Gary Coyle’s Grade 8 Humanities

Please post your response to the following in your Blog.

How do you see either the theme of power or control in your novel?

Be sure to use specific evidence from the text to support your thinking. Don’t forget proper in-text citations.

In a minimum of two “good” paragraphs explain the net effect of globalization. Use information from class lectures and discussions, videos, websites and “The World is Flat” as evidence to support your opinion. Please post this to your blog also add an appropriate image and citation to the post.

Please post your response to the following on your BLOG.

Using examples from “Harrison Bergeron”, “The Euphio Question” and current events evaluate the statement:

“Do you know what a Luddite is? That’s a person who doesn’t like newfangled contraptions. Contraptions like nuclear submarines armed with Poseidon missiles that have H-bombs in their warheads, and like computers that cheat you out of becoming. Bill Gates says, “Wait till you can see what your computer can become.” But it’s you who should be doing the becoming. What you can become is the miracle you were born to work—not the damn fool computer.”

- Kurt Vonnegut

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Now that you have viewed the film adaptation of the novel, it’s time to put on our critical thinking hats. In two well developed paragraphs critique the film versus the novel. Was this a satisfactory adaptation of Animal Farm? Please post your critique to your blog. As always make sure you use specific evidence to back up your opinion (including proper in-text citations).

Remember the legend for the map is as follows:

France = Green
Great Britain = Orange
Germany= Red
Belgium=Purple
Spain=Brown
Netherlands=Blue
Portugal=Yellow

For Monday please post your response to the following on your BLOG.

1. What strategy did you use to claim land?
2. What factors did you consider in claiming land?
3. Who won the Scramble for Africa?
4. Who lost in the Scramble for Africa?

Please write in complete sentences and give specific evidence to back up your opinions.