SS 10-2 Chap 8

SS 10-2 Chap 8

To What Extent Have Attempts to Respond to the Legacies of Historical Globalization Been Effective?

Open Ended

To What Extent Have Attempts to Respond to the Legacies of Historical Globalization Been Effective? What might effective responses look like?

Ensuring peace and prosperity…

Open Ended

To What Extent Have Attempts to Respond to the Legacies of Historical Globalization Been Effective? What might ineffective responses look like?

Conflict and poverty…

The Rwandan Genocide

Review this picture with it’s caption on page 186

Read the introduction and questions on page 187

Write out the third and fourth questions and attempt to answer them.

Read page 188 and 189.

Open Ended

Who are the people in the photograph and what are they doing?

Where are they going and where are they coming from?

How are they traveling and why are they traveling this way?

In small groups, read page 189 and on the left-hand side of the chart, make a list of the various Causes to the Rwandan Genocide.

Read pages 190, 192 and 193, taking notes on the effects of the Rwandan Genocide

Poll

Read the statement of Romeo Dallaire, the commander of the United Nations in Rwanda, before and during the Genocide

Do you think the final two questions can be answered?

• YES

• NO

Assessing the Responses to the Rwandan Genocide

Using pages 192-193 - List the actions that each

group or organization had after the genocide,

We're they successful? Rate them.

Open Ended

How can people try to prevent genocides from happening again?

What background information do you need to have to answer this appropriately?

The United Nations

The global organization works to keep peace, security and friendly relations amongst all people.

However, how did the UN react throughout Rwanda?

What happens when indigenous groups are not represented in the UN?

United Nations and Indigenous Peoples

​Read Page 196

United Nations and Indigenous Peoples

Would the goals of the Canadian government be the

same as the goals of First Nations people?

What might be some of these differences?

Perhaps conflict may arise about where and how

certain rights should be claimed and the limits of how

to express these rights

The Apartheid *

All South Africans become classified, whites have political and economic control, while blacks do not. Ownership of land and basic civil rights were not allowed. This was called the Apartheid

Apartheid

Read pages 197 and 198 – Including the Profile on Nelson Mandela

How would
you feel if
you saw a

similar
sign in

Canada?

Open Ended

Define Aparteid;

Open Ended

Give two reasons why you think it lasted as long as it did.

Student Protest in Soweto

On 16 June, 1976 20 000 black students protested the Apartheid and were met with police opening fire.

Reconciliation and Nelson Mandela

fought for the end to the Apartheid and reform. Was sentenced to life in prison but was released and continued his work.

Legacies of Historical Globalization in

Canada

After reading page 199, respond to the following questions on paper:

What does the word INTERN mean?

Why did the government of Canada intern these people?

Is it fair to lock up a whole group of people because you
suspect some members of the group may feel bad for the

enemy?

Why or why not?

What should Canadians do when they see government-

supported discrimination?

Legacies of the Indian Act

Do you remember the goal of the Indian Act of 1876?

To assimilate Indigenous peoples into mainstream society

Read pages 200 and 201 and respond to the following:

How would you feel if your family was negatively singled out by the government?

How would this make you feel about yourself?

How do you think the Indian Act should be changed?

Can you think of new goals for the Indian Act? How would they be reached?

How Effectively Have Organizations Responded to

the Legacies Of Historical Globalization?

What do you
know about
Greenpeace?

What is it’s
purpose?

Who are it’s
members?

Greenpeace is a non-governmental organization – (NGO)

NGO’s are nothing more than a new

form of imperialism!

Aren’t these organizations just imposing the views
of the developed world onto the developing world?

Do you believe either of these statements to be true?

Why or why not?

Foreign Aid

What is it?

Foreign Aid could be viewed as a response to the income inequalities

identified in the map

Countries like Canada contribute a portion of our yearly budget to

Foreign Aid, yet seldom is the budgeted amount reached

Read Foreign Aid on page 207