Ali's+comments+re+Yr+10

For the Year 10 applied task/project I was thinking that we could further develop an activity that I taught to Year 11s on teaching rounds. The students (in pairs) are given a country that is a member of the UN and they have to prepare a paper that will be delivered at the 'UN Summit on Terrorism'. They then conduct the summit as a group, deliver their papers and have discussions and make resolutions.

This requires them to research their specific country and region to see what their interests are regarding terrorism. You obviously pick interesting countries that have a significant role/interest. It requires the students to look at the history of terrorism in their assigned country as well as globally and it also requires them to consider ways of addressing the situation. They come to realise that different countries have different interests and will be impacted in different ways and makes them appreciate the diplomacy required to deal with such global issues.

As for the general course, I think that too much time is spent on The Cold War which the strugglers find very complicated (remembering that we are teaching the Year 11 course to Year 10s). The kids seem to enjoy the fact that it is more recent history, I think the civil rights and terrorism will engage them.