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Contemporary issues and scandals
Create a folder titled ISSUES and SCANDALS in contemporary (modern) society.
ACTIVITY 1
Check the following :
ISSUES YEAR 8 BARBIE
http://www.buzzfeed.com/abagg/kids-react-to-normal-barbie-and-thinks-shes-awesome?bffb
COSMETICS AND ANIMAL TESTING
http://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/makeover-world/makeovertheworld
ACTIVITY 2
Using internet and/or newspapers quickly scan for issues that you consider to be important - they must be examples of injustice or current concerns about youth, age or beyond.
For example - tattoos are currently a huge fashion fad. What are some concerns about tattoos as an issue?
List them and discuss with peers.
What are some examples?
ACTIVITY 3
Share them with the class on the whiteboard.
PREPARATION FOR NEXT CLASS
What current issue is important to you?
NEXT class write a letter to the editor to be sent to the Herald Sun.
See if it is published!