Due Monday: This entire assignment should take you 1 1/2 hours over the two day weekend. (2011 modern child labor)
Part One: Read the assigned Modern Child Labor article you were given and ANNOTATE it.
- Group A) China: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/world/asia/01china.html?ref=childlabor
- Group B) Farmers: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/us/19migrant.html?ref=childlabor
- Group C) Meat Plant: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/us/06meat.html?ref=childlabor
- Group D) Philip Morris http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/business/worldbusiness/16gap.html?ref=childlab
- Group E) India and The Gap: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/business/worldbusiness/16gap.html
Part Two: Watch the following short about Child Labor today from the International Labor Organization
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/wdacl/english.htm
- Or click Child Labor video
Part Three: Spend twenty-thirty minutes browsing three of more of the following sites. Educate yourself about the topic in your article, and other instances of current child labor today.
- http://www.laborrights.org/child-and-forced-labor – International Labor Rights Forum
- http://www.stopchildlabour.eu/stopchildlabour/English/About-Child-Labour/Facts-Figures – Stop Child Labour
- http://www.greenamerica.org/programs/sweatshops/ – Green America
- http://www.ucw-project.org/ – UNICEF Understanding Children’s Work Program
- http://endchildlabornow.org/ – End Child Labor Now
- http://www.nationalchildlabor.org/history.html
- http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/links.html
BROWSE TWO LINKS HERE
http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=5
http://www.childlabor.in/index.htm
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/12/16/countries-use-child-labor-says/
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0505.html
http://uk.oneworld.net/guides/childlabour
Part Five: write 1 page response about article, video, and websites. What did you learn? What are your reactions? What strikes you? be prepared to share what you read/investigated
*Also remember that Monday, you should have a physical sketch/draft of your PSA project to conference with Carin, Momii, and Bobby during Core. Core and Art will be joint so that you will be able to conference about your PSA project thus far.
Ongoing
Wednesday is our visit to the Tenement Museum; please bring bag lunch and a snack.