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    Sep 13: Meeting 5 PHILOSOPHES Hobbes Locke Montesquieu Voltaire Rousseau Choose one key idea/quote and comment in a blog post #2 your thoughts on that idea/quote. Post/share by Feb 9 Troubleshooting/Work on: Digital Portfolio/Blog Assignment 1 – Personal Realities Infographic CIVIL WAR Viewing: MCU Captain America – Civil War CIVIL WAR – BLOG POST […]

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    Sept.11-15: Continue work on:

    Blog Set Up Avengers vs Teachers Infographic (Practice Assignment – PEP mark) Blog Entry #1: 6 Major Areas of Philosophy (refer to Moodle) List the 6 areas and a brief definition/explanation in your own words post on blog and be ready to discuss by Wednesday

    Personal Realities (Assignment 1)

    What […]

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    Sept 6-8

    Intro to the course

    Course Outline What is PEPS12/How the disciplines of PEPS are connected Digital Portfolio/Blog F.I.T. blocks Assessment & Core Competencies Due Dates

    Personal Realities (Assignment 1)

    What are the many different roles that make up our own personal realities? Infographic

    Intro Discussion: “ART IMITATES LIFE”

    meaning of perception vs […]

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    June 8 – 16

    Inflation: Crash Course #7 Video – “Inflation, Bubbles and Tulips” Fiscal Policy: Crash Course #8 Video – “Fiscal Policy and Stimulus” Continue completion of: Assignment 8, 9 Assignment X Blogs

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    May 25–>

    Set up discussion/roundtable on Wage Initiatives: Minimum Wage vs. Living Wage vs. Universal Basic Income Macro vs Micro Economics Vocabulary: In notes ( blog post by Monday May 39) Economics Crash Course video Examples of personal choice & economics Macroeconomics vs. Microeconomics definitions Command Economy, Market Economy, Mixed Economy, Traditional Economy provide examples […]

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    May 8-11

    Follow up on World at War – Genocide Impactful moments? Theresienstadt https://www.ushmm.org/collections/the-museums-collections/curators-corner/surviving-theresienstadt-the-michael-gruenbaum-collection A cross section of Political Studies & Philosophy: how do government policies shape perceptions of realities? Perspective Matters Exercise 3 different perspectives and govt narrative/policy? Preparation for Holocaust Symposium […]

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    May 1-5

    Civil Rights and Politics

    Case study: Selma P.I.Q. notes

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    April 3-6

    Intro/Review notes – Federalism – US vs Canadian Gov’t Structures in general View Video: (NOTORIOUS) RBG P/I/Q Notes (Points/Interest/Questions) US Electoral College, voter suppression and other issues

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    March 29

    Segue into Political Studies – DISCUSS material on Rosemary Brown (see Moodle or here at this link) in Thursday’s class; BLOG POST: how did her reality differ from others? how did her reality motivate her? what is “activism”? are there acceptable/unacceptable forms? how does her story reflect the greater society’s values? Review Ideologies […]

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    March 27-31

    Recalibrating our timelines Semester 2 Mid-Semester Report April 25th Assignments, Blog Posts Progress Report on Assignment #5 Which of the six major areas of Philosophy have you chosen to focus on? complete class excel sheet by Wednesday Segue into Political Studies – read/view material on Rosemary Brown (see Moodle or here at this […]