Your Community Action Project Final Presentation will take place Wednesday, January 24. Please come prepared to present, including your rant. A reminder to submit your final presentation slideshow etc. through our Teams page- under Assignments. Be sure to also hand in your updated research (under Assignments: 'Research'). You should also upload or email me any related digital files. If you require any photocopies, please be sure to email those to me at least 1 day prior to your presentation.
A reminder to complete your Blog of Progress on your personal webpages, summarizing what you have accomplished this week.
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All documents, instructions, rubrics and adapted timelines are posted on our Teams site - under 'Files' - 'Action Project.'
This week was spent delving deep into the research related around your topic of choice. A reminder to complete your Blog of Progress on your personal webpages, summarizing what you have accomplished this week. As you prepare your research, please remember to review the checklist provided on your rubric. Upcoming deadlines: Research - due Jan.19 Final Presentations (slideshow and elevator pitch/ rant): due Jan. 23 Mark print-outs were distributed on Friday. Please review and hand in any incomplete / overdue assignments. Happy holidays! This week we profiled and launched into our Community Action Project. This is the biggest assignment of the course and is comprised of several integrated activities that extend over the remainder of this course. Staying on task and completing all the required elements by the set deadlines will be essential. Your Brainstorming sheet should have been completed and handed in prior to the break. Please be prepared to hand in your Planning sheet during our first week back after the break.
Here is a link to the UN Sustainability Goals that will be integrated into your project. It is an excellent resource to help guide you and provide relevant links between your passion and how to connect it with social justice elements. Prompts along with timelines for the project are available on our class template. Click here. After launching into the research during our first week back, we will be transitioning to your presentations and class lessons. Mark print outs were handed out to students, including a list of any incompletes. Please be sure to complete and submit any missing work as the end of semester will be busy and come quick after the break. Enjoy your holidays, stay safe and see you in the new year! This week we engaged in our class debate related to meritocracy. Thank you to all of you who prepared, worked in collaboration with your group and presented reasonable, logical and fact backed arguments. Please be sure to complete the reflection questions posted under 'Assignments' in Teams if you did not complete them during class time or were absent on Friday.
Thursday and Friday's classes focused on looking at meritocracy. We spent time reviewing and taking notes on equality of opportunity and equality of outcome. Please view the 2 videos below that take very different views. Then using the Meritocracy template sheet distributed in class and posted in Teams, find some related articles, videos or audio (podcasts) looking at the myths and merits of meritocracy. This will help you summarize, identify key points, find relevant examples and provide your perspective in preparation for the upcoming debate. You are responsible for preparing and presenting your 2 articles (or videos, podcasts etc.) to your group on Monday.
Today's class was spent exploring the meaning and differences between equality and equity through class discussions and guided notes. Class notes are posted in TEAMS under 'class materials'. Please review your notes and enhance your understanding of the following terms: privilege, oppression, equality, equity, liberation, reality, meritocracy, individualism, equal opportunity, equal outcome. We then reviewed the assignment requirements and prepared to work on an artistic representation of your own to demonstrate your knowledge of these terms. We will work on these on Friday and Monday. A reminder to submit your UDHR responses along with your reflection questions on the Dangers of a Single story. Today's class is focused on the United Declaration of Human Rights. Please be sure to review this video and complete the guided notes handed out in class. The guided notes sheet and worksheet on the UDHR is also posted in Teams under 'Class Materials'.
Today's class explored the notion of centering and what is "normal." We took notes and discussed key components and then viewed the related video below. Notes are posted in Teams in Class Materials. Please complete both sides of the written reflection distributed in class. The Danger of a Single Story. Below are a couple of other related videos and articles worth examining. The Flawed Way Media Covers High-Profile Rapists Here is a related article on the Brock Turner case for further exploration. Over the past couple classes we have spent time exploring elements related to privilege and advantage through discussions, notes, and experiential activities. Class notes, including the iceberg of oppression and the differences between 'isms' and prejudice are posted in MS Teams. Please review them as they are important foundations and key elements to this course. Below is the short comedy skit explaining the misnomer and flaws of 'reverse-racism.' This week we spent time examining stereotypes through a hands on activity, discussion, and summative sketchnoting session on how stereotypes can evolve into prejudism. A reminder to complete the reflection questions on our magazine ranking activity.
The reflection questions for the magazine activity are as follows: Step 1: Title your picture using the question prompt. Step 2: On the back of your poster (or separate page) reflect on the following questions. What is the intent of this activity? Did it make you uncomfortable? Explain why or why not? How do people often respond when their prejudices are pointed out? What kind of person is most often depicted in media as prejudiced? How are they depicted? What kinds of people are depicted as free from prejudice? Step 3: Transform your list into a warning poster! Demonstrate your understanding / learning of prejudices |
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