Human Rights Issues in China

In your groups you will… Research and collect materials for all the groups to use for their documentaries. Use the internet to find, articles, pictures, opinions, video and more. You need to filter out the good stuff from the bad. You need to do a short presentation to the rest of the group explaining your issue.

Where to search Google Wikipedia is useful, look at the references at the bottom of the article. Look in national newspaper websites

Make sure that when you use the internet to find information that you research, not just search. Google may return the most information but good research uses quality not quantity Use the other websites listed to help you find what you are looking for. Once you have the information remember to use CARS for safe navigation on the 'Information Highway' C - Credible, is the author well known and respected A - Authenticity, is it trustworthy R - Reasonable, objective S - Support, corroboration with other information, does it link to other sites.

Tibet

Falun Gong

Tiananmen Square

The One Child Policy

Press Freedom, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Internet

Where is this? Branded an Endemic Surveillance Society Has one camera for every 13 people. The worlds third largest user of cluster bombs over the last 10 years You can be detained without trial for a month Campaigning against laws to stop deportations of suspects to countries where torture is used Bans unauthorised protests within 1km of their parliament. Police can stop and search anyone

Children as young as 10 can have orders put on them banning them from certain areas. Is a nuclear superpower Has one of the highest prison populations per capita in the world

Unlimited house arrests and restrictions on suspects accused of terror. Government plans to hold 52 pieces of information on every individual living in the country. Has a history in the slave trade and colonisation and exploitation of much of the world.

it is… Great Britain! It is easy to make any country sound negative. Remember there are two sides to every story Though we have looked at many negative aspects of China today there are many positive sides too.

Next Week Trip to China Town We have 2 video cameras to take with. We can take digital cameras but it may be easier if you use your camera phones.