Location - Mr. Mac`s Virtual Existence

Where is it?
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Time?
Space?
Thought?
Memory (Computer?)
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The science that deals with measuring time by
regular divisions and that assigns to events
their proper dates
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“You have to know the past to understand the
present.”
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Dr. Carl Sagan
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A location in time
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Timelines are an example of chronology
All history is in chronological order
Chronology is the WHEN
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With your paper turned landscape please
construct a timeline of one 24 hour day in your
life
Please include at least 5 significant events
during the course of your day and the times in
which they occur
Please do not include sensitive information in
your timeline
Hand in your copy with your name at the top
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A place
Everything is located in place as well as in time
 Where something happened is important to
understand why it happened
 Physical location is the WHERE
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Does one’s location influence what is perceived
to be a major historical event?
Why?
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A choice or desire to live in groups
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Humans are notoriously “Gregarious”
What other groups are gregarious?
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Some Animals
Some Fish
Some Plants
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Mind Map
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Gregarious
Somewhat
Non-Greg
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Pros:
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Security
 Safety in numbers
Sense of belonging
 Availability of services
 Specialization
 Greater prosperity
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Cons:
Crime
 Congestion
 Competition
 Personality conflicts
 Pollution
 Surrender of personal liberty
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You will each be given a blank map of Europe
with numbers in each country.
On the back of the sheet please write the
number of the country with the name of the
country next to it.
No sources may be used, please collaborate
with the rest of the class
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Independence
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freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or
the like, of others.
Interdependence
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Depending on one and another – humans live in a
society because they can best satisfy their needs and
wants by working together
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What social organization did we just spend
time mapping out?
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(government) organizations of people – stem
from and deal with the basic, universal
problems of order and social life
Because we interact in a society there must be
order (rules)
What would be the consequence of having no
rules (laws)
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Set forth and provide order and direction
within a society
They establish norms or values which are used
to regulate human behaviour
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Families – provide for the needs of children
Schools – transmission of culture from one
generation to the next
Government – collective decision making
Merchants – meet the material needs of a
society
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Should social organizations be able to use
sanctions to control and direct human
behaviour?
Should limits be placed on this power?