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News in Review Resource Guide News in Review Resource Guide March 2010 Credits Resource Guide Writers: Sean Dolan, Peter Flaherty, Jim L’Abbé, Jennifer Watt Copy Editor and Desktop Publisher: Susan Rosenthal Resource Guide Graphics: Laraine Bone Production Assistant: Carolyn McCarthy Resource Guide Editor: Jill Colyer Supervising Manager: Karen Bower Host: Carla Robinson Senior Producer: Nigel Gibson Producer: Lou Kovacs Video Writers: Nigel Gibson Director: Ian Cooper Graphic Artist: Mark W. Harvey Editor: Stanley Iwanski Visit us at our Web site at our Web site at http://newsinreview.cbclearning.ca, where you will find News in Review indexes and an electronic version of this resource guide. As a companion resource, we recommend that students and teachers access CBC News Online, a multimedia current news source that is found on the CBC’s home page at www.cbc.ca/news/. Close-captioning News in Review programs are close-captioned. Subscribers may wish to obtain decoders and “open” these captions for the hearing impaired, for English as a Second Language students, or for situations in which the additional on-screen print component will enhance learning. CBC Learning authorizes the reproduction of material contained in this resource guide for educational purposes. Please identify the source. News in Review is distributed by CBC Learning, P.O. Box 500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5W 1E6 Tel: (416) 205-6384 • Fax: (416) 205-2376 • E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2010 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in Review, March 2010 1. A Deadly Earthquake Devastates Haiti (Length: 15:27) 2. Young Adults and Heart Disease (Length: 15:40) 3. The Trials of the Toronto 18 (Length: 16:37) 4. Diving for Clues to Canadian History (Length: 15:25) Contents In This Issue . ......................................................................................... 4 A DEADLY EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES HAITI ........................ 6 Introduction ..............................................................................................................6 Video Review ...........................................................................................................7 The Devastation .....................................................................................................10 Canada’s Response .................................................................................................12 A Marshall Plan for Haiti .......................................................................................14 A Heartfelt Appeal from the Governor General .....................................................16 Activity: Rebuilding Haiti ......................................................................................18 YOUNG ADULTS AND HEART DISEASE ................................. 19 Introduction ............................................................................................................19 Video Review ........................................................................................................20 The Grim Statistics ................................................................................................22 Social Determinants of Health ...............................................................................24 Healthy Body, Healthy Mind .................................................................................26 Activity: Schools on the Move .............................................................................28 THE TRIALS OF THE TORONTO 18 ........................................ 30 Introduction ............................................................................................................30 Video Review .........................................................................................................31 A Shocking Case ....................................................................................................34 Alienated Youth......................................................................................................36 Community Assistance...........................................................................................38 Canada-U.S. Relations ...........................................................................................40 Activity: What is a suitable punishment? ..............................................................42 DIVING FOR CLUES TO CANADIAN HISTORY ....................... 43 Introduction ............................................................................................................43 Video Review .........................................................................................................44 Fur Trade History ...................................................................................................46 Unearthing History .................................................................................................50 Historical Significance and Primary Sources .........................................................52 Activity: You Be the Historian ...............................................................................54 News in Review Index ............................................................................ 55 CBC News in Review • March 2010 • Page 3 In This Issue . A DEADLY EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES HAITI (Length: 15:27) NiR Study On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake struck the small nation of Haiti. More Modules Using print and video than 100 000 people were killed, and about a million others were left homeless. In material from archival this News in Review story we’ll look at Haiti’s tragedy and how Canada and other issues of News in countries are trying to help the survivors. Review, teachers and students can create NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos thematic modules Kashmir Quake: Disaster in South Asia China’s Earthquake: The People in the for independent November 2005 Pictures assignments, and small Tsunami: The Indian Ocean Disaster Geologic Journey group study. February 2005 Quake Hunters City of Death: Iran’s Killer Quake February 2004 Related CBC Videos Other videos available Earthquakes: The West Coast Threat from CBC Learning; April 2001 see the back cover for contact details. YOUNG ADULTS AND HEART DISEASE (Length: 15:40) In late January 2010 a new report warned that Canada could be facing an epidemic of heart disease. It said that, because so many Canadians are not eating or exercising properly, even young adults are now at risk. In this News in Review story we’ll look at the problem and what can be done to try to correct it. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Fashion and the Dangerously Thin Brain Gains: Better Grades through April 2007 Fitness Oxycontin Abuse: A Teenager’s Story Cafeteria Confidential November 2005 Calorie Confidential Marijuana: Taking Another Look, April 1998 Diet Confidential Smoking: The Campaign Against Addiction Hyping Health: Is Heath Check Always October 1996 Right? CBC News in Review • March 2010 • Page 4 THE TRIALS OF THE TORONTO 18 (Length: 16:37) In June 2006 police in Ontario arrested 18 young men and charged them with planning the biggest terrorist attack in Canadian history. In this News in Review story we’ll look at the trials of the so-called Toronto 18. We’ll also examine what could have led these young Canadians to want to attack their own country. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos The Terrorist Attack on Mumbai Air India 182 February 2009 9/11: Toxic Legacy 9/11: The Day that Changed the World Secret History of 9/11 October 2006 London Bombers: Alienation and Terror September 2006 Toronto Arrests: 18 Face Terror Charges September 2006 Terrorist Attack: Protecting Canada November 2001 DIVING FOR CLUES TO CANADIAN HISTORY (Length: 15:25) The fur trade played a large role in the early history of Canada. It opened up the country, created new communities, and led to the further exploration of North America. Archeologists have retrieved many artifacts from places like old trading posts. In this News in Review story we’ll join a team looking for them in a new location—at the bottom of rapids. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos Digging History, December 2003 Canada: A People’s History Re-examining History: Searching for Freedom’s Land: Canada and the Truth, April 1995 Underground Railroad Ghosts of Future’s Past: Tom Berger in the North Gone Sideways: Serendipity in Science Iron Road National Dream Sections marked with this symbol contain content suitable for younger viewers. CBC News in Review • March 2010 • Page 5 A DEADLY EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATES HAITI Introduction Late in the afternoon on January 12, sent HMCS Athabaskan and HMCS 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, Halifax to the devastated Caribbean Download the mp3 of this Introduction unleashing indescribable devastation on nation. By the end of January, Canada at newsinreview. an already destitute nation. Over 200 000 had committed 2 000 troops to provide cbclearning.ca. people were killed, including up to 80 aid in Léogâne—the epicentre of the Canadians, in what may be the deadliest quake—and Jacmel—a crucial sea port Focus earthquake in history. Almost 90 per cent off the southern coast of Haiti. Haiti, the poorest of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, was Meanwhile, Prime Minister Stephen nation in the western flattened by the quake, leaving hundreds Harper put Haiti at the top of his foreign hemisphere, was of thousands of people homeless and policy agenda. With over 100 000 rocked by a massive leaving millions desperate for food, expatriate Haitians
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