Reflection on "A Fair World"

I think our topic, "A Fair World" is going to be about laws and order, how people are treated around the world, different opinions of people on whether this world is fair, etc. We are studying this topic because for centuries, there has been a debate on a "Fair World" - some people think it's fair, whereas others think differently; we are learning about the different opinions of people around the world and how the opinions shaped history into what we have today. The questions and investigations I am interested in are: how people thought about the "Fair World" in the past compared to how they think it is today; is this world actually considered as a "Fair World"?; what is "Fair" and "Unfair"? The list goes on. There are a lot of things I want to learn from this topic. I hope my various questions would be answered throughout the next few Humanities lessons.

Human Rights Issue and Project Runway Reflection

Team Roles

SC: To be able to successfully complete and score the results for the Belbin test.
- To consider what my team role is.
- To learn how a successful team actually works.

According to the Belbin Team Roles, I am the Team Worker and the Implementer. I got a total of 11 points for Team Worker and 10 points for Implementer. My lowest was 5 points for the Shaper. My prediction was accurate since I got the highest score for the Team Worker.

The strengths for the Team Worker are:
- Mild mannered, sociable and concerned about the wellbeing of other team members.
- Demonstrate flexibility.
- Able to adapt to suit different situations taking into account the wishes of other people.
- High levels of emotional intelligence.
- Diplomatic.
- Ensure that conflict in the team is minimised.
- Ensure the smooth running of the team.
- Morales are usually higher when we are around.

The weakness for the Team Worker is that we can be indecisive in dynamic situations.

The strengths for the Implementer are:
- Has common sense, self-control and discipline.
- Not afraid of hard work and prefer to tackle tasks in a systematic way.
- Well organised.
- Having loyalty to the team above loyalty to themselves or other groups outside their team.
- Frequently rise towards the top of organisations because they are seen as efficient and well organised.

The weaknesses for the Implementer are:
- May be seen as dull, hardworking and inflexible.
- May sometimes lack charisma.

9/12/11


SC: To come up with a range of innovative outcomes for our project.
- To collect more information on our topic.

Natural Hazards

Human Rights Mind Mapping

LI: To review your HR learning
To be able to identify key concepts from your HR’s learning

To be able to make links between concepts

To be able to describe and explain those links

SC: To be able to complete at least half of my mind map by the end of this lesson.

To be able to identify the main key concepts of my human rights learning and explain further on them.

Planning My Outcome

What?

I am going to present my research using iMovie or Keynote Presentation. 

How?

I will include all the information and images I have found in my presentation, and here are my SCs:
1. To be able to present my issue in an organised manner so that everyone can understand it easily.
2. To be able to write a piece of writing to support my presentation.

Where I want to be on the Level Mountain:

Analyse and if possible, the link level.

What skills will I use?

Information processing (when trying to get a piece of information from a very long article), locating and collecting (when looking for necessary research materials on the internet), sorting (when organising my presentation), developing criteria (when writing down our success criteria for each lesson), evaluating information (when checking if a website is accurate or reliable) and explaining my thoughts (when presenting my opinion about my human issue).

Human Right Issues

The human rights issue that I have chosen is Slavery.

17/10/11

SC: To be able to find out how serious Slavery was since the old days.
To be able to answer 5W's and an H about this issue.





I think this issue is very important because even though slavery has been banned a long time ago, it is still going on secretly all around the world. Some examples of modern slavery are: e.g. domestic violence, sexual exploitation, child labour, etc.

These are the 5W's and an H I would want to ask and investigate about this issue:


1. What is slavery?
2. When did slavery start?
3. Where does slavery happen the most?
4. Why is slavery still going on now?
5. Who started slavery?
6. How can we help prevent slavery?


SC1 yes/no/nearly?
Yes, because I have read through some articles about slavery in the past as well as in the present and understood how serious this issue was. 


SC2 
Nearly, because I wasn't able to find the answers to all of the questions above on time by the end of this lesson. 






18/10/11


SC1: To be able to answer my 5W's and an H from last lesson.


SC2: To be able to answer most of the questions on the research sheet by the end of this lesson.


Answers to the 5W's and an H shown above:


1. Slavery is the state of being forcibly bound to a person and have his/her life, liberty and fortune controlled. Some examples are




SC1 yes/no/nearly?
Nearly, because I found the answers to all of these questions, but have not written them down yet.


SC2
No, because I was concentrating on completing SC1 today and did not have enough time to answer the questions on the research sheet. 


31/10/11


SC1: To be able to finish most of my research sheet.


SC2: To be able to start on the outcome.


SC1 yes/no/nearly
No, because I have just started on the research sheet, so I am still far from completion.


SC2
No, because I have been working on my research sheet, so I have not started on the outcome.




3/11/11


SC1: To finish my research sheet.


SC2: To start working on my Keynote Presentation.


SC1: Yes, because I was able to complete my research sheet.


SC2: No, because I did not have enough time to start on my outcome.