Received: from SWBELL.net (mail1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.1.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id BAA09408 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 01:08:29 -0600 (MDT) Received: from LOCALNAME (ppp-151-164-37-24.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.37.24]) by SWBELL.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA15559 for ; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 02:07:19 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <339E6A76.4765@swbell.net> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 02:06:09 -0700 From: Judie Montoya Reply-To: judiem@swbell.net MIME-Version: 1.0 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: Child Labor References: <1.5.4.16.19970606081543.36b79720@pop.uvm.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit TR Young wrote: > << ...I would like to add another, Zoned for Slavery: The Child Behind the Label...an undergrad student, Jacob Leach, put together as a movie lab for Intro students and which I adapted for a movie lab for my crim class...>> Where would one get a copy of this movie/video? << the worksheets for the movie lab are available if any-one would like to use them...if so, I'll post them.>> I'd like to see these worksheets even if I can't get hold of a copy of the show. << Jake also put together a special project in which students pasted new labels on a variety of clothing at local shops and malls...labels which noted that the clothing sold at Sears, Wards, Walmart, Penney's and other stores...was made by children earning 40 cents an hour or so in Mexico and other Central American Companies. Students could earn up to 10 pts by pasting 20 labels on clothing from maquiladores...the documentary mentioned the firms by name...Arizona clothing, for example, is not made in Arizona...it is made by young women as young as 13 in Central America for as little as 38 cents/hour.>> > > 1) How did Jake get away with this without having a lawsuit filed against him or the school he represented? 2) How did students feel about doing this? 3) Did did store owners not claim students were damaging store property? Did students risk arrest? Judie judiem@swbell.net