FINAL REMINDER

PowerPoint/Google/Prezi Presentations are due TONIGHT.

Please send them to jpope@pps.net tonight or tomorrow to make sure they work, and presenters for Tuesday will be ready to go without technological difficulties.

I will be in the classroom during lunch tomorrow,  January 30th to check presentations and answer any questions you may have.

Interested in any of the Countries you heard about today? 
Here is more information/resources for you to further your knowledge!


(GREAT BOOK)
Sierra Leone: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider


Callie - Nigeria
        Thousands of Nigerian Women found in Mali Slave Camps:
        http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11438341

Hazel - Sudan
        Freed slave testifies to US congressional panel:
        http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Freed-Sudanese-Slave-Testifies-to-US-Congressional-Panel-131110293.html

Dominique - Singapore
        Karins true story
         http://news.change.org/stories/the-brothel-in-singapore-karins-true-story-of-slavery

Maddy - Ethiopia
          Video trafficking to the middle east, not what was promised (Domestic Servants)
           http://www.ethiotube.net/video/13321/Must-Watch-Documentary-Film--Nightmare-in-    
           Dreamland--A-Journey-of-Ethiopian-Girls-to-Middle-East

Sage - Bosnia
            The Whistleblower Documentary Trailer (movie about  Bosnia situation)
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al3anBiHwmI&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1


Gabi - Honduras
             Kidnapped and brought to the United States
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41409991/ns/today-today_people/t/sex-slavery-america-one-girls-nightmare/#.TyL8rM1OqyM

Andrew - Peru
               Stories: Freddy From Peru
                http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/6446051.stm

Isabel - Togo
               Fighting Child Trafficking in Togo
               http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/slavery/togo.html

Ella - Romania
               Trafficked to Britain 
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/crime/s/1405623_modern_day_slavery_father_and_son_sex_traffickers_forced_romanian_women_to_work_in_manchester_brothels

Parker - Turkmenistan
        ( to come )
Savannah - Venezuela
        ( to come )Mitchell - Yemen

        ( to come )

Cambodia & Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking Report:  http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2011/index.htm

Today, the class looked at the country of Cambodia and some of the modern day slavery taking place within the countries borders. Students compared and contrasted Cambodia's situation to other modern slavery examples examined this unit. Following the comparisons, the class discussed the importance of media and exposure of situations to create change, and created individual posters for awareness.

REMINDERS:

1) Country presentations are due Friday (at the start of class). Presentations should be emailed to jpope@pps.net before class Friday morning. If you are concerned about technological difficulties? E-mail your presentation earlier in the week to make sure your presentation will work on Friday.

2) Worried about not having PowerPoint at home?

Powerpoint is accessible through hotmail e-mail accounts (simple version)

Google docs has a presentation option that you may use to create your presentation

3) Further information about human trafficking

            www.mtvexit.org

        Watch documentary: "Traffic"

4) Portland support resources for domestic and sexual violence:

                     YWCA # 503.294.7400

                     Portland Women's Crisis Line # 503.235.5333

Research Websites

Websites to help you begin your research adventure!

U.S. Department of State

Human Rights Watch

OSLIS

Gale Virtual Reference Library

Opposing Viewpoints

Free The Slaves

India & Mauritania

Today we finished up rotating the five 'India stations'. We discussed the different forms of slavery at each station, and what each station showed us about modern day slavery in India. Student drew pictures comparing their life to that of a slave in India. Following was a lecture on Mauritania.  Students were assigned their final project, a PowerPoint presentation on slavery January 27th.

Students - Country for project
Callie - Nigeria
Anthony - Russia
Hazel - Sudan
Chris - Thailand
Dominique - Singapore
Maia - Malaysia
Maddy - Ethiopia
Griffin - The Philippines
Jada - Saudi Arabia
Sam - Madagascar
Sage - Bosnia
Gabi - Honduras
Andrew - Peru
Kyle - Libya
Max - Brazil
Isabel - Togo
Ella - Romania
Natalie - Uganda
Parker - Turkmenistan
Savannah - Venezuela
Mitchell - Yemen
Zach - Cuba
Rainer - Dominican Republic
Bobby - Pakistan
Octavio - Lebanon

* I would like you to choose one of the following countries:
Iran
Madagascar
Kuwait
Zimbabwe
Burma
Saudi Arabia

The word: 'Slavery'

Today we discussed the term 'slavery' and the many ways individuals and organizations define the word. Students created their own definition, and explored the definitions of others. They examined different forms of slavery, accompanied by first hand accounts of individuals who experienced slavery in differing ways. After reading the poem, "To Be a Slave" by Julius Lester students reflected on what for them personally stood-out in the poem as powerful. Then analyzed why in their journals. We ended the day by looking at some shocking statistics about the existence of slavery in our modern world, and within the borders of the United States.