Social Studies 30-1 - Rocky View Schoolsresource2.rockyview.ab.ca/ss301/course_artifacts/~plone/... · 2011-06-21 · 4. Which Social course did you take last and what was your mark,

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Social Studies 30-1Unit 1:

LESSON 1: To what extent are ideology and identity interrelated?

● Introduction● | Lesson● | Closure● | Evaluation

Time Required: 1.5 weeks

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Reading

Perspectives on Ideologies text

Key Issue - Essential Questions

● To what extent should we embrace ideology? To what extent should ideology be the foundation of identity?

Specific Outcomes Students will: - appreciate various perspectives regarding identity and ideology, and individualism and common good -explore factors that may influence individual and collective beliefs and values (culture, language, media, relationship to land, environment, gender, religion, spirituality, ideology -examine historic and contemporary expressions of individualism and collectivism

Getting Started!

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Welcome to my class! Have you ever seen something, or read about an event, that made you angry? Interested? Or, did you wish you could express your opinion about it? Well, we will be doing some interesting things this semester, and one of them is a weekly Journal. Scroll to the end of this lesson to see what you will be writing in your journal, and when.

What do you consider to be most important to you, individual freedom or safety and security? Most people support a blend of individualism and collectivism, because while incentive and freedom are very crucial, we also need to feel safe in our world.

In this course we will learn alot about two concepts: ideology and liberalism. So, what is ideology? It is, simply, a body of beliefs that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group. Examples of ideologies would be fascism, democracy, communism, etc. What is liberalism? Liberalism is a variety of related ideas and theories of government that consider individual liberty to be the most important political goal. Modern liberalism has its roots in the Age of Enlightenment. At its core was a critical questioning of traditional institutions, customs, and morals. Liberalism rejected many assumptions and beliefs that dominated most earlier theories of government, such as the Divine Right of Kings, hereditary status, state religion, and protectionism. The Divine Right of Kings meant that a monarch derived his or her right to rule from the will of God, and not from any earthly authority, including the will of his subjects, the aristocracy. Chosen by God, a monarch was accountable only to Him, and need answer only before God for his actions. The state religion, of course, was the powerful Roman Catholic Church. Protectionism is a term mostly used in economics, where protectionism refers to policies or doctrines which "protect" within a country by restricting or regulating trade between foreign nations. Economic liberalism, first developed by Adam Smith, a Scottish economist, supports free markets and free trade as the best route to peace and prosperity. Pioneers of liberal economic thought discovered how invisible hand (letting the market dictate) leads to prosperity, provided that at least minimum standards of public information and justice exist, e.g., no-one should be allowed to coerce or steal. Private property and individual contracts form the basis of economic liberalism. Cultural liberalism focuses on the rights of individuals pertaining to conscience and lifestyle, including such issues as sexual freedom, religious freedom, cognitive freedom, and protection from government intrusion into private life. Different forms of liberalism may propose very different policies, but they are generally united by their support for a number of principles, including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, private property, free markets, and a transparent system of government. All liberals — as well as some adherents of other political ideologies — support some form of government known as liberal democracy, with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law.

Lesson

Welcome to SS30-1!

I assume that you have the necessary text (listed above) but if not, please contact me.

Here are some basic instructions, with more explanation in your Course Outline.

a) You will complete one lesson per week, which will be due one week later, on Fridays. You may work ahead if you wish, but you need to email me for permission first if you plan to work ahead more than two lessons. b) When possible, simply type answers to assignments on a separate document and post as an attachment, with your last name, and SS30: Lesson Whatever in the dropbox in D2L. (example, Smith3011) Do NOT include the entire lesson, please. For more information on this, go to Saving and Labeling Lessons on the your course home page and print off the document. d) All important dates can be found in D2L, Schedule. Check it often.

For this lesson, and this lesson only, you will complete it in two parts. Part A is introductory, with Part B becoming


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more substantial in content. You will have 1.5 weeks to complete Lesson 1.

Part A: Part A will be sent to me via email. As soon as you have sent me Part A, you can begin Part B.

1. First, print and read the Course Outline. Then, using it to help you, answer the questions below (5 marks):

TELL ME!

1. First, read through the Course Outline. Then, using it to help you, answer the following:

*What must you do if you cannot write a quiz or test on the appointed date(s)?

*Why is it important to try to stick to the due dates?

*What is the requirement for students starting later in the semester?

*How can you be excused from on-line and inperson tutorials, if necessary?

*What is the breakdown (in percentages) of the various components of this course?

2. I have the correct textbook for this course as shown above. (y/n) If not, please explain.

3. Are you a returning student or first-timer with RVLC?

4. Which Social course did you take last and what was your mark, approximately?

5. I have checked with my key parent, or co-ordinator, and his/her email is working. (y/n) If not, please tell me what is being done to solve the problem. Please provide your key parent email address if you know it.

2. Let's start reading our text for this course. Read the Introduction to the text on Pages 2-19. Make brief, point-form notes on the following and submit with the rest of your assignments.

*What is our identity closely related to? *What is point of view? *What is perspective? *What was Hobbes overall view of human nature? *What was Locke's view of human nature and main ideology? *What was Rousseau's view of human nature and main ideology? (6 marks)

3. You will be viewing a series of short YouTube videos on individualism versus collectivism in the next few lessons. For this lesson, you will simply view the Introduction, and summarize two of the main points covered in the video that you think are important.(4 marks) Click on the link below:

Intro to Individualism vs Collectivism

3. What are your political and economic values? Complete the questionnaire below. Simply number from 1-20, then place an "A" beside the number if you agree with the statement, or a "D" if you disagree. Add up the agrees you have listed for each even-numbered question. The higher the number of disagrees, the more open-minded you tend to be. Don't worry if there are some terms you do not complete understand. By the end of the course, your knowledge of important political and economic words and concepts will have greatly expanded.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJqSsrFDiSA

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This questionnaire has several purposes. The first is to discover whether your ideas and values change over the course of the semester. At the conclusion of the course, you will redo the questionnaire and compare your two sets of responses. The second purpose is to help you discover the extent to which you are open-minded about your own and other's viewpoints.

Now it's time for your first journal entry. Look back over the questionnaire statements and your responses...write a response in your journal telling me whether you feel you lean towards individualism or collectivism, free enterprise or socialism, etc. referring to the questionnaire statements.

QUESTIONNAIRE

1. People should have a say in determining their fate, and the government should be led by people elected by a majority of the citizens.

2. Canadian and Japanese people have almost nothing in common.

3. The Canadian economic system ensures that poverty will be kept to a minimum.

4. Always compromising with our political opponents is dangerous because it usually leads to a betrayal of our own side.

5. A socialist economy is designed to benefit the group, rather than the individual.

6. Even though freedom of speech is a worthwhile goal, it is usually necessary to restrict the freedom of speech of some groups.

7. The average Canadian voter is generally well-informed about election issues.

8. A group that allows a greatly variety of opinion among its members will not exist very long.

9. One of the beliefs of the private enterprise system is that if all people were free to do exactly as they wanted, then the whole society would benefit.

10. In this complicated world, the only way we can ensure that the country is governed properly is to rely on leaders or experts who can be trusted.

11. The major problem with socialism is that it destroys people's incentive to work.

12. There are two kinds of people in this world; those who are truthful and those who are not.

13. There is little difference among socialists, Marxists and communists.

14. Among all the different philosophies in the world, there is probably only one that is correct.

15. A small economic elite has more influence on the Canadian government that the elected representatives (MPs).

16. Loyal political followers should read only their own party's newspaper.

17. It is impossible to have democracy in a socialist country.

18. I wish I could find someone to solve all my problems and tell me what to do.

19. Dictatorship is not much different from communism.

20. In the history of the world, there have probably been just a handful of really great thinkers.


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Part B: (to be posted as a Word document in the Dropbox unless you don't have access, in which case you will email it to me)

1. For Part B, you will read Pages 23,24,31,32,33,34,36,37,39,40 and 41(to Language and Ideology). Scroll to the end of this lesson for your first open-book reading quiz.

3. Do you think of yourself as an individual? Do you like to do things, or wear clothes that make a statement about your individuality? Throughout history there have been people who stood out for their individuality, while others have worked towards a collective goal for society.

Individualistic cultures like USA (highest score = 1st rank) and France (10th rank) are more self-centred and emphasize mostly their individual goals. Especially in the USA the fight about jobs and trying to climb up in the hierarchy ladder is something very common.

Collectivist cultures like China (Hong Kong 37th rank), view other companies with less collectivistic philosophy as cold and not supportive. Collectivistic cultures have a great emphasize on groups and think more in terms of "we". Harmony and loyalty within a company are very important and should always be maintained and confrontation should be avoided.

In this lesson, you will view the second video in the series on individualism and collectivism, by clicking on the link below:

The Nature and Origin of Human Rights

You have the choice of two assignments associated with this video. Choose ONE of the choices to complete.

CHOICE ONE: Using the information in the video, answer the Data Retrieval questions below.

1. According to the video, why are human rights hard to define?

2. The author suggests that rights are based on power, and where are they born? Do you agree or disagree with his assumption...why or why not?

3. What are individualists concerned about if governments are granting our rights?

4. What do individualists feel the true purpose of government is and which constitution does the video give as an example of this in action?

5. What does the video indicate is the main difference between the UN and US constitutions?

6. Based on the examples given, how do collectivist attitudes differ from individualist attitudes in real-life situations?

7. What does the author see as the biggest danger in the government creating laws, and what was the term he used for


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXOrJtn1h2M&NR=1

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ultimate government control?

8. Do you agree or disagree with some of the assertions made by the author of this video? Give several examples of things you agree/disagree with and why. (4 marks)

9. "We are reluctant to admit that we owe our liberties to men of a type that today we hate and fear -- unruly men, disturbers of the peace, men who resent and denounce what Whitman called 'the insolence of elected persons' -- in a word, free men."Gerald W. Johnson Does the author of this quote agree or disagree with the views in the video? Why or why not? (2 marks)

10. E.E. Cummings once said, " To be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing it's best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. " What do you believe his ideology was, based on this quote, and do you agree or disagree with it? (2 marks)

15 marks

CHOICE TWO:

1. For this choice, you will do a search on the internet for 4-5 quotes or short passages about collectivism and individualism. You can copy and paste these into a Word document along with the web sites you found them in.

2. Then, you will analyze at least three of the quotes or passages, giving your opinion on whether the author's views are logical, incorrect, off-base or naive, etc. You will also compare/contrast the quotes' views with those of the author of the video.

3. You will end your assignment by answering the question: do you feel individualism or collectivism is the preferred way to run society? Why or why not?

15 marks

4. In Social Studies 30-1, a lot of emphasis is put on analyzing political cartoons. It is felt that the ability to determine the message or messages being conveyed is important to becoming an informed and responsible citizen. In order to improve your analytical skills, I have provided a template below that you will use to analyze a political cartoon. Save this template on your hard drive to use again later.

You have a choice of cartoons to analyze. Use the template to analyze one cartoon of your choice, clearly indicating which cartoon you chose. The cartoons you can choose from are shown below:

Use this guide to identify the persuasive technique used in political cartoons.

SymbolismCartoonists use simple objects, or symbols, to stand for larger concepts or ideas.

After you identify the symbols in a cartoon, think about what the cartoonist meant each symbol to stand for.

Exaggeration

Sometimes cartoonists overdo, or exaggerate, the physical characteristics of people or things in order to make a point.

When you study a cartoon, look for any characteristics that seem overdone or overblown. (facial characteristics and clothing are some of the most commonly exaggerated characteristics). Then, try to decide what point the cartoonist was trying to make by exaggerating them.


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Labeling

Cartoonists often label objects or people to make it clear exactly what they stand for.

Watch out for the different labels that appear in a cartoon, and ask yourself why the cartoonist chose to label that particular person or object. Does the label make the meaning of the object more clear?

Analogy

An analogy is a comparison between two unlike things. By comparing a complex issue or situation with a more familiar one, cartoonists can help their readers see it in a different light.

After you've studied the cartoon, try to decide what that cartoonists' main analogy is. What two situations does the cartoon compare? Once you understand the main analogy, decide if this comparison makes the cartoonist's point more clear to you.

Irony

Irony is the difference between the ways things are and the way things should be, or the way things are expected to be. Cartoonists often use iron to express their opinion on an issue.

When you look at a cartoon, see if you can find any irony in the situation the cartoon depicts. If you can, think about what point the irony might be intend to emphasize. Does the irony help the cartoonist express his opinion more effectively?

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Closure

In this lesson we started our journey towards an understanding of how classical liberalism developed, thrived and evolved in society.

Smile of the Week: Pupil: I don't think I deserved zero on this test Teacher: I agree, but that's the lowest mark I could give you !

Evaluation

Part A will be emailed to me as an attachment rather than put in the Dropbox. Include: -Course Outline Questions (5 marks) -Notes questions (6) -Two main points from video (4) (Remember to put all assignments together in one Word document, labelled yourlastname3011A. Part B will be put in the appropriate spot in the dropbox. Include: -Reading Quiz (8) -Choice 1 or 2 (15) -cartoon analysis (12) (Post in dropbox labelled yourlastname3011B OR email as an attachment if you don't have D2L access yet)

MY WEEKLY JOURNAL


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What is a journal? It is a place where you can respond to questions, issues, cartoons, etc. with your own opinions every week!

How will it be marked? It won't be evaluated for the quality of your opinions, just completion. I may make comments on your comments at times, but other than that, if you have written sufficient responses you will earn up to 10% at the end of the semester. There will be a total of 16 entries, if you complete them all, and they will each be worth three marks.

Why write in a journal? In our type of class, we don't get enough chance to express our opinions and viewpoints in person on many topics. A journal allows you to do that. Some weeks you may only write a couple of sentences, but other times you may want to write more.

How do I set it up? Look below for the Template. All you need to do is copy and paste, or recreate the template as SmithJournal, or whatever your last name is and save it. Then, each time you write in the journal, just re-open it, type in it, then re-save it. Do NOT send me 16 separate entries or I will return it to you at the end of the semester to correctly set it up.

When do I submit my journal? You will post it in the dropbox twice during the semester, once about after Unit 2, then again at the end. When I take it in the first time, I will give you a completion mark based on the first two units. Therefore, you will not be able to attempt to do all semester's journal entries at the end of the semester...keep it up to date!

My Journal

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Use Pages 23,24,31,32,33,34,36,37,39,40 and 41(to Language and Ideology) to complete this quiz.

1. When Margaret Thatcher said, "There is no society, only individuals and families", she was implying what about the modern world? a. that society has become so corrupt, it has essentially disappeared b. that individualism has created essentially selfish people within society c. that society is a collection of individuals who prefer to have strict control over their actions d. none of the above

2. Imagine you are a Metis student who is an active member of a youth organization dedicated to preserving Metis heritage. This would be an aspect of: a. your personal identity b. your collective consciousness


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c. your collective identity d. your beliefs and values

3. What is most true, according to your text, about identity? a. there is no set definition and it varies between people b. the definition has been refined over the years until there is one agreed upon definition c. identity usually influences ideology rather than the other way around d. your identity is static in that it never changes

4. Nelson Mandela is quoted as saying...."no one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate..." What does this imply? a. Ignorance and intolerance can be inherent traits b. the modelling or parents and society has little overall impact on children c. education is the key to combating racial intolerance and prejudice d. there is little, as a society, that can be done if people are being taught to hate

5. Nietzsche, on Pg. 34, is quoted as saying, "In heaven, all the interesting people are missing." Which of the following would best interpret this quote? a. Many intelligent and interesting people question the validity of religion b. Only the boring and uninspired people on Earth worry about the afterlife c. Following all the rules blindly leads to a bland and uninteresting person d. All of the above

6. Which of the following would not be an example of collective action based on religious ideals? a. Sojourners b. MADD c. Habitat for Humanity d. Salvation Army

7. Which of the following statements about environmental concerns is not valid, according to the text? a. the concern for environmental issues is not a new one b. various groups have been formed to combat global environmental issues c. all scientists agree that human activity has had a negative impact on the environment d. some ecological movements have their origins from the social activism of the 1960s

8. What did George Poitras of Cree First Nations equate the destruction of land to for its impact on Aboriginal life? a. he said it was equivalent to the destruction of global warming b. he equated the destruction of land to the genocide of a people c. he believes that the destruction of land is equivalent to a world war d. none of the above


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