Differences between societies

"Free Western Societies"

What are they?
The largest western society is the United States of America. Great Britain and many European countries are western societies. New Zealand and Australia are western societies.

What is their political structure?
Western societies are democracies. This means that people over a certain age – usually 18 – can vote and elect a government that will make decisions on their behalf. If people are not happy with the government after 4 years they can vote for a new government in an election.

Why do western societies view themselves as free societies?
People in westerns societies have certain freedoms. They are free to:
- Criticise governments through; protesting, writing letters to newspaper editors, setting up their own political parties.
- Practise different religions and be critical of their own religions. People in western societies can also express the wish not to believe in God (atheism).
- Divorce and remarry, or live with partners without marrying. People of the same sex can live in partnerships.
Women in western societies are free to:
- Divorce and remarry, or live with partners without remarrying.
- Have abortions.
- Hold powerful positions in society.
- See themselves as equal to men.
- Wear any style of clothing.

Negatives about Western Societies:
- Babies (foetuses) die; ageing populations; gender imbalances eg China; low birth rates
- More STIs
- Getting arrested
- Women will take all the men’s jobs
- Religious hatred
- Exposure of bodies (male and female) eg painted bodies, “boobs on bikes”, limited amount of clothing
- Riots are more likely to happen because people can protest
- easy access to pornography, child porn
- adultery occurs
- divorce occurs and breaks the family up
- child abuse


Strict Islamic Societies

Why could some Islamic people think that Western societies are good?
- the punishments are less abusive and do not impose on human rights
- people can gain justice
- people are innocent until proven guilty
- western societies have a lot of freedoms eg the wearing of clothes.


Generalisations about Strict Islamic societies:
Most people in strict Islamic societies speaking about inequality get punished.

911 - Learning Outcomes

The learning out comes for this part of the unit are:

- Identify the causes of Militant Islamic Terrorism (Including Israel)
- Identify reasons why the twin towers was the target
- Explore the reactions to 911 of the American Public
- Explore the consequences of 911 (Afghanistan, London Bombings, NZ terrorism act)
- Identify the new world order
- Compare and contrast the new world order to the old world order.

The Berlin Wall

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Suffrage

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Women's Suffrage

Learning Outcomes
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Suffrage
- Explain the factors which caused women to believe that they had the right to the vote
- Describe the actions to achieve this
- Identify the impact on societies of female suffrage

Changing nature of work
- Examine the changing nature of work for women
- Explore the positive and negative consequences of the changing nature of women’s work for individuals and society.


Concepts
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Suffrage, Franchise, Vote, Campaign, Opposition, Bill or Act of Parliament, Birth Rate, Maternity Leave, Temperance Movement


Berlin Wall

Learning Outcomes
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- Explain the differences between “communist” society and capitalist society
- Identify the factors that lead to the building of the Berlin Wall
- Compare and contrast life under the shadow of the Berlin Wall
- Identify the causes of the fall of the Berlin Wall
- Describe life in the Post
-Communist Era and the new world order

Concepts
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Communist, Capitalist, Iron Curtain, World Order, East vs West


911

Learning Outcomes
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- Identify the causes of Militant Islamic Terrorism (Including Israel)
- Identify reasons why the twin towers was the target
- Explore the reactions to 911 of the American Public
- Explore the consequences of 911 (Afghanistan, London Bombings, NZ terrorism act)
- Identify the new world order
- Compare and contrast the new world order to the old world order.

Concepts
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Militant, Islamic, Terrorism, War on Terror