Here are some great videos where you can get more information for your 2 Minutes Movies. Use these videos to become more informed. If you get ideas from them please make sure you cite the video as the source of your information.
Globalization Part 1
Globalization Part 2
Child Soldiers
Education
Child Labour
Monday, February 13, 2012
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Girl Effect
Imagine if you would being a girl in a developing country.... perhaps you can't. Life is very different for you. You are not treated equally. Is this fair? Is this right? Ask yourself why you are being treated differently just because of your gender.
What is the issue? Problem?
Why Girls?
Now watch these videos
The Girl Effect
The Girl Effect The Clock is Ticking.
I Dare You
Addis Ethiopia
What can you do? Check out all the links at this website and make a difference.
What is the issue? Problem?
Why Girls?
Now watch these videos
The Girl Effect
The Girl Effect The Clock is Ticking.
I Dare You
Addis Ethiopia
What can you do? Check out all the links at this website and make a difference.
Invisible Children
You should feel outraged when you watch this video. It shows how the Lord's Resistance Army is abducting children, creating child soldiers all for the personal glory of its leader.
Who is the LRA from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
In 2006 people came together to speak out and demonstrate about the wrongs being committed in the Sudan and Central Africa.
Global Night Commute: I Got Soul from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
This battle to gain public attention continues today just like other campaigns it is involving youth pushing them to get involved. Stopping the crisis will take lots of work but it is possible to make a difference.
25 Recap Video from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
Follow along and get updates at the LRA Crisis Tracker
More information can be found at the Invisible Children Blog.
Who is the LRA from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
In 2006 people came together to speak out and demonstrate about the wrongs being committed in the Sudan and Central Africa.
Global Night Commute: I Got Soul from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
This battle to gain public attention continues today just like other campaigns it is involving youth pushing them to get involved. Stopping the crisis will take lots of work but it is possible to make a difference.
25 Recap Video from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
Follow along and get updates at the LRA Crisis Tracker
More information can be found at the Invisible Children Blog.
I Will Statements....
In preparation for their citizenship unit this year we got the students to come up with I will statements. We had them watch Spencer West and the Kielburgers from previous We Day Events. Following the videos we brainstormed, did some group work and allowed the students to come up with statements of I Will... Each of these statements were supposed to be large and transformative for them. All of the statements did not end up being as grand as we planned. I think this works in our favour. It will allow us to revisit them in the future, see which statements were weak or easily accomplished and which ones withstood time and are still ongoing.
Here is the video we produced with their I will statements.
Here is the video we produced with their I will statements.
Vow of Silence
Free the Children have an annual awareness campaign called The Vow of Silence.
The main goal for the Grade 8 Teaching team at Sargent Park was to make our students aware of why it is important to stand in solidarity with the millions of child labourers in the world.
The Students in our school need to know that they do not need to stand by while children are subjected to exploitation, poverty and the denial of their basic rights.
The Vow of Silence is a way to make them aware. So on November 30th this year all of the Grade 8 students and many of their classmates went silent for a day. In the school teachers did not talk, annoucments were not read and silence reigned over all. It was amazing. For a loonie or a toonie the students were allowed and encouraged not to talk, use cellphones, text, connect on the internet for a day. Many passed the test. Hallways were silent during classtime, during class change and even during lunch. Ordering lunch was difficult when you do not have a voice but students managed to communicate even without a voice.
The Grade 8 team passed out information for other teachers to use in their classes. Articles talking about the exploitation of children around the world were used as language arts and social studies lessons. As a school we became more aware.
At the end of the day when it was all over students and staff were more aware of what was going on around the world. We had also raised over $300 for Free the Children.
Did you take the Vow of Silence this year? It is never to late.
Here is what our day sounded and looked like.
The main goal for the Grade 8 Teaching team at Sargent Park was to make our students aware of why it is important to stand in solidarity with the millions of child labourers in the world.
The Students in our school need to know that they do not need to stand by while children are subjected to exploitation, poverty and the denial of their basic rights.
The Vow of Silence is a way to make them aware. So on November 30th this year all of the Grade 8 students and many of their classmates went silent for a day. In the school teachers did not talk, annoucments were not read and silence reigned over all. It was amazing. For a loonie or a toonie the students were allowed and encouraged not to talk, use cellphones, text, connect on the internet for a day. Many passed the test. Hallways were silent during classtime, during class change and even during lunch. Ordering lunch was difficult when you do not have a voice but students managed to communicate even without a voice.
The Grade 8 team passed out information for other teachers to use in their classes. Articles talking about the exploitation of children around the world were used as language arts and social studies lessons. As a school we became more aware.
At the end of the day when it was all over students and staff were more aware of what was going on around the world. We had also raised over $300 for Free the Children.
Did you take the Vow of Silence this year? It is never to late.
Here is what our day sounded and looked like.
Monday, November 28, 2011
We Day Wrap up
It is just under a week ago that 45 of us from Sargent Park School attended We Day in Winnipeg. What a wonderful event. If your city does not have a We Day I highly recommend becoming a Free the Children School and traveling to the closest city that has one. It is a life changing event for many students.
Starting early in the morning the students arrived at school and prepared to go to the MTS Centre.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
We decided to go by transit bus due to the ease of getting to and from downtown. This proved to be the right decision. The bus picked us up right out side the school and had us at We Day in under 15 minutes. Yeah bring on We Day.
Before the concert the students went to the various t shirt outlets and souvenir kiosks and purchased many items to remember We Day. These souvenirs would go with the We Day shirts we created at school. Being dressed as a team was a gave us that togetherness feeling.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
It should be noted that other divisions bought tshirts for their entire crew that went to We Day. These florescent yellow shirts really glowed in the black light of the arena and would be standing out on TV and the simulcast.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
We Day then started in earnest. This concert was designed for youth. It was amazing. You had 5 to 6 minutes of high energy music and dancing followed by a short video and then a speaker. This kept the attention of all those in the audience. Amazing messages were soaked in by all the students in the audience.
Memorable speakers were The Honorable Paul Martin, Mia Farrow, Hannah Taylor, and Rick Hansen. But it was Spencer West and the Kielburger Brothers. The ability of these speakers to stir emotions inside todays teens and make them want to be agents of change shows the power of the day.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
Kids walked out of the Arena wanting to do more. Asking questions about how they were going to change things at school, in their community and around the globe.
Arriving back at the school we had a debriefing session and started with the next stage of this process. The Vow of Silence.
This will take place on November 30. Our goal, to silence our school, raise $500 and stand in solidarity with those who do not have a voice around the world.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
Updates to follow!
Starting early in the morning the students arrived at school and prepared to go to the MTS Centre.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
We decided to go by transit bus due to the ease of getting to and from downtown. This proved to be the right decision. The bus picked us up right out side the school and had us at We Day in under 15 minutes. Yeah bring on We Day.
Before the concert the students went to the various t shirt outlets and souvenir kiosks and purchased many items to remember We Day. These souvenirs would go with the We Day shirts we created at school. Being dressed as a team was a gave us that togetherness feeling.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
It should be noted that other divisions bought tshirts for their entire crew that went to We Day. These florescent yellow shirts really glowed in the black light of the arena and would be standing out on TV and the simulcast.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
We Day then started in earnest. This concert was designed for youth. It was amazing. You had 5 to 6 minutes of high energy music and dancing followed by a short video and then a speaker. This kept the attention of all those in the audience. Amazing messages were soaked in by all the students in the audience.
Memorable speakers were The Honorable Paul Martin, Mia Farrow, Hannah Taylor, and Rick Hansen. But it was Spencer West and the Kielburger Brothers. The ability of these speakers to stir emotions inside todays teens and make them want to be agents of change shows the power of the day.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
Kids walked out of the Arena wanting to do more. Asking questions about how they were going to change things at school, in their community and around the globe.
Arriving back at the school we had a debriefing session and started with the next stage of this process. The Vow of Silence.
This will take place on November 30. Our goal, to silence our school, raise $500 and stand in solidarity with those who do not have a voice around the world.
cc licensed flickr photo shared by charbeck10
Updates to follow!
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