Humanities

Hi everyone,
I hope you had a wonderful day.

Today we...

1. worked on our Critical Response: students choose 1 - DUE TOMORROW (share jepeterson@educbe.ca)

(required: introduction, arguments with evidence to support their ideas, conclusion)

What does citizenship mean to you?

How could being a Canadian citizen affect your individual or collective identity?

How do government decisions affect quality of life, citizenship and identity in Canada?

How do healthcare services connect to citizenship and quality of life?

 How do rights and freedoms affect your identity and quality of life?

How might factors such as identity and citizenship affect your behaviour as a consumer?

-       Your response needs to be thoughtful and mature

-       Include your own beliefs, values, thoughts about the topic

-       Include your understanding of the vocabulary

-       Can you offer perspectives

-       Explain why and how and provide examples

2. worked on a task (lnfluences and Inspirations) connected to our CREED unit

- all work in your journals (including the handout)

- we will have a little nit of time to put finishing touches on responses tomorrow however journal MUST be handed in tomorrow

lnfluences and Inspirations: Real People and Literary Characters

Make a list of seven to ten people in your life--real people like family, friends, neighbors, community members, public figures (celebrities, singers, athletes), and fictional characters from books, television or movies - - who have influenced or inspired you in some way positively or negatively. Try to include at least one person you feel may have influenced you negatively. At least three of these people should be literary characters.

Following each character or person in your list, identify the main values each stands for in your mind. How do you think this person or character sees life? What does she or he stand for? Which characters or people do you know have gone through a change in values? Compare the causes of these changes, if you know them. What conditions and forces do you think cause a person’s vision of life and, thereby, values to change?

 Most and Least Admirable

Look over your list from number 1. Which of these characters or real people do you most admire for her or his vision or values? Why? Give specific examples. What other characters from your list do you admire? What person or character do you least admire? Explain by giving specific and detailed examples. What  other characters or people from your list do you not admire much? Why? What do you suppose your choices of most and least admirable person say about your own values?