Current Events discussion (Wednesday) Billboard Project response/reflection handout (Wednesday) Blood Diamond (continued Wed, finished Friday) Movie Questions - We will come back to these after the break, so take a look while the film is still fresh in your mind. (linked below)
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Go check out Race and Gender Privilege bulletin boards (billboards). Students to tell us about what they included on their boards, and why.
Revisit Natural Resources, Extraction, and Social Justice (Climate, Human Rights connections) - REMINDER: Paragraph response from Tuesday is due on Monday, March 9th. Blood Diamond (film) Backgrounder Intro on "blood diamonds" or "conflict diamonds" and the civil war/weapons/ smuggling trade situation in Sierra Leone, West Africa. While watching, consider:
Watch first 37 minutes of film. Apple, Google, Microsoft, Dell, and Tesla are sued over alleged child labour in Congo.
(CNN Business, December 18, 2019) Handout from class (link to doc below) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rPmc5UfPdsY4lSE3HS3gQFrgI-06Zc2Gr0CFlPtytT8/edit?usp=sharing Links to similar stories from different sources: https://abcnews.go.com/International/apple-google-microsoft-dell-tesla-named-lawsuit-deaths/story?id=67795965 https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/apple-google-microsoft-dell-tesla-sued-over-alleged-child-labour-in-congo-1.4733644 https://fortune.com/2019/12/16/child-labor-case-apple-google-alphabet-tesla-microsoft-dell-human-rights-big-tech/ https://www.kitv.com/story/41471852/apple-google-microsoft-dell-and-tesla-are-sued-over-alleged-child-labor-in-congo https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/tech-giants-sued-drc-cobalt-child-labour-deaths-191217172719468.html For next day - look at at least 2 of these sources (or similar ones you find online) and write a paragraph response. See instructions on handout (or link above to Google doc version). Tuesday: Last day to work on content for billboard.
Put up background paper on your chosen location. Take a "before" picture. Thursday: Put information and images up on your billboard. Take an "after" picture. If there is time and everyone's done, we'll do a walk-around to see what you've created. Next week: Resource Extraction and Effects on different People, the Economy, etc. "Progress" at what price, and for whom? |
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