The Assignment: United Nations World Issues Reflection.

Yesterday, I learned a lot in Social Studies. All the presentations I heard really made me think about the problems our world is facing today, and how we can make the situation better. As far as the presentations were concerned, I thought that each and every group did a fantastic job, and that they really put a lot of thought into it. The speakers also spoke very clearly in order to make sure that the audience could make sense of what they were saying. I learned about various types of drugs, and how they affect the person who takes them. The transformation of a person when he or she takes drugs is unbelievably bad. I also gained knowledge about the various children’s rights. Children all over the world are suffering and their rights are not being taken in consideration. Over 110 million children are stopped from going to school, and over 50% of them are girl! I also found out about the Girl Child Network. This network is organized by the United Nations, and it helps many girls to go to school, for free. Although the presentations were extremely easy to understand, a few facts were really shocking! I learned that in some countries woman weren’t allowed to drive at all! I personally found this really shocking, as all the countries I have lived in allow woman to drive. To learn more about all of our class projects click here.

If I were to do this assignment again, I would change several things. For one, I would make sure that we didn’t face any technical errors. Our presentation included a few blank slides, which could have made the audience lose their focus from our iMovie. Also, I would make my iMovie more organized and add more pictures, as at some points it got too wordy! Lastly, I would prepare a better presentation, as all the “physical presenting” we did was introduce our project and ask if anyone had any questions!

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