Introduction to Level 1 Social Studies 1.5 Describe a social justice and human rights action.

1. INTERNAL – 4
credi ts
1.5 DESCRIBE A SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND HUMAN
RIGHTS ACTION

2. WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?
• This assessment act ivi ty requi res you to wr i te a repor t descr ibe a
human r ights act ion (or social just ice) taken.
• You wi l l be assessed on the extent to which you evaluate the
signi f icance and effect iveness of the act ion taken
• This is wor th 4 credi ts
• You wi l l have class t ime to complete this and wi l l need to complete
some research at home too.
• You may research in pai rs but the wr i te up must be done individual ly
• The end product which you wi l l be assessed on wi l l be a wr i t ten repor t
of approx. 6-8 pages in length including a references sect ion which is
due in WEEK 10

3. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO RESEARCH?
• Your end written report (due in WEEK 10) will need to cover the
following criteria. Each criteria below is weighted equal ly and the
assessment will be marked holist ical ly – this means that it is looked
at as a whole rather than part by part
YOUR REPORT WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
1.Describe the social justice and human rights action
2.Describe the intended purpose of the action
3.Describe the actions taken by specif ic people/groups
4.Describe contrast ing points of view of people directly involved,
and/or others
5.Describe the impact of the action
6.Describe the signif icance of the impact of the action for society in
New Zealand or elsewhere
7.Descri b e the degre e to which the action met it’s intend e d purpo s e
8.Reference list

4. TIMEFRAMES
• We are going to break this task into manageable chunks to help you
ma n a g e yo u r t ime e ff e c t i v e l y a n d s o t h i s a s s e s sme n t d o e s n ’ t e n d u p a s
a last minute effor t !
• This wi l l mean that each lesson you wi l l have a par t icular cr i teria to
research and i f that is not completed in the set t ime f rame, you wi l l need
to complete i t in homework t ime.
• We are cur rent ly in WEEK 4, we wi l l have research t ime in class dur ing
WEEKS 4 and 5
• In WEEK 6 you wi l l be requi red to do a br ief 2 minute PowerPoint which
wi l l cover what you have researched so far (cr i teria 1 – 3) . You may do
this in pai rs i f you have completed your research together.
• You WILL NOT be assessed on this PowerPoint and i t wi l l not count
towards your f inal assessment grade. I t is a check point to see where
you are up to and to inform the class of other human r ights act ions
• The f inal wr i t ten repor t is due in WEEK 10

5. TAKING THE FIRST STEP…
• Your task today is to begin research on possible human r ights act ions or
social just ice act ions that you may be interested in making the focus of
your assessment
• Again, you may work in pai rs and cover the same human r ight or social
just ice act ion dur ing the research stage but remember you wr i t ten repor t
must be your own work. You cannot divide the tasks up and then share
your answers.

6. THINKING AHEAD
• By Fr iday, you must have emai led me or spoken to me about your
selected choice of human r ight or social just ice act ion
• On Fr iday dur ing class you wi l l be researching Cr i teria 1 –
DESCRIBE THE SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION
and Cr i teria 2 – DESCRIBE THE INTENDED PURPOSE OF THE
ACTION
• We have the laptops this per iod but remember there is a l imi ted
number – i f you have your own device I st rongly suggest you br ing i t
or i f you do not , pr int off some research at home that you can star t
reading through, highl ight ing and pul l ing out the impor tant points to
meet the requi rements of cr i ter ia 1 and cr i ter ia 2