Category Archives: Assignments

Story of Stuff – Link & Worksheet

Watch the following video and complete the Story of Stuff worksheet

Story of Stuff (2007)

the-story-of-stuff-worksheet

BLOCK C – SS11 Climate Change Expo Essay & Style Tutorials

Please watch the following tutorials to help with quoting, citations, and works cited:

How to Quote – Chicago Style – Basics

Chicago Style Works Cited

Remember, CTRL+ALT+F = Footnote!

Tips
>Use academic language, make sure every sentence makes sense, and structure your essay to read in a logical order.

Please note that due to the volume of work, marking may not be completed until Friday. Your paper will not be graded without your planning papers attached to a hard copy and a digital copy submitted.

Post Your essay in the COMMENTS directly below this post. It will remain private unless you write “show my essay” in the comments for the class to check out.

Happy Writing!

Two sites on climate change: annotated bibliography

Make an annotated bibliography for two websites. Write short summary (about 3 sentences) which explains how each site relates to climate change, how it may be useful to us.

6 points:

6 = name, annotated, academic language, hyperlinks, 2 sites, on topic of climate change

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C BLOCK due Mon. Feb 24

D BLOCK due Thur. Feb 25 (day of grace Fri. Feb 26)

Example:

Phaidra Ruck:

Tesla Motors. www.teslamotors.com/goelectric

Tesla motors features a “most frequently asked questions” page which answers specifications and provides an explanation of how the new electric car model works. It is useful as a resource by informing us on the vehicle basics to compare to the Toyota Prius hybrid or hydrogen car models.

Obstacle Course – Results

Click to download a Word doc of the Obstacle course based on the UN Millennium Development Goals

OBSTACLES

OBSTACLE 1 – END EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER

Food donations/charity
Get a better job
Start a garden
Ask for help
Raise awareness
Soup kitchen
“Smaller plates”
Use barter system with your neighbour
“Show how you can eat then exercise”

OBSTACLE 2 – ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION

Teach literacy yourself (English)
Send teachers to teach local teachers
Bring them educational resources (know-how)
Donate books
$ for schools
Invest in schools
Raise awareness

OBSTACLE 3 – PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY

Poster to promote gender equality
More opportunities for women
Encourage people to be open-minded to other religions
Explain the truth
Don’t jump to conclusions
Don’t stereotype
Help immigrants to integrate into the society that they came to
“call their parents and arrange for bullies to wear the clothes and get parents and kids to talk about kindness”
Don’t be a racist
Tell the bullies to stop being racist
Stand up for them. Don’t be silent!
Get along with them. Be friendly
Tell your counselor
Raise awareness
Create a campaign about women
“create a group or something”

OBSTACLE 4 – REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY

Daycares and doctors
Campain / raise awarness
Ask doctors to check on the families once in a while
medication/money donation
free birth control supply
government subsidies (to birth control supply)
vaccinations
stable government support > welfare, shelter
“No raw dawggin’ “

OBSTACLE 5 – IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH

Therapy
Care packages
Underground bunkers
Rules against violence
Have people donate healthy supplies to pregnant women
“Don’t hate, appreciate”
Raise awareness
male a safe / community home for a single pregnant / new moms to live in
donate food/$ for them
give them pepper spray to keep them safe in emergencies
educate
make laws to protect citizens
provide for emergency pregnancy control pills
self-defense
psychological guidance
provide protection & security
create safe space for those in danger
provide assistance / human resources to new mothers in need

OBSTACLE 6 – COMBAT MALARIA, HIV AND DISEASES

Use protection
Educate!
Donate condoms
Birth control
Don’t have sex (18+)
Donate mosquito repellent
Donate food and water
Pepper spray
Give vaccines if available
Raise awareness (public presentation)
Work in the medical field (find cures)
Supply clean water
Provide or train doctors
Start a condom factory
Make advertisements to fundraise – show how serious the disease really is
- Use celebrities
Make the video inspirational –stories of hope
Post signs – in public!

OBSTACLE 7 – ENVIRONMENT / SUSTAINABILITY

Ad campaign
Philanthropy
Educate!
Don’t buy it
Sign a petition
Make own clothes (knit)
Buy it and help country get more money “and appreciate their handiwork”
Tell the store manager to boycott clothes from there until human rights are fixed
“donate money towards creating actually good sweatshops”
Donate $ and clothes to Bangladesh (?)

OBSTACLE 8 – GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP / DEVELOPMENT

Give the country more tourist attractions to attract more money
Open donation banks
Invest in farms
“be a democratic country”
Use youtube advertisements to make $
donate money
supply resources & food
elect supporting MPs
improve education standards
help countries that are in debt to break poverty cycle
educate people so they can help
volunteer

UN Writing Assignments – due Mon. Feb. 17th

1. Rank the priority of the UN Millennium development goals in your research country. Which ones are at the top, and why? Write a short response. (~250 words)

2. Write a reflection on the UN Declaration of Human Rights or the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child. How do these documents influence foreign policy today? Do you think they are a ‘magna carta’ for the 21^st century? (~2 pgs d.s.).

BLOCK D: Day of grace Tues. Feb. 18th.