Class Panel Discussion

1) What image or video from your research this past few weeks has stood out to you the most? Why?

2) What event or aspect of your life, past or present, comes to mind when researching your topic?

3) Who or what do you feel is most responsible for the tragic events we have studied?

4) What part of your life do you appreciate or cherish more now that you have learned more about the lives of others around the world who are less fortunate?

5) If you had the ability (financially or otherwise) to fix the dilemmas we have discussed and researched, what would you do?

6) How does our community or immediate society relate to the problems we've researched in this project?

7) What aspect of human nature do you feel facilitates the heinous actions of the people we have covered?

8) YOUR QUESTIONS

9) CLOSING REMARKS

10) QUOTE OF THE DAY

Slave Labor Project (Updated)

Web Resources:

http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/toc.htm
Anti-Slavery Society

http://ihscslnews.org/
Child Slave Labor

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/nike.htm
Nike and Overseas Labor

http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm
Human Rights Watch and Child Labor

Project Details:

• Part One: Bring to Life (INFORMATIONAL)
  

1. Pick Groups
2. Choose a Type of Slave Labor or Product (remember skits)
3. Create a Physical Representation (must be able to stand on its own)
• The physical representation will contain all information and valuable facts about the topic you choose.
• For this aspect of the project it is important to be creative (use imagery and symbolism)
4. Research

• Part Two: Presentation (Personal)
• Website (Ex: MySpace or Blogspot)
• Powerpoint
• Newspaper (not recommended)
• Video (must be excellent)
• This part of the presentation is meant to allow you to express your opinions. The story of the presentation may be fiction or nonfiction.
  
• The goal is to illicit emotion, create a PERSONAL touch, and construct a first hand account.

• Part Three: Advocacy Group (Getting Your Message Out)
• Research an individual or group who has created an advocacy group or non-profit organization to deal with the topic you chose in regards to slave labor.
• This person or group will serve as the model or inspiration for the advocacy group you create.
• They should also be given the proper credit.
• Parts of the Advocacy Group:
1. Message
2. Motto
3. Pamphlet, Brochure, Magazine etc. (hint: Microsoft Publisher)
   
4. Action Plan

• Research Logs will be turned in AFTER the project is done. Thus, you should not worry about the research log to the extent that it takes away from the effort you put into the project. However, it is important that you jot down any relevent websites you went to during the course of your research. That way you can simply put it into your logs after the project is over.

PROJECT DUE:

Period 1 & 3: September 4th
Period 5 & 6: September 5th

Journal Logs: September 9th

Think About It...

Should we as individuals and a country bear some responsibility for the unethical practices of the those that exploit the poor to manufacture low-cost products for the American Market?

Slaves To Fashion Project

Web Resources

http://www.unicefusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=duLRI8O0H&b=262152

UNICEF and Child Labor

http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/toc.htm
Anti-Slavery Society

http://ihscslnews.org/
Child Slave Labor

http://www.american.edu/projects/mandala/TED/nike.htm
Nike and Overseas Labor

http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm
Human Rights Watch and Child Labor

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

You will read and research individuals who became leaders in the fight against child slavery and labor (recorded in research logs). You will then form an advocacy group and choose a product popular among teens. Students research how that product is designed and manufactured and then brought to market. You will produce a physical representation of the product (this must be able to stand on its own). On the product you will input all information about the product and its manufacturers. You will then write a story, (real, or this can be turned into a creative writing assignment, or a blend of both) of the young people who manufacture the product for multinational corporations.

Other elements to accompany the project can be a power point presentation or film clip to back your opinions and facts.

The advocacy group will be the second part of the project!

MORE INFORMATION TO COME!