Assignment 3

Drawing on your journal tracking ideas and examples that respond to the following questions:

1. In what ways do viruses and thoughts spread in similar ways?

2. In what ways do the spread of ideas and viruses revolutionize/change the world? 

Respond to the following question in podcast form:

What are the two most significant reasons why a thought or virus has a revolutionary impact on people and the world?

Due Monday, March 5th 

Assignment 2

Name: __________________________

All Points Bulletin – Social Movement Spreading

Deadline: March 2nd

Make a WANTED! BEWARE! ALERT! OR CAUTION! Poster for one of the social movements listed below.  Poster is to be on 8.5” x 11” paper.  Include:

For this assignment, we encourage you use to a mind-mapping layout to demonstrate the spread and impact of your social movement.

1. Photo (picture/diagram/logo)
2. Description (alias; a brief description of the movement and its goals)
3. Social Media’s  m.o. (police jargon; where the social movement started and the trigger/event/action that sparked the movement)
4. How this movement spread (by which means did these ideas spread i.e.; social media channels, rallies, etc.)
5. What groups in society were most responsible for this movement spreading
6. Rate of spread (how long did it take for this movement to reach a critical mass where it became a genuine movement)
7. Duration of the spread (how long has/did this movement sustain a critical mass needed to impact society)
8. Number of individuals affected – use international or national statistics
9. Most effective method used to increase its spread
10. How significant has the impact of this movement been in realizing the goals of its founders

Social Media/Information type

1.     Spread of Humanism to rest of Europe during the Renaissance (as a start p. 57-59 in Our Worldviews)

2.     Occupy Wall Street Protests

3.     Protests in Greece

4.     Protests in Spain

5.     Chilean University students protests

6.     Arab Spring

7.     Protests against Putin in Russia

8.  The Justin Beaver YouTube phenomena

9.  The dramatic decrease in crime in New York during the 1990’s

10.  Green Peace anti-whaling campaign: The rise of Mr. Splashy Pants ; wiki link

11.  A social movement of your choice 

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Assignment 1

Name: __________________________

Warning!  Caution!  Alert! Beware! Diseases & Disorders Poster

DEADLINE: Thursday, March 1st 

Make a WANTED! BEWARE! ALERT! OR CAUTION! Poster for one of the diseases listed below.  Poster is to be on 8.5” x 11” paper.  Include:

1. Photo (picture/diagram)
2. Description (alias – scientific and common name)
3. Organism’s m.o. (police jargon) how the organism attacks and spreads.
4. Most common victims to prey upon
5. Hide out of the culprit (where is it most likely found)
6. Most common “injury” done to victim
7. Is it considered armed and dangerous?  Rate of damage caused
8. Number of victims – use international or national statistics
9. Most effective “weapons” against the infection or disorder
10. Any other identifying characteristics like tattoos (symptoms, etc…)

Diseases:

anthrax                                                whooping cough                        Parkinson’s

botulism                                               gas gangrene                            chicken pox

tetanus                                                 diphtheria                                  measles

meningitis                                            cavities                                       influenza

leprosy                                                  tuberculosis

cystic fibrosis                                        diabetes

gonorrhea                                             food poisoning

dysentery                                              pneumonia

scarlet fever                                          rheumatic fever

                       

Thoughts and Viruses Interdisciplinary Assignment

In this inquiry unit you will be exposed to a number of lectures, tasks, and activities to help you to think deeply about the following questions:

1. How do viruses and thoughts spread in similar ways?

2. In what ways do the spread of ideas and viruses revolutionize/change the world?

At the end of the unit, you will be asked to hand in a journal documenting your notes around these two questions.

You will also be asked  to respond in podcast form to the following 'throughline' question:

What are the two most significant reasons why a thought or virus has a revolutionary impact on people and the world?

To help you respond to these questions, we have organized a number of lectures and activities to aid you in your work.

Wednesday, February 22nd: Trip to Mount Royal to take part in four different presentations by University professors focussing on these questions.

Thursday, February 23rd

Thursday, February 23rd: Grade 8 wide simulation of infection (Mr. Cheng). We will then break out into an individual class follow up discussion using this TedTalk  as well as this TedTalk lectures as a prompt.

Biological and Social Movement Contagion assignments introduced. Grade 8's work in groups of two to complete the two different assignments. Due Thursday, March 1st. 

Friday, February 24th: All grade 8's watch Contagion down in the IAC. Bring your own popcorn!

Homeroom breakout sessions, mind mapping out the conditions and chain of events that allow the virus to spread so rapidly and have the impact it had. 

Monday, February 27th: Mr. Scott and Miss Couillard present 50 at a time on the ideas behind Malcolm Gladwell's: The Tipping Point. How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. 

Tuesday, February 28th: Cafe and discussion forum with Scientists from Mount Royal.

Thursday, March 1st: Biological and Social Movement Contagion assignments due

Monday, March 5th: Podcast reflection due on the 'throughline' question:

What are the two most significant reasons why a thought or virus has a revolutionary impact on people and the world? Provide multiple examples, supporting facts and details to support your response.  

Inquiry Unit outline

In this inquiry unit you will be exposed to a number of lectures, tasks, and activities to help you to think deeply about the following questions:

1. In what ways do viruses and thoughts spread in similar ways?


2. In what ways do the spread of ideas and viruses revolutionize/change the world?

At the end of the unit, you will be asked to hand in a journal documenting your notes around these two questions.

You will also be asked in podcast form respond to the following 'throughline' question:

What are the two most significant reasons why a thought or virus has a revolutionary impact on people and the world?

To help you respond to these questions, we have organized a number of lectures and activities to aid you in your work.

Wednesday, February 22nd: Trip to Mount Royal to take part in four different presentations by University professors focussing on these questions.

Thursday, February 23rd

Thursday, February 23rd: Grade 8 wide simulation of infection (Mr. Chang)

Individual class follow up discussion using TedTalk lecture as a prompt:

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/nicholas_christakis_how_social_networks_predict_epidemics.html

Biological and Social Movement Contagion assignments introduced. Grade 8's work in groups of two to complete the two different assignments. Due Thursday, March 1st. 

Friday, February 24th: All grade 8's watch Contagion down in the IAC. Bring your own popcorn!

Homeroom breakout sessions, mind mapping out the conditions and chain of events that allow the virus to spread so rapidly and have the impact it had. 

Monday, February 27th: Mr. Scott and Miss Couillard present 50 at a time on the ideas behind Malcolm Gladwell's: The Tipping Point. How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference. 

Tuesday, February 28th: Time to work on Assignments

Wednesday, February 29th: Cafe and discussion forum with Scientists from Mount Royal.

Thursday, March 1st: Biological and Social Movement Contagion assignments due

Monday, March 5th: Podcast reflection due on the 'throughline' question:

What are the two most significant reasons why a thought or virus has a revolutionary impact on people and the world?