Tienanmen Virtual Tour

25th Anniversary of Tienanmen Square Massacre

PBS Frontline TankMan

Questions to Consider:

1.) What is the climate of the student-led protests in Tienanmen Square in the 5 weeks leading up to June 4, 1989

2.) How did the Chinese army go about clearing the Tienanmen Square on the night of June 4, 1989?

3.) What is the symbolism behind the 'Tank Man'? What does he represent to the Chinese people and to the world?

Pearl Harbor Timeline

Pearl Harbor Timeline

Go to "Attack Map" at the top of the page.

Website for Today

Holocaust Memorial Website

Trench Warfare Website

http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWtrench.htm 

Research Project on Sweatshops

Research Project on Sweatshops

Research Project on Sweatshops

Today we are going to be researching Sweatshops throughout the world. Companies such as Wal Mart and Nike have come under fire for their treatment of workers over the last 20-25 years. There are strong arguments for and against having sweatshops across the world. Here is some reading information for you:

AGAINST SWEATSHOPS:
http://www.veganpeace.com/sweatshops/sweatshops_and_child_labor.htm
http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/sweatshops
Claims against Nike: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/poli/nike/nikelabor.htm
FOR SWEATSHOPS:
http://www.veganpeace.com/sweatshops/sweatshops_and_child_labor.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html

Your assignment is to research all there is to know about sweatshops across the world. Using PowerPoint, you will want to answer the following questions (these are to help you get started):

1.) What are sweatshops?
2.) What countries have been criticized for using sweatshops?
3.) What companies/corporations are at fault?
4.) What are the conditions within the sweatshops that have people upset (wages, hours, etc.) ?
5.) Are companies held accountable?
6.) Where have there been violations (if any) in the United States?
7.) What organizations are working to help these workers?

8.) What are the arguments for sweatshops? What are the arguments against them?
9.) What is YOUR opinion?

PowerPoints need to have the following:
* Title Page
*12 slides with facts, research, pictures and information
*Bibliography of websites that you used

Industrial Revolution Reading

http://spartacus-educational.com/IRchild.htm 

Go to "Life in the Factory"

There are 10 topics. For each topic, we will write down 3 facts from the reading.  There are a lot of great facts to look at in this reading.  We will discuss as a class tomorrow.

You can either type it or write it, whatever you please!