Friday

Better late than never :-)
Tomorrow I ask you to bring your papers, purple notebook and your computer.

We will run through the questions to the text we read Tuesday, before we continue reading Abu's story.
I also have a Documentary to show you all.

Tuesday

Today we will continue reading more about the life as a Child Soldier

Bring your papers, purple notebook and computer.

For those of you who were not present in class Monday, you can find the new texts in the desk drawer in the classroom. Only take the one with your name on it. We have read the first text already

Questions to:

A former child soldier tells his story

1. Who is telling the story? Where does he come from?
2. What was his life like before the war entered his life? What interested him the most?
3.  On page two he writes that he “didn’t think anyone would be capable of doing some of the things we had heard people were doing to each other”. What do you think he is thinking of here?
4. What did they see when they tried to go home? And what did they decide to do instead of going home?
5. What did Ishmael feel like when he found out that his family had been killed? Do you understand why he felt like that?
6. Where did Ishmael and his friends go after having learned that his family was dead? Why did they stay there in the first place? Why didn’t they leave when they found out that they had to fight?
7.  What were the boys given?
8. Why didn’t Ishmael try to stop being a soldier?
9.  Ishmael writes that the group became a surrogate family. How is this possible do you think?
10.  How did Ishmael get away from the group? Why do you think the lieutenant help him?
11. What happened to Ishmael when he left the group? 

Monday

Monday we will learn more about a topic worth talking about when we with Human Rights, namely Child soldiers.
I'll bring new texts for you all, and I ask you to bring your purple notebook and your computer.

Child Soldier

·          In 2011 children where active in combat in how many countries/territories?

·         When are children most likely to become child soldiers?

·         Name three reasons how or why some children become soldiers.

·         What is a warlord? Go online and find an example from real life. (Help: try to write a country or region in front of the word warlord, if you use google search for ex.)

·         How do you think the children become “frighteningly cold and effective” child soldiers? 

Tuesday

I am looking forward to hearing all of your presentations today. I hope to learn more about Amnesty International and some of the cases they are focused on.

Good luck to you all, I am sure you will do great each and every one of you.

Monday

Once more meet me in class, before you work on your presentation.

Today is the last day of preparations, and you will all do your presentation on Tuesday.

Friday

Meet me i class where we will watch a few more articles, before you continue working on your presentation

Tuesday and Friday

You will have these two days to work on your presentation.
Meet me in class, so we can start class together before you go and work in groups.

Monday - Groupwork

Today you must bring your computer, your purple notebook and your papers about Human Right.

You will be put into groups of three or four, and will be asked to prepare a presentation on class about Amnesty International. 

More information can be found under assignments

Questions for the two texts, Tuesday

Question for the two texts ’Human Trafficking’ and ‘Sex slaves, human trafficking… in America?’

Human trafficking

1.       What is Human Trafficking? Go online and find at least three examples of human trafficking.

2.       For what purpose is many children and women being trafficked?

3.       Why is trafficking women and children to the sex industry so big? What is the gain of it?

4.       What kind of job/life can the women, who returns home after having been trafficked, come home to?

Sex slaves, human trafficking… in America?

1.       Why did Katya and her friend go to USA?

2.       Where were they supposed to go, and where did they end up?

3.       What happened when they arrived?

4.       How long did they stay there?

5.       How did they get away?

Tuesday

I'm sorry for not having written in the evening, but better late than never.

We will continue with Human Rights and human trafficking. So once more I'll ask you to bring your papers, purple notebooks and computer.

For those not present Monday we have read the texts Human Rights, How it all got started and Human trafficking.

The fist Monday of the year.

Welcome back all of you.

We will continue working with Human Rights, so I ask you all to bring the papers for this topic, which most of you received before the holiday. We have only read the text Human Rights so far.
Also bring your computer and purple notebook.

Remember to mail me your corrected exams too.