TIGed:

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TIGed
Completing the Picture
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Teachers Notes

• Lesson Plan
• Completing the Picture
• Addressing Stereotypes
• Objectives
• Address common stereotypes about people living in
  regions outside of Canada
• To provoke discussion on how a cropped image may
  be a distorted representation of an original
  image.
• Encourage awareness of seeing and understanding
  the complete picture (literally and
  metaphorically) before making a judgment.
• Inspire teachers to address the curriculum they
  teach with a global perspective
• Different than their own
• Materials
• Two photos for each pair of students
• a complete photo (either on PPt or paper)
• a cropped version of the original photo
• A description of the photo.
• PowerPoint presentation including the photographs
  and descriptions

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Teachers Notes

• Procedure
• Each group is given a cropped photo (different
  photo per group)
• Group members are asked to discuss and/or draw
  what they feel is needed to completes the
  picture. (3 - 10 minutes)
• Using the PowerPoint presentation, bring up one
  photo at a time and ask the groups to share their
  thoughts on completing the picture.
• Share with the audience the complete picture
  the story behind it.
• TakingITClassroom Extension
• students write a story on the fragments and or
  complete picture
• create their own completing the picture using
  images from TakingITGlobal or elsewhere
• do a critical analysis of images in the media
• Activity adapted from
• Fountain, S. (August 1995). UNICEF. Education for
  Development A Teacher's Resource for Global
  Learning. Heinemann.

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Teachers Notes

• Appendix A
• Email Template to Artists
• Below is a template of the email I used to
  contact the artists.
• Hi ???????!
• Your photograph titled ??????? is ???????. My
  name is ??????? and I am a ??????? at ??????? . I
  am putting together an activity for a workshop of
  teachers addressing common stereotypes in regions
  outside of Canada. The goal of the workshop is to
  encourage teachers to address the curriculum they
  teach with a global perspective. I hope to design
  this activity by using photographs submitted by
  TIG members. I will begin by showing only a
  section of the image and invite the teachers to
  discuss or draw what they feel is going on in the
  photo. After a moment to share ideas, I would
  like to show the complete image. My hope is to
  break down the stereotypes of the lives that
  people lead by these images and spark thought and
  conversation about the positive aspects of what
  is going on globally the achievements, the joy,
  the empowerment, etc.. I feel commentary by the
  artist would be a strong close to the exercise
  and honor the image with the respect it deserves.
  May I use your photo in this exercise? If yes,
  and if you have the time, is it possible for you
  to share with me the story behind this
  photograph? Do you have any other photographs
  which you would like to share?
• Thank you!

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Afghanistan
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Change of Luck
Yama Enayat Afghanistan
Administrative/Training Assistant, United
Nations-UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission
in Afghanistan)

• Farmala Khan recently returned to his home
  village in the east after 25 years in exile.
• "My house was destroyed, and I had to sleep under
  a tree with my family," he says.
• Farmala's luck changed when he was helped by an
  aid organisation to start a weaving business.

http//profiles.takingitglobal.org/enayatyama
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Croatia
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Under the Same Sun
Tomislav Stajduhar Croatia

• Two kids shared a word and a sunlight with the
  street entertainer on Zagreb's main square.

http//profiles.takingitglobal.org/stajduhar
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Russia
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Russia

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Aspiring Illusion
Svetlana V. Disko Niagra Falls, Canada

• "To some, aspiration for big dreams is an
  illusion, like the idealistic heaven. To others
  --especially those who dare climb to their
  dreams-- the experience is heavenly."

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Ethiopia
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Untitled
Kate Jongbloed Ethiopia Resource
Development Officer- Intern, Canadian Physicians
for Aid and Relief- Ethiopia International
Development Studies, University of Toronto (Co-op
placement)

• This little girl is the stereotype!
• This girl sitting with her brother is from a
  family of 12 (some are orphans from other family
  members). Her father is a farmer and has little
  to sell. She's contributing to the family through
  taking care of her younger brother. She is unable
  to go to school and likely never will

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• For me the picture is an indication of gender
  issues, prohibitive education costs, prevalence
  of HIV/AIDS (causing her family to take in
  orphans), and limited family planning. She looks
  right at the camera, strong and proud.
• People are often quick to find a sad story. But
  they're just as fast to feel pity- this little
  girl is so obviously not about pity. Her family
  laughs and loves and works hard just like the
  rest of us!

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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Old Bridge
Tolga Colak Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• This is a picture of the Old Bridge Ýn Mostar. I
  took this picture just a few days before its
  reopening. The original bridge was built in 1566
  then destroyed in 1993 in the ex-yugoslavian war.
  Its reconstruction is as a monument of peace.

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Philippines
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BANAUE IFUGAO IGOROT
POCHOLO GONZALES Philippines

• IGOROT, Ifugao is surrounded by natural
  boundaries. On the eastern side between the
  province and that of Isabela Province is the
  Magat River on the western side between Ifugao
  and Benguet is Mt. Pulag on the northern part
  between Ifugao and Mountain Province is Mt.
  Polis, and on the southern side between Ifugao
  and Nueva Vizcaya is the Lamut River.

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Philippines
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the caterpillar
jose aurelio r. lozano Philippines

• When was the last time you saw one of these?With
  the rapid urbanization it wont take much time
  until you only see this creature in a picture.
  How will you explain this creature to your kid?
• Take action...you owe it to our children.

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Russia
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Yuri Russia

• Russia Through the Eyes of Youth

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Afghanistan
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Unemployment (Women's clothing)
Yama Enayat Afghanistan
Administrative/Training Assistant, United
Nations-UNAMA (United Nations Assistance Mission
in Afghanistan)

• Unemployment in Afghanistan is around 35,
  according to the government.
• To help the most vulnerable in the country get
  back on their feet, aid organizations are
  providing skills training and small business
  start-up programmes, like this co-operative which
  makes women's clothing in the eastern city of
  Jalalabad.

http//profiles.takingitglobal.org/enayatyama
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Uzbekistan
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Traditions and Progress
Timur Uzbekistan

• It is their lifestyle

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Pakistan
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Young Girl Learning
Mazhar Iqbal Mazhar,
Pakistan Journalist, Peace and Human Rights
activist, Press for Peace

• 16,000 of the 80,000 dead bodies found in Kashmir
  after the massive earthquake of 2005 were
  children. As we mourn the lost innocence we have
  to move forward and focus on our survivors
  especially the surviving young. The number
  survivors needing assistance were much higher
  than what the relief agencies had projected

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• Reconstruction and rehabilitation is expected to
  take years due to traditional governmental
  lapses.
• Though, we are not able to wipe tears from every
  child's face, Press for Peace is utilizing the
  best of its sources the volunteers. These
  volunteers provide basic schooling and health
  facilities to the earthquake survivors.
• The young girl among others shown in this
  photograph are being taught by a female volunteer
  teacher in a PFP tent school in the remote valley
  of Neelum in Muzaffarabad, 150 Kilometers away
  from Islamabad in Pakistan.

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Nigeria
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Youth Enriching their Community
Simon Nigeria

• A big question has always been standing tall,
  which is will the world ever get better, but the
  answer is not far as it resides in you and I.

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India
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Woman With Ropes
Asma Siddiqua Sayed India

• Plastic and other synthetic fiber that is often
  used for packaging in India has been twisted
  together to make sturdy ropes by this very old
  women who has come to sell them at the weekly
  market. Its a creative way of recycling fiber
  that would only be burnt or clog drains or be
  dumped in landfills.

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India
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Peace in Palestine!
Lisa Campbell, TIG alumni Palestine
Netcorps Intern, Defensa de Niñas y Niños
Internacional - Costa Rica

• These are a group of kids who welcomed us when we
  first came to Marda. I remember being so
  surprised to see how multi-cultural Palestinian
  society is.

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Bangladesh
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PC at Boat
Md. Akteruzzaman
Bangladesh Founder President, Bangladesh Youth
Forum (BYF) on ICT

• PC at Boat In a rural village of Bangladesh