ELA2104-ABED: 4.3.2 Reaching Out

4.3.2 Advertisement

Assignment Instructions

Read through the tabs below before beginning this assignment.

Consider the following scenario for this assignment:

A philanthropic organization by the name of Canada Paid Forward Foundation is offering $500,000 to schools in a contest for a yearly project to address a social or environmental issue, whether it is local, provincial, nation-wide, or even international in nature. Your school is entering the competition and you have been chosen to select and outline the project, on behalf of your school. You must plan and write up a realistic proposal to submit to the Canada Paid Forward Foundation competition. Good luck!

Investigate and provide researched media evidence of a social or environmental issue of personal interest to you. Start by identifying your issue, then research and explain details of its background. Address the following questions with your research and explanation:

    What is your chosen issue? Include details about what caused it, where it occurs (or occurred), and who or what is involved.

    What are the long-term or short-term effects of the issue?

    What varying perspectives are held by yourself or others (even opposition) about this issue?

    What actions or steps need to be taken to approach this issue meaningfully? What has already been done to approach the issue? What remains to be done?

    What risks are potentially involved in pursuing these actions? (Physical? Social? Political?)

    How will your actions improve the situation? What problems could arise? Explain.

    How does this issue affect the people around you?

Cite all sources you research (see worksheet).
Provide at least two pieces of media to prove your issue exists and illustrate it further (articles, newspaper clippings, letters-to-the-editor, podcasts, video clips, etc.).
Plan a proposal to ask Canada Paid Forward to grant the funding for your idea. You will return to this work later to write a polished copy of the proposal.
Complete this assignment using the Proposal Worksheet in the worksheet tab. Use information in the "Student Example & Help" tab to write your proposal.
Save your polished work as 4_3_reaching_out and submit it for assessment.

To complete the 4.3 Reaching Out assignment, download one of the following worksheets.

worksheet (Word)
worksheet (PDF)
worksheet (Google Doc)

Click the Assessment of the 4.3 Proposal to see how your work will be assessed.

Consider the following charities and their actions for ideas for proposal activities you could use for your assignment:

The Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC)

Oxfam Canada

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)

Plan your proposal by following these steps:

Brainstorm hypothetical ways to obtain a positive solution to the problem (this can be a realistic solution, or it can be a "if I had a million dollars, I would..." kind of solution. Think outside the box, and see what you come up with.
Compose a realistic proposal that hypothetically may be implemented to affect change for your chosen issue. The goal should be that by the time you have finished your assignment, you have a proposal that is realistically achievable on some level. It should be easy enough to read and follow that it could be given to anyone to actually put into place and start a project with.
Attach a timeline identifying the necessary actions, resources, and deadlines to complete the project by a specific date. Try to be as realistic as possible and double-check your list to make sure all the necessary components are accounted for.
Use the provided template to write a proposal (see the worksheet).
Call your teacher to flesh out ideas, brainstorm your project or get help on anything you are unsure of.

View an example of this assignment by clicking on 4.3 Darcy's Proposal Assignment.

Think of a new social, industrial, or environmental issue that you foresee as problematic for the future.

Describe orally or in writing how this issue will occur, or describe what might happen to cause it.

Provide a detailed background of the issue with evidence to support your predictions. Suggest action that should be taken now to avoid this issue in the future.

Provide two pieces of text that clearly indicate the issue is a possibility if nothing is done to alter current conditions.

If the issue does occur in the future, what measures must be taken to arrive at a positive solution? Write your proposal with this question in mind.