CARMEN ORTIZ
Project 3: Webquest power point
Introduction:
Today we are audaciously expanding our horizons
as we explore space. New technology
places man’s efforts on the top of a gigantic and glorious tower having
conquered nature and universal laws. When Industrialization started in
Children
are the citizens of tomorrow. It is the responsibility of society to guide the
steps of these youngsters to enable them to grow and develop in an environment
that procures a healthy upbringing to develop personalities with strength and
stability to face the challenges of the future. These responsibilities are
transformed into public policies that set the standards for our commitments
with our young people.
Recently
celebrities like the famous Latin singer, Shakira and in past years the T.V.
personality Kathy Lee Gifford have been criticized and even boycotted for
having worn or supported the use of clothes manufactured at sweat shops. Sweat
shops are those known for hiring children and young women to work in unsanitary
conditions and without any consideration for human rights. Historically, nevertheless the worst forms of
child labor have been reported in the development of industrialization in
Your are
a member of the Bilingual Club at Walton High School and all the members are
students of Global History. Everybody is concerned about the issue of child
labor and the so called sweat shops that has involved the famous Latin singer
Shakira. Your club as a group has been asked to explain why child labor is a
social problem, its causes and effects and possible public actions that may be
taken to eliminate the problem. This will also comprise your Global History
project. Historically you will give an account of the time and period in which
this problem was manifested in the cruelest form during the Industrialization
process in
TASK:
For the
completion of this webquest you and all members of he Bilingual Club will have
to prepare nine Power Point slides explaining
The following:
1. Why is child labor a social problem? ( 1
slide)
www.earlham.edu/~pols/globalprobs/children/Laila.html
2. What are the causes for child labor? (1
slide )
www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/ChildLabor.asp
www.iearn.org.au/clp/proclam1.htm
3. What is the evidence that the problem
existed at the beginning of industrialization in
http:www.encarta.com
Encyclopedia of British History Child
Labour 1750-1850
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
www.stopchildlabor.org/USchildlabor/history.htm
Google:
Child Labor and the British Industrial Revolution
4. What were the public policies enacted by the English
government during the development of the Industrial Revolution? (1 slide)
www.eh.net/encyclopedia/tuttle.
5. How effective were these policies? (1 slide)
6. How has the world tried to stop the problem of child
labor today?
(1 slide)
www.stopchildlabor.org/USchildlabor/history.htm
7. How effective have these policies been?
8. What policies do you suggest that could improve what
has been done to eliminate the problem of child labor? ( 1 slide )
www.usaid.gov/wid/pubs/childlabor97.htm
You will follow the Global History Public Policy
Analyst steps to research as follows:
1. Identify the Problem
Go to http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppae/step1a.html
2. Gather Evidence
Go to http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppae/step2a.html
3. Determine the causes
Go t o http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppae/step3a.html
4. Evaluate the Policy
Go to http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/ppae/step4a.html
You will
complete the worksheets of the PPA TIPS Program to gather information. Your
grade will take into consideration the completion of these worksheets and the
presentation of the slides in terms of the text presented, the ability to
summarize the most important issues to be specific and concise in the
illustration of the slides and the ability to use the technological devices
that will adequately use coloring, lettering and sounds selected for the
presentation
Process
1. Your Bilingual Club will be divided into four groups.
Each group will be assigned to prepare two Power Point slides. Each group will
research in the internet according to the title assigned for their slides as
specified in the task. Using the PPA worksheets of the TIPS Program and handout
prepared by the teacher you will gather information about the nature of the
problem, its causes and the effectiveness of the policies enacted by the
English government of the nineteenth century
2. You will also research on the problem of child labor
at the present and what is being done internationally to stop the problem.
3. You will then select specific material and will
summarize the basic information to be included in your slides according to your
title.
4. Each group is responsible for handing in worksheets
completed and other notes you have prepared to help you summarize the
information for the slide.
5. Your Bilingual Club will meet so that all the groups
can share the information and agree upon the format, types of letters,
coloring, sound effects, etc. so that the whole presentation will denote unity
in its content and overall presentation.
6. The Power Point presentation will be presented to the
Global History class and other groups at
Global
History Concepts
The magnitude of this
webquest will take you to explore and analyze the following Global History
Concepts:
a. Political Systems
b. Economic Systems
c. Power
d. Needs and Wants
e. Technology
Conclusion
This webquest
has given you the opportunity to advance your technological skills creating
slides in Power Point. In addition it has given you an insight into a subject
that will prepare you to face the problem and begin to open a world of
possibilities of actions and influence public policy on the issue of child
labor. Not only have you been able to probe the social problem but you have
been able to go deep in the historical milieu of Industrialization. You were
able to identify the social effects of such a process and acknowledge the price
past generations paid for engaging in a journey of innovations, machines and
prosperity giving the first steps to the technological advancements of our
times.
This has enabled you to look
forward and embark yourself in a study of the continuum in industrialization,
the rise of big business with giant companies and how technology has
revolutionized our world and look at the position children occupy today within
this new panorama. You are ready to be a participant of those who will procure
a better life for our children identifying, and promoting public policies that
will work.
Evaluation
The final
product will evidence the quality of work performed by each group. So the
criteria used will be based on the final presentation of the slides. There will
a maximum of 20 points as follows:
Slide #_________ Group___________
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Excellent
5 points |
Good 4
points |
Needs
improvement 3
points |
Deficient 2 points |
Not
acceptable 1-0
points |
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Completed
sheets denoting use of pertinent information |
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Content
of the slide is concise and related to the title |
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Format,
use of colors, types of letters, sounds, or any type of illustration is
adequate |
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There
is and overall unity in the presentation of the slides |
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Curriculum Standards:
This webquest responds to
the following curriculum standards:
Social
Studies:
2:1.2:2
The
student will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their
understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments and turning points in
world history, and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of
perspectives.
4:1
Explain
how societies and nations attempt to satisfy their basic needs and wants by utilizing
scarce capital, natural, and human resources.
Understand
how scarcity requires people and nations to make choices which involve costs
and future considerations
Critical
Thinking
English
Language Arts: 1:1
Interpret and analyze information from websites in the
internet and other sources.
Compare and synthesize information from different
sources in the internet and other textbooks.
Speaking and Writing.
Relate new information to prior knowledge and
experience.