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== Grade 11 English (ENG3U): Persuasive Speaking (November 2006) == | == Grade 11 English (ENG3U): Persuasive Speaking (November 2006) == | ||
| - | Topics will be based on some aspect of the UN | + | Topics will be based on some aspect of the UN Millennium Development Goals: |
#Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger | #Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger | ||
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#Ensure environmental sustainability | #Ensure environmental sustainability | ||
#Develop a global parternship for development | #Develop a global parternship for development | ||
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| + | There is a variety of narrower topics one can develop from any of these goals. Whatever the topic, the need for the information to be current is important, and the need for evidence to support whatever your position is is critical. | ||
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| + | Ms. Somerville has provided a series of web links in your assignment sheet. Here are some additional ones: | ||
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| + | *[http://www.cgdev.org/ Center for Global Development] | ||
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| + | *[http://hdr.undp.org/reports/ Human Development Reports (UN)] | ||
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| + | *[http://africa.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/151/509 OneWorld Africa] | ||
Revision as of 04:48, 31 October 2006
Grade 11 English (ENG3U): Persuasive Speaking (November 2006)
Topics will be based on some aspect of the UN Millennium Development Goals:
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global parternship for development
There is a variety of narrower topics one can develop from any of these goals. Whatever the topic, the need for the information to be current is important, and the need for evidence to support whatever your position is is critical.
Ms. Somerville has provided a series of web links in your assignment sheet. Here are some additional ones:
