A detailed framework for the study of women´s human rights is provided here.
The activity to be used is called: Walking Reflection
Teacher distributes article and asks students to read it.
Teacher hangs pieces of flip chart paper in four different areas of the room. Each piece of paper should have a different heading: (1) A short history of Human Rights; (2) The Concept of Women`s Human Rights; (3) Applying the Human Rights Framework to Women and (4) The Movement for Women`s Human Rights. (these are the headings in the article)
Students will travel from each piece of paper and take turns writing down the points/ideas for each heading that attracts their attention.
Violence and abuse inflicted on women by men is not treated with the same seriousness accorded to a human rights violation, or torture, or terrorism, or a war crime, or a crime against humanity, or an atrocity, despite resembling each of these things closely at least and precisely at most.
Press Releases is a task that be used with this article.
The article is presented to students and they have to research on a woman that has suffered abuse and violence during the terrorists attacks of Shining Path and MRTA.
Students have to write a press release about their findings This will provide reflection and publicity!
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Bulldozer Exhibition was an unofficial art exhibition of Moscow avant-garde artists on September 15, 1974. The exhibition was forcefully broken-up by a large police force that included bulldozers and water cannons.
The four hours in the forest of the Izmailovo exhibition has often been remembered as "The Half-day of Freedom." It was a political act against the oppressive regime, rather than an artistic event.
Teaching ideas:
1. Make a presentation about the artists participating in the exhibition.
2. Discuss the political situation in Russia of that time.
3. Talk about freedom of expression.
Anna, you might remember the Scenario type of activity you did in Integrating the Internet. I can see an interesting Scenario being written on this event. You could have them investigate this event as police officer, or write about the event as historian, or reflect on it as one of the artists who had works exhibited.
http://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/usia/syllabus3b.html#day4
Lots of possibilities! M.
There are many people who do not have an English dictionary at home. For this reason, they can (should) consult a very good dictionary online. As I tell my students, "dictionaries can be your best friends!" (Mainly when you are writing an essay!) =)