Posts Tagged ‘letter writing’

2nd Graders Go Fair Trade

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Grade: 2nd Grade: American Sign Language ClassDSCN0224
Topics: Fair Trade, Slave and Child Labor
Social Justice Skills: Letter Writing, Peer Education, Critical Thinking

Created by Mike Nappi

This unit was created to make students think critically about their world. Students learned about the use of slave and child labor in the chocolate industry and the benefits of the Fair Trade system. Students took their knowledge and educated their families and peers about the subject, wrote letters to chocolate company CEOs and took personal steps towards making more just decisions when purchasing chocolate.

Find out more: http://2ndgradersgofairtrade.wordpress.com/

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5th Graders say: Stop Unfair Child Labor Now!

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Grade: 5th Grade
Topics: Unfair labor, worker’s rights, fair trade, sustainability, fairness, slavery, unions
Created by Liav Shapiro, P.S. 230 Brooklyn, NY

This unit was created to teach students about unfair labor of the past and today, linking issues of children’s rights and labor rights. Students participated a “Fair Trade Boot Camp,” various simulations, created artwork, wrote letters to major U.S. companies, and became more critical of the foods that are sold in their local supermarkets.

Find out more: www.unfairchildlabor.wordpress.com

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The CACAO Project: Children Against Chocolate Aided Oppression

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

picket-signs-10Grade: 5th grade unit
Topics: Child labor, fair trade
Social Justice Skills: Letter writing, petitions, protest, PSA’s
Created by Dan Hildreth and Neil Rathan

This unit taught students about the use of child labor and the benefits of fair trade in the coca industry. Students wrote letters to chocolate CEO’s, created a petition to get fair trade chocolate in their local store, created PSA’s to educate the community and protested in front of M&Ms/Mars in Times Square.

Find out more: cacoaproject.wordpress.com

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Eat Smart! Be Smart!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

dscn1639Grade: 5th grade unit
Topics: Nutrition, Fitness, Healthy Choices, School Lunches
Social Justice Skills: Letter writing, petitions, protest, PSA’s

Created by Emily Munzer, Dan Hildreth and Neil Rathan

This unit guides students on a journey of taking control of their nutritional habits by educating them on the choices that are available and the benefits of making those choices. Students will take social action by working to change the school lunch menu as well as educating other students in the school about the problems of the school lunches and to advocate to change them.

Find out more: eatsmartbesmart.wordpress.com

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Beat it! Defeat it! Racist Cookies, We Won’t Eat it!

Monday, June 1st, 2009

img_2850Grade: 2nd-5th
Topics: Current and historical racism, current events, civil rights
Social Justice Skills: protests, letter writing, questioning
Created by Undergraduate Childhood Teacher Education Program at NYU

This unit was created in response to a NYC bakery that sold racist cookies. The lessons links this incident to historical racism using children’s literature, teach about antiracism and provide opportunities
for social action.

Find out more: bree-beatitdefeatit.blogspot.com

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