| Our Small World
Assessment Activity 1.5
Student Instructions
Assessment
"Decide on a Social Action in relation
to a Social Issue"
The class take on the role of a radio host of a local issues
programme on Tokelauan radio. This is an individual assessment
activity.
Context / Setting:
A local Tokelauan radio station has been looking at a major issue
facing Tokelauan Society. It had been said by Tokelauan elders that
:
'The biggest challenge we face is how to give our children a good education without losing them to the outside world.'
'The big challenge is how to create a future for Tokelau that young people will want to return to.'
The class take on the role of a radio host of a local issues
programme on Tokelauan radio. The programme is called 'Our
Small World'.
The issue being reported on by the radio
station is 'How does Tokelau keep its young people in Tokelau?"
The role of the host is to choose letters sent to the radio station that best describe possible action that can be taken by Tokelauan Society to
consider the points of view sent in and sum up the situation with his /her preferred
action taken from the public opinions received.
The preferred action is to be communicated to all in a 'Best
Solutions' time slot within the programme.
Conditions:
This activity is to be completed over three hours in class. All written material is to stay in the class room if three one hour slots are used.
It is expected that students will be familiar with relevant concepts
found on page 14 of the social studies curriculum document.
Student Instruction sheet:
A local Tokelauan radio station has been looking at a major issue
facing Tokelauan Society. It had been said by Tokelauan elders that
:
'The biggest challenge we face is how to give our children a good education without losing them to the outside world.'
'The big challenge is how to create a future for Tokelau that young people will want to return to.'
The class take on the role of a radio host of a local issues
programme on Tokelauan radio. The programme is called 'Our
Small World'.
The issue being reported on by the radio station is 'How does Tokelau keep its young people on
Tokelau?"
The role of the host is to choose letters sent to the radio station that best describe possible action that can be taken by Tokelauan Society to
consider the points of view sent in and sum up the situation with his /her preferred
action taken from the public opinions received.
The preferred action is to be communicated to all in a 'Best
Solutions' time slot within the programme.
Task 1:
As host of the radio programme you will read out 4 letters sent to you by Tokelauan
listeners (written by you). The letters will be from different perspectives and each letter will :
- State a possible action that could be taken by Tokelauan society to keep young people in
Tokelau.
- Outline the likely short and long term consequences of the
action for Tokelauan society.
Task 2:
As the radio host you will write a 'best solution' summing up preferred action(s) from the
4 letters.
Your reasons justifying this selection will describe the short and
long term social and economic consequences of the action for the
future of Tokelauan society.
You will need to use social studies ideas and terms to describe the likely consequences of the actions published.
Assessment Schedule: 'Letters to the radio host '
| For Credit the student will have: |
For Merit the student will have: |
For excellence the student will have: |
Stated 2 possible actions and from among the possible actions stated a preferred action
Identified the likely short / long term consequences of each action.
Supported the preferred action with reasons |
Stated 3 possible actions and from among the possible actions stated a preferred action
Identified the likely short and long term consequences of
each action for Tokelauan society.
Justified the preferred action in the 'best solution' time
slot with reasoned argument.
The reasons will describe short and long term consequences for the social and economic future of Tokelau.
The reasons are linked logically and are supported with evidence.
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Stated 4 possible actions and from among the possible actions stated a preferred action
Identified the likely short and long term consequences of each action for Tokelauan Society
Relevant social studies ideas and terms are used to describe each consequence.
There is a clear relationship between the reasons for the action and the effects of the action
Justified the preferred action in the 'best solution' time
slot with reasoned argument. The reasons will describe short and long term consequences of the social and economic future of
Tokelau.
The reasons are linked logically and are supported with evidence.
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