Scandals - issues in the media an introduction

Close All | Expand All

Edit   Delete - Last Modified By: JCA at 24/10/2014 9:22:08 PM

Noun : SCANDAL

  1. An action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage: "a bribery scandal".
  2. The outrage or anger caused by such an action or event.
Synonyms
disgrace - gossip - shame - slander

ACTIVITY 1

Read the following :

Regulation
According to the Labour Law of Bangladesh 2006, the minimum legal age for employment is 14. However, as 93 per cent of child labourers work in the informal sector – in small factories and workshops, on the street, in home-based businesses and domestic employment – the enforcement of labour laws is virtually impossible. 

1. What does this mean for children in Bangladesh? Discuss and write about your opinions.

2. Do you think this is fair?

ACTIVITY 3

Find out about working conditions for children in other countries. You will need to research this. 

Children's Stories

At the age of five, Manju was already working on the rug looms. While she has since been found and freed from carpet work, some 250,000 children throughout South Asia still toil in obscurity. Through GoodWeave nearly 3,600 kids like Manju have been rescued, rehabilitated and educated, and thousands more deterred from entering the workforce

 Go to the link : http://www.goodweave.org/child_labor_campaign/facts

and find more out about Children's stories. 

 

 ACTIVITY 4

Watch the video about the children of Ghana titled :

FRONTLINE/World Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground | PBS

on : http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804/video/video_index.html 

What is unjust about this?

Why does computer waste end up in Ghana?

What is dangerous about the work for children? 

 REFLECTION :

This is the focus in this learning bite - to understand how immoral or scandalous some issues are in the media.

Discuss with your parents and search the internet,  newspapers or other forms of media (ABC online) and find a letter or opinionative article from a member of the public, a government body, or other organisation and bring to class.

 

Edit   Delete - Last Modified By: JCA at 24/10/2014 9:22:38 PM

 

Noun : SCANDAL

  1. An action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage: "a bribery scandal".
  2. The outrage or anger caused by such an action or event.
Synonyms
disgrace - gossip - shame - slander

ACTIVITY 1

Read the following :

Regulation
According to the Labour Law of Bangladesh 2006, the minimum legal age for employment is 14. However, as 93 per cent of child labourers work in the informal sector – in small factories and workshops, on the street, in home-based businesses and domestic employment – the enforcement of labour laws is virtually impossible. 

1. What does this mean for children in Bangladesh? Discuss and write about your opinions.

2. Do you think this is fair?

ACTIVITY 3

Find out about working conditions for children in other countries. You will need to research this. 

Children's Stories

At the age of five, Manju was already working on the rug looms. While she has since been found and freed from carpet work, some 250,000 children throughout South Asia still toil in obscurity. Through GoodWeave nearly 3,600 kids like Manju have been rescued, rehabilitated and educated, and thousands more deterred from entering the workforce

 Go to the link : http://www.goodweave.org/child_labor_campaign/facts

and find more out about Children's stories. 

 

 ACTIVITY 4

Watch the video about the children of Ghana titled :

FRONTLINE/World Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground | PBS

on : http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804/video/video_index.html 

What is unjust about this?

Why does computer waste end up in Ghana?

What is dangerous about the work for children? 

 REFLECTION :

This is the focus in this learning bite - to understand how immoral or scandalous some issues are in the media.

Discuss with your parents and search the internet,  newspapers or other forms of media (ABC online) and find a letter or opinionative article from a member of the public, a government body, or other organisation and bring to class.