Grades 9-12
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Grade 9-12
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Lesson
Should I Join the Sweatshop Boycott?
Objective
After completing this lesson students will be able to:
- Analyze changes in living standards in different regions over time.
- Create and support an argument for or against a sweatshop boycott using primary and secondary sources.
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Concepts
Description
In Lesson #8 of the Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues curriculum, students study several sources that investigate the effects of garment factory labor in developing countries.
Students study a news report, several letters home from factory workers, and a graph of living standards in different regions over time.
As a performance assessment, students write an email to a friend explaining why they will or will not be joining a boycott of t-shirts made without higher labor standards.
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