28 February - 6 March

Kia ora...students and welcome to week 4. The focus for this week is to work on your research file. Use the template ideas given below to support you. Also it is important that you resources are varied such as newspaper articles images/ statistics/political cartoons/ laws and polices/ video clips and many more. You must acknowledge the site of these resources in your Bibliography page.

Achievement Objectives: Human Rights: Understand how people define and seek human rights.

Big Idea: connections linked to NCEA: HUMAN RIGHTS

Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

• research in-depth ideas that relate to our specific topic
• use the template to document your ideas
• research your social organisation you wish to address
• apply critical evaluations
• use a variety of resources
• include a bibliography page

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• researched and documented in-depth my research topic using structure and critical thinking

Activities:

1. Show me your planning document that should indicate your Topic idea, template and list of resources. 
2. Refer to the  following template to help assist  with your research  file:Begin writing:  introduction/ key concepts/ location/ history of the problem/ reasons for this human injustice/ impacts of the problem socially, culturally, economically, emotional. politically, historically ,globally , locally/ consequences/ the aftermath and comparison/ the role of government/ role of international support/ important individuals that made a difference/ your chosen social organisation and their aims, objectives. success and challenges/ key recommendations  for the future/ lessons learnt/ conclusions/ bibliography
3. use many resources to unpack your ideas such as new paper articles/ political cartoons/ images/ statistics/ maps/ posters iconic letters and documents.
4. Write with a critical thinking mindset.
5. Examples used in class this week include: Child labour in India and Poverty in Africa.
6. Completion of research this week and uploaded in a file on desk top.

Homework:

Read on what is social action and ideas for your group to explore.

Resources:

Child Labour - Unicef NZ

FOCUS / ARONGA learning intentions:

• We are FOCUSING...on the consequences of Covid 19 and its impacts on Human Rights eg inadequate distribution of health care equipment, racism etc.
• We are FOCUSING... identifying and researching a case study approach to Human Rights Violations from around the world
• We are FOCUSING...Explain critically the impacts s and consequences of the violations we choose to research