Where did the money go?

Watch this film from You Tube (best with sound).


Hope that made you think about our consumer based society!

Euthanasia

Should people have a right to die?
Euthanasia is the deliberate killing of a person for the benefit of that person.

It is illegal in this country to assist a suicide but in some other countries people do thave the right to euthanasia.

Click here for lots of information, arguments for and against euthanasia and an explanation of the law.

What do you think? Should euthanasia be allowed in this country?

Human Rights

Some links to help you find out more.....


http://www.yourrights.org.uk/

The UN site www.un.org/rights/

An explanation of the Human Rights Act can be found here .

The Global Community.

Click here and select 'Global Community' to find out more about fair trade and protecting the global environment.

Human rights violations

Click here and select the 'Respect' activity to examine human rights violations in six countries.

Should this be on the internet?

A recent BBC Panorama programme highlighted the issue of 'happy slapping' (or worse!) videos being published on the web on sites like You Tube. Click here for the full story.

Once you have read the story - what do you think? Should sites like You Tube be more carefully monitored? Should violent or aggressive videos be banned totally? Or should they only be banned in certain circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

The Slave Trade

25 March 2007 was the 200th anniversary of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. This Act outlawed the slave trade throughout the British Empire and made it illegal for British ships to be involved in the trade, marking the beginning of the end for the transatlantic traffic in human beings.

Read the article from the BBC at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6493507.stm
and view the video from YouTube below which shows two Archbishops' reflections on the slave pits in Zanzibar (you will need sound).



Do you think the UK should issue a public apology for their role in the slave trade?
Where else in the world is slavery still an issue today? (Hopefully you learnt something about this in your Citizenship lessons on 23rd March)