Social Justice Research

Project
T. Kathy

Center for International Studies at Huey Deng High Sc

Class Projects

Research
301: NGOs in Taiwan
302 and 303: Biography

RESEARCH: Be specific !!
1. Be specific !
Google, NGOs in Taiwan, poverty or
Timeline of Gandhi for kids
2. Find a credible source
:
URLs with .edu , .org
3. Share with your friends

Plagiarism

How
Can Students Avoid

Plagiarism?
any facts, statistics, graphs,
drawingsany pieces of information
that are not common knowledge
Give credit ( )
whenever you use another persons
idea, opinion, or theory
Use quotations of
another persons actual spoken or
written words
paraphrase of another
persons spoken or written words.

Whats an NGO?
Non-Governmental Organizations
Voluntary citizens group that acts
independently from government
Can act at the local, national or
global level
Non-Profit
What are some famous NGOs?

Whats an NGO

NGOs: Which do you

already know?
NGO

Field

Red Cross

Medicine/Health

Amnesty

Human Rights

Green Peace

Environment

Girl rising

Gender/ Womens
Rights

All NGOs Share:

Founding member:

Founding date- when did they start?

Field of focus- who or what do they
help?
Mission statement
Projects
Publications
Funders
(Logo )

What are some NGOs in

Taiwan?
Use your computer lab time to learn
about 2 NGOs in Taiwan.
Try to use examples from totally
different fields

Research 2 NGOs in Taiwan

NGO Name: A New Cambodia
URL: www.anewdaycambodia.org
Founding Date: 2007
Field: poverty and children, hunger
relief
Target Community: children of Stung
Mean Chey
Founded by: Bill Smith
Mission Statement: Providing shelter, food
and education for the impoverished children
of Stung Mean Chey
Past Project: enrolling kids in school
Current Project: ongoing education by
private school

301 Project

1. Create a FB page of
imaginary NGO in Taiwan. It
could work locally, nationally,
or globally.
~Choose one project:
2. Interview a member of a
local NGO
3. Write a project proposal for
local NGO

302/303 Biography Project

Whats a Social Justice Hero?
KWL Chart
Facebook Page of Hero
Project: Comic Book, Book, Diary,
Interview

Whats a Social Justice Hero

SJH: A person who wants to create a
fair and just relation between
the individual and society
-People who changed the world for
good!
(Flashcards: Which SJH do you know?)

How to Choose your SJH

Which issues are you interested in?
Google:
Gender equality, Children
Human Rights, Gay
Environment: Oceans, Rainforest, Endangered
Poverty
Education
Peace
Democracy: Censorship
Religion

Some of My SJH

Woody Guthrie (Musician)

Eleanor Roosevelt (Human Rights, Gender)
Dr. Seuss (Childrens author)
Bayard Rustin (Black, Gay, Civil Rights)
Margaret Sanger (Gender, Immigrants
rights)

Cesar Chavez (Mexican, Migrants Farmers)

Alice Hamilton (Child Labor, Labor Rights)
Florence Kelley (Child Labor, Labor Rights)
Sonia Sotomayor (First Hispanic Justice)

Core Values of your Hero or

Heroine:
1. Service to Othersempowering
2. Sacrifice
3. Determination
4. Nonviolence
5. Inclusiveness (Acceptance of
others)
6. Respect for Life and Earth
7. Community

Questions You Should

Answer

What would you say are the strongest

characteristics of your hero?
Core values of your hero?
Your heroes role models ?
Role model to who?
How were they viewed by others
in society at that time?
++ Create a timeline of
important events

KWL Chart: Freddy

Lim
What I KNOW
What I WANT
What I
heavy metal
rock star

to know

LEARNED

His heroes and

role models?

Founder of NPP

Recently elected Core values?

politician

Community
activist

Future goals

He served as
chair of
Amnesty Internat
ional Taiwan
from 2010 to
2014.

302/303 Projects

Write
Write
Write
Make

a Diary
an Interview
a comic strip story
a book