End Dowry Now - A Stain on Society

Building on our previous post, our second line of inquiry delved into embedded practices, dowry statistics and case studies, the timeline of women's rights, and the life and experiences of Maya Angelou, among other topics. ( Second line of inquiry: embedded practices in societies) Next, in our third line of inquiry, we visited 2 places:  BZU and VAWC. In Bahauddin Zakariya University ( BZU ) we met a professor who teaches sharia laws about families over there. We asked him a few questions and recorded an interview. Secondly, in violence against women center, we met a psychologist who told us and gave a tour of the whole center.  We had lots of fun and we learned a lot in both of the trips. ( Third line of inquiry: Advocating equal rights) Additionally, we started a table talk series in our 1st line of inquiry and it ended till our third line of inquiry. We formulated questions and interviewed a few teachers as well as the professor in BZU. ACTION PLAN: We wanted to make a prod...

To begin our exhibition, we participated in workshops that taught us essential skills like how to think critically, do good research, and manage our time effectively. These skills have been super helpful throughout our exhibition. We had self management skills, thinking skills and research skills workshops. After the workshops, we formed our groups, and I decided to focus on the important topic of gender inequality. I chose to use a blog and Instagram to document and share our progress with everyone. After that, we took 3 weeks and made our exhibition newsletter. In the progress of that, we did some extreme research and used our minds in order to finalize our central idea, lines of inquiry and specified concepts, additional concepts, english and math strands, integrations with other subjects and more.  Next, we unwrapped our central idea ( customs and traditions define our identity) and learned a lot about customs and traditions.  After that, we unwrapped our 1st Line of inqui...