Assessment Booklet

Current Affairs
Level 2 Credit 6
EA31CY001
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For Use in 18/19 Academic Year

Current Affairs
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 Unit Code: EA31CY001
Level: One
Credit Value: 6
Unit ID: CDL633
LDCS: EA3
Sector: 11.3 Politics

Last registration date: 31/07/2019

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 Level 2 Current Affairs & Worldwide News.

Purpose

The purpose of this unit is to develop learner’s skills, in Literacy, Planning and Organisation,
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Digital Literacy, Innovation and Creativity and Personal
Effectiveness and then apply them in an appropriate manner.

Current Affairs & Worldwide News Activity Brief

The Current Affairs & Worldwide News Challenge provides you with an opportunity to show
how you can use digital technology when conducting research, as well as Literacy skills
when producing written evidence it will also demonstrate your critical thinking and problem
solving skills by conducting questionnaires to gain knowledge and findings and your
personal effectiveness will be assessed on completion of the challenge.

As an individual identify a current issue that you feel is important to society and interests
you. You will need to be able to inform and educate your class peers on the importance of
this issue and your personal standpoint on the topic.

Your presentation should demonstrate how creative and innovative you can be in
communicating the issue and message to your peers.

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Task 1 (Ac1.1, 1.2)

Research using the internet and newspapers/magazines/journals, and identify some current issues within the world.

List below the issues that you have found:

Current Issue Facts involved Sources used e.g Internet link,

Newspaper Article, book etc.
Increased pollution Smoke from chimneys, factories, vehicles or burning of https://www.conserve-energy-
wood basically occurs due to coal burning; this releases future.com/pollutiontypes.php
sulphur dioxide into the air making it toxic. The effects of
air pollution are evident too. ... We breathe in every
urbanisation Urbanisation refers to the population shift from rural to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization
urban residency, the gradual increase in the proportion of
people living in urban areas, and the ways in which each
society adapts to this change.
Industrial pollution industrial pollution is generally referred to the undesirable https://blog.nus.edu.sg/industrialpollution/.../a
outcome when factories (or other industrial plants) emits -brief-introduction-to-industrial-pollution
harmful by-products and waste into the environment such
as emissions to air or water bodies (water pollution),
War and conflict Ethiopia use to be one of strongest country, italy come to beat https://aaregistry.org/story/ethiopia-wins-the-
and colonisead ethiopia but Ethiopia wins the battle of battle-of-adwa/
Adwa. On this date in 1896, Ethiopia defeated the Italian
Gender euqality colonial army in the Battle of Adwa. This victory signaled www.greatbritishcommunity.org/Gender/Facts
Gender equality is something that the UK continues to strive towards,
but disparity of opportunity for women is still clear, a lack of senior
roles for women in UK business and industry undermines our
Human right

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Task 2 (Ac 1.1)

Find a video clip on a current issue that you feel is important to society and interests you.
You may find that You Tube is a good source of video clips on current issues.

Video Clip is about:

Facts:

Is there a possible solution to this issue?

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Task 3 (Ac 1.3)

From the table in task 2, select a current issue that you would like to research further.

Chosen issue:

Why your chose this idea?

What areas interest you within this subject area?

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Task 4 (a) (Ac1.2, 1.3)

Conduct some further research upon the subject area chosen in task 3.

Use internet, newspapers, magazines or journals to find three articles about the subject
and analyse the information. You must use 5 sources of information.

Important: You need to include copies of the articles that you have looked at along with
summaries and notes made.

When researching you must consider the following:

 Facts relating to Wales

 Facts relating to the UK
 Other people’s views

Task 4 (b) (Ac 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1)

Produce an ‘Awareness pack’ to give a group of people knowledge about the subject area
you have chosen and possible solution you have considered to the issue.

You need to include at least 4 items in your pack.

The pack can include:

 Posters

 Leaflets

 Flyers

 Presentation

 Web page

 Videos

 Artefact

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  Any Resource that may be appropriate

Task 5 (Ac 1.4)

Look at least 3 of the ‘PESTLE’ factors affecting the subject area.

Political

Economical

Social

Technological

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 Legal

Environmental

Task 6 (Ac 1.5, 1.6, 3.1)

Select two members of your group to discuss your findings of your chosen subject. Ask for
their opinions on your findings, and record those views in the table below. See example in
the first row of the table below to one discussions.

Name of Group Facts discussed Opinion

Member

Tom Rate of child poverty Tom was shocked about the rate of child
poverty. He wondered if the figures were
correct.

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Task 7 (Ac 1.6, 4.1, 5.1)

Produce a Personal Standpoint based upon the research and findings that you have
completed in this challenge. This document needs to be 500 words long. You must reference
the information that has been used.

Look at the following:

 National facts

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  UK Facts

 Your opinion

 Other people’s opinions

 Pestle factors affecting the issue

 Sources used and how effective they were etc.

You should include a copy of this written document at the back of this booklet.

Task 7 (a)

 Present the work completed in task 6, this can be a Powerpoint, Padlet or Prezi
document that needs to be presented to your tutor/group.

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 Observer Feedback from Presentation (not for learner use)
Topic:

Comments:

Name of person observing:

Signature of person observing:

Date:

Task 8 (Ac 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4)

Produce a Personal Review on the work that you have completed in this challenge.

You need to consider the following:

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  How well you did the task

 How you developed

 How you applied your skills both personally and when working one to one

 Draw from feedback given by peers and staff

 Overall how well you worked

Learner comments on completing the unit

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For Tutor Use Only

Attachments Needed Attached (Y/N)

Task 4a – Four sources of research – annotated by the learner
Task 4b – Resource Pack
Task 6 – Written Report
Task 7 - Presentation

Tutor feedback to learner on completing the unit

Tutor assessment statement

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 I confirm that I have assessed the work within this booklet and the learner has achieved
all criteria and outcomes at the appropriate level, and the unit may be awarded to the
learner, subject to verification.

Tutor signature___________________________________________ Date_____________

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