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When people believe that a system or institution is failing to deliver, they
may organise themselves to bring about a review of that system or
institution.
People may organise themselves into lobby groups, protest groups or
terrorist groups, for example, to achieve their aims.
- As a class
brainstorm
as many different protest groups and organisations as possible.
Possible responses include:
Anti Apartheid groups; Civil Rights and Human Rights groups; environmental
and conservation groups; political organisations; aid organisations.
- Brainstorm systems and institutions in society that people may consider
need reviewing.
Possible responses include:
Systems: political;
governmental; electoral; economic; health; religious; education; justice;
resource allocation; land ownership; management; communication.
Institutions: the Crown,
Parliament (governmental); banks (financial); schools (educational);
universities; the church (religious); government departments; companies.
- Individually or in pairs, students select one group of people who have
organised themselves to review a system and/or institution in society and
Conduct a Mini Social Studies Inquiry.
They should plan their Inquiry using the
Framework Planning Template.
- Their goal is to produce a Clue Pack similar to the packs they have
already used for Mr Dracon and the
Significant Event activities:
- ie. artifacts (real or created - but based on actual objects);
- eyewitness accounts or quotes;
- visuals - maps, photos, sketches, diagrams;
- a description outlining their chosen group's actions and reasons for their
actions.
- Each Clue Pack should also contain a list of sources for further
investigation - web site urls; books; CDRoms; videos; articles; tapes - all
correctly referenced.
- Completed Clue Packs can be exchanged around the class, trialled and peer
assessed.
- File the packs for other students to use, perhaps as extension activities
or as starters when this unit is taught again.
This material has been produced by UNITEC Institute of Technology
under contract to the Ministry of Education.
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