Thursday, March 4, 2010

Today, we finished the news bureau activity from yesterday. They were then given the task of reading chapter four and doing the questions I gave them for it. I have placed these below.

Social Studies 10-2
Chapter Four: Challenges of Globalization to Identities

1. Identify the different groups of peoples of Canada that are presented in this chapter



2. Examine Figure 4-1 on page 54 and answer the following questions:
a. In what ways is this cartoon serious?



b. In what ways is this cartoon funny?



c. Find four to six logos of international companies in the cartoon and list them here


d. How and why would these companies might want to “invade” a country?




e. What do you think the cartoon’s message is?




3. Examine the newspaper articles on page 56 and then answer the following question:
a. What do these articles suggest about the challenges facing Francophone Canadians who are minority in the province where they live?





4. Canada is a pluralistic society. What does that mean?



5. Define the term Homogenization and provide an example



6. Define the term Assimilation and provide an example
7. What products are mentioned that help shape our identity?




8. Define the term “assimilation”.



9. Explain how Franco-Albertans risked being assimilated (from 1892 to current)



10. Look at the figure on page 60 (the map) and then do the following activity:
a. Using the Internet, find out the total population of each province in 2001.



b. Calculate what percentage of the population of each province is Francophone


c. Show your results in a bar graph


d. How might the sizes of Francophone populations make the experiences of Francophones in Quebec different from the experiences of Franco-Albertans?



11. Examine the news articles on page 61 and answer the following question:
a. What do these news articles suggest about responses to challenges to identity that affect aboriginal people?



12. What is marginalization?



13. Who is at risk of being marginalized?





14. Examine figure 4-9 on page 62 entitled “Twentieth century changes in Inuit culture, and then answer the following:
a. Is each effect a challenge? Explain.




b. Explain whether or not you think the challenges require a reaction or a response


The Marginalization of the Inuit

15. When did the Inuit start to have more contact with outsiders?



16. Why were outsiders attracted to the region of the Inuit?



17. Read “Voices” on page 63 of the text and then answer the following questions:
a. How does Evie Mark describe the effects of Marginalization?



b. How does the example of the Nunavik Arctic Survival Training Centre show that challenges can sometimes be seen and responded to as opportunities?



c. How did the Inuit resist marginalization? What was the outcome (provide dates and events here).




d. What are the official languages of Nunavut?



18. What was the purpose of the Inuit Cirumpolar Conference? Who was there?




19. What is the Inuit Circumpolar Conference Communications Commision? What is its purpose?




20. Read about the Yanomami on page 65 of your text. Answer the following questions:
a. How has globalization increased the impact of the Yanomami’s contact with non-indigenous people?





b. How has the mining industry challenged the identity of the Yanomami people?



21. Define the term “accommodation”



22. Explain the accommodation of the Metis people (paragraph)



23. Define the term “integration”



24. Explain the integration of the Metis people (paragraph)



25. What is the best known symbol of the Metis culture?




26. Compare the situation of the Yanomami with that of the Inuit. Did they respond differently? Explain.