Part One: Course Documents

Course Outline
Assessment and Evaluation
Classroom Rules
Table of Contents (Print Edition)
Philosopher Friday Instructions

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Academic Articles : Spring 2007

Guiding Questions

1. The Return of Ancient Times, Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic Monthly, June 2000
2. The Question of Hegemony, William Pfaff, Foreign Affairs, Jan/Feb 2001
3. Five and a Half Utopias, Steven Weinberg, The Atlantic Monthly, Jan 2000
4. Jihad v McWorld, Benjamin Barber, The Atlantic Monthly, March 1992
5. Notes on the 20^th Century, Hans Koning, The Atlantic Monthly, Sept 1997
6. The Real Roots of Anti Americanism, Barry Rubin, Foreign Affairs, 2002
7. When Soldiers Become Cops, Rachel Bronson, Foreign Affairs, 2002
8. Was Democracy Just a Moment? R. Kaplan, The Atlantic Monthly, Dec 1997
9. Ukraine's Orange Revolution, Adrian Karatnycky, FA, March/April 2005
10. Why Hawks Win, Daniel Kahneman, Foreign Policy, Jan/Feb 2007
11. A Battle for Global Values, Tony Blair, Foreign Affairs, 2007
12. America's Elegant Decline, Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic Monthly, Nov 2007
13. The Clash of Civilizations, Samuel Huntington, Foreign Affairs, Summer 1993
14. The Decline of America's Soft Power, Joseph S. Nye Sr., Foreign Affairs, 2004

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Tutorials

Tutorials & Tea

Handout 1: Instructions
Handout 2: Rubric

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Readings from Crosscurrents: Contemporary Political Issues, 4^th Ed., Mark Charlton & Paul Barker

SLT1: Is American health care better than Canadian health care?
SLT2: Should Individual Rights take Precedence over Collective Rights?
SLT3: Are “Dirty Hands” necessary in Politics?
SLT4: Should religious beliefs be excluded from consideration of public policy?
SLT5: Can Native Sovereignty Coexist with Canadian Sovereignty?
SLT6: Is School Choice Beneficial?

Online Only: See student appraisals of the articles above at the Student Exemplars Page.

Online Supplementary Articles

1. Israel and the Palestinians, Special Report, The Economist, Jan.23, 2003.

           2. Anti-war ideals a lifeline for reviled Iraqi leader, Rosie Dimanno, The Toronto Star, Jan.22, 2003
           3. A Tale of Two Colonies, Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2003
           4. Israel Banks on a Fence, Yuval Elizur, Foreign Affairs, March 2003, as a Word Doc
           5. Israel Now, Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic Monthly, January 2000
           6. Atomic War or Peace, Albert Einstein, The Atlantic Monthly, Nov 1947 Questions: HTML    WORD

           7. Globalization Can Turn Back Terror, Joseph Nye, the Boston Globe, November 18, 2001
           8. The Leadership Secrets of Osama Bin Laden, Bruce Hoffman, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2003
           9. Promoting Democracy and Fighting Terror, Thomas Carothers, FA, 2003
         10. Has Democracy a Future? Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Foreign Affairs, 1997 Questions: HTML    WORD
         11. Power & Interdependence in the Information Age, RKeohane & JNye, Foreign Affairs, 1998 Questions:   HTML    WORD
         12. The Information Wars, Mary Graham, The Atlantic Monthly, Sept 2002: HTML    WORD

Appendix

Essay Help
Cagle Political Cartoon Bank, Cartoon Bank.com, The New Yorker

Previous Coursepacks
               First Coursepack Feb 2003- June 2003
               Second Coursepack Sept 2004- January 2004
               Third Coursepack Jan 2004- June 2004

Part One: Course Documents

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