Day 43: Female firsts and continuing on from yesterday

Journal:

• Identifying "female firsts".  (3 Canadian.  7 from around the world)
• Mindmap or written.  "What do you think will be the significance of a potential Hillary Clinton victory?  Impact?  Describe reasons for/against.  Make connections"

Fight song.  Celebrities endorsing Hillary.  Powerful lyrics.  CLICK to watch

Continuing with our "wicked question" from yesterday.

#3 - identify key constraints.  Use a combination of words and images to capture list the things that will limit the actions you will be able to take in solving the problem.

Identify for both Developing and Developed countries.

Homework: Watch the results of the US election tonight.

Day 42: Gender equality analysis

Collect in 12 Years a Slave diary/Monologue performance

Wicked problem/research: Gender inequality.  Why is this still a problem ("wicked?")

TED talk links to how masculinity is changing: CLICK to view

TED talk links to talks on modern feminism: CLICK to view

Brainstorming and analyzing gender inequality.  Compare causes/outcomes in the developing/developed world.
Identify where you got your source of information.

Watch the TED talk by President Jimmy Carter.
Why does he believe that gender inequality is the most important challenge to overcome.  Add to your notes.

Handout: developing your outline (describe the start state)

Day 42: Gender equality analysis

Collect in 12 Years a Slave diary/Monologue performance

Wicked problem/research: Gender inequality.  Why is this still a problem ("wicked?")

TED talk links to how masculinity is changing: CLICK to view

TED talk links to talks on modern feminism: CLICK to view

Watch the TED talk by President Jimmy Carter.
Why does he believe that gender inequality is the most important challenge to overcome.  Add to your notes.

Handout: developing your outline (describe the start state)

Day 41: Action plan feasibility/desirability/viability + Gender Unit begins

A look at your plans from yesterday and analyzing feasibility/desirability/viability.

Gender: what are traditional roles?
Are there any roles that are only for one gender?  (only one is child birth)

Define Masculinity and Femininity.

Can you identify sports that are considered more feminine or masculine?
Trying to debunk stereotypes.
Why are certain sports considered more/less masculine/feminine?

Elvis Stojko's Elvis skating routine. 
Skating to music from Dragon: Bruce Lee Story. CLICK to watch

Rhonda Rousey.
CLICK to watch

Day 40: revising our problem and developing the solution

Welcoming back our guest speaker from The Learning Partnership

Looking at the challenge question you created from yesterday

1. How might we create incentives to get people to register their children?
1. Revised: How cane we use education as an incentive?
2. How might we more easily bring birth registration to more rural/developing areas
1.  Revised: How might we educate villagers about the importance of birth registration?
3. How might we implement a census?
1. Revised: A census will address the birth registration issue
4. How might we make healthcare and education accessible to unregistered children?
1. How might we implement volunteers to make healthcare and education accessible to unregistered people?

Plan of Action Outline
What is it?  How it works?  How it satisfies our constraints?

Day 39: Problem solving continued

Review of the problem solving method from yesterday.

CLICK to view on the power point from The Learning Partnership
How this is applied to "recycling in schools".

Jig saw activity.

Articles in groups.

Next steps: "Posing the Challenge Question"
                 :  Plan of Action Outline

Day 38: Global Solutions - problem solving

Global solutions workshop: how to solve/attack "wicked problems"

Guest speaker from The Learning Partnership

Wicked problem: Birth Registration Challenge
Based on the reading from yesterday:
What did you find interesting/surprising?  Why is this a wicked problem?
This topic on birth registration mirrors what is taught at U of T.

Framework of problem solving:
1) Describe the start state
2) Describe the desired end state
3) Identify key constraints