually NO casualties? 4. Do you see wars becoming more frequent since our politicians will not have to worry about losing troops in battle? 5. What does the statement - "Insurgencies are being fought not so much by massed manpower as by technology" mean. (Explain fully with supporting details) Due Monday Jan. 19 out of 25

Jan. 21 Assignments to end of term………. These are your last two assignments. Think of them as your final "exam". You will have to use the help files and material from the web sites or Microsoft to "figure out" how to do/use the "moviemaker and mind map". A) When you write an essay etc. you should create an outline before you write. This helps you organize your thoughts etc. you are going to use a web 2.0 tool called mindmeister to create an outline (mind map) for your next assignment. You are going to do a summary of Barrack Obama’s inauguration speech. You will need to find a text version of Barrack Obama’s inauguration speech. Highlight the text and copy it into a word document. Read the speech carefully and then prepare an outline of it using mindmeister ([|__http://www.mindmeister.com__]/). You will have to go to mindmeister and create an account for yourself. Once you have created the mind map of Obama’s speech, you will save it as an image file. You will then prepare a 2+/- page (approx. 300-400 word) summary of his inauguration speech. Upload both the mind map and summary to the conference. B) You are going to create a compilation movie of Barrack Obama’s inauguration day. To do this, you are going to use any available video that you can get off the Internet – from CNN, Y-tube, etc. The movie will have to be approximately 1+ min. in length. You will use Microsoft Movie maker to make your movie. You may have to use a free service like zamzar ([|__http://www.zamzar.com/)__]to convert the videos that you find over to a format that Moviemaker can use. Your movie will have…………
 * Introduction text


 * His two daughters Malia and Sasha arriving at the inauguration.


 * When he is actually sworn in as president.


 * The walk to the white house.


 * The Barrack’s dancing at one of the formal balls


 * End credit (include your name in the credit)

Make sure you use transition to blend your scenes together, and you may also use a music soundtrack to go along with your movie, or you can use a microphone to narrate the movie yourself. These assignments have to be done by Jan. 30. Please let me know ASAP if you have any questions.............. Good Luck Mr. J.
 * Also give credit to the sources of your movie and or music

Mr. J.