As discussed in class many undocumented workers in the US work alongside legal citizens and contribute to the country.
Read Jose Antonio Vargas’story and his observations of life as an undocumented worker in the US at the below link.
Time Magazine: Not Legal Not Leaving
In search of the American Dream
Learn more about the challenges faced by immigrants who want to cross the border illegally from the following documentaries:
Risking it all – Chasing an Impossible Dream
Watch the Panorama on the US Drone Wars on iPlayer here:
The Edinburgh Study is a longtitudinal study that has been conducting research into youth crime in Edinburgh over the last ten years.
Watch a summary of the findings of their research here:
Susan McVie: Youth Offending Study
You can also listen to a podcast of a lecture summarising their findings and download the presentation here:
We would like you to update your e-portfolios with more detailed information and evidence of your learning in Modern Studies.
To do this you should think about writing a post for each unit we have studied so far which includes:
1. A ‘learner statement’ paragraph that details what you have learnt. Please do not only write the learning intentions for the unit, you should write a couple of sentences for each that explains what you have learnt. You may need to refer to jotters to help you do this.
2. Include evidence and information that you found out as part of your research tasks, you could also update your completed powerpoints as evidence of your learning.
3. Research tasks – you have done a research task for each unit, you should also evaluate how well you think you did this. Were you able to find information, what websites did you find the most useful, could you improve your research techniques?
4. Skills –
We have been learning to write a report within the Poverty unit, how well are you following the structure, what would you like to improve on?
We have been learning how to review and select information and evidence from written and statistical sources. How well did you do this? What did you learn about how to do this?
You should be able to do the above for each of the two units studied so far. More detail on the learning intentions for these units is below:
International Issues
Learning Intentions for the unit:
Social Issues: Poverty in the UK
Learning Intentions
Once you have completed updating your portfolio please let your teacher know so that we can add our own comments.
Watch Obama’s State of the Union Address to Congress, and hear his views on his main priorities this year.
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Click on the link below to find the instructions for your media diary homework.
Complete this at the back of your jotter or you can type up your answer on the computer.
Access the presentations used in class on the Syria Civil War.
Due the week after the long weekend, please research and make a poster which shows the main timeline of the Libya conflict.
Include in your poster:
For each date, summarise what happened and add quotes from people involved.
You could also include pictures of the events and add ‘thought bubbles’ with your opinions on each event. You could even find out what life is like for people in Libya now that Gadaffi is no longer in charge.
To find out the information use the following websites:
The Government has recently introduced a new law to reform the benefit system.
One proposal is to introduce the Universal Credit which is a new single payment for those looking for work or on a low income. It will replace the Working Tax Credit and other benefits such as Jobseekers Allowance, Income support and Child Tax Credit.
Your task is to collate a file of evidence which will help you to make a decision as to whether you agree with this new system or disgree with it.
Use the websites listed below to help you in your research.
Collect a variety of different types of evidence to use.
What is good evidence?
You have two lessons to collect the following types of evidence:
Source 1: Factfile – what is the Universal Credit, who will it affect and how?
Source 2: Statistical Evidence
Source 3: viewpoints – quotes from people supporting and opposing the new system.
Weblinks:
Department for Work & Pensions Website
BBC News: Q&A Universal Credit
BBC: Welfare reform hitting lone parents
Telegraph: 2 million will be better off refusing work.
Infographic on low income in the UK
Read the Guardian’s analysis of the terrorist threat. Do you agree with David Cameron that al’Qaeda remains an existential threat, or do you agree with the Guardian that it is a decreasing threat in terms of the scale of attack that it can launch?
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