Reference no: EM133342971

You are asked to research an area of interest that pertains to rights, properly reference your sources and present your findings in a visual medium such as an infographic.

Throughout this unit you have explored rights and freedoms. Your task is to demonstrate your understanding of:

• The legal importance of human rights
• The roles and responsibilities of individuals, groups and government
• The role of influencing forces on human rights

through further research in an area of interest to you. You will then create an infographic or other form of visual presentation to present your findings.

Step One: Choose an area of further study to pursue.

You may want to consider:

• An in depth study of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; its significance to the Canadian legal system.
• A focus upon one landmark case (eg. R v. Marshall, R. v. Drybones, R. v. Brown, R. v. Latimer)
• A focus upon natural resource development and the impact upon human rights (eg. Pipeline or oil sands, natural gas, mining)
• A focus upon the harmful effects upon people when rights and freedoms are not protected (domestic or international examples would work here as would a focus upon a particular group such as the right of the disabled or migrant workers)
• A study of the rights and freedoms of youth in Canada and in Ontario
• A study of different examples of violations of rights within the workplace
• An in depth focus upon one of the influencing factors upon human rights (media, politics, business goals, globalization)

There is a great deal of choice for you to follow your own interests. Please discuss options with your teacher if there is a particular area you wish to pursue. Ask yourself:

• Why am I choosing this focus?
• What do I think right now?
• What information do I need to gather?

Create several questions to guide your inquiry.

Step Two: Gather information about your area of study.

• Aim to use 5-8 different sources of information. Read all of your information.
• Record all of the details about your sources. (author, title, publication, year, date)
• Take care to make your notes in your own words. It is very easy to inadvertently copy if your notes are incomplete. Ask yourself:
  • What have you discovered?
  • Can you trust your sources?
  • What conclusions can you draw about your area of study?
• You may wish to discuss some of your findings with a peer or with your teacher at this point. It can become difficult to organize your thoughts.

Step Three - Synthesize your information. Use your research to answer your questions. For example, you may have asked:

• What are the concerns regarding human rights with regard to this particular issue? How are the various rights interconnected?
• Who are the various stakeholders in this issue? What are the differing perspectives?
• Are there factors that are helping or hindering progress? Is any individual, group or government acting to address these factors?
• What solutions have been proposed?

Organize your findings.

Step Four -Decide upon a method of presentation. There are a number of different ways that you may choose to present your findings. The goal is to make a visual representation of your findings.

For example:

• Piktochart.com is a free website that can help you make infographics.
• "How To Design Your Own Infographics"
• "The 83 best infographics" online