In this module, students will focus their reading and research on contemporary international child labor practices that benefit the American consumer. They will prepare an article for publication in a children’s magazine that defines child labor and focuses on the facts about this continuing issue.
The module will challenge students to raise their awareness about the products they purchase, how they are produced and implications for the American consumer. Students will be exposed to multimedia and primary source materials that focus on the topic of child labor. They will work on the skills of determining the purpose for developing materials, cause and effect, and analysis of documents.
This module is specifically designed for a reading class. Although the topic is social studies in nature, it is designed to be a hook that motivates students to read various complex text types and engage in discourse and writing. The students focus on vocabulary development, analysis of text structure and features.
During the study the students also engage with video, computer based texts and photographs. They are required to use the strategies they have employed with print text to gather and infer information from these non-print examples.
The module is written to be part of a series of modules that make up an entire course. The module is designed to last 6 weeks.
