PROCESS

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 Before you begin your African adventure, create an Inspiration mind map to **brainstorm** as a group the aims of your trip and the things you would like to see along the way. Think about your past traveling and all the things you learned and experienced. ======

 Ask yourselves:

 * ======What are the things which will give me my first impressions of the country? ======
 * ======What will I notice is different from where I live and what I am used to? ======
 * ======What are the 'must sees' in Africa? ======

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 Decide how you will split the research up amongst your group. Will you split up different topics (food, people, landscape, etc)? Or perhaps each look at different African cities? ====== (indicate your delegation of tasks on your Inspiration mind map)

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 Next, visit some websites to begin your journey. You will need to make sure your references are valid and reliable. Here are some ideas of where to start: ======
 * ======[|online encyclopaedia] ======
 * ======[|country profiles] ======
 * ======[[image:zzsouthafrica.jpg width="385" height="292" align="right"]] ======
 * ======[|Photoscope] (look at some photo journalism to get a feel for the place) ======

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**__Now you can start [|blogging]!__** ======

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 Your blog entries are to be written as a travel journal. This means you will be writing from first person point of view, pretending you are experiencing everything for yourself. ======

 Some guidelines for your blogging:

 * ======Personal voice: Blogs are informal and individual. Express your opinions freely! ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Observation: Your blog is in one sense a record of all your findings. Be sure to include detailed descriptions. ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Reflection: Show evidence of reflection. How did your findings impact you? How did the experience make you feel? How does it compare/contrast to your life in Australia? ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Academic aspect: Your blogs will be assessed so remember to use a high level of academic writing and reference all your research. ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Posting your blogs will mean that you are able to share your information and ideas with your group. Make a point to **post comments and questions** on each others' blogs to optimise this shared learning experience. ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> You have made it to Africa and have had a bit of a look around. Now is your chance to get to know some people! ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Come **meet some local Africans** and hear their stories, or go **visit the places where they live.** Use your Journalism training to find out some specific and insightful information. ======

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">(Split these amongst your group and share the information you have each gathered)

 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|an African child] ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|the village of Kitaisa] ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|some school students] ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Martha in Sierra Leone] ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Keabetswe in Botswana] ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> As a group, create a **character profile** based on the information you have researched. Together you will be planning and creating a depiction of an average day in the life of your character. ====== <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Plan your presentation using this [|storyboard] (print it out).

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> You may choose to use one of the following to create your presentation: ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Comic Life ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">PowerPoint (Talking Book) ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">iMovie ======

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> You have several creative choices to make:

 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Are you going to look for images to use from the internet? ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Are you going to create your own images? ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Paint? ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Take digital pictures of physical drawings? ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Are you going to film your presentation? ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Group members acting it out? ======
 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Figurines/puppets? ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Try to communicate as much information as possible about your character and their lifestyle (through visual information and dialogue/narration). ======

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Your have been inspired by your eye opening experiences in Africa to design a brochure raising awareness of poverty. You are to work in groups of 4 with each member being allocated a role. ======


 * ======<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Creator:** You are responsible for creating the brochure (on Microsoft Publisher). Design the layout of the brochure and select emotion-evoking images to capture the attention of the reader. Remember a picture tells a 1000 words! ======


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Investigator:** Your role is to investigate the issues of poverty in Africa. What are the facts on poverty in Africa? What are the causes? What is being done to help Africa?


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Analyzer:** The United Nations Millennium Project has set a number of goals and targets in reducing poverty in Africa. Using the provided website link analyze these goals and targets.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The Evaluator:** Evaluate the information portrayed throughout the brochure and produce a succinct summary of the information for the back of the brochure. Make suggestions for possible solutions.

[|www.globalissues.org] [|www.EndPoverty2015.org (UN Millennium Campaign)] [] []
 * Suggested Websites:**

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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Your group has now **returned home** from Africa and are inspired to make a presentation to the school at this week's assembly, debriefing your experiences. You are to provide your audience with your brochures and present the character profile comic/presentation that you have created. You are to create a PowerPoint presentation to help summarize the information in the brochure.Try your best to communicate the knowledge you have gained over your African journey in an engaging and informative manner. ====== <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Brainstorm together one or two ways you would like to encourage your audience to respond to the situation in Africa. Equip them with the means to do so.

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