Poverty Unit 7: International Poverty (Part I) Globalization, Sweatshops, & Immigration

Resources

NOTE: This course is not being offered for the 2011-2012 school year.

Lesson Plan Outline and Resources

Notes

Homework Rubric

Unit test 

Unit Grading

• 85 points [25 participation points; 35 homework points (see below); 25 journal points (see unit outline above for journals) points]
• 50 points for the unit project
• 50 points for the test (see above)

Also

• Star Power Rules
• How to Make a Duct Tape Wallet
• Conscious Consumption Project
• How to Live Green

Homework

Homework #1

• Reading assignment #1:
• a.     True Cost of Low Prices, Introduction, Chapter 1-2: pages 1-27
• Please Complete ONE of the following:  (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response AND explain the Church teaching on the issue.  OR  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U7 True Cost Quest 1.doc)

Homework #2

• Reading assignment #2:
• True Cost of Low Prices, Introduction, Chapter 3-5: pages 28-59
• Please Complete ONE of the following:  (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response AND explain the Church teaching on the issue.  OR  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U7 True Cost Quest 2.doc)

Homework #3

• Reading assignment #3:
• i.     The Working Poor, Chapter 3: Importing the Third World pgs. 77-95 (18)
• b.     Review:
• i.     CO-OP America. (2004). Guide to Ending Sweatshops. Washington, D.C.: CO-OP America. (Guide to End Sweatshops.pdf)
• ii.     Fact Sheet on Sweatshops (Sweatshop Fact Sheet.pdf)    
• iii.     2007 Shopping Guide (2007 Shopping Guide.pdf)
• Please Complete ONE of the following: (a) Write a one page reaction / summary to the article, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response AND explain the Church teaching on the issue.  OR  (b) Answer the chapter questions. (11POV U7 Sweatshop Read Questions.doc)

Homework #4

• Reading assignment #4:
• True Cost of Low Prices, Introduction, Chapter 6-8: pages 60-82
• Please Complete ONE of the following:  (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response AND explain the Church teaching on the issue.  OR  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U7 True Cost Quest 3.doc)

Homework #5

• Reading assignment #5:
• a.     Read:
• i.     Strangers No Longer (11POV U7 CU Strangers No Longer.doc)
• b.     Read:
• i.     The Working Poor, Chapter 4: Harvest of Shame pgs. 96-120 (24)
• c.     Review
• i.     Immigration articles from American Friends Service Committee Website http://www.afsc.org/ImmigrantsRights/ht/d/sp/i/18922/pid/18922
• ii.     Immigrant or Refugee: http://www.afsc.org/ImmigrantsRights/ht/d/sp/d/ContentDetails/i/18957
• iii.     The Roots of Migration: http://www.afsc.org/ImmigrantsRights/ht/d/sp/d/ContentDetails/i/18958
• iv.     Immigration Law and Policy: http://www.afsc.org/ImmigrantsRights/ht/d/sp/d/ContentDetails/i/19146

Please Complete ONE of the following: (a) Write a one page reaction / summary to the article, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response AND explain the Church teaching on the issue OR (b) Answer the chapter questions. (11POV U7 Immigration Questions.doc)

Homework #6

• Reading assignment #6:
• True Cost of Low Prices, Introduction, Chapter 9-10: pages 83-107
• Please Complete ONE of the following:  (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response AND explain the Church teaching on the issue.  OR  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U7 True Cost Quest 4.doc)

Homework #7

• Reading assignment #7:
• True Cost of Low Prices, Introduction, Chapter 11-12: pages 108-147
• Please Complete ONE of the following:  (a) Write a 1-page reaction / summary on the resources listed above, where you identify and react to the main points of the article. Be sure your response to 3-5 course concepts, and highlight the concepts used in your response AND explain the Church teaching on the issue.  OR  (b) Answer the chapter questions that apply to the readings you completed. (11POV U7 True Cost Quest 5.doc)