25 November 2009

Vote National Geopraphic best pics 2009

Click here for the voting machine!

here are the winners: post a comment with the picture you like best, if you like, on your-say.
Please put the photo credit with the page link.

17 November 2009

Do you know your rights?









WRITE A POST ON YOUR SPACE entitled HUMAN RIGHTS

0.Take the Quiz: do you know about your rights as human?
How well did you do?
1. What are human rights?
2. When did human rights start?
3. Why were they created?
4. How many human rights are there?
5. Which human right were you not familiar with?
6. Choose one human right and discuss:
- Is it fully respected in your country today? Justify with news, comments, studies on the subject (cite the links of your information sources)

- Do you know if it has been respected in the past? Why or why not?
-Where in the world is this right not complied with? Check here
7. Are Humans rights relevant in the world today?  why?
8. Participate on Facebook: Join the Human Rights Campaign on FB and comment on 2 campaigns/news they have been involved.
9. Discussion essay( to be done in class): Should Human Rights be enforced by law or optional?  


LINKS for help
Universal declaration of Human Rights
Human right videos
Human rights watch: news from the Human Rights perspective

Human Rights in the world: United Nations
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15 November 2009

2 November 2009

Film review

Watched a film and want to publish it in your-say?
Want to get extra points with extra posts?
here is a little help! Enjoy being a critic! :-)