Исследование и дебаты на тему "Детский труд" / "Child Labour" (рабочий лист)
материал по английскому языку (8, 9 класс) на тему

“Child Labour” Debate

Target: to do research and discuss a number of aspects of the theme “Child Labour: past and present” taking on various perspectives.

What to do?

You are going to do research on the issue of Child Labour. There are several perspectives, and we are going to explore them in teams.

Step 1. Working in a team of 3 students, decide which perspective you will explore:

• situation in the past
• laws in the past
• situation in the present
• laws in the present

Step 2. Do research (remember to decide who is to take down the information, who is to present your findings, etc.) You should prepare to briefly summarize your findings and find one-two visuals to illustrate your ideas (if possible).

Recommended sources:

• situation in the past

Sadler Committee report

https://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111sad.html - excerpts from the report

• laws in the past

Factory Act 1833

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/1833-factory-act/ 

• situation in the present

https://www.careeraddict.com/10-companies-that-still-use-child-labor 

http://www.fao.org/resources/infographics/infographics-details/en/c/293325/ 

• laws in the present

Child’s Labour Laws (modern)

Convention on the Rights of the Child http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CRC.aspx Article 32

https://www.loc.gov/law/help/child-rights/canada.php - Child Labour and Exploitation

http://www.unicef.ca/en/category/tags/child-labour 

https://www.unicef.org/protection/files/Child_Labour_and_UNICEF_in_Action.pdf 

https://www.unicef.org/rightsite/ - 3-min film / history of Convention of the Right of the Child

While exploring the sources, remember to note down the key information in the table below.

Step 3. As a team, form your position: basing on the information you have researched, do you feel child labour should be encouraged? To justify your opinion, choose several arguments and examples / reasons / explanations to support them. Take down notes in the space below. Choose the main speaker.

Our position:

Arguments:

1.

2.

Step 4. Participate in debates. Listen to the main speakers of each team; take notes, if necessary, to reply to your opponents.

Step 5. Assign another speaker to reply to your opponents’’ speech. Remember to tackle your opponents’ arguments.