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UNIT 3 Global Actors
AREA OF STUDY 2 Global Actors: Outcome 1
KEY KNOWLEDGE Non-state actors
- aims, roles and power of TWO non-state actors chosen from the following (both may be chosen from the category of legal organisations):
- legal organisations, including human rights NGOs, environmental NGOs and /or organised religions
KEY SKILLS •^ Define and explain key global politics terms and use them in the appropriate context
- Explain the aims and roles of key global actors
- Evaluate the power of key global actors
- Assess the extent to which global actors achieve their aims
- Use contemporary examples and case studies to support explanations, points of view and arguments
RESOURCES ARP table: On following pages.
Oxfam Australia website: https://www.oxfam.org.au/ Oxfam Australia ‘This is Us’ brochure: https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/oxfam- australia-this-is-us-brochure.pdf (hard copies are also available from Oxfam’s Schools Program Coordinator on request, email: schools@oxfam.org.au )
Close the Gap: https://www.oxfam.org.au/explore/indigenous-australia/close-the-gap/
Oxfam on Inequality: https://www.oxfam.org.au/what-we-do/inequality/ and https://www.oxfam.org.au/tag/inequality/
Oxfam on Gender Justice: https://www.oxfam.org.au/explore/gender-equality/ https://www.oxfam.org.au/ tag/gender-justice/
Oxfam on Food and Climate Change: https://www.oxfam.org.au/what-we-do/food-and-climate/ Grow resource bank: https://www.oxfam.org/en/campaigns/grow
What She Makes: whatshemakes.org
Australian Banks and Land Grabs: https://www.oxfam.org.au/what-we-do/food-and-climate/australian- banks-and-land-grabs/ Oxfam’s Brand Narrative: https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2017-AC-012-Schools- A4-Brochure-FA2_p2-3.pdf
Oxfam’s Six Goals to Change the World (Oxfam’s strategic goals in poster form): https://www.oxfam.org.au/ get-involved/how-schools-can-get-involved/classroom-resources/oxfams-six-goals-to-change-the-world/
More info on Oxfam’s Strategic Goals: http://resources.oxfam.org.au/pages/view. php?ref=1220&k=&search=&offset=0&order_by=relevance&sort=DESC&archive= Oxfam Australia’s Submission to the Foreign Policy While paper Consultation: http://dfat.gov.au/whitepaper/ submissions/documents/170227-433-Oxfam-Australia.PDF (Humanitarian crises and natural disasters, climate chance and environmental issues, refugees)
Accompanying media release: https://www.oxfam.org.au/media/2017/03/never-has-a-vision-for-a-more- prosperous-peaceful-and-secure-world-been-needed-more/
Oxfam Australia’s 2017-18 Pre-Budget Submission: https://static.treasury.gov.au/uploads/sites/1/2017/06/ C2016-052_Oxfam-Australia.pdf
RESOURCES
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The follow reports can also be used as case studies as they were documents produced primary as reports for DFAT:
Report – Walking with Timor-Leste: https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Final-Timor- Briefing-Paper-SDGs_WEB.pdf
Case study report – Humanitarian Partnership Agreement, Disaster Risk Reduction and Disaster Risk management capacity Building Program 2011-2017, case study: Building community resilience though partnerships: https://oxfam.box.com/s/tgwjir26u9dxnxd4997smgrc7nc07dym
SUGGESTED
LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
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handouts
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ACTIVITY 1: ASSESSING POWER AND INFLUENCE
Use the ARP (Aims, Roles and Power) table to guide students thinking about the key knowledge of this area of study. Give students Oxfam’s ‘This is Us’ pamphlet to help them complete the table, assessing the ‘power’ and ‘influence’ of Oxfam. The table below outlines possible/suggested responses in the right-hand column.
ACTIVITY 2: GIVE ONE/GET ONE
Ask students to select a case study either with a Human Rights focus or Environmental focus from the Oxfam list of programs below.
Step 1: Research and brainstorm
In small groups, students use the ARP table to assess the case study’s Aims, Roles and Power. Students can be allocated one area of the table each, if working in groups of 4-5. OR
In pairs, students should make a list of opportunities and challenges Oxfam may face in achieving its aims and objectives.
Note: Give students time to each create as long a list as possible. Ask them to draw a line after their final idea.
GLOBAL ACTOR OXFAM AUSTRALIA
Aims
- Usually holistic in their approach
- Sometimes refers to these as ‘purposes’
“To create a just world without poverty” (Source: This is Us brochure)
Roles
- Functions
- Responsibilities
- Processes
- Long-term development projects
- Responding to emergencies
- Advocating and campaigning for a just world (Source: This is Us brochure)
Power
- Actual capability for achieving objectives
- Successes and challenges faces by non-state actor in achieving aims
Students use the ‘give one/get one’ activity below to determine the power of the non-state actor
LEGAL/HUMAN RIGHTS FOCUS ENVIRONMENTAL FOCUS
Close the Gap Food and Climate Justice
Inequality GROW
Gender Justice Land grabs
SUGGESTED
LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
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Student
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ACTIVITY 4: SUGGESTED SAC/ASSESSMENT TASK 2 – ESSAY
The essay topic is as follows: Evaluate the effectiveness of Oxfam as a non-state actor in achieving its aims. (750 words = 20 marks.)
Step 1: Brainstorm Students brainstorm sub-questions to direct their research. Possible questions include, but are not limited to:
- What are Oxfam’s aims?
- What methods does Oxfam use to achieve these aims?
- What power and capacity to influence does Oxfam have to achieve its aims?
Step 2: Research Students decide on the relevance of their chosen questions (self-evaluating, sifting) to answer the topic, and record them a notetaking grid.
Note: Students can create this in a digital format (e.g. Word Document or Google Document) so that they can adjust ideas in the templates and build on them as their study progresses. Additional tips for taking good notes can be found here: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/notes.html
Step 3: Synthesis Using the note taking template, students write an essay plan (i.e. one research question and answer becomes a paragraph).
Step 4: Write Students write the essay using their plan.
Step 5: Assessment Students should submit their grid, essay plan and essay for assessment.
ACTIVITY 5: SUGGESTED SAC/ASSESSMENT TASK 3 – MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION Outline the aims/roles/power/ of Oxfam, a non-state actor, using the example of a specific program offered by the organisation – 20 marks
- Students should be encouraged to utilise a range of multimedia presentation options, including;
- PowerPoint (Microsoft)
- Keynote (Apple)
- online software such as Prezi (see http://prezi.com/)
- Empressr ( http://www.empressr.com/) To learn about this interesting tool which allows visuals, video and audio integration in a PowerPoint type platform, visit YouTube for a tutorial
- Students are required to complete 2 slides per category (ARP), each worth 2 marks
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