Select one of the following groups and do some research online. Write 2-3 sentences describing what you learned and paste the name of the website where you got your information. Remember to carefully look at the source of information to ensure the website is reliable.
Consider the following....
Question 1: Who is the author?
Question 2: Is the information accurate?
Question 3: Is there bias?
Question 4: When was the website made?
Comment on the reliability of one of your peer's postings.
Aum Shinrikyo
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Falun Gong
Basque Fatherland and Liberty
(Euskadi Ta Askatasuna --ETA)
Kurds (Kurdish Workers Party--PKK)
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
Hezbollah
Sikh Separatists
Tamil Tigers
(Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam--LTTE)
Zapatista National Liberation Army
(Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional--EZLN)
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
(Fuerzas Armadas Rvolucionarias de Colombia--
FARC)
Abu Sayyaf
Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement)
Al Qaeda
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Week 12: Sweatshops
Week 12 - Sweatshops
3 Definitions of sweatshops
A sweatshop is a working environment with conditions that are considered by many people of industrialized nations to be difficult or dangerous ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshops
sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
sweatshop - a factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweatshop
Illegal conditions can include child labor, sub-minimum wages, and near slave-like treatment of human beings.
Using Internet research, find out at least 2 companies that use sweatshop produced goods.
3 Definitions of sweatshops
A sweatshop is a working environment with conditions that are considered by many people of industrialized nations to be difficult or dangerous ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshops
sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
sweatshop - a factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweatshop
Illegal conditions can include child labor, sub-minimum wages, and near slave-like treatment of human beings.
Using Internet research, find out at least 2 companies that use sweatshop produced goods.
Week 11: Antibiotic resistant germs and Pandemics
What are some theories about the human caused increase in antibiotic resistant "super germs"
Post your comment with the source website.
Post your comment with the source website.
Week 10: Child Labor
Eliminate Child Labor
Visit this site: http://borntobefree.worldvision.org.nz/EliminateChildLabour.aspx?menu=6
Look at the world of child labor in a game simulation in which you are a social worker.
Comment on your experience after the simulation.
Visit this site: http://borntobefree.worldvision.org.nz/EliminateChildLabour.aspx?menu=6
Look at the world of child labor in a game simulation in which you are a social worker.
Comment on your experience after the simulation.
Week 9: Genocide
Play the game Darfur is Dying: http://www.darfurisdying.com/
Write 3 sentences about what you learned from playing this game. Comment on a peer's posting
Write 3 sentences about what you learned from playing this game. Comment on a peer's posting
Week 8: Country Glog
Choose one of the countries you are looking up on the CIA world factbook. Create a Glog about the country using the rubric handed out to you.
You will need pictures and facts about the country.
Focus on global issues when depicting the country.
You will need a user name and password to access your glog. Make sure you put your real name on your glog.
You will need pictures and facts about the country.
Focus on global issues when depicting the country.
You will need a user name and password to access your glog. Make sure you put your real name on your glog.
Week 7: Human Trafficking
Using Internet research, and valid sources, find out 3 unique facts about the current situation of human trafficking.
Comment on another student's posting.
Post the website where you found the information.
Comment on another student's posting.
Post the website where you found the information.
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