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Introduction to Canadian and World Issues Mr. Kuypers 2012 Penetanguishene Secondary School
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What is an “issue”? An important subject open to discussion or debate. What issues are “important” to Canadians? Issues can be multi-faceted. Explain what this means.
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The Seal Hunt: Is it an Issue?
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A Matter of “Perspective” Your opinion on each issues has to do with your “perspective”; your specific point of view on an issue. Several factors influence your perspective. They could be… We also find our position on the “political spectrum”, which helps us understand our political leanings.
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The Political Spectrum
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Take a political spectrum quiz! http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political- spectrum-quiz.html http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political- spectrum-quiz.html http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political- spectrum-quiz.html http://www.proprofs.com/quiz- school/quizshow.php?title=Canadian- Political-Spectrum-Test-Part-I&quesnum=1 http://www.proprofs.com/quiz- school/quizshow.php?title=Canadian- Political-Spectrum-Test-Part-I&quesnum=1 http://www.proprofs.com/quiz- school/quizshow.php?title=Canadian- Political-Spectrum-Test-Part-I&quesnum=1
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Media Within our daily lives, we come in contact with various media sources; this is where we get the majority of the information about our world. Today, we have many sources of media, all of which we can interpret in our own way.
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Media How do you get your news? www.onlinenewspapers.com/
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Media questions: What do you think is the role of journalists? What is the issue with one company owning many media sources?
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Opinions vs. Fact Opinion: the beliefs you hold about the events in the world around you. Fact: indisputable truths We often use facts to support our opinions, or our opinions are based upon factual evidence.
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Statistics: Interpret as you wish There are lies, damned lies and statistics. - Mark Twain www.statscan.gc.ca www.statscan.gc.ca
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Polling Polling is often a way to get an individuals opinion on a specific issue Often seen during election campaigns, yet they happen for various other reasons:
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Polls www.ekos.com/media/default.asp www2.macleans.ca/category/polls/ www.nanosresearch.com
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Interpreting “Bias” Bias exists when only one point of view is presented. This is occurring a great deal more with the rise in blogging, where anyone can provide their opinion about anything at anytime.
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News & Bias www.theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com www.thenationalpost.com www.thenationalpost.com www.thestar.ca www.thestar.ca www.torontosun.com www.cnn.com www.cnn.com www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com www.msnbc.com www.msnbc.com news.bbc.co.uk news.bbc.co.uk www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
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Fox News top story – Jan. 30/12
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Task #1 Select ONE nation of the world, excluding the following: Canada Syria US Sub-Saharan Africa BRICS Iran Saudi Arabia Turkey Russia Find a newspaper article from that country & bring it in Monday.
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