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This wiki is to help you. I will post the materials we use in class in case you missed something. Use the index on the left to guide you, most recent material will be at the top and will be organised by date.

If there is something you CANNOT do, or DO NOT understand, please come and see me. My email is louisedavis@vsa.edu.hk.

Our guiding question is: Does China need democratic reform? Maybe, maybe not. We will look at the challenges facing China and decide at the end whether political reform is the most urgent issue to be fixed.

A prize if you can get the answer:

Pale and sickly around, uh, river port in central China (5 letters)





30/5/12 I will be out today. I am examining Year 11 TOK presentations so you may see me around. The cover teacher will return your OPVL assessments - pretty good! Read the Three Gorges Dam advantages and disadvantages. Try the French Revolution Odd One out. 25/5/12 Three Gorges Dam Why did China build it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BlxRBMLpFU 23/5/12 Assessment 18/5/12 What are the consequences of resource exploitation? Brainstorm on bubbl.us - the impact of China's resource use according to the AoIs. environments, health, solutions + technology (HI), community



Homework due 23/5/12 Preview and make notes

Source help from year 8

16/5/12 Describe the map on page 105 of the atlas. Mining Tungsten []

What are the consequences of resource exploitation? Brainstorm on bubbl.us - the impact of China's resource use according to the AoIs. environments, health, solutions + technology (HI), community



We reviewed Malthus. For homework due 18/5/12 Complete the China energy use worksheet. Then complete activity 1 on the China Energy pdf. You should write 1 page.

Also, complete your ecological footprint over 3 days. China's energy use 9/5/12 So what? Why is population and population structure an issue? Isn't democratic reform more important? Malthus and his ideas

4/5/12 World odometers [] []

OCP some additional reading http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-05/china-one-child-policy-poses-risks-for-next-leaders-correct-.html?cmpid=otbrn.sustain.story

Homework due11/5/12 You will need to use some of next Wednesday's lesson information in your answer aim to write a page, arial font 11, 1.5 spacing

2/5/12 China's population structure Population M and Ms Game

We lost a class due to PTS. 25/4/12 China's population - where is it and why?

Describe the pattern in the map. Where are most people. Use figures and names of regions. Where are least people? Use figures and names of regions. And the middle? Use figures and names of regions.

Then, using the atlas explain the pattern. Why do Chinese people live where they do?

Homework: Bring 1 packet of brown M&Ms for next week's lesson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17509464

30/3/12 You MUST send the following items to my email by __**2 April (Monday) before 4:00pm**__ You are strongly advised to use the following documents to support your speech writing: You can find all these documents on the wiki. Should you have any question, please feel free to contact me. Miss Leung (my tel no. 8213)
 * Video - send the file to me through email directly - if you cant, then you can put it on a hard disc and give it to me in person
 * Script (In a word format)
 * NO MARK will be given for late submission.**
 * **[[@file/view/V+for+Vendetta%E2%80%A8.docx|V for Vendetta .docx]]**
 * Assessment_Speech-1.pdf
 * Social order Summary.pdf

28/3/12 [[file:V for Vendetta .docx]]

Obama speech http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AGS5IciGog start at 5 minutes and watch to end. This is what he is saying: 23/3/12

21/3/12 7/3/12

Finish the Cafe document on Google by **__Friday (9/3)__,** we will talk about your findings in the lesson**.**

29/2/12 24/2/12

By next __**Wed (29/2)**__, you should have handed in the following works to me either by email or in person:
 * Timeline for the reading 2
 * Tension Graph of France 1789
 * Summary Statements and Reasons
 * Review on the Tension Graph

22/2/12 17/2/12 15/2/12 10/2/12 3/2/12 You reviewed your work on social class in France. You wrote a letter to the King - you must complete this for Wednesday.
 * Preparation Task for next week lesson:**
 * Complete the reading and create a timeline for the events happened in 1789-91**
 * Due Date: 22nd Feb 2012**

1/2/12 We'll finish off about revolutions and their stages. You can feedback to us about the revolution you researched.

Keep watching those revolutions, they haven't quite finished: @http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-east-protest-interactive-timeline

From our second lesson today, Ms Leung will teach the class for 8 weeks. Check out this clip on cotton. It will give you some idea of the conditions during the Industrial Revolution: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16639391

18/1/12 What stages do revolutions go through? Did the ones last year follow this pattern? 11/1/12 1776 1715 1789 Which one is the odd one out? We finished V for Vendetta - was this a revolution?

6/1/12 Finish the research on the Industrial Revolution and present the bubbls. Complete this sheet for homework - due 13/1/11

4/1/12 We begin our new unit but firstly an end of an era.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9shSgKbdON8&feature=player_embedded#!



Listen to one of the songs. What? How? Who? Why? 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr-ekKXuloM 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkJ15mN6nUc



LAST DICTATOR STANDING - WHO IS LEFT NOW? media type="youtube" key="38YWB8iX7OY" height="315" width="420" Humanities assessment notification.

7/12/11, 9/12/11, 14/12/11 We'll go over the exam.

Then we'll finish the unit by looking at an example of a totalitarian society.

30/11/11 Summative assessment - good luck.

23/11/11 Finish off human rights Would you wear a skirt? You could win a human rights prize if you do. Revise

18/11/11 We'll discuss human rights cases. 16/11/11 Describing and explaining maps.

1 minute presentation - why is your "country" a full/flawed/hybrid democracy?

Homework= Revision. Bring some questions to the next class.

11/11/11 Today you were give a country from the index, and you were checking whether there are human rights.

Homework: due 16/11/11 Complete your research. Be prepared to tell us something about your country. Why is it a full/flawed/hybrid democracy?



9/11/11 Today we looked at the human rights video clips and you completed the timeline of human rights.

4/11/11 We will work through this worksheet. Follow the instructions closely.

Homework due 11/11/11 Go through your copy of SCMP and cut out those articles which are connected to rights. Finish the second task on the Human Rights Worksheet - what can be done about human rights?

2/11/11 What do you need? What do you want? Do your 2 lists match up? What do you think of when you hear "human rights"? How do the things we need for a good quality of life fit the AoIs?

Your needs 28/10/11 Last presentations today. We'll begin human rights if we get time. Please complete the evaluation for homework:

26/10/11 We'll finish our presentations.

Week commencing 10/10/11 No lesson Friday.

Wednesday 12/10/11 One lesson to finish off. We will begin presentations in the second lesson. Make sure you are ready.

Week commencing 3/10/11 Checklist

Working in the library on your presentation. Make sure you organise your division of labour effectively. Homework: Read over the assessment task. Next week's lessons will be in the library. a powerpoint to help you organise yours

Some more straightforward information sheets on fascism and totalitarianism.

22/9/11 Presentations Good work on these. Amazing that the same information could be interpreted and presented in different ways. Remember my comments for the group work you will do: Present clearly, do not read the slides, speak loudly, be prepared.

21/9/11



14/9/11 We'll discuss your notes for the Student Council elections. You'll finish your diagram. We'll look at other election systems. Your vocabulary test.

9/9/11 We went over next week's homework which is based on the Student Council elections. You should make every effort to be at school on that day. Review the worksheet so you can take notes. The homework is to write a letter to Mr Parker - see the worksheet - but we will have to wait and see if the elections go ahead. We shall talk about it on Wednesday in class.

We then looked at the First Past the Post system. You will be working in a group to create an effective diagram to represent the information from the worksheet.



7/9/11 double lesson Democracy powerpoint - read through. What are the main aspects of democracy? Rank from the most to least important aspect of democracy in the diamond 9 activity. Read the first page of the worksheet and answer the questions about the House elections.

Highlight any words form the glossary that we covered today.

2/9/11 What is democracy?

Homework due 9/9/11 Which form of government would work well in 9 Hope? Explain your answer. 300 words, criterion A.

31/8/11 Why do we need government?