Friday, October 2, 2009

Today we prepared for the unit exams the students will be writing next week. They will be writing an in-class essay on Tuesday and a multiple choice exam on Wednesday. Here are the things/terms they need to know:
Terms you need to know
· From the List one sheet
· ANY terms from your blue pilot project sheets
o 1A
§ Globalization
§ Collectives
§ Domestic / international
§ Factors which influence globalization
§ Global community
§ Multicultural
§ Diversity
§ Interdependency
§ Individual identity
§ Top ten populated countries
§ Economic divide
1B
§ Individual identity
§ Collective identity
§ Brainstorm
§ Assimilation
§ Marginalization
§ Accommodation
§ Diversity
§ Computer technology
§ Linguistic identity
§ Acculturation
§ Top spoken languages
§ Affirmation of identity
§ Cultural revitalization
§ Challenges and opportunities
§ Dominance of English
§ Cultural identity
§ Location: Brazil, Russia, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, U.S., Bangladesh, Nigeria, India, Japan
§ Homogenization
§ Acculturation
§ Accommodation
§ Symbol
§ interdependence
§ Collectives
§ Metis
§ Lubicon Cree
§ Francophones
§ Coltan/Cassiterite miners in the Congo
§ The French Language Charter
1C
§ Country of origin
§ Diversity
§ Media
§ Media concentration
§ Promoting Canadian Culture
§ Media cross ownership
§ Media convergence
§ Industry
§ Pop culture
§ Bilingual
§ Digital divide
§ Communication technology
Union
Industrial cycle (from manufacturing to transporting to destroying… think China and India).
Global warming
Congo tin Soldiers
Recession
Bias
Overpopulation
Pandemic
Outsourcing
Wallmart
Transnationals
The ways globalization affects us: Political, economic and social aspects of a society
Different perspectives to globalization