People love chocolate, but there is a dark secret behind the chocolate industry. In West Africa today, millions of children labor on cocoa plantations under hazardous conditions for little or no pay.
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The Cargill company is one of the largest processors and distributors of cocoa. Recently the company made a commitment (promise) to purchase only sustainably grown cocoa. This effort is intended to improve the lives of cocoa farm workers by using profits to build schools and gain access to health care. | Read the Newsela article handed out to you during class. As you read, work with new vocabulary. Open the Key Vocabulary document at this link._ Make a copy and follow the directions. sustainability = the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources.
The videos below reveal the nasty truth behind your chocolate bar. | YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS TO WRITE A SUMMARY ABOUT THIS ARTICLE. (Remember to use the key vocabulary we have studied in your summary) Write a summary about the article. Read and identify the main idea by looking for the most important and repeated information. Authors of news articles share answers to the Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How questions. Condense that information for your reader. The better you understand a subject, the easier it is to explain it thoroughly and briefly. What does the introductory sentence with citation information look like? (It must contain 5 things, the title of the article, date of publication, source (publisher), the author's name and the main idea) You can introduce that information in a multitude of ways. See the example below, The Associated Press published "Zimbabwe: Poachers Poison 91 Elephants" by Tendai Musiya on Oct 1, 2013, describing the horrors of the ivory trade You may also want to read this online article at Fortune Magazine. |
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An estimated 250 million children, around the world, work. Millions of those children wish they could trade places with you. They do not go to school. They do not have leisure time to play. They do not receive proper nutrition or health care. They do not have electricity, computers or running water. They live in countries where CHILD LABOR IS A HUGE PROBLEM. | The Top 10 countries where Child Labor Abuse is most common.
| RESEARCH: TOP 10 CHILD LABOR OFFENDERSSome children weave carpets where they are chained to the loom. Others labor in agricultural fields or dig for minerals like gold, diamonds, or iron ore, deep inside the earth. Several war torn countries recruit children to work as soldiers. Even in America an estimated 150,000 children work illegally on farms or in the meat packing industry. |
Click on this link to open the document you see below. Make your own copy where you can record your research findings about Child Labor in the Top 10 Child Labor Offending Countries.
| Made For Freedom: Read about a clothing company that has a passion for changing the world. This socially responsible company began with a pledge to stop child labor and child trafficking. Each piece of clothing they sell has been made by a girl or woman who has been rescued from hopelessness. |