Friday, April 15, 2011

Week 17 - Your top 3 global issues Due June 5

In your opinion, what are the top 3 global issues and why?
List 3 small things that you could do to help improve these problems.

Week 16 - Genocide - Due May 30

Play the game Darfur is Dying: http://www.darfurisdying.com/

Write 3 sentences about what you learned from playing this game. Comment on a peer's posting

Week 15: Child Labor - Due May 22

Eliminate Child Labor
Visit this site: http://borntobefree.worldvision.org.nz/EliminateChildLabour.aspx?menu=6

Look at the world of child labor in a game simulation in which you are a social worker.

Comment on your experience after the simulation.

Week 14: Create a Nation - Due May 15

Visit the following website and create a nation. Track it for the week and post at least 3 comments.

http://www.nationstates.net/page=welcome

Week 13: Budget Hero - Due May 8

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/budget_hero/

After playing the federal budget game on the website above, please post your thoughts about how government money is allocated. Comment on one peer's posting.

Week 12 Life as a Refugee - Due May 1

Play Against All Odds and post your thoughts about what it is like to be a refugee:

http://www.playagainstallodds.com/

Monday, April 4, 2011

Week 11: Human Trafficking

Using Internet research, and valid sources, find out 3 unique facts about the current situation of human trafficking.

Comment on another student's posting.

Post the website where you found the information.

Week 10: Sweatshops

3 Definitions of sweatshops

A sweatshop is a working environment with conditions that are considered by many people of industrialized nations to be difficult or dangerous ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweatshops

sweatshop - factory where workers do piecework for poor pay and are prevented from forming unions; common in the clothing industry
wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

sweatshop - a factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sweatshop

Illegal conditions can include child labor, sub-minimum wages, and near slave-like treatment of human beings.

Using Internet research, find out at least 3 companies that use sweatshop produced goods.