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).
B Block Human Geography - Today I have the Learning Commons booked for you to finish your world population activity From the 2022 data produced by the Population Reference Bureau. Use the regions overview when looking for hard to find data and for the last question you'll need to choose one of the following demographic indicators (listed below) using the World Population Data Map and create a choropleth map showing the distribution of that indicator on a world outline map. The PRB World Population Data map is an example of a Choropleth Map. Use it to help you create yours, just select the indicator you wish to create and it will make a choropleth map that you can print.
Infant Mortality Rate
Birth Rate
Death Rate
Rate of Natural Increase
Total Fertility Rate
Life Expectancy at birth (you may choose total, males, or females)
Total Fertility Rate
Life Expectancy at birth (you may choose total, males, or females)
Percent of Population under the age of 15
Percent of the Population Living in Urban Areas
Gross National Income per Capita PPP
You'll have some questions to answer and you'll need to interpret the map geographically (look for patterns, concentrations, distributions) and look for connections between the map indicator with the other indicators listed above and on the website.
Here's an example for TFR 2022
By The Way...here's a good opinion article on the TFR in Canada (in 2023 it is 1.33)
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| Trend in Canadian TFR |
C/D Blocks Social and Environmental Sciences - We have the learning commons / library booked for the entire afternoon. Your final assignment is to prepare for a round table discussion about what a renegotiated water compact should include. Instead of states you will be representing "user groups" (agriculture, municipalities, power generation, recreation, environmental organizations, Indigenous governments)
Consider all of the following for this week's discussion...
- How much will groups have to share?
- Who will share it with?
- For what purpose should the water be used?
- Will it be sustainable in the face of growing populations and uncertain climate?
- How can we make our water use sustainable?
- Are there any conditions that need to be met before different user groups can use the water?
- The original pact for the river was made in 1922. What changes have occurred that would support changes in the pact today?
Remember that the river is a system where all the water is allocated and there is less water available as a whole. Giving more water to any one area or user group means less water available for everyone else. You know your groups. Today research the heck out of it and keep the questions above in mind...some videos to help are:
When we do our roundtable discussion, we will ask each group to explain their point of view first and then we will ask you to try to find a solution to increasing demand and dwindling supply. Consider:
- What re-allocation schemes are feasible?
- What changes regarding allocations and water rights should be made?
- How would these changes impact other stakeholders?
- Are all the many uses of the Colorado River compatible?
- If not, what should the priorities be and why?
- Are there fair ways to move water from one use to another?
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| Distribution of the Colorado River's annual water allocations |
States sign short-term Colorado River drought plan, but global warming looms over long-term solutions
And the CAP (Central Arizona Project) brings water from the Colorado to Phoenix and Tucson...here's what it looks like
Please continue looking for solutions to the water crisis that exists on the Colorado for our round table discussion. To that end:
And as always some videos:
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