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Formative Assessment of First Line of Inquiry

 Formative Assessment 


Q1. Identify who holds more power among characters in the short film "Juice".


Ans: In the film Juice, men hold more power than women. In this film, all the men were relaxing and eating delicious food. While on the other hand, women are cooking in extremely hot weather as well as taking care of the children.


Q2. Analyze the impact of power imbalance on individuals


Ans: Since men were holding the power in this film, women and the little girl were the victim of power imbalance. The impact on women was that they were feeling very hot in the extreme hot atmosphere, feeling tired because of the work and also wanted to enjoy and eat food. The little girl was playing video games and the boy said “ I will tell your Dad that you are playing video games”. And when it was time for the kids to eat food, the girl was the one who served her brothers the food.


Q3. Suggest ways to challenge unfair power structures.


Ans: To challenge unfair power structures we can….

  • Contribute to and collaborate with organizations dedicated to social justice causes.

  • We need political action

  • Self educating

  • Raising awareness

  • Transforming cultural norms 

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