For+Thursday+May+22

Hi Girls!

Because we left in a bit of a rush at the end of our meeting today I just want to leave some notes here to help us stay organised.

Remember for next Thursday: - you need to have all the key concept questions answered. If you are waiting for an interview (ie the governor) I understand, but make sure that you at least have the questions ready. So; - PERSPECTIVE: interviewing 8 people from different walks of life (estrato), on their perspective

- CONNECTION: Researching connections between unemployment and criminal activity: I was thinking that maybe Bienestar Familiar could be contacted and asked if they have seen a connection between child abuse/ family violence and unemployment. As well, research 'consecuencias de desempleo en Colombia' many article will come up that have been written regarding unemployment in Colombia and violence (guerrilla, paramilitar, narcotrafico, etc). Here is one example that you could read with your parents: http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Security/citizensecurity/Colombia/evaluaciones/LaSalle.ppt as well, look up 'desempleo y violencia en Colombia' etc. REMEMBER you are to summarize the information in your own words, not just copy articles.

- CHANGE: and CAUSATION: going to the DANE to research change: summarize the information

CREATE ONE PAGE FOR EACH KEY QUESTION ANSWER AS WELL AS ONE PAGE FOR EACH LINE OF INQUIRY

- Once your Key Concepts are answered, you can start to use the information from the key concepts to answer the lines of inquiry

AND start to prcess the information that you are collecting. Don't worry if the other group is looking at your information- you will be marked on how well you UNDERSTAND the concepts related to unemployement; not if you can 'vomit the information':) MOST IMPORTANTLY, after you have finished answering the key concepts and the lines of inquiry, consider how you can answer the central idea through an action: what you could do as a group to help make the world a better place to improve the problem of unemployment.

It must be a soltion that is feasible; something that you can and need to do. If you don't have time to carry out the action before the end of the unit, there must be a plan and a commitment to do it later when possible.

Email me if you have any questions, I will be checking through out the weekend Good luck and have fun (don't forget to smile and enjoy it:) Laura