PROJECT PRESENTATION ON POLITICAL ETHICS

We are going to watch the film:

Animal farm By Georgr Orwell:

YOUTUBE:  Animal Farm(Rebelión en la Granja) Versión 1999 Subtitulada.

Now students are going to choose between ONE of these two project proposals:

A) 

1-      CHOOSE ONE OF THESE ITEMS TO WORK IN GROUP.

a.      Why is the French Revolution important in the history of the present democracies? ( Abolition of Feudalism, The National Assembly taking the Tennis Court Oath, The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 26 August 1789, etc.)

b.      Hobbes was one of the most important English philosophers and formulated social contract theory for the first time and it was later developed by other authors. What did it consist of? Explain.

c.       The Ancient Greek democracy was not the same as the one today. Tell its origins and characteristics. Compare it to a modern one: eg, USA democracy.

d.      Explain two cases of political corruption in your country:

                                                              i.      Pujol, Urdangarin, Bárcenas, Caja Madrid black credit cards, Camps and the Gürtel affair, Fabra and Castellón airport …

e.       Tiananment revolt 1989. What happened for the revolt to happen? What happened after the revolt? Do you think it was worth doing it? Do Chinese people enjoy individual rights nowadays?  

f.        What kind of political regimes are there in the world today? Find examples and explain them. Are they politically ethical? Why or why not?

2-      YOU MUST INVESTIGATE THE SUBJECT AND PRESENT THE INFORMATION ORALLY TO THE CLASS. YOU MUST SUPPORT YUR INFORMATION WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, GRAPHICS, QUOTATIONS, VIDEOS, BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC.

3-      THE ORAL INFORMATION SHOULD BE  WRITTEN DOWN ON A WORD DOCUMENT AND BOTH, THE WORD DOCUMENT AND THE DIGITAL PRESENTATION SHOULD BE SENT TO THE CLASS EMAIL. 

4-      THE PROJECT WILL BE UPOLADED TO THE CLASS BLOG.

B)

FILM - ANIMAL FARM

 

1-    WORK IN GROUPS OF TWO OR THREE.

2-    READ THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THEM WRITING AN ESSAY.

3-    THE ESSAY SHOULD BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT PARAGRAPHS THAT WILL MATCH WITH THE TITLES OF THE QUESTION GROUPS.

4-    YOU SHOULD INCLUDE: PHOTOGRAPHS, GRAPHICS, VIDEOS, ETC.

5-    PRESENT YOUR PROJECT IN CLASS USING THE DIGITAL WHITEBOARD.

6-    YOUR PROJECTS WILL BE UPLOADED TO THE SCHOOL BLOG AFTER YOUR PRESENTATIONS.