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Living in a Changed World A videoconference series to look at the affect of September 11th on our lives. Produced by Global Education Motivators (GEM)
Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA
Done in cooperation with: The United Nations Department of Public Information, the Carol Baur Foundation, Mexico, Partners in Distance Learning, USA, and LePage Educational Consultants, Canada +++++
| Purpose: | To assess the impact of the events of September 11th on the lives of young people and their future through cross cultural presentations and discussions. Emphasis is on human rights and democratic values in an international setting that use international consensus to reach conclusions. Program will be made available in a teaching kit in September, 2002. Future programs would be developed in the 2002-2003 school year to build on this initial programming. |
Background: Selected schools will be bridged to the UN each month for videoconferences on the Aftermath of September 11th. Schools must sign on for the entire series and would receive pre and post videoconferencing support. Programs run on the same day and at the same time each month. Each program is 1.5 hours in length. A UN presenter would discuss the chosen topic for approximately 20 minutes. The heart and soul of the program will be student interaction. On occasion, it will be the students doing the presenting and the UN "guest" doing the reacting. Each school site will select two students to be leaders at their school. They will take on a variety of responsibilities over the four months. Programs Tuesday, March 19th, 2002 | Topic: | "New Challenges to Democratic Freedoms" | | | | UN Presenter: | Maarit Kohonen, Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights | | | | Objective: | Identifying Rights and Freedoms outlined in The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | | | | Lead Student Question: | What rights and freedoms have been challenged by the events of September 11th? |
Prior to the videoconference, students will identify their "top ten" challenges to their rights and freedoms and will present them to the group at the beginning of the videoconference. Students, with facilitation from HCHR and GEM, will try to identify solutions for each identified problem. HCHR spokesperson will explain what the UN is doing to ensure that their rights and freedoms are maintained. +++
Tuesday, April 9th, 2002 | Topic: | "Human Security in the 21st Century" | | | | UN Presenter: | UN Development Program/Human Development Report Office
Omar Noman, Deputy DirectorInvited: Omar Noman, Deputy Director | | | | Objective: | To see how human security can be achieved in a democratic, interdependent world. | | | | Lead Student Question: | How does democratization and international cooperation affect human security? |
Reading and using the Official View of Canada (Freedom from Fear) as the framework, students will interact with each other and UNDP representative to discuss: What is human security? What do governmentŐs do to help ensure it? Is there international consensus on what human security is and how to achieve it? How have the recent terrorist events affected human security? How will views of human security be affected in the future as a result of the tragic events on September 11th? Tuesday, April 30th, 2002 | Topic: | "New Economic Challenges in our Interdependent World" | | | | UN Presenter: | Ian Kinniburgh, Director: Development Policy Analysis Division | | | | Objective: | to provide a better understanding of the economic impact of September 11th. | | | | Lead Student Question: | What impact have the events of September 11th had on your nationŐs economy? |
Prior to the videoconference students will identify their "top ten" economic impacts and will present them to the group during the videoconference. The UN "guest" will give a prepared presentation on the topic first and then the students will give their updated remarks. Students, with facilitation from the UN and GEM, will try to identify solutions for each identified problem. +++
Tuesday, May 28th, 2002 | Topic: | "Counteracting Terrorism in the 21st Century" | | | | UN Presenter: | Invited: UN Department of Public Information/Peace & Security Section Invited: Kevin Kennedy, Chief | | | | Objective: | To understand the role of the UN in fighting international terrorism. | | | | Lead Student Question: | What does the United Nations do to counteract terrorism? |
Emphasis will be on causes and effect of terrorism rather than the terrorist act(s). Students will try to understand various ways to counteract terrorism through multi-lateral cooperation. XXXXXXXX |