Welcome to the Secondary 5 Contemporary World course at Villa Maria High School.
NEWS:
January 15, 2010:
Watch the video on Microcredit.
Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 questions are posted
Answers to the practice questions are now available. I've removed a few questions that were particularly "cold."
Practice questions for the exam are now available.
NOTE: These practice questions should help you to identify areas of weakness where you need to concentrate more of your studying, but doing the practice questions (without additional studying of your notes and textbook) will not be sufficient for you to prepare for the December evaluation.
Wednesday, December 2:
- Watch this documentary on human trafficking:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=456480507747515257&ei=YoIVS7eAJI3alQez1N2uDg&q=sex+slaves# - Watch this lecture by Freakonomics author Steven Levitt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UGC2nLnaes
5A/5B/5C - Independent Reading Unit
Choose one of these books to read:
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Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Half the Sky
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Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, Freakonomics
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John R. Lott, Jr., Freedomnomics
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Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran
Instructions for the unit are posted on the "Handouts" page.
This site is intended to support the course by providing you with important dates, handouts, and other materials. Complete course notes will not be available on this site, however, and must be obtained by attending class or borrowing them from a friend if you are absent.
Information provided on this web site is subject to change, and it may not always be possible to keep the site up-to-date throughout the term. Information and instructions provided in class take precedence over those provided on this web site.
