Right to Work law in Michigan

Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20682190

Video: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50136831n

Reflection to _Waste Land_

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China

Today's reading:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/dark-side-of-the-great-renewal-chinese-nationalism/article5973783/

Find one thing in this article to research. Research a topic that differs from your neighbour's topic. Be prepared to say something about your research that will help us better understand the article.

New article about sovreignty in the north

Canada, Denmark a step closer to settling border dispute

Additional Article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean#Extent_and_major_ports
www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/prb0804-e.htm

Arctic Development

Arctic Meltdown
with David Suzuki

Battle for the Arctic
from CBC's Doc Zone

Atlas

Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-Level Rise Map

Maximum Snow Depth

Environment Canada - Climate Change

Sovereignty Issues

Test

There will be an open-book test on October 30th for both groups. 

The test will include questions about types of government, economy (GDP), political cartoons, and research methods.

There will also be a portion of the test that will be closed-book. Students will need to place the following countries on a world map.

• Cuba
• Iran
• Russia
• China
• Brazil
• England
• Japan
• Congo
• North Korea
• Brazil
• Saudi Arabia
• Mexico
• Portugal
• Spain
• South Africa

Political Cartoons

You will be analysing and creating political cartoons today.


Here is the link to cartoons you will be examining.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/politicalcartoons/ig/Political-Cartoons/