Apr 13
Shani WatlerPoverty, Student Voices End of Poverty, Human Rights Class, Millennium Development Goals, NYC Lab School
Reflections on poverty and the MDGs bring back memories of a trip to New Orleans
I have been finding this unit on the Millennium Development Goals to be extremely interesting. As a fortunate youth living in NYC, I have come to understand that if I want to be socially involved in issues pertaining to the ones we discuss in Human Rights class, I am going to need to put myself out there. I am going to need to seek out information and be proactive and curious. I want to share a personal essay of mine.
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Apr 12
Sylvia WongPoverty, Student Voices End of Poverty, Human Rights Class, Millennium Development Goals, NYC Lab School, Workshop
Students from NYC Lab School explore the MDGs in their human rights class
Seniors in four human rights classes at the NYC Lab School have been studying the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a unit this semester. As a start, they read Jeffrey Sachs’ “The End of Poverty” together in class and discussed their thoughts on economic development and eliminating poverty.
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Jan 25
Sylvia WongStudent Action, Water Global Concerns Classroom, Human Rights Class, Water Crisis, Water Filter
Making water filters - before and after
Global Concerns Classroom has been working with high school students in a human rights class at Henry Street School for International Studies since the fall.
In preparation for students’ participation in the GCC Annual Student Workshop in February, students focused on learning more about the topic of the global water crisis in class.
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