Migrant Workers
in
Liam McAndrew
Introduction
For the past few weeks we have been reading about
the migrant lives of Lennie and George in the novel Of
Mice and Men. We read about their long workdays and discussed their
unjust working conditions and pay. Even though we all agreed that we couldn’t
imagine these working conditions happening in modern day
Migrant workers have always been a controversial topic in
Task
You will create a news
report consisting of
1. A written report that
explains the background of the social problem, analysis of current policies and
substantiated recommendations for a new public policy
2. A poster or photo
journal summarizing the social problem
Process
In order to complete this web quest you must follow
the public policy steps found on the Tips web site. First you will
need research the controversial issue of migrant workers in
Related Websites
http://pdhre.org/rights/migrants
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/mice/migartcl.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/genact/socprot/migrant/
PPA WorkSheets
a. Define the Problem Worksheet
1 http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/select.html
b. Gather
Evidence Worksheet 2 http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/gather.html
c. Identify Causes Worksheet 3 http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/identify.html
d. Evaluate Policy Worksheet 4 http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/existing.html
e. Develop Solutions Worksheet 5 http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/solutions.html
f. Select best Solution
Worksheet 6 http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/bestsol.html
Migrant Workers in NYC: PPA Evaluation Rubric
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3 |
2 |
1 |
Content |
Writing shows in depth understanding of the
social problem |
Shows understanding through explicit references
to the social problem |
Shows understanding through implicit references
to the social problem |
Organization |
Clear, elaborate sentence structure; gives
background, analysis, and persuasive evidence for new policy |
Writing varies length of sentences; gives some
background, analysis, and partly persuades with some evidence |
Writing uses basic sentence structure; news story
gives little or no background or analysis, and does not support new policy |
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Collaboration |
There is strong evidence that all group members
participated equally |
There is some evidence that all group members
participated equally |
There is little or no evidence that all group
members participated equally |
Conclusion
Students should have gathered plenty of research on
migrant workers in
Math, Science, and Technology
Standard 2.
Students will access, generate, process, and transfer information using
appropriate technologies.
Standard 5. Students will
apply technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and
evaluate products and systems to satisfy various needs.
Standard 7.
Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of technology to
address real-life problems and make informed decisions
English Language Arts
Standard 1. Students will
listen, speak, read, & write for information and understanding; they will
collect data, facts, & ideas and use electronically produced texts.
Standard 4. Students will
listen, speak, read, and write for social interaction.