Lesson 11: Final Assignment

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Lesson 11: Final Assignment Heroes

Chapter 2

Year 2

2022-2023

Program lesson 11:

1. Welcome!

2. Discuss final assignment

3. Groups for the assignment

4. Get to work!

Group Assignment: Heroes

For this assignment you will research a ‘’hero’’. You can research one of the people who were mentioned in the text, but you could also choose for someone else who did something important against prejudice, discrimination or human rights. (Ask for approval from your teacher). 

Examples: Aletta Jacobs, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Tula, Harriet Tubman, Malala, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Desmond Tutu, James Baldwin, Wilhelmina Drucker , Muhammad Ali, Harvey Milk, Sophie Scholl, Nawal El Saadawi, Anton de Kom, Greta Thunberg

Each hero can only be chosen once!

Your assignment must contain the following components:

1. Historical and social context: What were the historical and social conditions of your hero. What was the cause of the injustice/discrimination/etc. that they fought?

2. Motivation and personal sacrifices the hero made

3. Impact on policy and legal change: Analyze the concrete legal or policy changes that occurred as a direct result of the hero’s actions. How did their actions influence future generations, international human rights policies, or movements in other countries?

4. Ethical dilemmas: Identify and critically discuss any ethical dilemmas the hero might have faced. Did they ever have to compromise their principles or make difficult decisions that were controversial?

Your assignment must contain the following components:

5. Opposition and criticism: Were they criticized or persecuted during or after their efforts? Did they encounter resistance from political entities, the public, or other leaders? How did they handle this opposition? Also examine any controversies or re-evaluations of their legacy

6. Human rights framework: Which human rights principles did they embody or fight for, and how do these relate to global human rights standards today?

7. Methods and strategies: Explore the methods and strategies they used to combat injustice. Did they achieve their goal?

8. Interview with the hero: create an interview with your hero about the current status of the issues they fought. What would they say about that and would their advice be? NB: be creative! Don't advise the same as what they did before but update to current times. Make clear how the current state of affairs is.

9. Reflection: What work the hero did do you endorse and what things do you disagree with? What would you have done differently?

Product

• Information booklet  or historical magazine
• Groups: 3-4 persons 
• Source use: Find sources online (Magazines, newspapers and in books. You could also watch a movie as a source of information. (Gandhi, 1982/’’Selma’’, about Martin Luther King, 2014, or "Milk" about Harvey Milk) 
• Add pictures (always include source) to support the text
• Be creative! Present the information in a creative way: Quiz, interview, timeline, etc. 
• Give a list of all sources

 

Requirements

• Information booklet minimum 4 pages A4
• Correct use of English 
• Complete and correct info 
• Use of images to support information
• Logical and clear overview of important events
• List of all used sources
• Good finishing of the product
• Everything written in your own words. Use of AI is not permitted. When there is suspicion of AI points will be deducted from your final grade.  
• Submit taks each class

Timeline

11/11 you will hand in the assignment in class

You will have today and the week after the holiday to work on the assignment. 

Start and submit today: Division of tasks, layout/content of your product, list of possible sources

This is a T3 assignment

Groups

1. Samad, Kaliem, Ibrahim

2. Dieuwke, Collin, Milan

3. Joshua, Dorien, Lisa

4. Lucas, Balint, Zainab

5. Ruben, Lugman, Levi

6. Shila, Balint, Liv

7. Abdul, Ivan, Laila, Ela

The social problems of the time in which the hero was living 

The hero’s life story. Also give a few important (life) events which explain why this person has gotten a hero status. 

Method of resistance. In what way did the hero try to make a difference? What was his/her method?  

Did this person achieve his/her goals? Why or why not?

Description of two events/moments in which the hero impressed you.

In what way does the problem that your hero was battling still exist today? How do we solve this? Make an explicit plan to solve this problem.