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Lesson Objectives |
To be aware of the negative impact that globalisation has had on people in LEDCs that work in sweatshops. |
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Your first task: |
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Write a brief account of what you do in a typical day, from when you wake up to when you go to bed. (You have 5 minutes for this task.) |
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Your second task: |
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Rosa's day |
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Answer the following tasks in a word document or on paper. You can download the worksheet here.
1.The term SWEATSHOP means............ |
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2. DAILY DIARY OF ROSA, A MACHINIST IN A SWEATSHOP
Read the account of Rosa’s day below (or on pg. 68 of your text book or click here for a copy), and fill out the entries in her diary. Include what she does and what she thinks about her working conditions. |
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This is Rosa.
Rosa can hardly keep her eyes open. But she must must MUST concentrate. Otherwise she’ll pierce her fingers. Or sew crookedly. If she does that, the supervisor will yell at her again. |
She’s tired because she worked overtime last night. Until 2am. She didn’t want to, but if you refuse they sack you on the spot. Everyone is forced to do overtime now for the big Christmas orders.She dragged herself in again this morning, at 1am to sew non-stop, all day long, the side seams for sports joggers. |
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Snatch a pair from the trolley beside you, slap them on the machine, race down each leg as fast as you can, throw them back on the trolley, grab another pair. On and on and on. By 8 her shoulders are aching. By 9 the heat was already stifling. And still an hour to go till the toilet break, when she can escape from the clatter of 500 machines for 10 minutes. |
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She thinks sadly about her family and village, like she does every morning. She left home just after her 16 th birthday, 5 months ago. She was so excited about the job. They promised she’d earn enough to send some home. But the 280 pesos she gets (£4) for a 12-hour day is hardly enough to live on, when they take out rent and lunch. |
Overtime again tonight. At 2am she will leave the sewing section and drag herself past the guards, down the path by the barbed wire fence, to the room she shares with five others. Three bunk beds. No chairs. No wardrobe. She’ll hang her clothes on the nails in the wall and climb into her bunk, too tired to talk to anyone.
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Another working day tomorrow. It’s usually six days a week, but in this busy period it’s often seven. She’s heard the clothes sell for high prices in Europe – more than she will earn for a hundred hours of sewing. She often wonders about the people who buy them. If they could see her, and her factory, what would they think?She wishes she could give up and go home. But she can’t. She must earn, and there’s no work in the village. |
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2. Now fill in Rosa's diary: |
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Time |
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2 a.m. |
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7 a.m. |
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8 a.m. |
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9 a.m. |
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10 a.m. |
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7 p.m. |
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2 a.m. |
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3. Think about how we could stop people working in these conditions - brainstorm them. |
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Your third task: |
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Your task is to write to the Chief Executive of Nike, explaining that you have heard about their practice of manufacturing abroad and that they are exploiting children to work in the factories… |
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This writing frame may help. (click here for a copy) |
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Cornwallis Academy
Hubbards Lane
Maidstone
Kent
ME17 4HX
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have been learning about the globalisation process at school and understand that you contribute to this by setting up factories abroad.
I am appalled to learn that you as a company exploit child labour…
(Explain that you have learnt about the conditions in the sweatshops and what they are)
I feel very strongly about this situation and if the situation is not corrected soon I will…
(You need to state what you will do to try to persuade Reebok to follow your ideas i.e. boycott their products, tell your friends…)
I await your reply to my letter and expect to see some changes very soon.
Yours faithfully,
(Name) |
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