Monday -
Complete the speed reading test at http://www.readingsoft.com/ Report your WPM and Comprehension % to Luttke.
Explore the Human Rights issues that Amnesty International is addressing at http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues.
Homework: Receive and read the articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN be prepared to discuss it.
Goodreads Review instructions at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hf74dH2XPbgLEOqxgqPbnFTa3o0OAivycqrVyyRQuFE/edit?usp=sharing
Goodreads Review rubric at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mfELvH2ZG8RuOSD28iA333fg0BJkgMw8T5racBD9Ke0/edit?usp=sharing
Complete the speed reading test at http://www.readingsoft.com/ Report your WPM and Comprehension % to Luttke.
Explore the Human Rights issues that Amnesty International is addressing at http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issues.
Homework: Receive and read the articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the UN be prepared to discuss it.
Goodreads Review instructions at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hf74dH2XPbgLEOqxgqPbnFTa3o0OAivycqrVyyRQuFE/edit?usp=sharing
Goodreads Review rubric at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mfELvH2ZG8RuOSD28iA333fg0BJkgMw8T5racBD9Ke0/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday/Wednesday – Group work – Valuing Humanity: Human Rights project
Information regarding group work and project at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xp5UAC6-yzHbMBY9pl9GNV5eFvtTypxYQs17AjNezI8/edit?usp=sharing
Project expectations: Students in groups with identify a human rights issue from Amnesty Internationals page: http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issue. They will research their topic and create an annotated works cited using MLA format. In their math class, each student will create a graphic to represent their area of concern in human rights violations. Then, the group will identify an individual to contact with their group letter of advocacy.
Discussion Questions:
What does it mean to be fully human?
How is that different from just "being alive" or "surviving"?
What do people need to live in dignity?
What happens when a person or government attempts to deprive someone of something that is necessary to human dignity?
Information regarding group work and project at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xp5UAC6-yzHbMBY9pl9GNV5eFvtTypxYQs17AjNezI8/edit?usp=sharing
Project expectations: Students in groups with identify a human rights issue from Amnesty Internationals page: http://www.amnestyusa.org/our-work/issue. They will research their topic and create an annotated works cited using MLA format. In their math class, each student will create a graphic to represent their area of concern in human rights violations. Then, the group will identify an individual to contact with their group letter of advocacy.
Discussion Questions:
What does it mean to be fully human?
How is that different from just "being alive" or "surviving"?
What do people need to live in dignity?
What happens when a person or government attempts to deprive someone of something that is necessary to human dignity?
Procedure:
1. Discussion questions answered as a group - create google doc and share with Luttke
2. Group identifies area of human rights violation to focus on. - email Luttke your choice
3. Each person responsible for identify 2 sources that they will report information back to the group. Plan to share information you discover, make sure to find a person to write to and statistical information.
Thursday/Friday – Group work – Human Rights project
Procedure:
4. Individuals will add their sources to a Works Cited google docs for the entire group. Share that doc with Luttke.
Sources will be done as full citation in MLA format and will included annotated information of what the source was about 2-3 sentences per source.
5. Group will identify an individual or organization that they can send a letter of advocacy.
6. Group will compose a letter of advocacy to an individual or group they identify and will include their graphic within the letter.
Procedure:
4. Individuals will add their sources to a Works Cited google docs for the entire group. Share that doc with Luttke.
Sources will be done as full citation in MLA format and will included annotated information of what the source was about 2-3 sentences per source.
5. Group will identify an individual or organization that they can send a letter of advocacy.
6. Group will compose a letter of advocacy to an individual or group they identify and will include their graphic within the letter.
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