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Unit 3 : Lesson 16

Economic Development

“To dump limitless funds into corrupt governments does nothing more than create more multi-million dollar dictators who stash their funds away in Swiss bank accounts.”
--Chuck Colson

The object of this lesson is to:

  • evaluate a conservative Christian perspective on economic development
  • understand the stages of economic development, the concepts of core and periphery, and economic patterns of change
  • answer the question:  Should equalization payments be used to solve Canada's regional disparities?

Lecture NotesI. Lesson Sixteen Lecture Notes

Instructions: Click on the link below to go to the lecture material for this lesson.

II. Lesson Sixteen Assignments

Instructions: Do each of the items listed below. Note that the regular textbook assignments have been shortened in some cases.

read Read pages 394 to 419 in your text Counterpoints. Use the SQ3R method of review.
assign Do Activities page 399 #1-4, Activities page 403 #1-3, Activities page 409 #1-4, Activities page 413 #1-3, Activities page 415 #1-3, Looking Back page 418 #1-4.
read Review the Answer Key Expectations.
answer key Check the Answer Key for Lesson Sixteen
read Read or re-read Counterpoints pp. 416-417.
assign Do Analysing the Issue page 417 #1-4.
assign Complete the Geography Essay Assignment.
assign

After posting to the Topic of the Week, complete the Lesson 16 Homework Checklist Quiz.

(Note: Quizzes are not available in the BCOS Course Sample).
Questions

III. Topic of the Week

  • Should Equalization Payments Be Used to Solve Canada’s Regional Disparities?

Instructions: Follow each of the steps listed below. Each response should be a minimum of 100 words in length. Use at least one main paragraph (topic sentence, details, clincher).

read Review the lecture notes and writing assignments above.
assign Read and reflect upon the supplementary questions provided below.
read

Go to the Lesson 16 Discussion Forum. (What is the purpose of a Discussion Forum?)

(Note: Forums are not available in BCOS Course Samples)
read Post your response to the ‘Topic of the Week’ question by the Tuesday before the Lesson 16 Homework Checklist Quiz.
read Post your response to another student’s original (Tuesday) response by the Thursday before the Lesson 16 Homework Checklist Quiz.

Note: Each posting will be assessed according to the Forum Marking Criteria (6 marks per posting, 2 postings per ‘topic of the week’).

Questions

IV. Questions

Here are some questions to stimulate your thinking as you write your responses. Remember that your primary task is to answer the ‘Topic of the Week’ question:

  • Has Christianity become the happy mistress of capitalism and unrestrained development?
  • Should governments rob from the rich to give to the poor?
  • What are the criteria for maintaining the viability of a region?
  • Should ‘sunset industries’ be maintained by government money?
  • Is the productivity of a region the most important factor in determining whether it should / should not receive aid during downturns in the economy?
  • Should government money be used to address economic disparities?
  • Should governments strive to make all regions equal?
  • What is the root cause of economic disparities?
  • Would Colson endorse the solutions offered in the Counterpoints text? (see ‘Helping the Periphery’ pages 413 – 415)
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