Evaluate the finished product. What do you think worked? What could be improved? If given a “do over” what would you change about the project?How does the finished product compare with the vision for the project your group had when planning the story board?
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Final Project Reflection and Presentation Questions
Evaluate the finished product. What do you think worked? What could be improved? If given a “do over” what would you change about the project?How does the finished product compare with the vision for the project your group had when planning the story board?
Monday, December 29, 2008
Human rights violations in modern-day India
Select one of the human rights topics to investigate below. Read and or/ view sources on PBS'
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2006/07/india_a_pound_o.html
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india304/aronson.html
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
How Risky Is India: Analyzing international investments in a time of financial and security crisis
1. Read "How Risky is India", an article from the December 4 issue of Businees Weekly at:
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Film Trailer Study
Features (trailers available for view in large format at www.spout.com/films):
City of God - street children in Brazil
Paradise Now- suiscide bombing
Maria Full of Grace- drug trafficking
Osama- women's rights in Afghanistan
Bread and Roses- immigrant worker rights/ labor organizing USA
The Last King of Scotland - dictatorship of Idi Amin in Uganda
Human Trafficking - self explanitory
Documentaries:
God Grew Tired of Us: children of war in Sudan: http://www.spout.com/films/God_Grew_Tired_of_Us/261762/921795/trailers.aspx
Sicko: Health care in US and Canada
http://www.spout.com/films/Sicko/284216/35687/trailers.aspx
Inheritance - an American woman comes to terms with the Nazi roots of her family's wealth: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/inheritance/index.html
Various POV doucmentaries are available for view at: http://www.pbs.org/pov/filmarchive.php
Several SHORT documentaries concerning global human rights issues are available for view at:www.mediathatmattersfest.org
Rights on the Line - Immigrant Rights:
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/7/rights_on_the_line_vigilantes_at_the_border/index.php?fs=about
Bread: Poverty in Guatemala:
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/6/bread/
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Detailed study of a political or human rights issue in your nation of study
The articles selected for this assignment must reflect international perspectives (they must be from the media of at least TWO different nations.)
Note: if you haven't completed the first part of this project, please select a nation and move forward with this assignment anyway. I'll be happy to help you chose one - just ask!
- Locate and summarize three articles on the (1) issue you have chosen as it specifically relates to the issue/event you chose. Be sure to explain when and where this event had/is having the greatest impact, who is most directly affected by it.
- Explain how this event relates to the political system in place (or systems in conflict) of your nation of study
- Summarize the role of leaders in managing this issue. Evaluate his/her/ their role in relationship to this issue.
- Explain how this problem/event relates to the government case studies we’ve covered in class thus far (U.S., Iran, UK)
- Cite your three internet or printed articles in MLA format( http://www.easybib.com/ ) will format citations for you in MLA if you have the necessary information.
This assignment must meet a minimum of 600 words. It must be typed and may be either emailed to me, posted to the blog or submitted on paper.This will count as TWO blogs and follow the generic blog rubric that appears on the right side of this page under “blog rubric”.
Due: Wednesday December 3 before class.
5 bonus points will be added if you submit by Monday December 1.
OPTIONAL Extra Credit Assigment:Write a film synopsis and review of any of the following films:
In the Name of the Father
The Madness of King George
The Queen
Braveheart
Michael Collins
Directions:
1. Summarize the plot.
2. Explain what it reveals about the political history of the nations it relates to.
3. Draw connections between the film and the information you learned in one of our recent units. 4. Conclude by evaluating the film and stating whether or not you would recommend it to other Government students.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Prime Minister Politics 101
Directions:
1. Read:
A) “Tony Blair to Resign in a Year”
ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2405434&page=1
AND
One of the following articles and explore one of it’s hyperlinked sources (may be text, video, image or audio files):
B) Blair “My political journey is over” 5/10/07
CNN News
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/10/blair.announcement/index.html
OR
C) “British Prime Minister Announces His Resignation”
MTV News
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1559212/20070510/index.jhtml
2. Summarize the articles, emphasizing the primary reasons UK Prime Minister Tony Blair voluntarily resigned in 2007s. Explain what these sources tell you about the role of the Prime Minister, his/her relationship with the Parliament and the role of political parties in the UK Parliament.
3. Answer one or more of the following questions:
- How does Blair’s resignation compare to the US Presidential resignations we’ve learned about in class (Nixon, Clinton and Jackson)?
- What does this say about the differences in the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States?
- Based on your knowledge and the articles, why did MP's and Britons believe Brown's policies would better serve the interests of the UK?
Your post must be a minimum of 250 words.
Be sure to comment or question a peer's response.