OHS World Issues Global Corespondents Podcast

Listen to it here: 

www.ohsworldissues.wikispaces.com 

Check it out!

Springs of Hope

Articles to Read for Monday

Sorry for not posting the links to these articles earlier.... I'm sure that you have all be trying to read them since 3:30pm Friday afternoon, right?!

Anyway, here are the links: an article from The Economist: Coca-Cola - In hot water and an article from The New York Times Who will bring water to the Bolivian poor? 

Enjoy the beautiful weather we are having this weekend. See you on Monday morning for the epic conclusion of our Town Council Meeting! 

Toxic Garbage Island

To watch more of the documentary that we looked at yesterday in class: http://www.vbs.tv/shows/toxic/garbage-island/

Water NGOs

In case someone didn't do their homework.... http://www.unicef.org/wes/index_links.html

Water for Life

STEP ONE article:

http://www.wateryear2003.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=5226&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Read and complete the 'Notes/Thinking' chart.

Water for Life

Go to:  http://www.mtv.com/thinkmtv/features/global/water_for_life

Click 'Begin'

In the bottom right of the corner turn 'off" the sound (so we don't have 7 computers playing the music at the same time)

Hold the 'Shift' key, while you click to zoom out and find the country that you will reading about

Once you have zoomed into your country, click Water in ___________ : Understanding the Crisis in the menu on the right-hand side of the screen 

Read your country's profile (UN Fact Sheet) and make fill out your profile card that will be placed on the world map

Crisis of Credit - Review Assignment Article

This is the article that you need to read and summarize for your Review Assignment: Lenders Seek Ottawa's Aid .

Enjoy!

What is going on in North Korea?

Take a look at these articles:

US 'will not stop' N Korea rocket and North Korean missile is challenge to Obama

New York Times Article

Toxic Asset Plan Foresees Big Subsidies for Investors: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/business/21bank.html?_r1&hp 

Read it!

Crisis of Credit

This is the clip that we watched the other day in class about the "Crisis of Credit":

www.crisisofcredit.com

Check it out this weekend!

Guardian Podcasts

Another easy way to access international news stories. Listen to this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/audio.

CBC: Dispatches

Download this podcast online at: http://www.cbc.ca/dispatches 

"Dispatches is a weekly radio program of reports and documentaries by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's correspondents and other journalists on assignment outside of Canada."

Perspective

"The most distinctive mark of a cultured mind is the ability to take another's point of view; to put one's self in another's place, and see life and its problems from a point of view different from one's own." (Pettinger)

Welcome!

We will be using this tool over the course of the next few weeks to investigate and learn about a number of different world issues. Please check back frequentely to see what updates have been added to the site.

If you find something interesting or applicable to what we are talking about in class please let me know and I will post it up for the rest of the class to check out!