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The Changing World Order

15 Tuesday Sep 2015

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Topic Outline

Background                                                                  (See also Cold War page)
– world order at the end of World War II
– colonialism in the Eastern communist bloc and Western capitalist bloc
– emerging role of the United Nations

Cold War to 1948
– origins and early development
– ideological, cultural and political differences between USA and the Soviet Union
– Truman Doctrine
– Berlin Blockade

1948 – 1989
The evolving nature and character of the Cold War in Europe and the Asia-Pacific from 1948 through to détente, including
– the arms race and threat of nuclear war
– and the new Cold War of the 1980s

Case Study: GDR (DDR)
Life in the German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik)

1989 – 
Significant developments that followed the end of the Cold War in 1989, including
– the breakup of the Soviet Union,
– the development of European governance and extension of the ‘European Union’, and
– the emergence of China and India as significant Asian powers

The role of significant individuals during the period, for example Josef Stalin, Harry Truman, Mao Zedong, John Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru, Richard Nixon, Deng Xiaoping, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev

MP for a week

14 Monday Sep 2015

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9 Dewhirst – Monday 14 Sept L4&5
9 Pope – Tues 15 Sept / Wed 16 Sept

As we look at the role of the local Members of Parliament, here is a pretty good simulation from the UK Parliament.

As you play the simulation, please keep a diary of the day/time, what actions you took, why you acted this way, and the reaction your actions had for your ‘Party Reputation’, ‘Voter Support’ and ‘Media Profile’.

MP for a week

At the end:
– what did you learn about being a Member of Parliament?
– what did it confirm about what you already knew about being an MP?
– did you spot any differences that you think might be between Australia and UK?

If you finish – please look at the different options under ‘Political Activism’ from the post for 7 September ‘Participatory Democracy’ … especially Free Rice!
– Why were each established?
– What do they hope to achieve?

Finish the lesson on the Free Rice website, contributing food to the World Food Program. Attempt a few different subject areas.

We will look at letters to your local Member of Parliament (MP) on Thursday. Please make sure they are done.
Cheers
Mr Toohey

Managing Urban Biodiversity

08 Tuesday Sep 2015

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Look at a Google Earth view of the Glenelg / West Beach area.

Do you think it is a well managed urban environment?

What criteria have you judged this on?

Give examples.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwI40q9JkS7TX241NThTT043dlE/view?usp=sharing

WORK TO DO

Read about either the Patawalonga or Glenelg Beach from the links below.

What is the purpose of the Patawalonga River in dealing with human settlement around it?

How is Glenelg Beach being managed in order to cope with the impacts from both sea and human development?

‘The Pat’
https://www.waterconnect.sa.gov.au/Systems/PatawalongaLakeSystem/SitePages/Home.aspx
https://www.waterconnect.sa.gov.au/Systems/PatawalongaLakeSystem/SitePages/Home.aspx

Glenelg Beach

Click to access coastline35.pdf

Participatory Democracy

07 Monday Sep 2015

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  • Where do you live?
  • What electorate are you in?
  • Who is your local member?
  • When can you vote?
  • How do you do it?
  • How else can my opinions be heard?

The Australian Electoral Commission runs everything to do with voting at Federal Elections.

Mapping Exercise

(9Dewhirst Mon 7/9; 9Pope Tues 8/9)

  1. Sign into your Google account (… you do have a Google account?)
  2. Go to http://www.maps.google.com.au
  3. Click on the three lines at the left of the search bar My Maps on Google Maps
  4. Click on ‘My Maps’, then ‘Create’
  5. Using information from the AEC website on Electoral Boundaries, draw the electoral boundaries for metropolitan Adelaide (roughly Elizabeth to McLaren Vale, coast to Mount Barker)
  6. Identify which electorate you live in, then using the AEC, find your local member.

When can I vote?

(9Dewhirst Mon 8/9 & Homework)
(9Pope 9/9/15)

Using the AEC website, answer the following:

  1. At what age can you vote?
  2. At what age can you enrol to vote?
  3. Why might there be this difference?
  4. What sorts of special categories of enrolling are there? Read two. Why do people in these categories have special conditions?

Local Members of Parliament

(9Pope 10/9/15 + 11/9/15)

(9 Dewhirst 10/9/15 – both lessons.
Please have Q1-4 done by Monday, plus your issue ready to write your draft)

Use this infosheet to learn about the role of a local member of Parliament

  1. What are the three roles of a local MP?
  2. Why is there so much reading involved for an MP? What sorts of things?
  3. Why are communication skills necessary for an MP?
  4. How do MPs interact and serve their constituents?
  5. Using an Australian political issue that you have identified during this unit, or a more recent one (e.g. Syrian asylum seekers), draft an email to your local member of parliament (yes, you may need to look this up) about what you think and what should be done. (NOTE: Is it a Federal or a State issue?)
    After I have read it, you may choose whether to send it or not. You can send it from your Immanuel or a personal email account (from a personal account is less obvious sending letters was an Immanuel class task!!)

Political Activism

There are a number of ways that you can be active in your community and have your voice heard more frequently than every three years when you vote. Indeed, you can have your voice heard even before you are eligible to vote!

Amnesty International
Amnesty has been a leading voice for change for over fifty years. It started as a letter writing movement, but now encourages email or online petitions.

GetUp!
GetUp! is an interesting one. Developed as an activism group during Howard government, it’s mission is to hold Australian governments to account through people pressure. It has a number of campaigns across a range of fields at any one time.

change.org
Change.org is a US-based internet petition site. Anyone can list a petition and others can sign to support. I wasn’t sure how it worked; wikipedia has some interesting criticisms, so tread knowingly

FreeRice
A GAME I encourage you to play! (My English guys, remind me about this!!)
For every correct answer, it donates 10 grains of rice to the UN World Food Programme. If you sign up and login, it will track your progress, but you can also play without signing up.

Black Panthers – Sources

03 Thursday Sep 2015

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Refer to the separate sheet of sources when answering this question.
Examine the sources carefully.
Answer all parts of the question.

  1. Examine Source 1 (FBI Files). Identify the aim of the Black Panthers, according to the FBI. (1 mark)
  2. What two conclusions can be drawn from the first few paragraphs of Source 2 (HLS) about the founding of the Black Panthers.
    Give evidence from the source to support your conclusions. (2 marks)
  3. Examine Source 3 (10 Point Plan). How credible is this source?
    Give reasons for your opinion. (3 marks)
  4. To what extent is the information given in Source 3 (10 Point Plan) supported by Source 4 (Executive Mandate No 1)?
    Give evidence from each source to support your argument. (4 marks)
  5. Examine Sources 4 and 5 (photo). With reference to the content and nature of both sources, assess their usefulness and limitations for a historian studying the Black Panther Party within the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. (5 marks)
  6. ‘The Black Panthers and their methods were an obvious next step to fulfilling the equality aims of the CRM’
    Evaluate this statement with reference to all the sources. (5 marks)