Yr 10 Geography - Human Rights Matrix task

You have to do the compulsory tasks: 1. Complete the portal task Australias future Human Rights internet exercise 2. Text book read Pg 348 358 Answer questions: Understanding the text 1-10, 13, 14

3. Write a list of definitions for: Genocide, discrimination, UNESCO, UDHR, UNHCR, CROC, HRW

4. List all the human rights concerns in Australia and give an example for each one (use your text book)

Choose at least 4 of the following tasks: Homeless Youth create an organisation that could address youth homelessness. Name this organisation. You need to create a report to the board of directors listing all your achievements for the past year, and that which you hope to accomplish in the near future. Remember to give actual facts and figures to support. Child rights choose one of the following areas involving the rights of a child and create a poster that depicts both the issue and offers a solution for it: child labour, child soldiers, child abuse, children in immigration centres The freedom of speech view the youtube clip and write your own speech on how you feel about particular human rights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqrBz uOwGqQ Refugees - Research the debate about offshore vs on-shore processing of illegal asylum seekers. Try to find at least five points in support of each side of the argument.

The rights of the disabled write a feature article about a particular person who has overcome discrimination and adversity to ensure the right to live a normal life

Research the American Civil Rights Movement - create a timeline of visual features that show clearly the movement and quote phrases from Martin Luther Kings famous I have a Dream speech to support the reforms.

Read articles 25 and 26 from the Universal declaration of Human Rights http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index. shtml#atop Choose ONE of the articles - Write a letter to the editor whereby you highlight a group of people in Australia who do not have this right, say why they do not in your opinion, and what can be done about it. Create an interview with one of the members of the Human Rights Watch who was present at the Beijing Olympic Games, asking questions and gaining detailed answers about the issues of human rights abuse in China at the time.

Definitions. 1. definitions for: Genocide The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. discrimination The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex: UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees CROC Convention on the Rights of the Child HRW Human Rights Watch