Lines
in the Sand
The
students acted as UN Special Rapporteurs to investigate issues relating
to
the UN Millennium Development Goals.
A human
rights project created by the Humanities Education Centre
and Amnesty International working with Year 8 students in
three Tower Hamlets schools. It was funded by
the DfID.
Here
is a list of events which took place during the Lines in the Sand project.
Click
on each heading to view more about each event.
| Conferences: The students attended conferences at the Tower Hamlets' Professional
Development Centre. |
Classroom
activities: The students then worked with their groups to develop
their research about the issues and the countries.
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The
banners: The final product of the project was the banners.
All the school produced banners on the issues they had been working
on.
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| The
final celebration: Anita Roddick of the Bodyshop Foundation
and Kevan Collins, Director of Children's Services in Tower Hamlets,
came to the final celebration at the new Amnesty International
Centre
in
London. |
The
following links will take you to HEC London Grid for Learning LGfL
page.
Hilary
Benn: The Secretary of State for International Development
visited the borough and was also interviewed by the pupils from
Langdon Park.
|
| Fatama
Sidi: was visiting from Western Sahara and was interviewed
by students about her everyday life in the desert refugee camps. |
| Dan
Jones: Dan Jones is an artist who also works for Amnesty International.
He worked with Gillean and Michael on the Lines in the Sand project.
Click on the link to view his interview about his work at Amnesty
International. |
You can replicate
this project:
Do the UN Special Rapporteur webquest |
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