Research

**P.O.E Research Unit!! (Poverty / Obesity / Education)**

AT THE END OF TODAY EACH GROUP NEEDS INFO PRINTED OUT OR WRITTEN DOWN TO SUPPORT YOUR RESEARCH. THIS IS YOUR LAST DAY IN COMPUTERS. NEXT WEEK YOU WILL CREATE AMAZING VISUAL PRESENTATIONS AND HAVE LOADS OF FUN! Seriously :)**
 * HELLO MY YEAR TENS.... YOU CAN'T ESCAPE ME :). I HAVE REFINED SOME OF THIS TO MAKE IT EASIER.

The focus of the term has been poverty. We have touched briefly on how poverty links to poor education, poor nutrition and obesity. We have viewed 'Supersize Me', which focused on issues around fast foods; personal responsibility and corporate power. OUR RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON THESE ISSUES IN NZ

How is this a concern? Why is this concern? How can it be fixed? How will this affect our future?**
 * You can do this in your groups of 3. Your topic will have three 'key questions'. You will research one question each and combine your research for presentation. Key questions use the words 'how' and 'why' to be good questions. Below are some examples. If you only have two in your group, or are working alone... decide how much you want to take on.

Create your key questions, decide who is finding out what and GET SOME INFORMATION to work with next week.**
 * I have two sets of topics here; one set based poverty, another based on Supersize Me issues. Select ONE topic from EITHER group. There are links below each group to help you.

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 * Under the topic of poverty research one of these suggestions. You may adjust your focus so long as it is related to an issue associated with poverty in NZ.
 *  You can focus on one of: nutrition, obesity, education, child abuse. You will find that they will link.
 * You can examine to what extent our series Brotown reflects real issues of poverty in NZ
 * You can examine what poverty is in NZ.
 * You can look at how much we do for the 'third world' and judge whether or not we do enough

LINKS

[|Poverty and violence and other issues] [|Articles in NZ Herald] *this links to the topic 'child abuse and poverty', there is a search box at the top of the page so you can adjust search to suit your interest. [|Poor health and poverty]


 * Under the topic of Fast Foods ****research one of these suggestions. You may adjust your focus so long as it is related to an issue associated with poverty in NZ. **
 *  Is fast food a bigger concern for lower socio-economic groups?
 * To what extent does the power of advertising influence our choices?
 * How successful are the 'healthy choices' in places like MacDonald's?
 * Examine the latest MacDonald's advertising campaign and how truthful it is.
 * Relate 'Supersize Me' to NZ. How much of what we saw in this relates to us?

LINKS

[|fastfood truths think quest] [|Articles in NZ Herald] this links to the topic 'obesity', there is a search box at the top of the page so you can adjust search to suit your interest. [|obesity in 'stuff']

In here, in web space, you can look at the links I have provided or search out some of your own. Other text based resources are books, magazines, newspapers. For visual resources you may use a documentary or a news clip. There are also 'oral' resources. You can do a survey or even an interview for this.

[|Creating a good survey]

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