D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll watch the CBC video (below) Japan's Tsunami: Caught on Camera.
You will have some questions to work on tonight in your week three package which are:
Why can tsunamis cause such damage and devastation? What are some characteristics of the wave that factor into how much damage it could cause? How do coastal or shoreline features factor into the extent of damage? What role could a warning system play? How effective would a warning system be for the west coast of Vancouver Island? Why?
Use Tuesday's blog post for links and information to help
C Block Human Geography - Commerce in which products are made and traded according to standards that protect workers and small businesses in developing countries is considered fair trade. The fair-trade movement is an alternative vision of the international trade approach which attempts to increase the prices that are paid to producers in LDCs. Fair trade also tries to eliminate the very low wages and extremely poor working conditions for workers in LDCs (check out the who gets what from the price of a banana website here)
You'll have some questions to finish up the Population/Development package for me and tomorrow we'll begin our short look at Migration
B Block Criminology - We'll continue our look at sexual violence today, examining what a sexual assault is along with the three levels of sexual assault in Canadian Law. After I'd like you to focus on a question about Groth's typology of rapist. Nicholas Groth created a typology based upon the degree of aggression, the underlying motivation of the offender and the existence of other antisocial behaviors, which resulted in four types of rapists.
So, my question is, using the Crim text and this Sex Offender Typology website...
Explain the three types of rapist according to Groth (anger-retaliation; power reassurance and assertive; and sadistic)
After, I need you to answer the question:
Identify and explain the causes for sexual assault
You'll need to look at evolutionary and biological factors (remember Sigmund Freud's Thantos and Eros or instinctual drives that allowed species to be successful)? Look at modern male socialization (boys are taught to be aggressive, forceful, tough, and dominating...think about how boys play when they're young) and then at hypermasculinity (where some men have callous sexual attitudes and believe that violence is "manly"). Lastly consider both violent experiences (remember that those boys who were exposed to violence in the household are more likely to commit violent acts when they grow older) and sexual motivation (social, cultural, and psychological forces
Some good websites about "Rape Culture" can be found at:
Connected to Hyper-sexualization and porn culture:
A Block Legal Studies - Today will be our second day in the learning commons for our Human Rights poster. I have poster paper for your Human Rights project and I'll give you the paper once I've seen your ideas (a rough sketch). Remember you need to create a visually appealing Human Rights Campaign Poster that addresses the human rights violation by incorporating key information (What is happening? Where is it taking place? What rights are being violated? Who is having their rights violated? Why are their rights being violated?) as well as pictures, symbols, and colours. Your poster should seek to draw the attention of the public through the balanced combination of text and visuals in a creative, yet educational manner!
Graphics can tell your story in a compelling, immediate and powerful way to move your intended audience. So, simplify and summarize a complex story — and add impact through your design. What is your story? What do you want people to see?
How do you know what information to focus on and what to exclude?
Some key questions are:
• What story do you want to tell?
• To whom?
• How do you want to reach them?
What will move your target audience to action?
Consider the story you are telling as well as the tone, style, and format of your message. How it will be read by your target audience? Does your audience have a prior interest in your subject or are you trying to reach a new audience? Different audiences may respond better to different graphic treatments — for example a campaign targeting youth, a rural population or government officials.
Lastly...People will look at your pictures before they read your text, if they read text at all. Graphics have to be self-contained. Put your conclusion right there in the caption. Your graphic poster has to tell a story (if it doesn’t, don’t use it) and your job is to keep redesigning it until the story is as clear as possible.
If you are looking at children's rights then check out the UN Declaration on the rights of the Child. Check out these posters at United for Human Rights or the gifs at #Standup4humanrights or these posters on the 60th anniversary for the UN Declaration on Human Rights from Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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