Category: History

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What is the Relationship between Globalization and the Economy?

So, how are globalization and the economy related? Well, they are connected by many forces –business, healthcare, and education, to name a few.

It was 1946 and WWII had just ended.

The General Assembly of the United Nations all agreed to develop the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (or UNICEF).

The fund was created to help children living in countries that were negatively affected by the war.

They provided food, medicine, and other necessities for these children who would not have gotten it otherwise.

Currently, UNICEF acts as an organization that helps children in troubled nations.

They collect donations from people around the globe and provide things such as clean water, medicine, food, and education. They also use celebrities to help promote their organization.

Additionally, each year on Halloween (in Canada and the US anyway), they’ll get trick-or-treaters to ask for donations as they go house-to-house asking for candy.

This is an example of how the global economy is working together to help the less fortunate. Continue reading “What is the Relationship between Globalization and the Economy?”

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How are Globalization and Politics Related?

Globalization and politics are related in many ways. Whenever any country does anything internationally, that’s globalization.

When you think of politics, you’re probably just thinking of your own city’s or country’s government.

You, for the most part, probably view politics through a national lens (what is my government doing for me and the citizens of this country).

However, politics isn’t just local –it expands past the borders and over the seas.

When your government sends the military to another nation, whether it be to fight a war, resolve conflict, or for peacemaking while carrying big, automatic machine guns, that’s international (or global) politics.

If the government deals with refugees and asylum seekers, that’s international politics.

When your government sets up protocols to protect the country against terrorists, that’s international politics.

All of the mentioned political events deal with global issues.

And because of these (and events like them), politics is globalized. Continue reading “How are Globalization and Politics Related?”

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What is Globalization (And How Does it Affect You)?

What is Globalization? It is a process of spreading things globally. But how does it affect you personally?

Globalization. Did you come across this term during an argument and wondered what it was, but couldn’t figure it out? And then was just thinking about it all day? You’d be trying to do something, but this term (and the argument) would just pop back into your mind?

Well, you’re in for a treat. I’m not only going to tell you what globalization is but also give you plenty of examples. Continue reading “What is Globalization (And How Does it Affect You)?”

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The History Behind Labour Day in North America

Have you ever wondered how Labour Day came about? Well, here’s the history behind it.

For many of us, Labour Day is the holiday before we have to head back to school (or work for some); it is the long weekend that ends summer vacation.

The History of Labour Day in Canada

But do you know the history of Labour Day? Do you know why it is a holiday and how it came about?

Well, in the late 1800s, workers were treated horribly.

They had to work long days in bad work conditions and were paid very little. And to add salt to injury, they had no benefits.

Additionally, they weren’t allowed to form unions, so their employers were able to treat them however they pleased.

And with the rise of machines that did labour work, workers were afraid to speak out because they feared they would lose their jobs (the majority of them didn’t have any other skills to do anything else).

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History Time: The Cuban Migration to the U.S.

After decades of Cubans migrating to Florida, Bill Clinton and his administration developed a controversial policy (called the “wet foot/dry foot” policy) to curb migration.
So I just got back from a two-and-a-half-week vacation in the States. It was a pretty long one, but I did travel to both Miami and Orange County.

During my vacation in Miami, I took a Duck Tour.

If you have never been on one of these or have never heard about it, it’s not what you think, unless what you’re thinking isn’t the same as what I first thought when I heard about it.

The tour, which has nothing to do with ducks, is a tour of Miami.

At first, I thought it was literally a duck tour, where a vehicle drives you around natural duck habitats so that you can learn about them.

But to my surprise, it was not that.

The Duck Tour was pretty cool and again, to my surprise, quite informational.

At the beginning of the tour, I thought it was just going to be a tour of the cool spots in the city and celebrity homes/hangouts.

But the tour guide talked quite a bit about the history and politics in the city too, and this right here is my jam.

I love this kind of stuff!

He talked about many things, such as deals that John D. Rockefeller made with politicians for ownership of public land, the consequences of construction companies not following building regulations when building buildings, and the Cuban migration.

What caught my attention the most was the Cuban migration.

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Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Learn History

History is one of those subjects that some students just hate to learn. They find it boring and useless, and often wonder why they have to learn it.

A while back, I had this one student I was tutoring ask me why he had to learn history.

He said that the stuff he was learning in that class was useless because the events had already happened and don’t affect him.

I really didn’t know how to answer him.

All I said was history class is important because it shows you what works and what doesn’t work, based on the past.

And I also told him that he should go ask his social studies teacher in school that question because I’m his English tutor.

But regardless, that question was stuck in my head because I like history.

I like reading and learning about the events that happened in the past, but I didn’t know what the importance of that information was.

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