As we near the end of the third quarter, we're going to take a step back and take a look at some human rights issues we've discussed while reading Trash.
Today we are going to have an in-class activity which will let us voice some of the opinions that I know all of you have. As we've read this book, we've encountered and discussed a variety of humanitarian disasters that are taking place all around the world: Corrupt law enforcement, child imprisonment, dumpsite children, shattered family structures, etc. During each discussion, it was easy to see that you all feel very strongly about each of these issues.
So in class we are going to each consider one of these issues by writing beliefs up on posters labeled:
Corrupt Law Enforcement
Child Imprisonment
Dumpsite Children/Shattered Families
We are then going to write a personal belief statement which explains how we feel about one of these issues. After this part of the activity, we will visit a separate poster labeled, Why? where we will consider the reasons these things are happening. After we've had a discussion about the many different elements that build up to these situations, we will revisit our statement. Has it changed since you've considered some of the reasons we've come up with?
-Mr. Thomas
