Grade 8; Flotilla Protests Homework

•Have you had a look on various sources to find out what Marc (Marc3pax)does?

•How does this video relate to the flotilla movement?

•Is the video objective (based on facts; unbiased)?

•Is there evidence supporting Marc3pax’s findings?

Grade 8 Source Check

Research and make notes on;

• The Israeli-Palestine Conflict
• Brief History of the problem
• Who is Hamas
• The role of the United States of America
• What is the importance of the land called the Gaza strip and the West Bank

The ‘flotilla protests’

• Why is there a blockade of the Gaza Strip – preventing aid relief from getting through to the Palestinians.
• What do the flotilla’s try to do

Bizzare Facts: Grade 6 + 7 Assignment 2 (Part 1)

Learning Objectives

1.Understand that information comes from different sources and can be used for different purposes

2.Write open and closed questions to produce a simple questionnaire

3.Search for, and select the best information from the Internet (Searching Skills)

4.Judge a website to see if it is reliable or not

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Activity 1: Look at the websites Save the Pacific Tree Octopus and the Dog Island. Make notes on these websites and report back to the class on what you learn.

Activity 2: Go to this website and collect 3 bizarre facts. Add these to a blog post called bizarre facts and make up one 'fact' of your own. Share with a partner and see if they can spot the made up piece of information

Activity 3:  Create a 6 Question survey to help the Daily Bizarre get more readers! 

tip: Use a mixture of open and closed questions. If you use closed questions then make sure you use multiple choice or check box question types.

Activity 4: Test your Searching Skills

Activity 5:  Can you label a Web Address?  

1) Complete this online activity
2) Look at this website to help you. When you have finished post it to your blog.

Activity 6: Last lesson you learned some tips for judging the reliability of websites. 

Now it is time to annotate web-pages for reliability. 

Use VoiceThread to label the BBC website and The De Hydrated Water website. Use these 8 basic Checkpoints to help you.

Activity 7: Look at the unit learning objectives above. 

Fill out a stickie on this wordwall

Describing what you have learned, what you need to learn and what you need to practice.

Information Reliability: Propaganda techniques

You are being influenced

Knowledge is the key to protecting yourself

Bandwagon



Scapegoating



Lesser of two evils



Down with the kids



Assertion



Omission

Grade 8 Project 2 Pre-test

Grade 6 and 7 Project 2: Graphics and Design Project

 Click to see Project Overview and ITSE Assessment Standards

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1. You will learn about layers in Paint.net and produce 2 original images.

2. You will review a series of publications (business letter, flyer, brochure, and poster) and attempt to describe the design in relation to the amount of text and graphics

3. You will create at least two different products using built-in templates (Microsoft Publisher) making the necessary changes to the template so that it is fit for purpose and audience

4. You will review one of their publications and one of another student giving recommendations for improvement where appropriate

5. You will look at logos and try to formulate rules for what makes a good logo and what design characteristics make bad logos.

6. You will plan a logo by collecting stimulus materials from the Internet or by producing a hand drawn sketch

7. You will design a vector logo design using DrawPlus

8. You will evaluate the logo of another student compared to the rules they made. They will provide written feedback on how the logo could be further improved.

9. You will research, design and produce a Vector avatar using Drawplus



FINAL TASK

Helping Hand Saigon want someone to design either a poster or a flyer. The purpose is to try and get more people interested in volunteering at a local orphanage in Binh Thanh. 

1. Decide on who the audience will be
2. Plan on paper either an A4 poster or flyer
3. Using the design skills you have learnt, make the poster using any suitable software.
4.  Screenshot and label the poster describing all of the skills you have used to make it and why it is suitable for your audience.

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Want to know how to design a good poster? Read this blog post

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Search for copyright free images here

Project Rubric

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