Remember when doing this assignment that you are not just presenting simple facts about a disease and what it does (though you do need to do so.) Are there any hard hit areas in the world by this illness? Is it preventable? What could be done?
Diseases
In groups of no more than 2 you are to TEACH the class about a disease. We WILL have a test on this unit and you should take notes on each of your classmates presentations for your test.
To go with your presentation you are to also prepare something extra, whether that be a short movie, pamphlet, or poster.
I will leave the length of your presentation up to you as it is YOU teaching it to your classmates.
As a guideline you should answer:
- What is the disease?
- What does it do?
- Causes?
- What type of disease is it?
- Classifications?
- WHO sanctions?
- Treatment?
- Statistics? Where?
- What can we do?
Your “TEACH” is worth 35 marks and your “add-on” to your project is worth 15 for a total of 50 marks. Now make sure that if your “add-on” is worth 15 marks that you make something worth 15 marks, not 5! *** If you were to make a movie I would obviously take that into consideration for the project as a whole… outside of the 15 marks…***
Value: 50 (You will lose 5 marks for not providing a “Works Cited”, and 3 for not sourcing on the page. This rule will applies to all assignments!)
3 comments:
Dear Rodger, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with my class-mates and I. We realize that you are extremely busy, and we really do appreciate you taking the time to speak with us.
My name is Taylor Hill and as you can tell I am a student in the World Issues class, I'm currently in grade 12 and I am looking to pursue a career with either the UN or a NGO. I would love to hear all about the work that you do, and some of the obstacles you have encountered.
However there is one question in particular that I would like to ask you. That question is; with everything that you have encountered in your field of work do you sometimes find it hard to believe in humanity? Also do you get frustrated with people who just do not seem to get it or to care ?
Dear Taylor. Wow. You sure can pack a lot of info in a small space? I hardly know where to start so bear with me as I try to get to all of your questions. Let me begin then with your "particular one". OK?? "Do I find it hard to believe in Humanity?" My immediate and short answer is "no" I do not find it hard to believe in Humanity. I firmly have high hopes for Humanity as a whole. However, let me put in that I have a hard time in believing in "individuals". Allow me clarify that statement. In as much as I have found a number of Canadians without morals or a hint of Humanity I have found examples of the same behavior in many of the 72 countries I have visited. I try not to judge an entire Nation by the actions of the very few. What I have found is a lack of this Humanity in people who have been given or have taken authority over other people. Given legitimately or taken by force at the point of a weapon. They seem to lack that smidgeon of Humanity in exchange for "personal gain". Alternately, I have been in situations where I have been the "guest of honor" in villages that had practically nothing to eat themselves yet treated me with whatever they did have available. It has been a humbling experience. We in Canada sincerely cannot understand "poor" in the same way as other Nations can. I have seen countless "volunteers" helping thousands of others in their time of need without so much as a care for payment or even recognition for what they are doing. I am a firm believer that there are many more "good guys and gals" out there then there are "bad guys and gals". The problem is that it is only the Bad Ones that get all the publicity. (That is another topic to cover another time?) If you read deeply into the above answer then you might also get the answer to your trailer question about frustration? I would have to lie to you and tell you that of course not - I do not get frustrated about people who don't get it or just don't care! However, getting angry at them sometimes only strengthens their resolve. Nobody likes being given a "guilty conscience". Emotions seldom win arguments or just because you yell louder than they do does not mean that you have convinced them. What we attempt to do is alter their approach. Logic (like Data on Star Trek TNG) is a better tool I find. If these people cause you a blockage to actually doing work then you take that into consideration and work around them. Leading by example is another way of showing them the eror of their ways. Sometimes it works - other times you do feel like giving up on them - but that would be admitting defeat. We try not to get defeated?
I am glad to hear about your career aspirations of UN or NGO. I must advise you though that working for any International Organization that exposes you to International experiences is like exposing yourself to a disease. Let me qualify that please? There used to be an old song that said "How are you going to keep them down on the farm after they have seen Paris?" Once you get into working with different Nations, Peoples, Cultures and Religions it becomes very difficult to go back home to a 9 to 5 job? It is a "bug" that is hard to shake? However, it can be the most rewarding time of your life. I must also caution you that if you do not bring an "open mind" to these Organizations it may also be the "worse experience" of your life? I just want to make sure that you understand what you might be getting yourself into. OK? Since I have been doing this kind of work (Military for 33 years and (UN for close to 13 years) you can imagine that I have been quite content with my choice of career? I will save what I do for a living for another time or question. Let me just explain that I am the Chief Security Advisor (CSA) for the UN responsible for the Safety and Security of all UN Staff Members in the Democratic Republic of the Congo> (DRC)
I hope that I have answered your question sufficiently and Good Luck to you Taylor. Roger
Dear Rodger
My name is Mark Loggie, and I would like to thank you for the opportunity to be able to ask you this: What do you believe is more important? For peacekeeping and U.N. forces to be neutral in approaching a situation or to be more aggressive toward whatever side of the conflict they deem the aggressor? Is it more important to quash the instigator, or to maintain the status quo in the intrest of peace?
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