CaseStudyHumanRightsViolations

Year 10, Semester 2, Term 3, 2015

Task:
1. Choose a human rights violation topic (e.g. child marriage, police brutality,
genocide, detention centres).
2. Research your topic using key terms and choose three (four or five) of your
favourite sources.
3. Write a case study around your chosen topic using the structure in the Griffith University document here:
https://www.griffith.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/320177/writing-a-case-study.pdf
As part of the discussion for the case study, write down which article(s) are being broken from the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. Explain why those rights are being broken, using in-text references to support your
discussion.
4. Present an oral, using the same structure as your case study. For example: Introduction/context, observations
(use statistics here), discussion, recommendations, conclusion, and references. (Separate rubric)
Criteria for assessment:
Outcomes

You are doing

this consistently.

Organisation
Organises work
logically into
appropriate
sections.
Cause and Effect
Explains and
analyses cause and
effect by writing
quality
recommendations.
Sources
Uses a range of
primary and
secondary sources
to inform research.
Referencing
Includes a
correctly
formatted
bibliography.
Grammar
Includes succinct,
well written text
with appropriate
images and
graphics.

Used headings to
organise work into
logical format.
Paragraphs also
organised clearly
under sub-headings.

You are doing

this.

There is some
evidence of this.

There is
evidence that
you have
attempted to do
this.

You may need to

ask for
clarification on
how to do this.

Clear
recommendations,
some required more
analysis to justify how
they were going to
have an impact.
Uses a range of
secondary sources,
requires some primary
sources (extracts of
letters, photos) to
support ideas.
Well formatted and
organised
bibliography.

Well written with fees

errors, showed
evidence of editing.
Check annotations for
suggested
corrections.

Well done! Well organised, well written, interesting, and you provided some relevant information which was referenced. Have a look at the red
comments below, and if there are any questions, please come and see me!

Defines the
topic.
Provides
examples of
the impact.

Provides in-text
reference

Provides overall
context for the
situation in
Bangladesh.

Focus for case study

indicated.

Explains
reasons for
situation using
relevant
statistics.

Use inverted commas when

talking about a text.

Don't forget quote marks

when quoting from a text.

Because they don't have a choice in

the marriage or reproduction?

Identifies relevant articles, and attempts to

explain how they are being violated.

How to you enforce awareness - is the population literate?

Could pamphlets be distributed? How do you distribute
information in a place faced with natural disasters?

Attempts to conclude the case

study, reinforces the main
reasons and indicates further
change is required.

Provides a reference list in correct

format.