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Plan of Investigation………………………………………………..1
Stimuli 1……………………………………………………………..2
Stimuli 2……………………………………………………………..5
Stimuli 3……………………………………………………………..6
Reflection 1………………………………………………………….8
Reflection 2………………………………………………………….9
Reflection 3…………………………………………………………10
Acknowledgements
Firstly, I would like to thank God for helping me through this School Based Assessment process
successfully. Also, I would like to thank my teacher, who used all the resources possible to help
me and my fellow members. Concludingly I would like to thank my group members for their
Power”. It was chosen because women are seen as lesser in the political world. I expect to
benefit by learning a new sense of vocabulary and proper speech. I will be using a speech, poster
and one article, sourced from the internet. In my SBA, I expect to develop effective formation of
words and proper usage of paragraphing and transitional words. My English Language skills will
What is intersectionality?
We encounter resistance
on a shoestring budget
It is a risky endeavor
Unlearning competition
Poster created by ZenPop. Illustrating a picture of Hillary Clinton who was in a political position
of power. Hillary's historic campaign as the first female nominee of a major political party, also
saw her win the popular vote by almost three million votes. The poster is constructed of many
worldly recognized American women (political and non-political) that has show women
empowerment.
Stimuli 3
A possible mechanism for bettering the ratio of female-to-male leaders involves the thorny topic
of quotas. Beaman described several studies of social experiments she has led, looking
specifically at how quotas might have helped increased the number of women in positions of
power.
In India, a constitutional amendment requires that one-third of village council president positions
be randomly reserved for women. In the short term, Beaman discovered that quotas led to more
She also finds long-run impacts: In villages that had a woman leader for more than a decade,
voters tended to be less prejudiced about woman leaders overall. In one experiment, Beaman had
men and women recite the same political speech word for word, and then asked villagers who
listened to it about the speaker’s effectiveness. In places that had not had a woman leader,
villagers were likely to say the female speaker was ineffective when compared with the male
speaker. However, in those that had a woman leader, “that prejudice vanishes,” Beaman
explained.
In places where quotas had been in effect for 10 years, women were much more likely to run for
election and more likely to win their races than in places that had only had woman politicians for
But perhaps one of the most important long-term effects of the quota system was that in villages
where a woman had led for at least 10 years, teenage girls, and their parents, were more likely to
hold higher aspirations for their education and their careers than were girls in places that never
“By influencing aspirations, these woman leaders might be able to have a big influence beyond
just their direct policies, by serving as role models for future generations of girls,” Beaman said.
Given the U.S. political climate, Beaman doubts whether quotas would ever be possible here, but
“there’s a lot that we can learn from India’s experience, even in the U.S.,” she said.
Njoki Kamau of Northwestern University’s Women’s Center closed out the Q&A portion of the
event by asking a question on everyone’s mind: Will Hillary Clinton become the United States’
While both Eagly and Karpowitz noted that the answer to this question mainly depends on who
she might face if nominated, Eagly remarked that Clinton has already been responding to the
backlash against woman leaders by conveying both strength and warmth at the same time. “I
The speech entitled ‘Women in Political Action’ by Julia Fursova is about the oppression of
women in politics and tools needed to change this. The line that stood out was ‘To change the
system we need different women around the table’. This made me question why women are
The poster ‘Historic Women: Hilary Clinton’ by Zenpop is about women who have made
powerful footprints in politics. The information is presented in an artistic form and I wondered
‘Why do so few women hold positions of Power’ is an article about the quota system and its
ability to empower women for positions of power. A question that arose is; why said system can
be used in other cultures? A revelation to the previous question is the quota system may not work
In the poem, diction of formal language is used. It is used to emphasize the need for differences
in physical appearance in politics. It is written in third person and the speaker's voice is indirect.
The mood being expressed is irritated and annoyed when the speaker stated” What else do you
want? We are being nice to Mary” and such is being reflected in the inconsistent length of lines.
The poster is used to inform about the women who have made a political impact through visually
descriptive imagery as the words are formed to conclude a picture of Hillary Clinton who was
In the article there is information presented as to why women in India are not in politics and
what can be done to change that. It is a subjective piece that concludes on a “Perhaps” showing
This SBA has helped me to enhance my collaboration skills as working in a group gave me a
deeper understanding of collective responsibility. For me the most meaningful aspect was our
willingness to help better each other’s ideas either by helping search for the suitable artefact or
aiding in grammar issues or sentence phrasing. This has helped me to communicate more
actively in group discussions and exercise more patience when working in pairs.
different occasions and verbally communicate what our problems were and how to solve them as
a group.
Additionally, I became better as at handling responsibility, and analyzing pieces critically as they
were given to me. I express opinions more confidently when talking to others and i will continue