Unit 1

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Part 'A' Reflection

In this unit I learned that, The CRTC regulates and supervises all aspects of Canadian broadcasting. for example: internet, cell phone laws, television and radio laws. I found it interesting that, Bill 101 had such a huge impact on globalization and all types of the identities. Such as collective identity, cultural identity, individual identity. I can connect what I have learned in class to my identity. And the impact that globalization had has on it. What surprised me in this unit was that Bill 101 Assimilated the immigrants that came to Quebec, and that they had no choice in the matter. But people who were English (Anglophone) had the right to go to English schools and the immigrants were basically forced to learn French. This could result in the loss of their own culture One question that I still have is why they made Bill 101 such a strong law. The reason why this question comes to mind is because they were trying to preserve the French language. But the fact that they forced the immigrants to go to the French schools could result in the loss of their own culture and religion. One skill or learning strategy that i found helpful was the word wheel, the word wheel is a wheel with nine circles, what you have to do is pick nine words and put them in the circles and state how they relate or are connected to each other. Example is Marginalization and the Metis. They are connected by the fact that the metis were Marginalized because they were Francophone and FIrst Nations. Therefore they felt that they had no place in society.

Part 'B' Economic Globalization

Outsourcing has many impacts on people in negative ways. In the source you see the father saying 'no you may not outsource your homework to india.' This shows that the little girl wants someone else to do her homework. this ties in to outsourcing by the fact that companies send their jobs to places for them to do their work and production. Another example from the source is that the father states that she wants to send her homework to India. This states that india is a major place where outsourcing takes place, which results to loss of culture. Therefore, by Transnational companies sending their jobs to places like india there is a loss of culture.

Outsourcing is where a company hires another company to do their work or production. This can reduce the costs of production and the wages are lower. Lower wages mean more profit. Outsourcing also applies to lower costs, lower the wages. Advantages are higher the profit, and lower the prices. So it benefits the consumers and the companies. A disadvantage of outsourcing is, The people who are doing the work do not get paid much money. There is also a loss of culture by outsourcing. Because they are taught English. Take some Canadian companies for example, when you call technical support, like Dell or something along the lines of, you are calling a different place in the world, such as India. These people are taught English and taught the accent. this shows that there would be a loss of culture within the workers.

Transnational companies do outsourcing because in the process they save money and make more profit within their product being sold. the consumers also pay less than they would have to if the companies did not outsource.

Part C: Globalization and Identity

Bill 101 has many opinions behind it. One opinion is that it has failed and that government should not have a role in preserving the french language. In the source you see that the speaker thinks that they do not need Bill 101 to protect the french language. This shows that Bill 101 has not worked because the person believes that the french language will be spoken for a long time. Another example form the source you see that the speaker also thinks that the government should not play a role to create an identity, like citing Bill 101 for example. This shows that people believe that there does not need to be a law for preserving the francophone language. Therefore, with some citizens thinking that the french language will be spoken for a long time and that their does not need to be a law preserving the francophone language, this shows that Bill 101 has failed.

Historical Globalization

Part 'A': Reflection:

In this unit I learned that Cultural Contact between the Beothuk, Six Nations Confederacy, Hunters of the Plains and Europeans all resulted with the first nations people dying and all their resources and land were taken over by the Europeans.

I found it really interesting that Imperialism had such negative effects all around the world, Such as, People losing their culture, religion and customs. There were some positive things such as resources being traded and goods being produced as well.

I can connect what  I have learned in class to: My English class because the Europeans tried to assimilate the first nations peoples by teaching them the English language.

What surprised me in this unit was all about the residential schools. There was a lot of shocks to me about what they had done to the students there, Mental, Physical and Emotional abuse and that the Europeans thought that what they were doing was 'the right thing to do' and was going to be good for the first nations in there future. But they were wrong to teach them the way that they did. It did have a positive effect on them in the way that they knew more about the Europeans and a different language and culture but that did not mean that the Europeans had to make the first nations let go of their culture in the process.

One concept that I am still having difficulty with is the leads to industrialization. From the silk road to mercantilism, capitalism and industrialization.

One skill or learning strategy I found useful was S.O.A.P.S which was a source interpreting sheet that consisted of analyzing the: Subject- what the general subject or topic is trying to tell us, Occasion- what was the time or place, Audience- who was the source created for. (Who would be the general people that they are trying to connect to), Purpose- why the source was created and what was the author trying to communicate. And Speaker- whose voice is telling the story.

Part 'B': Early Economic Globalization:

Imperialism

I am working on a project of imperialism

The goal of the project is: to what extent has imperialism shaped the present day situation in Brazil

We need to research imperialism: the age of imperialism, why did nations take over other nations, the definition of imperialism ,which countries were invoilved, and how did imperialism start

The country i am reasearching is Brazil. I have to figure out the lifestyle, Culture, Langauage, Religion and the Primary groups of Indigenous peoples. I also need to figure out the physical details of brazil : Geographic location, Climate, Resources they have, Size and landmass, and Other neighbouring countries.

Brazil's primary groups of indigenous peoples were: Amerindian, Yanomami and the Tupinamba.

Theyre lifestyle: They ate turtles and carved their shells into tools that they used

Blog Introductory Assignment

Summary:

Recently in social studies I have:

Learned about globalization.

Globalization is a trend towards greater interconnectedness and interdependence of the world.

There are eight types of globalization:

Social: the process by which peoples lifestyle is spread over global networks.

Example: Facebook, Twitter, global fest, Olympics.

Geographical: borderless world. Where borders do not matter.

Example: European Union. You can cross around Europe without a passport.

Economic: process of expanding the worlds' trade networks.

Example: Canada’s' largest trading partner is the USA over 75% of exports go to the United States.

Political: political decisions and actions are becoming international. (Government)

Example: Canadian soldiers participate in the United Nations peace keeping missions around the world.

Ecological: single ecosystem

Financial: stock market prices, oil/gas prices...

Cultural: TV, religion, products, books…

Technological: internet, e-mail, cell phones, facebook, twitter…

We have also learned about the Beothuk, hunters of the plains, and the six nation’s confederacy.

They were the first people within Canada before the Europeans came and invaded their land.

Beothuk: (1829)

Hunter gatherers that lived in Newfoundland. They ate fish and birds from the sea. They bartered with the Europeans that came to Newfoundland. As more Europeans came there was very little land for the Beothuk. Two other groups were also taking over their land: the Inuit from the north and the Mi’kmaq from the south. The Beothuk began to starve so they raided European camps for supplies. This led to a fight between the two. Eventually starvation, use of weapons diseases and decline in natural resources led to the death of the Beothuk

Hunters of the plains:

Five tribes on Canadian parries. They were all about finding and hunting buffalo. As Europeans move west they met up with the plains hunters. They traded guns and furs. They were very dependent on each other. *(interdependence) with the guns there it meant more hunting and also meant that Europeans could kill buffalo that were coming on “their land” eventually the buffalo became extinct. With no buffalo, the traditional ways of living for the plains people was not possible. So they all dies off.

Six nation’s confederacy:

Six groups of Iroquois people joined together. They worked together democratically which meant that their leaders were elected) they made the unwritten constitution: ‘the great law of peace’. When the Europeans came they traded iron, pots and more with the six nation’s confederacy and in return they were taught Ideas of equality, freedom of speech and rights of individuals. (Knowledge)

Reflection:

We have:

Done an “introductory writing assignment” which consisted of an: about me, what I have learned in social studies and I had a “source” (a cartoon or a picture) we had to write about the picture and what it represented and stated. I have completed all of my homework. I understand social globalization the most, like Olympics, global fest, facebook, and twitter. I have some difficulty with some of the types of globalization. My goals in social studies is to get an acceptable mark in my class higher than 65% and also to keep up with my homework.

Assignment:

This image represents many types of globalization but falls directly into one category. Social globalization. On this website people’s lifestyle is spread through wall posts. Messages and more. From all around the world people can go on facebook and talk to anybody. It is also under technological globalization. Seeming how it is on the internet.  It is basically another type of e-mail. You can find out a lot of things on the website

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