Spider Humantities, Friday, May 17, 2018

Review and Housekeeping:

1. Plan for next week: Pizzas (3) Who will help pick them up?
2. Novel: next week
3. Where are you in the course? Should be in the have completed 2.1 and 2.2 and be moving on to 2.3 this week.

Taking Action: How does change happen? Partner with a younger student come brainstorm ideas.    Think of all the ways that people can change policies, economy, and social norms?











1. Standing Rock: A student speaks.
In April 2016, Standing Rock Sioux elder LaDonna Brave Bull Allard established a camp as a center for cultural preservation and spiritual resistance to the Dakota pipeline; over the summer the camp grew to thousands of people. The protests drew considerable national and international attention and have been said to be "reshaping the national conversation for any environmental project that would cross the Native American land."

😀💪😀Two years ago in North Dakota, after months of protest by thousands of indigenous and environmental activists, pipeline opponents celebrated when the Obama administration denied a key permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).

😕😞😞A few months later, the Trump administration reversed that decision and approved construction.  Pipeline opponents worried that a spill from the Dakota Access Pipeline would pollute drinking water for the nearby Standing Rock Sioux reservation.


2. Emma González on Why This Generation Needs Gun Control


2. Coast Reporter: Mayor Siegers speaks to students at SD46

How can you demonstrate to Mayor Siegers what you are doing for the environment.  What changes have you made in your life.  What about your ongoing socials projects for change.

3. How to write a letter to your mayor, Darnelda Siegers(siegers@sechelt.ca),  MLA and your MP

Step one: What are my concerns

Step Two: What would I like my government to do?

Step Three: How do I address the mayor"
1. Formal letter style - no slang or kid speak
2. Be polite.
3.  Tell them of your concerns and why
4. Tell them of your expectations.

Please hand your letters into the Environment Drop Box on Moodle under Humanities. Also send them to the above government officials.

Homework:  Finish off your art projects for to hand in on next Fridays class and your letters  I would also like you to work further in your course.  You should be finished 2.1, 2.2 and be starting 2.3.