Please send me an email to jacquelines@eics.ab.ca for the email address that you want to use for class this semester. This way, I can make a class list for you guys and send mass emails with assignments, if necessary. Preferably, it will work best if you use a gmail account. If you are using your school email address, but do not know how to get access to it, go to mail.eics.ab.ca When you get to the login in page, log on EXACTLY like you would to get on to the school computers.
As well, check out the homework/projects page as I put the details for your brochure assignment on there. Also, I will start putting all of your assignments/notes into this Dropbox folder. This will give you access to my PowerPoint slides - meaning that if you want to fill in the PowerPoint notes, that you need to print them off for yourself AHEAD of time.
AS WELL...last week you guys were to watch the video that was posted at the end of the blog and comment on whether or not you agree with what she says in the TED talk. One person did this. I will give you one more week to get this done - meaning BY VALENTINE'S DAY. This is just another opportunity and way for you to practice expressing and defending an opinion, which is a vital part of essay writing.
Back to Learning...
So last week, we looked at the bare bones basics of what an ideology is actually composed of. Things to remember:
- Every single ideology has four basic characteristics:
- Nature of Human Beings - Are humans inherently good or inherently bad?
- Interpretations of the Past - What are the shortcomings of the way things have been done that leads to the requirement of change?
- Beliefs about Society - How should society be structured politically, economically and socially to make a smooth functioning nation? What are the roles of the citizens and the governments?
- Vision for the Future - If we follow this ideology, what will our society look like in the future?
- Every ideology is influenced by at least one of the six themes:
- Nation
- Reflect beliefs and values related to the idea of a nation, concerning themselves their own sovereignty, self-preservation, identity, citizenship and rights of citizens. This can come into conflict if the ideologies based on nation do not agree with the views of another nation.
- Religion
- Basic beliefs of religion are important to many streams of thought and society focuses on ethics and morality. Some states use religion as the basis for how they govern their territory
- Class
- Pertains to how society is structured - are there people who are considered elites, is everybody considered the same, should there be a gap between the rich and the poor, etc.
- Relationship to the land and environment
- Reflects the relationship between people and the environment, dealing with with how we live in, interact with and develop our environment
- Race
- Deals with how to interact with other races, whether races are equal to or different than other races
- Gender
- Reflects how genders should be treated and whether there is a difference between them. Also can relate to what the roles of the genders
Good Extra Information Video
This is a good video to watch to look at what life was like before the age of the individual came about.
This week in Social Class...
Extra Material:
- You can read Chapters 1 and 2 in your text book (red ones) and Chapters 1 - 3 in the blue ones
- What is Liberalism?
- Vocabulary words Radical, Liberal, Conservative and Reactionary
- Spectrum Notes - PowerPoint or graphic organizers
- Work on group projects - Remember projects are due on Tuesday, February 18
- Philosophers of the Enlightenment
- Adam Smith
- John Locke
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- John Stuart Mill
- Thomas Hobbes
- Voltaire
- Monstesquieu
- Activity - placing philosophers on the spectrum
- The BIG SOCIAL ESSAY
- 30-1 = Writing Assignment #2
- 30-2 = Writing Assignment #1 and 3
- Rants by LANDON and SABRINA
- Development of Liberalism
- Renaissance
- Reformation
- Enlightenment
- Rough copies of writing assignments - DUE AT THE END OF CLASS
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