Monday, February 20, 2012

Grade 9 Religion - Social Justice Presentations due February 28

Students had two classes in the Computer lab to work with a partner on a presentation on Social Justice.

These presentations will be given on February 28th in class.

Details on the presentations are below (in English):

Grade 9 Religion Social Justice Media Analysis Project
For this project you and a partner will be expected select a piece of media related to Social Justice, analyze its content/ message and present it in class. You may choose ANY type of media (i.e. book, movie or movie clip, television show or clip, magazine article, newspaper article, photograph, music video, song, etc.). This information card must accompany a 2-3 minute presentation of your findings. 
Topics:
Peace Keeping, Child Poverty, Rwanda, Food Banks, Habitat for Humanity, Child Soldiers, Slave Labour, or a topic approved by your teacher.
The following is a guide for researching your topic and must be submitted along with your presentation
Names:_______________________________________    Teacher __________________________ Section __________
·         Media clip title __________________________  media clip format (i.e. book, article, video etc) _____________
·         Artist/ producer ________________  what PRODUCT the media is selling _______________________________
·         What IDEA the media is selling  _________________________________________________________________
·         What MESSAGE it is sending ___________________________________________________________________
o   Is the message its sending is purposeful or accidental, explain _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________

·         what kinds of images are used__________________________________________________________________
o    how those images are used ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o   why those particular images are used ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

·         Is this piece of media effective or not?  Explain ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

·         Why did you choose this particular piece of media – why is it interesting to you?
___________________________________________________________________________________________

o    Why does it speak to you?  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

o   how does it make you feel or react? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rubric


Name:                                                                                                       Project Score:
Task: Social Justice- Media Research and Presentation
Value
Your research guide has been thoughtfully completed to reflect  social justice issue
/20
Your presentation is articulate, well organized, informative, and is between 2-3 minutes long
/20
Other (teacher’s discretion): On task, good effort, cooperative team player, exceeds expectations, etc.
/10