Use a variety of resource materials to gather materials to gather information for a research topic.

Name posssible resources used.

Compare your sources to see if you have a variety, arrange them into categories. 

 

 Organize information and ideas from multiple sources in systematic ways.

Arrange your information into topics.

Select the most important facts from the information.

Distinguish what the main subject of your poem or song will be.

Support why you chose the main subject.

 

      Determine appropriateness of an information source for a research topic.

Identify what you think makes each source reliable.

Create a poem or song using all of the gathered information.

 

 

 

1)  Are children being used all over the world as slaves, and why? 

I picked this question because I want to know if our world has gotten so greedy to rely on children slaves this will add to my poem by showing the audience how lucky we are.

2)   Why do we continue to rely on slaves?

I would like to know why we never learn from our mistakes maybe we don’t know how bad life is for them or maybe we just don’t care. This question will make the audience wonder why we continue to do what we know is wrong.

3)   What are the conditions of laborers around the world?

I want to know how bad their situations are. This will add to my poem by showing how desperate the situation is and how much we need to help it.

4)  What is the average pay for a worker and is it fair?

I don’t get why people keep coming under the conditions they know they will be under, unless they don't know or the pay is really just that good. I think this will add to my poem by showing the audience how much people will do for money.

5)   Why so more and more laborers continuing to work?

I picked this question because I want to understand what is it that makes their home country living so bad that they would leave their families and give up so much for little or no pay. This will show the intensity and importance of money in our society.

 

 

Strategy

 

      Use a variety of resource materials to gather materials to gather information for a research topic.

Name possible resources used.

Research Articles/Papers

National Geographic

Wikipedia

Why China Relies on Laborers

Blogs

More on Migrant Labor Action

Qatar Human Rights

 

News casts

       Al Jazeera

Youtube

Child Sweatshops

Child Labor for Hanes

Activists Organizations

Children Labors In A Dump

A 10 Year Old Maid

Slavery And What We Buy

 

Write out all information.

 

Research Articles/Papers

National Geographic

they tell their families their child will have a better life if they work and that they can always catch up on school but by the time they finish their contracts they have fallen behind so much it is almost impossible to catch up

more than 12 million Indian children work instead of go to school according to the governments could be up to 60 million

child labor continues because laws are not enforced

their families need the money

parents sell their children to traffickers not knowing what their getting into

 

Wikipedia

Why China Relies On Laborers

after 1985 rural labor increased so people had to find new jobs

not enough service in urban areas

the government ignored the laws and that lead to discrimination among the people

lack of education, people had no choice but to rely on low paying jobs

in the year 2000 only 50% of the population graduated Junior High

 

 

Blogs

More on Migrant Labor Action

when illegal beatings occur the companies address it as a small problem

the workers know that there is strength in unity and don't discriminate against each other when involved in a protest

are beaten and often run away to there to their countries embassy

 

Qatar Human Rights

often they will sign one contract in their home country but work under a completely different contract  with longer work hours and less pay but they have no choice once they reach their destination they are to indebt to return home

millions of workeres in gulf countries have no legal protection at all

employers often let their  residencce visas expire on purpose so that they can sell them to other employers

workers will get in trouble with the law without a sponsor or employer so they cant run away

laborers are sometimes scard to speak up about unfair or no pay and bad working conditions because they might get beaten

some can't speak up because their sponsors have their residence permits and with out a fair trial, they could be sent to jail for being in the country without an rp

in some cases the workers residency goes completely undocumented which means they have to work under whatever conditions they are provided with because according to the country they are staying in they don't exist

cannot exit the country without their sponsors permission

 

 

 

 

News Casts

     Al Jazeera

Mostly come from Bangladash, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Phillipines, Nepal

10,000,000 workers

salary is about 5-7 dollars a day

work in up to 50 degrees farenheit

make them in advance from 12,000-25,000 have to take out a loan and aren't allowed to leave the country because their passports are taken from  them until they can pay off their loans

unhygenic conditions

lots of them don't understand what their getting into physically and financially

in their home country the gulf is rumored as a dream

passing visas and charging ahead of time is illegal

many are illiterate

originally promised 220 botony but only get 125

some work for 30 months but only get paid for 4

some aren't paid at all

109 suicides in the UAE in 2006 alone a 30% rise from the previous year

they make about 40% profit of the money they charge the laborers to come over

no food or running water in the living accomadations

at a major construction site in Qatar a wall collapsed killing 4 workers and that was left unpublished

they live in a room 6 people to a 10x10 room

 

Activists Organizations

Children Working In A Dump

work for 35 cents for hours of work

they work to pay their way through school

look through trash almost everyday

they are the ones providing for their families

 

A 10 Year Old Maid

works in a 2 room house for a family of 4 people

her parents foound her that job

there are 300,000 live in maids in Haiti alone

most afternoons she has to many jobs to do so she cannot go to school

 

Slavery And What We Buy

we continue to support slavery because:

an increased demand for cheaper things

the labor costs had to be decreased

the immagration policies got tougher making it harder to leave the country and find work elsewhere

 

Youtube

Child Sweatshops

worldwide there are 246 million child laborers

all of these ranging from the age of 5 to 14

children all over the world work in factories and mines

some people think that these factories are run with the working childs best interest

nike uses slave workers in their factories

people know that this is happening but their not stopping it or even trying

 

 Child Labor For Hanes

earns 6 and a half cents and hour

only 11 years old

she brushes her teeth with her finger and ashes

when buyers come she and the other child workers must hide in the bathroom

the bathrooms are dirty and hey have to get a card to go and can only go 2 to 3 times a day they get beaten if they take to long

they get beaten if they are absent one day

they get beaten if they make a mistake

 

 

Compare your information gathered to see if it is accurate.

 Research Articles/Papers

National Geographic

I think that this source is reliable because they give viewpoints from all over the world, so it's not just one person saying this is how it is.

 

Wikipedia

Why China Relies On Laborers

I think that this source is reliable because millions of people can edit it all over the world and make it right, it also cites lots of other official websites.

 

Blogs

More on Migrant Labor Action

I think that this site is reliable because it comes with links to articles in newspapers and other various news sources such as The Gulf Daily News , and The Gulf Times that are sending the same message.

 

Qatar Human Rights

I think the majority of these blogs are reliable because they are all sending the same message and alot of them are written anonymously and the only reason they were written is to inform people what is going on in the world. They also show reference to specific human rights laws.

 

Newscasts

Al Jazeera

I think this site is reliable because there are a lot of different views on the matter from embassies to the workers themselves who would have no reason to lie.

 

Youtube

Child Sweatshops

I think that this video is reliable because it has interviews with people who would have no reason to lie, such as random people on the street and people from charities.

 

Child Labor For Hanes

I think this video is reliable because it is an interview with an eleven year old girl who works in a Hanes sweatshop. She would have no motivation to lie it wouldn't help her and she isn't promoting anything if anything she is unencouraging buying products from Hanes.

 

Activists Organizations

Children Laborers In A Dump

I don't think I will use this source because I don't think it is very reliable, there is no proof for anything on it, but a picture the whole story could be made up.

 

10 Year Old Maid

I think this source is reliable because it is backed up by proven facts, which I checked up on.

 

Slavery And What We Buy

I think this is a reliable source because they link to other sites, so it's not their to make money, they have no reason to lie and they have facts to back up all of their ideas.

  

Arrange your information into topics.

 

Facts that answer question 1:

they tell their families their child will have a better life if they work and that they can always catch up on school but by the time they finish their contracts they have fallen behind so much it is almost impossible to catch up

more than 12 million Indian children work instead of go to school according to the governments could be up to 60 million

child labor continues because laws are not enforced

their families need the money

parents sell their children to traffickers not knowing what their getting into

they are the ones providing for their families

her parents foound her that job

there are 300,000 live in maids in Haiti alone

most afternoons she has to many jobs to do so she cannot go to school

worldwide there are 246 million child laborers

all of these ranging from the age of 5 to 14

children all over the world work in factories and mines

some people think that these factories are run with the working childs best interest

nike uses slave workers in their factories

earns 6 and a half cents and hour

 

Facts for question 2:

child labor continues because laws are not enforced

their families need the money

parents sell their children to traffickers not knowing what their getting into

after 1985 rural labor increased so people had to find new jobs

not enough service in urban areas

the government ignored the laws and that lead to discrimination among the people

lack of education, people had no choice but to rely on low paying jobs

in the year 2000 only 50% of the population graduated Junior High

an increased demand for cheaper things

the labor costs had to be decreased

the immagration policies got tougher making it harder to leave the country and find work elsewhere

some people think that these factories are run with the working childs best interest

 

Facts for question 3:

when illegal beatings occur the companies address it as a small problem

the workers know that there is strength in unity and don't discriminate against each other when involved in a protest

are beaten and often run away to there to their countries embassy

often they will sign one contract in their home country but work under a completely different contract  with longer work hours and less pay but they have no choice once they reach their destination they are to indebt to return home

millions of workeres in gulf countries have no legal protection at all

employers often let their  residencce visas expire on purpose so that they can sell them to other employers

workers will get in trouble with the law without a sponsor or employer so they cant run away

laborers are sometimes scard to speak up about unfair or no pay and bad working conditions because they might get beaten

some can't speak up because their sponsors have their residence permits and with out a fair trial, they could be sent to jail for being in the country without an rp

in some cases the workers residency goes completely undocumented which means they have to work under whatever conditions they are provided with because according to the country they are staying in they don't exist

cannot exit the country without their sponsors permission

salary is about 5-7 dollars a day

work in up to 50 degrees farenheit

make them in advance from 12,000-25,000 have to take out a loan and aren't allowed to leave the country because their passports are taken from  them until they can pay off their loans

unhygenic conditions

lots of them don't understand what their getting into physically and financially

in their home country the gulf is rumored as a dream

passing visas and charging ahead of time is illegal

many are illiterate

originally promised 220 botony but only get 125

some work for 30 months but only get paid for 4

some aren't paid at all

109 suicides in the UAE in 2006 alone a 30% rise from the previous year

they make about 40% profit of the money they charge the laborers to come over

no food or running water in the living accomadations

at a major construction site in Qatar a wall collapsed killing 4 workers and that was left unpublished

they live in a room 6 people to a 10x10 room

works in a 2 room house for a family of 4 people

her parents foound her that job

there are 300,000 live in maids in Haiti alone

most afternoons she has to many jobs to do so she cannot go to school

earns 6 and a half cents and hour

only 11 years old

she brushes her teeth with her finger and ashes

when buyers come she and the other child workers must hide in the bathroom

the bathrooms are dirty and hey have to get a card to go and can only go 2 to 3 times a day they get beaten if they take to long

they get beaten if they are absent one day

they get beaten if they make a mistake

 

Facts for question 4:

 salary is about 5-7 dollars a day    

make them in advance from 12,000-25,000 have to take out a loan and aren't allowed to leave the country because their passports are taken from  them until they can pay off their loans

originally promised 220 botony but only get 125

some work for 30 months but only get paid for 4

some aren't paid at all

they make about 40% profit of the money they charge the laborers to come over

earns 6 and a half cents and hour

 

Facts for question 5:

they tell their families their child will have a better life if they work and that they can always catch up on school but by the time they finish their contracts they have fallen behind so much it is almost impossible to catch up

heir families need the money

parents sell their children to traffickers not knowing what their getting into

lack of education, people had no choice but to rely on low paying jobs

often they will sign one contract in their home country but work under a completely different contract  with longer work hours and less pay but they have no choice once they reach their destination they are to indebt to return home

lots of them don't understand what their getting into physically and financially

in their home country the gulf is rumored as a dream

some people think that these factories are run with the working childs best interest

 

 

 

Distinguish what the main subject of your poem or song will be.

Support why you chose the main subject.

 

I think the main subject of my poem will be child labor. Child labor is one of the biggest issues occuring all over the world. It is also one of the most ignored global issue. Child labor is a big deal it not only effects the present time, it effects a countries future. If children aren't getting and education then in the next generation, when we are the future, they will not know how to run their own country.