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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Why not Scoop it?



The address for the Socialsense blog
http://culturalscene.blogspot.com.au/
The Thebarton Senior College Moodle
Course Calendar for your time management

Contact Emma and Malcolm at
emma.hebenstreit@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au

malcolm.mcinerney@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au



Scoop.it: Great for Stage 1 and 2 Society and Culture



Scoop.it is a way of organising your research and to develop some interactivity with your investigations.  Try using Scoop.it at http://www.scoop.it/

Here is a Scoop.it I created for the Nuclear Waste Dump Forum

Give it a go to organise your research. Why not create a Scoop.it on your Investigation?

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Some vision on Human Rights










The address for the Socialsense blog
http://culturalscene.blogspot.com.au/
The Thebarton Senior College Moodle
Course Calendar for your time management

Contact Emma and Malcolm at
emma.hebenstreit@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au

malcolm.mcinerney@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au




Stage 2 Human Rights
During this topic we will be using video to a large extent to case study some examples of Human Rights violations.  YouTube is a great resource to access vision on a huge range of topics relevant to Society and Culture.  Here are just a few on Human Rights and Human needs in general. Take your time to watch them to gain an understanding of the Human Rights topic.







Monday, July 16, 2012

Setting the scene for Stage 1 Society and Culture

 
Image above: Thebarton Senior College Society and Culture students presenting at the Intercultural Understanding Values Education Conference in June 2012.


As mentioned during the introduction lesson on Monday, there is some background work to be done on what is meant by the term Culture and what are the main influences shaping our values and opinions. The following postings will guide you through the exploration of these questions. If a link does not open, just ask your relief teacher to unblock the link for you or to show the presentations on the screen at the front of the class.


Make sure you open all the hyperlinks (blue writing)  and read everything you can on the materials presented.


Also view these PowerPoints on the Thebarton Senior College Moodle

Tasks to complete during the lesson or for homework prior to Friday's lesson.

1. In 100 words write a concise defintion of what a culture is and what can be described as the characteristics of a culture.

2. In 100 words discuss what the major influences have been on you to determine your values and opinions.





Welcome to Stage 1 Society and Culture


Image above: Thebarton Senior College Society and Culture students presenting at the Intercultural Understanding Values Education Conference in June 2012.


The address for the Socialsense blog
http://culturalscene.blogspot.com.au/
The Thebarton Senior College Moodle

Contact  Malcolm at

malcolm.mcinerney@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au

Welcome to the Stage 1 Society and Culture course. Here are the topics we studied last semester:
·         What is culture?

·         The nature of a society

·         What are values?

·         The major influences on us as people in terms of values

·         The impact of culture on the individual

·         Issues in our society

This semester we build on the knowledge and understandings gained to explore lifestyle and power in our society.  The new people to the class need several weeks of background on what some of us learnt last semester.

The course planner:
Term 3
Week 1 and 2: Culture and exploring issues.
Week 3-7: Lifestyle choices (source analysis assignment - 30%)
Week 8 -10: Individual investigation (40%).
Term 4
Weeks 1-6: People and Power (group activity assignment – 30%)

Reading exercise using the Social Sense postings from January and February this year.  Just click on the links below and have a read and think about why we aer doing this subject and what is expected.:








Sunday, July 15, 2012

The right course for Stage 2 Society and Culture?




The address for the Socialsense blog
http://culturalscene.blogspot.com.au/
The Thebarton Senior College Moodle
Course Calendar for your time management

Contact Emma and Malcolm at
emma.hebenstreit@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au

malcolm.mcinerney@thebartonsc.sa.edu.au


Stage 2 Society and Culture

The right course?

So far this year we have studied a Culture topic called Cultural Diversity, a Contemporary challenge topic called Social Ethics – now we are going to study the Global Issues topic called A Question of Rights.  Here is a summary of this, our final topic.

Topic 3: Global Issues

A Question of Rights 

A topic to:
  • explore the interrelationships between choice, rights, and responsibilities.
  • appraise and explore the notion of fundamental human rights for all people in a globalising world.
  • consider ways in which human rights have evolved and changed
  • think about the ways in which the rights of one may work against the rights of others.
  • explore notions of shared understanding of human rights in different contexts.
  • consider the feelings of those continually marginalised because of particular characteristics (e.g. physical appearance, illness, age, gender, dress, disability, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, political views, lack of access to technology, and lack of employment)
  • examine the effects of discrimination, marginalisation, paternalism, prevailing stereotypes, and social policies on those who experience disadvantage.
  • see that countries throughout the world share, and are connected by, media images of elections, warfare, and acts of terrorism. In this context, students may examine the interrelationships between social justice, civil responsibility, civil liberties, and the role of the state.
  • explore conflict or tension over rights at a local level (e.g. censorship, police detention, unfair advertising, harassment, bullying, or terrorism).
  • examine the roles of groups (such as the Australian Human Rights Commission, Link-Up services, and refugee associations) whose ethical aim is to protect human rights.
  • consider how individuals may act to promote human rights.

Getting started

A fundamental question for this topic is the question; what is a right for a human? The answer to this question will differ from place to place, country to country, culture to culture. 

The following questions will give you a start at thinking about Human Rights in Australia and across the world.

Have a go at answering these basic questions whilst exploring the issue of rights.

a.      What are the basic needs of humans? Consider Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

b.      What should be the basic rights of humans?



In answering questions c. to e. consider the work of the Australian Human Rights Commission  

c.      What are our rights in Australia?

d.      Are our rights limited in Australia?

e.      Does everyone in Australia have the same rights?

f.       What topics/issues are discussed under the heading of  Human Rights in Australia

g.      Is the community happy with the protection of Human Rights in Australia?

h.      Why would anyone be against the work of Amnesty International and other Human    Rights organizations? i.e UN, Human Rights Commission.

i.       What organisations promote human rights around the world? What are some of the current issues globally under the banner of Human Rights.
      Human Rights Watch
 

Watch these two YouTube videos on Human Rights