News in Review Resource Guide September 2011 Credits Resource Guide Writers: Sean Dolan, Kim Earle, Peter Flaherty, Jim L’Abbé 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: Michael Serapio Senior Producer: Nigel Gibson Producer: Lou Kovacs Video Writers: Nigel Gibson Director: Douglas Syrota 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 © 2011 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News in Review, September 2011 1. The Massacre in Norway (Length: 14:42) 2. War and Famine in Somalia (Length: 13:06) 3. The 9/11 Attacks: Ten Years Later (Length: 15:58) 4. Life, Work, and Smartphones (Length: 16:14) Contents In This Issue . ......................................................................................... 4 THE MASSACRE IN NORWAY ................................................... 6 Introduction ..............................................................................................................6 Video Review ...........................................................................................................7 Terror Strikes ...........................................................................................................9 Why? ......................................................................................................................12 The Victims ............................................................................................................14 Activity: How should we remember? ....................................................................16 WAR AND FAMINE IN SOMALIA ........................................... 17 Introduction ............................................................................................................17 Video Review .........................................................................................................18 The Current Crisis in Somalia ................................................................................21 The Issues behind the Famine ................................................................................23 Somalia: A Brief History ........................................................................................26 Activity: Taking the Next Steps .............................................................................29 THE 9/11 ATTACKS: TEN YEARS LATER ................................ 30 Introduction ............................................................................................................30 Video Review .........................................................................................................31 Shock and Awe .......................................................................................................33 How have our lives been changed? ........................................................................36 The Death of Osama bin Laden .............................................................................39 Activity: Are we safer today? ................................................................................41 LIFE, WORK, AND SMARTPHONES ........................................ 42 Introduction ............................................................................................................42 Video Review .........................................................................................................43 Smartphones – A Snapshot ....................................................................................45 Transformation in Schools .....................................................................................48 The Work-Life Balance ..........................................................................................50 Activity: Could you live without a smartphone? ...................................................51 News in Review Index ............................................................................ 52 CBC News in Review • September 2011 • Page 3 In This Issue . THE MASSACRE IN NORWAY (Length: 14:42) NiR Study In late July, a man went on a bloody rampage in Norway. He detonated a powerful Modules Using print and video bomb in the country’s capital and then opened fire at a youth camp. Seventy-six material from archival people were killed and many others injured. In this News in Review story we’ll look issues of News in at the tragedy and what drove the gunman to kill so many. Review, teachers and students can create NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos thematic modules The Shooting of Gabrielle Giffords Air India for independent March 2011 Al Qaeda’s Family assignments, and small The Terrorist Attack on Mumbai Darfur: On Our Watch group study. February 2009 Of Fatwas and Beauty Queens A Gunman Attacks Students in Montreal October 2006 Related CBC Videos Other videos available from CBC Learning; see the back cover for contact details. WAR AND FAMINE IN SOMALIA (Length: 13:06) In the African country of Somalia a long drought is causing mass starvation. It’s threatening the lives of millions of people, and a civil war is making it hard to help them. In this News in Review story we’ll look at the desperate situation and what is being done to try to feed the hungry. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos K’Naan: A Canadian Sings for the World Big Thirst: The Coming Drought May 2010 Playing God with Planet Earth Peace Radio: Canadian Voices in Somalia Watershed May 2004 CBC News in Review • September 2011 • Page 4 THE 9/11 ATTACKS: TEN YEARS LATER (Length: 15:58) It’s been 10 years since a group of terrorists carried out a devastating assault on the United States. They crashed two planes into buildings in New York City, another one into a building in Washington D.C., and brought down a fourth one over Pennsylvania. In this News in Review story we’ll look back at that terrible day and how it changed the world. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos 9/11: The Day That Changed the World 9/11 Toxic Legacy October 2006 My Life After 9/11 Toronto Arrests: 18 Face Terror Charges Secret History of 9/11 September 2006 Terrorist Attack: Protecting Canada November 2001 United States Under Terrorist Attack October 2001 LIFE, WORK, AND SMARTPHONES (Length: 16:14) A new generation of cell phones is changing the way people live and work. But how are these so-called smartphones affecting those who use them? In this News in Review story we’ll look at why smartphones are so popular and examine some of the drawbacks and the dangers. NiR Study Modules Related CBC Videos How Facebook Changed the World Are We Digital Dummies? April 2011 Canada’s Worst Cellphone Bill Cell Phones and Drivers, December 2008 Cellphone Frenzy: Making Money with Mobile Applications Cellphones: The Ring Heard Around the World The End Google World Village Cellphone: Empowering Bangladesh Sections marked with this symbol contain content suitable for younger viewers. Exercises marked with this symbol indicate that a worksheet to aid in the exploration of the topic is available online. CBC News in Review • September 2011 • Page THE MASSACRE IN NORWAY Introduction July 22, 2011, is a day that will live in over half of whom were under the age of Focus infamy for the people of Norway—a 17—on Utoeya island. In the summer of 2011, Norwegians country with a humanitarian reputation. The targets were clear: the bomb was were horrified when Norway’s innocence was shattered as intended to take down the leader of the one of their own a fellow Norwegian set off a bomb on existing Labour Party government and detonated a massive the front steps of Prime Minister Jen the shooting rampage was designed bomb in Oslo and Stoltenberg’s office in Oslo before to kill as many future Labour Party then drove to a youth making his way to a Labour Party youth members as possible. Why? Because camp and opened fire camp on the island of Utoeya and going Breivik believed that the immigration on scores of people. This News in Review on a shooting rampage. policy of Stoltenberg and his political story examines the The shooter was Anders Behring comrades was destroying the fabric of incident that left 77 Breivik. Investigators have learned that Norwegian culture. Despite the fact that Norwegians dead Breivik meticulously planned the attacks this belief was patently untrue, Breivik and explores how a for years. He thought that the bombing could not be dissuaded from his position. tragedy like this can and massacre would inspire a revolution Norway responded to the attacks