What Makes Once Country More Just Than Another?

Scenario:  In preparation for the upcoming G20 Summit (in Mexico June 2012) you have been asked by the CBC to do an expose/in-depth report looking closely into Canada’s trading partners. As the summit usually garners much media attention and international protest your task is to closely examine the ethical practices of the countries in your portfolio.  After you have completed your in-depth research, you will plan and create a news report which will be shown on the CBC.

Your project includes:

	mark
Your 5 types of criteria, why you are using those criteria, what  the criteria  means and how you applied the criteria to examining your countries.	15 marks
Your definition of a just country and how your criteria fits into that definition	10 marks
Comparing and contrasting your countries using the criteria you choose: CultureGrams (type in library in URL and click on link), If It Were My Home , Nation Master, CIA World Fact Book Mr.Catton's Example:Government Mr.Catton's Storyboard Example Storyboard Template: Just Country	10 marks
You need to use a mixture of venn diagrams, graphs, statistics and images in your presentation as well as words	10 marks
A concrete decision as to what country is more just according to your criteria.	30 marks
A persuasive news presentation using either IPad or Movie Maker/audacity	35 marks
	/110 marks

Sources you can use

• World population data sheet 2011
• CIA world fact book
• UNICEF
• If it were my home
• International human development indicators
• Nationmaster
• Culture grams

Summary

• Create a news report to persuade the audience that one of your countries is more just than the other.
• Compare and contrast two countries and make a decision on which country is more just according to your criteria and your research.
• Use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast your two countries
• Present your criteria, tell us why you choose it, tell us what it means, and how you applied it to your countries.
• Keep a detailed Bibliography using Bibme
• Make a storyboard for your news report
• Have a visual that can be displayed on the Smart Board during you news report: ( One slide per criteria plus the info for each country etc. Should be a minimum of 14 slides)
• Need to submit all planning/research

Countries to be evaluated by the G20

South Korea/Argentina: Brittany, P.J.

South Africa/France: Yusuf, Dustin

Turkey/Germany: Laine, Missy, Chloe

Mexico/Italy: Brandy, Destany

China/Saudi Arabia: Odin

USA/Japan: Cody C, Kobe, Donovan

Russia/India: Kiana, Larissa, Amina

Great Britain/Brazil: Tenay, Kassidy, Chanel

India/Australia: Melissa, Marley

Finland/ Hungary: Kayden, Dylan, Dredon

Spain/Sweden: Taylor, Brianna
Ireland/Netherlands: William, Cody K,