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Musicians in the War Zone Study Guide

http://www.getloud.ca/en/edu_manuals.asp?id=3

This resource is from War Child Canada. They, along with MuchMusic, created a program about human rights and war-affected children.   Well known Canadian musicians were sent to war zones where they acted as narrators and journalists to connect the viewing audience with war-affected children.   The result is a DVD and classroom study guide.

To access the site, teachers must fill out a registration form.   Registration is free and the study guide is free, but the video is being sold for $20.00.   This seems like a small sum when compared to the study guide.   It is extensive and deals with three individual types of responses:   basic review questions, questions dealing with issues or events requiring further research, and assignments requiring personal reflection.

The video is divided into three segments, Iraq, Burma, and Sierra Leone.   Teachers could choose to divide students into three groups each group responsible for one section, or have students complete the entire package of material.  

Individuals wishing to order this resource should contact info@warchild.ca .   Be sure to specify DVD or VHS when ordering and ask for "Musicians in the War Zone."   The Teachers' Guide can be viewed by following the link at the beginning of this review.

This resource would be suitable for student in grade 11 Social Studies, Unit 1:   Human Rights.

Curriculum Links and Objectives

Social Studies 20, Unit 1:   Human Rights

• Know that human rights are those rights that an individual is entitled to simply because she or he is human.
• Know that a human rights claim by an individual or group imposes a set of responsibilities and obligations which other individuals and groups must honour.
• Know that human rights are more than "demands for rights"; they involve a moral entitlement to the right in question which other people in society collectively have decided they will honour.
• Know that the morality of human rights is based on the humanity and the inherent dignity of the individual.
• Know that human rights are universal and as such apply to all people regardless of nationality, race, religion, political beliefs, age, or gender.

Evaluation Links

Saskatchewan teachers have been provided support resources for student assessment and evaluation from the provincial ministry of education, Saskatchewan Learning. Specifically, teachers have been provided with the document Student Evaluation: a Teacher Handbook, in print format. Chapter 4 on specific student assessment techniques contains a variety of ready-made rubrics, rating scales, checklists, portfolio set-ups and templates that could be adapted to each task developed in your classroom. This resource is available on-line at: http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/evergreen/policy/studeval/chap4001.html. The simple templates outlined on this Saskatchewan Learning site, will help you tailor your assessment to match any activity and ensure that your objectives are being met.

Another source of easily adaptable evaluation material is Discovery School located at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html.  The site has both subject specific evaluation tools and evaluation instruments for process oriented tasks.  You will also find rubric builders, portfolio evaluation instruments, graphic organizer evaluation strategies, etc. all at this site.

Another rubric generator can be found at http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/.  And, for a discussion on the value of using rubrics in the middle grades, teachers may want to go to http://www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html.

Produced with the support of the Government of Canada through
the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).