week 16: globalization, review

Week 14: Presentation Day

Good luck on your presentations!!!

Week 13: The Big Short, Finance, US culture, presentations

1. Finish The Big Short

The Big Short Questions for your partners

1. What failures of government led to the crisis? Identify 2.
2. Why did the mortgages all fail at once? (hint: interest rate...)
3. What did Wall Street do with all those bad mortgages?
4. Who benefited? Who was hurt?
5. What kind of people signed these bad mortgages?

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Week 12: Presentations + The Big Short

Presentations:
1. Due in Week 14
2. Must not contain graffiti, hip hop, hamburgers, or french fries
3. Must not contain any brands.
4. Must be 10 pictures/images, no text except a (<five words) title, showing US influence on Taiwan, especially cultural and social.
5. Both partners must talk in English, a sentence or two per slide explaining why you chose the image.

EXAMPLE

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The Big Short
Pay attention! 
Questions to think about:
What failures of government led to the crisis?
Why did the mortgages all fail at once?
What did Wall Street do with all those bad mortgages?
Who benefited?

Week 11

Reference/Intro
1. https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/article/tragic-decline-music-literacy-and-quality


2. Jazz
Polyrhythms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Sq5p3tW6g