4 May - 10 May
Section outline
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Kia ora...students. Please note that you must do your Human Rights Research file and follow the template given . I have emailed examples from previous years to you. Our Context is based on post Covid 19 and we will examine human rights violations as a result of this virus as well.
Reminder you will work on the topic you have selected with your team, for your Research File.


Success Criteria: I can/have...
- Read articles below on the human rights violations post covid 19 ie USA and India
- Selected my readings and visuals required to write my Research file
- read the template sent and followed this well
- identified the organisation I will address my Human Rights Violation too
- Started to write and complete my research file by the end of this week
Activities:
a) How has Covid divided the world: A look into the virus and lockdown procedures that have affected Human Rights eg in China, India and USA.
Read and sumarise your viwes on these artcles:
COVID-19 Offers Chance to Address Human Rights Concerns ...
Do you think the impact of the virus has created human rights violations, placing poor commnities into risk of further poverty eg in India?India: COVID-19 Lockdown Puts Poor at Risk | Human Rights ...
www.hrw.org › news › 2020/03/27 › india-covid-19-lo...Mar 27, 2020 - Police actions to punish those violating orders have reportedly resulted in.Is lockdown as case of discriminating people from freedom of movement? Share your views
Is police brutality taken too far to ease the spread of the virus??
B)RESEARCH FILE: COMPULSORY:
Step 1 and 2 are compulsory for all students. Step 3 is to write the report which is voluntary.
You task for this week to begin your write up for your research file, which is Compulsory Step one.This is the topic you have chosen with your team eg: Child Marriages in India or Police Brutality in USA.This write up must be completed by end of next week.Template below:
Indicate the following:
1)Table of contents
2)Introduction of the Human Rights Topic eg Police Brutality in USA
3) Map/ maps
4) Important concepts defined
5) Background into your Human Rights Violation: When did this occur/ reasons for the problem
6) Impacts and consequences of the problem( HR Violation)
7) Role of government : How did that government address this issue/ or maybe not enough was done
8) Statistics and data to show trends
9) Role of your chosen Social Organisation: logo/ where are they based / how have they addressed this issue: World Vision/United Nations
10) Why is this problem a Human Rights Violation. Why you think it is a problem.
11) Recommendations: Solutions to stop and reduce this social issue in that country
12) Conclusions
13) BibliographyYou Are encouraged to use pictures, newspaper articles, maps, political cartoons, posters. All visuals must be examined in good detail.Homework:
Write here...EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:
- We are EXPLORING...To organise our citations for our research file on Human Rights
- We are EXPLORING...research and write on a topic that shows-cases Human Rights violations sin the world.
- We are EXPLORING...discover the may injustices that prevail in our chosen country of research and recogonize that the problem has not been effectively addressed