Present Day Child Labor

Juliana Genao

7th grade S.S.

I.S. 126

jgenao3@schools.nyc.gov

Introduction:

Child labor was first introduced during the Industrial Revolution where factories and industries could hire young children to work 12-14 hour days for extremely low wages. Many families needed every single person to work enable to have money to buy food that included children as young as the age of 5 years. Today child labor still exists. Young children around the world are expected to work difficult and dangerous jobs. Although many countries around the world have prohibited the use of children in the workplace, there are still many that do not regulate it.

Task:

Students will work in groups to do research on a particular country or industry that still uses child labor today. They will then create a PowerPoint presentation on the research they have conducted.

Process & Resources:

Students will be working in groups of 4. The groups will have concentrate on one specific country or industry and its involvement in child labor. They are responsible for filling out a worksheet which they will take notes of their research findings. In the worksheet each student will choose a category they want to research. These include:

● The Country's/Industry economic background

● Description of work environment and conditions

● Family life or impact that it has on the children

● Steps or procedures country/industry is taking to end it.

Resources:

The steps of the International Public Policy Analyst (IPPA):

The Websites that the groups will be using are:

Indonesia Tobacco Farms:

· Article 1 - Children Should Not Be Suffering On Tobacco Farms in the 21st Century

· Article 2 - Indonesia: Child Tobacco Workers Suffer as Firms Profit

· Article 3 - End the Exploitation- Child Labour Today

Nestle Cocoa Fields:

● Article 1 - Bitter Sweets

● Article 2-US Supreme Court rejects Nestlé appeal in child labor case

● Article 3- End the Exploitation -Child Labour Today

Thailand Sugarcanes:

● Article 1- Thailand-U.S. department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs.

● Article 2 -Exploitation of child Labour in cane industries

● Article 3- End the Exploitation- Child Labour Today

Tanzania Diamond Mines:

● Article 1 -Brilliant Earth

● Article 2- A diamond’s journey: grim reality tarnishes glitter

● Article 3- End the Exploitation - Child Labour Today

After each group has completed their research they will create a PowerPoint presentation. The PowerPoint presentation will consists of the 4 points that they have researched. Each Presentation should include:

● A minimum of 8 slides.

● An introduction page in which the group presents some demographics of the country/industry.

● Pictures and graphs on their research

● Four major research points

● Conclusion and attempts to stop child labor

Evaluation

Rubric for PowerPoint Presentation:

	Exemplary (4)	Accomplished (3)	Developing (2)	Beginning (1)
Organization	Information presented in logical, interesting sequence	Information in logical sequence	Difficult to follow presentation--student jumps around	Cannot understand presentation--no sequence of information
Subject- Knowledge	Demonstrates full knowledge by answering all class questions with explanations and elaborations	At ease with expected answers to questions but does not elaborate	Uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions	Does not have a grasp of the information. Cannot answer questions about subject
Graphics	Explain and reinforce screen text and presentation	Relate to text and presentation	Occasionally uses graphics that rarely support text and presentation	Uses superfluous graphics or no graphics
Research	Uses a variety of sources in reaching accurate conclusions	Uses a variety of sources in reaching conclusions	Presents only evidence that supports a preconceived point of view	Does not justify conclusions with research evidence