Tuesday, October 9. 2018

Today's schedule is CDAB

D & A Block Human Geography - Today we'll head off to the library to work on a small migration project. The instructions for this assignment are in the Week 6 package you'll get today. This project comes from Mr. Lucas Varley from Lincoln High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. You will imagine yourself in the role of a refugee/migrant who has relocated from one part of the world to another. Your job is to research in detail the many factors that are involved in a migration. You will only be given some basic information regarding your specific migration scenario. It is your job to conduct research to establish realistic demographic information for your scenario. You will need to produce a thorough written summary of your personal migration (A.K.A. Diary or Reflection journal or Newspaper article). Include as much detail as possible. Include images to help your reader gain a fuller understanding of your migration scenario. Please feel free to listen to and examine the stories below:







Migration Scenarios – choose one
1) You are a refugee from Darfur. You have been relocated to Toronto, Ontario. In Darfur you lived in a small village and do not speak English. You have found a very small group of Sudanese refugees but live quite a far distance from them.
2) You lived in Orleans Parish in New Orleans LA when hurricane Katrina hit. You lived in the Superdome for a week until you were relocated to live with a wealthy family in Los Angeles. You are expected to quickly find work and find a place on your own.
3) You are an undocumented immigrant from Oaxaca Mexico that has recently relocated to Tucson, Arizona. You usually find day labor working for farmers harvesting crops. Sometimes you are paid only in food.
4) You are a Filipino that has moved to Qatar in the Middle East for work. You have been living and working as a construction worker first in Saudi Arabia and then in Qatar for the last 5 years.
5) You are an ethnic Russian who has fled from Chechnya. You have been relocated to London England. You have no skills and are still dependent on state support.
6) You are a small family from Turkey that has recently migrated to Germany. You work at the Frankfurt Airport driving a floor cleaning cart. Your wife and kids still live in Turkey and you are trying to raise money and find a way to bring them to Germany to live with you.
7) You are a family from Port au Prince Haiti that migrated to Quebec following the devastating 2011 earthquake. You lost several family members to cholera. You are skilled in masonry.
8) You are a young student from Pakistan. You are studying biochemical engineering at Rutgers University. You are a faithful Muslim. You have no affiliation with radical Islamists, but live in an area where some Muslims openly express anti-American sentiments.

B Block Criminology - Today your journal / blog entry is to answer the following:

Now that you know about trends in crime and what violence is in relation to age, gender and class...Do you think that school is one of the most dangerous places for young people in society today?

Broaden your scope a little and do not necessarily focus on Vanier for this question. Think about other Canadian, British Columbian or Comox Valley high schools and generalize your response a bit. Don't forget that you'll need to find a story to back up your point of view here (either one about how little crime exists in schools or one that demonstrates that schools are somewhat dangerous places). More info to help:

RCMP: School Violence
Stats Can Youth Offending in Canada
Youth Crime In Canada which states:

• In 2006, 1 in 10 youth crimes were committed on school property
• Crimes at school include bullying and violence
• Assaults are particularly common representing about 30% of all violations committed by youth on school property. Uttering threats constituted another 8%
• Nearly 20% of crimes committed at school were drug offences, whereas 5% of youth crimes committed elsewhere were drug-related. Youth drug offences taking place on school grounds usually involved the possession (78%) or trafficking of cannabis (10%)

And to help with last week's blog check out this TIME article Girls in the U.K. Report Being 'Fetishized' and Sexually Harassed in Their School Uniforms