Social 20: Welcome to Quarantine and Contending Loyalties

Good morning!

With a confirmed COVID-19 case in part of your cohort many (all?) of you are working from home. Today is a transitional day while I make phone calls to you and your families but beginning tomorrow we will meet each morning at 9 AM.

A reminder that your patriotism assignment (McCain/Obama) is due today.

Today’s JamBoard overview: https://jamboard.google.com/d/1Wfl07_be5dX9hBKxc4jkF4lghKN2ytvcFL5SupoX8P0/edit?usp=sharing

I am available all through the morning on Google Meet. Join me for support with the code mack

TECH TO DO:

Set up Google Drive folder. Share it with me!

NAME: SOCIAL 20 [YOURLASTNAME]

Create the following sub-folders: Projects, Essays, Assignments, Notes

FLIPGRID should be joined by going here flipgrid.com/mcintosh201.

Join with Google then play around and record a response to the welcome topic!

REVIEW:

In your notes, write YOUR definition of the words nation, state, nation-state, nationalism, and patriotism, and drop that in the NOTES folder you made above. This will be a check in task for completion.

TEXTBOOK:

Exploring Nationalism Ch04

Read pp 88-98

Take note of any and all NON NATIONAL LOYALTIES identified in the chapter and be able to provide an example of each.

FILM:

Watch the following (short) documentary. Identify any LOYALTIES (national or non-national) that you can find. Where possible, identify CONTENDING loyalties, the loyalties people have that are at odds with one another. Put this in your notes folder.

https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/angry-inuk

Content warning: animal remains

Mr. McIntosh

Teacher - Humanities

In a typical year I teach a range of courses from elementary to high school. I am our school's Social Studies specialist, teaching high school social, as well as a member of the PE team.

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