UK Test Review and some reminders

REMINDER: If you committed to donating a gift for the children's shelter, PLEASE bring it in tomorrow, Mon. 12/20. If you wrap it please mark with age and gender of gift and intitals if possible. If you still want to give but didn't get a specific gift request, bring anything but mark it appropriately if it's wrapped.

TEST ON UK TUESDAY

Review the following terms and concepts:

Parliament
Prime Minister
Royal Assent into Law
MP
constituency
House of Commons
House of Lords
Peers
Law Lords
Life Peers
Hereditary Peers
Bishops
Ministers
Shadow Ministers
Question Time
Front bench
Back bench
British National Party / Conservative
Labout Party/ Liberal
Liberal Democrats/ New Labour Party
Speaker
Government
Separation of powers between Government and Parliament
Standing Room
Debate
Ratification of Bills (process)
Powers of the Monarch
Selection of Prime Minister
Seating in Parliament
Ping-pong
David Cameron
Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
Members of UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Ulster (Northern Ireland)
Troubles*
Ulster*
imperialism
Irish Republican Army*
Republic of Ireland*

*note- as we just began studying Ireland, there will be very limited and OPTIONAL (as in short answer choices) regarding this topic.

We are in the MAC lab in the Library finishing your political system videos Monday.

Also, be sure to pick up a copy of the Trailer Treatment project rubric from me TOMORROW. This assignment is essentialy a scaffolded proposal for your group trailer final assessment it will be due the Wednesday we return from break, 12/5.

Have a fun and safe holiday with your family and friends. Best wishes and health in the New Year and always. It's a real gift working with the class of 2011 everyday. :)

Comparative Government Human Rights Film Trailer Study

In order to help you think through the format of your Political Issue Documentary or Feature trailer project, you and your Production Team are asked to view and analyze at least SIX trailers from the links below. You must view at least two documentary and two feature trailers. These should be a mix of ametur and professionally produced films.

Features (trailers available for view in large format at www.movies.yahoo.com click on “trailers” or, simply google the title of the film and trailer " ___________ trailer"):

City of God - street children in Brazil
Paradise Now- suicide bombing and the Israeli Palestinian Conflict
Maria Full of Grace- drug trafficking
Osama- women's rights in Afghanistan
Bread and Roses- immigrant worker rights/ labor organizing USA
The Last King of Scotland - dictatorship of Idi Amin in Uganda
Human Trafficking - self explanatory
Taken- Human Trafficking
Slumdog Millionaire- poverty, the caste system and child rights in India
Blood Diamonds- conflict diamonds from Sierra Leone

Documentaries:
The Cove: Dolphin slaughter and illegal fishing practices in Japan
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/thecove/

God Grew Tired of Us: children of war in Sudan: http://www.spout.com/films/God_Grew_Tired_of_Us/261762/921795/trailers.aspx

Born Into Brothels – young women born into sex trafficking in India
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/299929/Born-Into-Brothels/trailers

Sicko: Health care in US and Canada
http://www.spout.com/films/Sicko/284216/35687/trailers.aspx

Afghan Star: investigates how increased access to free speech and the growing popularity of POP IDOL is informing cultural values in Post-Taliban Afghanistan
http://www.afghanstardocumentary.com/watch_sm.html

The Dark Side of Chocolate: Child labor and trafficking in Africa:
http://www.thedarksideofchocolate.org/

The Price of Sugar: Child labor and trafficking in Haiti and Domincan Republic
http://www.thepriceofsugar.com/trailer.shtml


Inheritance - an American woman comes to terms with the Nazi roots of her family's wealth: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/inheritance/index.html

Various POV doucmentaries are available for view at: http://www.pbs.org/pov/filmarchive.php

Several SHORT documentaries concerning global human rights issues are available for view at:www.mediathatmattersfest.org

Rights on the Line - Immigrant Rights:
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/7/rights_on_the_line_vigilantes_at_the_border/index.php?fs=about

Bread: Poverty in Guatemala:
http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/6/bread/