Bring materials for your toolbox!

Bring your vessel and any other materials you need (written piece, art supplies etc).

We will be constructing toolboxes in class on Thursday and Friday.

Toolbox Planning Sheet

Planning Your Toolbox for Change
50 points!
Due Wednesday, April 27th

Use this worksheet to gather information for your toolbox, including elements you’ll need for the art project.

-Envisioning the toolbox
My vessel will be:

My art piece will be: _______, because...

My written piece will be: _______, because...

My transitional justice tool is: _______, which I will represent by...

-Make a list of the materials that you will bring to work on your toolbox:

Here's the assignment overview:

Toolboxes for Change
400 points!

Now that you have extensively researched your sophomore exhibition topic, we want you to think about the following: How does a society heal? How do the abused parties forgive? What should be done to honor the victims? What is needed for the victims to move forward?

The toolbox for change project asks you to reflect on these questions and create a “toolbox” with elements that reflect your notion of change and healing as they relate to your sophomore exhibition topic.

Goal:
Create a three-dimensional “toolbox” that commemorates the abuse and offers tools to solve the problem.

Components:
Toolbox Vessel
It is a vessel that holds all your “tools.” It can be an actual box with a new design or decoration, a hollowed out old book, a soft-sided sewn object, a picture frame, a shadow box or something else that represents or relates to your topic.

Art Piece
You may choose at least one of the following: A found object, a sculpted or made object, a portrait, a collage, a reproduction of a work of art.

Written Piece
You may use a poem or song lyrics (published or your own), a letter or an excerpt from a short story.

Transitional Justice Tool
Include some representation of your transitional justice tool that you discussed in your essay. This can be literal or abstract.

Design and Organization
Your toolbox should reflect a clear and thorough vision of your ideas for healing and change.

FAQ
In, on, or attached to your toolbox you should include Frequently Asked Questions about your topic.

Action Plan Progress Report

Part Two: Progress Report
EVERY STUDENT IN THE GROUP MUST TURN IN THEIR OWN COPY
Due Wednesday, 4/20, 25 points

Who is your adult support? Name:
Contact info (phone # and email address):

Describe your action in detail.


Have you obtained permission to hold your event? From who?


When and where will you be meeting with your group to plan and organize your action? Make sure you meet more than once!


What have you and your group members done so far to prepare for your event?


What do you still need to do?


What will you show your teacher for evidence that you completed your action? Make sure this is approved BEFORE you do your action!

Introduction

Finish writing your introduction that you started in class. We will be going to the computer lab tomorrow to type them up. Typed introductions are due at the end of class tommorrow. 50 points! Instructions for the Sophomore Exhibition Essay Prompt Describe a human rights violation outside of the US and an NGO working to end this violation. Assess whether the work of the NGO is effective or not. Introduction · Grabber · Very basic info about the abuse—don’t give away all of your CDs here! · Introduce the NGO · Weave all of the information together, using good organization and transitions, and clear diction

Human Rights Paragraph II

Add to your paragraph from last night. Choose one question: - What is the best way to prevent human rights abuse? WHY? - When a government is responsible for human rights abuse, what is the best type of transitional justice? WHY? You should write a new paragraph that incorporates information from Thursday night's homework, as well as new information that you learned in today's fishbowl. Your paragraph should be at least 7-9 sentences. We will collect both paragraphs together on Monday. 50 points.

Human Rights Paragraph

Write a paragraph that answers the following questions: - What is the best way to prevent human rights abuses from happening? WHY? - When a government is responsible for human rights abuse, what is the best / most effective type of transitional justice (once the abuse has ended)? WHY? You should write 3 -4 sentences FOR EACH QUESTION.

Conclusion Paragraph

You need to finish your conclusion tonight. We will be going to the lab tomorrow to type them up and they will be due at the end of class. Conclusion Paragraph The final paragraph needs to finish your paper by discussing the importance of your abuse to the rest of the world. Since your abuse is still going on, you want to discuss what can be done to effectively end it and heal your country. Structure: This should be more commentary than concrete detail. The only concrete details you should mention are ones that you already used somewhere in the essay already—so you DO NOT need text notes in this paragraph. 1. In the first part of the paragraph, describe realistic solutions to end the abuse. You want to think deeply about realistic, practical solutions. Don’t just say “my country should fire the police.” Talk about what the country can ACTUALLY do! If you think that the abuse is practically impossible to solve, explain why! 2. In the second part of the paragraph (or a second paragraph by itself), you need to make a prediction of the best type of transitional justice that would bring peace to your country, if the abuse were to end. Name the type of transitional justice and explain how it would work to heal your country. If you feel it’s necessary, you can choose more than one type of transitional justice. Example: The only way that the refugee situation in Sudan can end is if the genocide ends, but until then, the international community must step in more. Unfortunately, the genocide has been going on for eight years, and it seems unlikely to end any time soon. Therefore, no matter what kinds of work organizations like the Darfur Dream Team are doing, the refugees will not be able to return home until the genocide ends. Despite this, one possible solution is to get the UN more involved in providing money for refugee camps. The living situation for refugees is absolutely horrible, but if the international community would devote more money to helping these poor Sudanese citizens, then perhaps the world would be fulfilling its ethical responsibility. If the genocide eventually ends, Sudan will need institutional reforms. It seems that the new partition into two separate countries will be an effective way to provide a fresh start for the Sudanese. Each country will need a new set of leaders who have the citizens’ best interests in mind. In addition, the police and military of the Sudan have been torturing and killing Sudanese citizens, so it is obvious that new police and military employees need to be trained to take care of citizens, not harm them. Finally, Sudan needs to create a committee of police, lawyers, and elected officials to go out into communities and villages and teach Sudanese citizens about their rights. The Sudanese refugees who return to their country must have a sense of security, and they will only get this if they can trust the police, the government, and each other, which will be incredibly difficult to achieve.

Transitional Justice Poster

Understanding Transitional Justice Homework 50 points 1. For each type of transitional justice do the following: - Write the definition in your own words - Create an illustration or cartoon that shows an example of how that particular type works 2. Then, for your sophomore exhibition topic choose which type of transitional justice you think would be the most appropriate to help heal your county if your abuse were to end. Write a short paragraph where you: - State your abuse and which type of transitional justice you chose - Write at least 3 sentences that explain why that type of transitional justice is an appropriate response for your particular abuse You should do this on white paper and include lots of color and detail! 