Intermediate Objective
- For students to become aware of the issue of child labour exploitation
Specific Objectives
- To explain if children have rights
- To situate the geographical spread of child labour exploitation
- To explain why boycotting isn't a really effective solution
- To name the percentage of products manufactured by children that are consumed in the rest of the world
- To explain the evolution of sexual tourism in the world
- To explain if child labour is present in Quebec
- To name characteristics of exploited children
- To explain globalisation's impact on child labour
- To name forms of extreme exploitation
- To name common forms of child labour exploitation
- To name factors that promote the exploitation of child labour
Content
- The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
- The geographic spread of child labour exploitation
- Boycotting as a solution to child labour
- The percentage of products manaufactured by children that are consumed in the world
- The evolution of sexual tourism in the world
- The presence of child labour exploitation in Quebec
- Forms of child labour
- Factors that encourage child labour exploitation
Cross Curricular Competencies
- Developing critical thinking skills
- Using information
- Using information and communication technologies
Proposed Educational Scenario
- Present the "Child Labour Quiz" to the students
- Give the students the internet address in order to directly access the educational activity
During the on-line activity the students will be asked to:
- Respond to various questions regarding the exploitation of child labour
- Search for responses in the reference texts
- Take the students' comments about the on-line activity
- Complete a review of all the questions and add information as needed
Reference Texts
- All reference texts
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