By:
Evelina Medina
Coming
to a new country can be very difficult. New immigrants often face hardship when
they arrive to their new home. Frequently, they miss their family, friends, and
old life. In addition, Immigrants may not know the language, customs, the law
and services that are available to them. This is specially a concern for
immigrants that are facing Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence is physical,
sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse between intimate partners. It can involve
threats, pushing, punching, choking, sexual assault, shouting, name calling,
threatening to harm children and other violent acts. There is usually a power
struggle and one person tries to dominate the other. Immigrant victims of
domestic violence have the right to feel safe in their own homes. There are
crisis centers available to help victims and they will not contact the
immigration and Naturalization Service.
Your assignment is to
analyze the existing policies available for domestic violence and immigrants.
You will need to research the current causes for immigrants staying quiet and
not seeking help. You are a community liaison
in New York and your
goal is to make sure that every immigrant is aware of their civil rights. Don’t
forget to review the existing policies and don’t be afraid to suggest changes
and new solutions to your community leaders. You will be working in groups to
present a two page essay on your findings and possible solutions. You also need
to prepare an oral presentation on your research. Come up with a proposal to create a crisis
center for immigrants.
For all parts of this
assignment you will use the six-step public policy approach in order to:
·
You will be assigned to work in groups of
five people.
·
You will use the worksheets described on
the Public Policy analyst to record your research. These worksheets can be
assessed by selecting the hyperlinks above. You need to use these worksheets to
complete your project.
·
Research the sources listed below to
explore facts about domestic violence and formulate a possible solution.
·
After you complete the six worksheets
begin writing your essay.
·
Submit your essay along with the completed
worksheets.
·
Prepare with your partners for your oral
presentation. Each team member will have five minutes to speak.
http://www.mv.com/ipusers/nhcadsv/domvio.html
Domestic violence research
Family violence
http://www.fcadv.org/immigrants.html
Immigration and violence against women
center
http://www.nhcadsv.org/dv_immigrants.cfm
http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/battered.htm
http://www.victimology.nl/onlpub/national/in.html
http://www.org/immsphs/cdev/wish_2-prg_3-26-04.pdf
These
are the guidelines in how you will be graded
·
Essays should be a minimum of 2 pages
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Essays should be typed
·
The font used for the essay should be no
larger than 14 and double spaced
·
A work cited sheet as well as an outline
should be included
The
following rubric will be used to grade this webquest project:
Writing
piece
Skill |
Proficient (4) |
Advanced (3) |
Intermediate (2) |
Beginner (1) |
Idea Development |
·
My ideas are clear with many details that explained my
topic ·
I completed all parts of the task |
·
My ideas are clear with some details that explained my
topic ·
I completed most of the task |
·
My ideas are supported by a few details which explains my
topic ·
I only completed a few
parts of the task |
·
I need details and examples to support my topic ·
I did not complete the task. ·
I wrote about another topic |
Organization |
·
My ideas are organized well and make sense. ·
I used paragraphs correctly to show a change of in ideas,
time or place. ·
My conclusion ties my ideas together. |
·
Most of my ideas are organized and make sense. ·
I used paragraphing to organize my ideas and most of my
details are in the appropriate place. ·
I have a clear conclusion. |
·
I need to change the order of some of my ideas to make
better sense. ·
I tried to use paragraphs to organize my ideas but I am
not sure when to start a new one. ·
My writing has a conclusion but it needs to be developed. |
·
I need to put my ideas in order in a way that makes
sense. ·
I need paragraphs. ·
I need a conclusion. |
Language use |
·
I used strong descriptive words to make my writing
interesting. |
·
I used some descriptive words that made my writing interesting. |
·
I used a few descriptive words that made my writing
interesting. |
·
I forgot to use descriptive words in my writing. |
Mechanics and Spelling |
·
All of my sentences begin with a capital letter and end
with the appropriate punctuation. ·
I spelled every word correctly. ·
All of my sentences are complete. |
·
Most of my sentences begin with a capital letter and end
with the appropriate punctuation. ·
I spelled most words correctly. ·
Most of my sentences are complete. |
·
Some of my sentences begin with a capital letter and end
with the appropriate punctuation. ·
I spelled some words correctly. ·
Some of my sentences are complete. |
·
Only a few sentences begin with capital letters and end
with the correct punctuation. ·
My spelling makes it difficult for the reader to
understand my writing. ·
My sentences are complete thoughts. |
Speaking
rubric for oral presentation
Proficient (4) |
Advance (3) |
Intermediate (2) |
Beginner (1) |
The
Student’s response : ·
Is coherent ·
Is fluent ·
Provides appropriate and specific details and/or examples ·
Shows well-developed vocabulary resources ·
Can find the right words |
The
student’s response; ·
Develops in somewhat coherent
way ·
Is somewhat fluent ·
Provides some appropriate and specific details and/or examples ·
Displays a basic but not wide or extensive vocabulary ·
Cannot find the right words quickly |
The
student’s response: ·
Presents limited ideas ·
Has difficulties expressing complete ideas without prompting ·
Provides few, if any, details or examples ·
Shows a very limited range of vocabulary ·
Often cannot find the right word |
The
student’s response: ·
Presents few ideas ·
Is not coherent as the English language |
Domestic violence is a growing problem in our
communities. You have explored and examine policies and possible solutions to
help stop this crime.
Students engaged in the
following standards
Standards used for this unit
are 1,3,4,5
Standard 1: Students will
listen, speak, read, and write in English for information and understand.
Standard 3: Students will
listen, speak, read and write in English for critical analysis and evaluation.
Standard 4: Students will
listen, speak, read, and write in English for classroom and social interaction.
Standard 5: Students will demonstrate cross- cultural
knowledge and understand