Thursday, May 5, 2011

Task 3: Individual reflection on Terrorism

Based on your group' s consolidated efforts in finding out more about the impact of terrorism and measures to manage the phenomenon, do you think that terrorism does more harm than good to the world at large?

Submit an individual reflection entry of not more than 150 words. Remember to leave your name at the end of your reflection. :)

Task 2: Management of Transnational Terrorism

For this task, you are required to visit the useful websites given to you and analyze how Singapore, ASEAN and the UN have implemented strategies and policies to tackle terrorism.

You are given 20 minutes to consolidate the findings based on your group's research and post a group entry.

Task 1: Impact of Transnational Terrorism

In your groups, you are to visit the assigned blogsite. Vew the given blogsite which is created by past students of Hua Yi.

Based on the activities carried out by assigned terrorist organization, you required to post a group entry on the various impact of terrorism based on these categories: social, political and economic impacts.

Follow the task sheet for instructions on how to post your group comment.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Impacts of Iraq-Kuwait conflict

In your groups, you are to do research on the impacts of the conflict in Iraq-Kuwait and look at the different level of impact on Kuwait, Iraq and the world at large. You are also required to categorize the impact in terms of social, economic, political impact.

In the comment entry you are required to add your group members names as well.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Discussion on Cyberwellness

As an extension task to your Sept holiday assignment on internet filtering, you are to provide your personal opinions on the topic below:

“There should be / or should not be any special cyber –based laws, filtering of content or parental / teacher control of what teenagers access on the internet”.

You can make use of the information that you have come across in the sites provided in the Sept assigment handout.

Remember to write in STANDARD ENGLISH and practise cyber etiquette.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

A war on peace

Some youtube clips on terrorist attacks





1st Bali Bombing in 2002


2nd Bali Bombing in 2005

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Transnational Terrorism Part 3: Analyzing Impacts

For this lesson, students would need to revisit their OWN group blogs and create another entry on impacts of terrorist acts, based on the case study assign to them.

Follow this step by step guide below.

Remember to classify the various impacts based on these categories: social, psychological, economic and political impacts.

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Transnational Terrorism Part 2: Terrorist Groups In Perspective

This part of the lesson aims to get students to explore on one terrorist group and find out more on the group's beginnings, motivations, aims, activities, etc.

Let's Blog!

Sometimes, a subject like SS is hard for 15 and 16 year-olds to understand and blogging will be a good platform for them to voice opinions and get comments from peers of the same age on 'big' issues like conflicts and governance.

Transnational Terrorism Part 1

Clearly the problems that affect the global population have become more complex...from fighting Western imperialism, communism, plagues and pandemics, the world is now facing a major war on peace.. to fight another 'ism' -- Terrorism.

The lesson on Transnational Terrorism is not just a topic on Social Studies; it is a global phenomenon. Groups emerge and evolve everyday and we may not know who will attack what today, tomorrow and the future.

Follow this step by step guide as we explore the world of terrorist groups further.



If you can't access the worksheet from the Ppt slide, click here.

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