History Classes 22 May 2008

Current Events

The following headlines made up the current events portion of today’s classes:

• U.N. Secretary General Ban Kai Moon met with Burmese military leaders in an effort to get the ruling Junta to accept greater aid from surrounding countries to alleviated the suffering of the people affected by the cyclone.
• The Supreme Court of Canada upheld a court of appeal ruling that Martin Mustaffa wrongfully sued the Culligan water company after finding a fly in a bottle of water. A lower court ruling awarded him $341,000 for his suffering. The Ontario Court of Appeal overturned that and ordered Mustaffa to pay Culligan’s legal fees.
• Oil reached over $135/barrel in overnight trade. This price is more than twice that of a year ago. A Calgary based analyst says that Canadians are unconcerned as gas consumption ha declined less than 1%.
• Ford Motor Company has cut production of pick ups and SUVs by 15%. The reduction is due to high gas prices leading to lower sales. There are talks of increasing small car production.
• Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Chief of Staff, Ian Brody will resign from his position. Brody has been under increased scrutiny following the leak of a confidential memo from Barak Obama indicating that he would not seek to renegotiate NAFTA. The revalation hurt Obama’s campaign in Ohio.
• Cameco the world’s largest uranium producer is investigating the potential leeching of toxic wastes from a uranium processing facility into Lake Ontario. The company says that water levels have not changed in the nine years of monitoring. The facility is scheduled to reopen at the end of this year.

All classes have current events tests tomorrow.

Peroid One: History 30

Following current events the last final presentation on Canada’s role in World War One was given. The class then viewed “A Land of Promise 1945-1954.” The accompanying viewing guide was being taken up when the bell rang.

Period Two: History 20

Following current events the class began working on the Cold War Confrontation Jigsaw. The first page should be nearly completed as there will only be 10 minutes given at the start of tomorrow’s class. The second of yesterday’s Cold War assignments are due Monday at the start of the class.

Period Three: History 20/Band

The class wrote the Unit Three exam today.

Period Four: History 30

Following current events the class viewed “A Land of Promise 1945-1954.” The accompanying viewing guide was being taken up. The class then began the Forces of Nationalism group assignment.

Period Five: History 10

Following current events the class worked on “The Territorial Evolution of Germany” assignment. There were also notes on the Changing balance of power and four questions to accompany the notes:

“France after the war with Prussia” and “The power of Emperors” pp. 154-155, 156

1. Explain the impact of the Treaty of Frankfurt on France. How was this agreement greeted by the people of Paris?
2. What political issues continued to divide France in the 1870s? Identify two signs of France’s renewed power.
3. Explain the role of the French overseas empire in rebuilding the prestige of the nation.
4. Explain the problems created by the growth of public opinion and the presence of minorities in the states of Europe.