5/18 - Raising awareness

Today we watched some videos about human trafficking. One was a photo montage and statistics about human trafficking. Another was a video montage set to the song Amazing Grace. Before watching that one, we discussed the abolitionist William Wilberforce and what he did to end the slave trade in the British Empire in the 1800s. Then we watched a video on the Price of Life and how they worked to raise awareness and funds to combat human trafficking in the summer of 2010.

Homeork: Read Ch4, human trafficking in Europe
THERE WILL BE A QUIZ OVER THE READING, DISCUSSIONS AND VIDEOS ON MONDAY 5/23

5/17 - Child soldiers in Uganda

Today we'll discuss Chapter 3 of Not For Sale, which focuses on child soldiers in Uganda.

Homework: Read Chapter 4 in Not For Sale for tomorrow; Reading Reflection on Ch4

Slavery in Haiti

Here's an article (with video) I just came across about slavery in Haiti. We've addressed this in class, so I thought I'd share it with you: Haiti still ailing from child "slavery" epidemic

5/16 - Human trafficking in India

Today we'll discuss Chapter 2 of Not For Sale, which is about human trafficking in India. Here are two short videos we'll watch as an intro for class:

The Story of Seema
Born into Brothels overview

Here's also a video about Kru Nam, the abolitionist we read about in Chapter 1: Kru Nam

Homework: Read Chapter 3 and do a Reading Reflection, due 5/18

5/12 - Human Trafficking in Thailand

Today we'll read/discuss Chapter 1 of Not For Sale together, which focuses on Southeast Asia, specifically Thailand.

Homework: Read Ch2 of Not For Sale and do a Reading Reflection on that material (optiona). Due 5/16 (again, optional)

5/10 - Starting to discuss human trafficking

Today we're going to interrupt our normal course of lessons to start a unit on human trafficking. I'll pass out books called Not For Sale, which we will read and discuss with one another. I'll show some videos to kick off our classes for the next couple weeks:

At the End of Slavery
Eye to Eye with Katie Couric: Human Trafficking (CBS)

Homework: Read the Intro and write a Reading Reflection, due 5/11

5/9 - Tibet

In order to transition back to the textbook, we'll read an article about Tibet and answer questions. Students will complete that in class (or do it for homework if they do not get it done). With time remaining, students will read Chapter 24, Section 2, which is on South and Southeast Asia. We will go over that section together tomorrow in class.

Homework: Read Ch24, Sec2; Tibet worksheet