1213+UN+in+action

The Global Issues Class is adding a chapter to the UN Book.

The chapter will describe the UN's efforts to fight human trafficking.

These people are responsible for the various tasks:
 * Reports || Maiti ||
 * UN Agencies, NGOs, and State || Spencer ||
 * Vocabulary || Sho and Ali ||
 * Laws and Treaties || Flo ||
 * News || Ian ||
 * Stories || Isaac ||

The project was completed in phases.
 * Phase || Task || Date of completion ||
 * 1 || Gather sources of information || April 25, 2013 ||
 * 2 || Organize the information into an outline || May 9, 2013 ||
 * 3 || Write a rough draft that includes visuals || May 23, 2013 ||
 * 4 || Final product || June 3, 2013 ||

More detail about each phase is given in the table below.
 * Phase || Task Details ||
 * 1 || Create a wiki page and link sources to that page. Summarize the information found on each source. ||
 * 2 || On the wiki page, make an outline of the three major points you will discuss on your page. Under each point, list the three major details that support that section. ||

The topic of the chapter was chosen from the following list of possibilities.
 * Economic Issues || Social Issues || Human Right Issues || Environment Issues || Disarmament Issues ||
 * Finance Crisis || Poverty || Human Trafficking || Endangered Species || Nuclear Threat ||
 * Corruption || Malnutrition || Organ Trafficking || Global Climate Change || Militias ||
 * || Illicit Drugs || Elections || Pollution || Small Arms ||
 * || Education || Death Penalty || Water ||  ||
 * || Diseases || Conflict Diamonds || Deforestation ||  ||
 * ||  || Child Labor ||   ||   ||

Some UN Agencies that deal with Human Trafficking are; United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UNGIFT) - Website United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - Website United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Website United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) - Website United Nations Global Compact - Website United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Website

The summative rubric for this activity is posted below. At the end of the project, students will receive a grade based on this rubric.

More information will be posted on this page.