A School for Iqbal 01/2000 Update

A Two Part Televised Series on Child Labor

This video was made as a study aide for learning about specific ways to respond to the global problem of Child Labor. It uses the Broad Meadows Middle School's project "A School for Iqbal" as a model.

Details

Program Code: 2K052
Audience: Grades 8-12
Subject Area: History and Social Science
Each Program Length: 50 minutes
Presenter: Ron Adams, Amanda Loos, and Elizabeth Bloomer

Program Content:

Students participate in the democratic process by learning concrete strategies for combating child labor. We spotlight one such youth effort led by the students at the Broadmeadows Middle School in Quincy, MA. Broadmeadows students have outlined five steps to end child labor including consumer awareness and activism, corporate responsibility and accountability, legislation and its enforcement, education, and ending poverty. We will also look at contributions by other youths.

As part of their curriculum unit on the Industrial Revolution, Ron Adams' students became interested in sweatshop issues and combating the economic, political, social and sexual exploitation of children worldwide. They learned about Iqbal Masih who was sold into slavery as a bonded laborer at the age of four. He escaped when he was 10 years old and, at 12, visited Broadmeadows and spoke to students about forced child labor. A few weeks later, when he returned to Pakistan, he was murdered -- many say because he spoke out against child labor. Join us for what promises to be an empowering series. Students will learn how to build effective public relationships, how to effect positive change, and ways to contribute to a culture of democracy.

The GLOBAL SWEATSHOP: A Two Part Televised Series on Child Labor
to be broadcast on Mass Interaction (formerly MCET) on:

Global Sweatshop

Subject:	History & Social Science
Audience:	Grades 8-12
Length:	40 Min.
A Mass Interaction Program

This two-part series teaches students strategies for combating global child labor. We spotlight one such youth effort at the Broadmeadows Middle School in Quincy, MA, where students have taken action on this controversial issue. Learn about Iqbal Masih, a young Pakistani boy who was sold into slavery as a bonded laborer at the age of four, and was later killed for speaking out against child labor. Join us for an empowering series.




10/13/00	9:00 AM	9:40 AM	Taped	1/2
10/13/00	10:00 AM	10:40 AM	Taped	2/2
11/8/00	10:00 AM	10:40 AM	Rebroadcast	1/2
11/15/00	10:00 AM	10:40 AM	Rebroadcast	2/2
1/24/01	4:00 PM	4:40 PM	Taped	1/2
1/25/01	3:00 PM	3:40 PM	Taped	2/2
1/30/01	7:00 PM	7:40 PM	Taped	2/2

   Appearing on these programs are taped interviews with: Carol Bellamy, UNICEF;
   U.S. Senators Tom Harkin and Ted Kennedy; World Cup Soccer star and Captain of
   the U.S. Women's Olympic Soccer Team Julie Foudy; Dr. David Parker; and the
   student leaders of these kids campaigns - "A School for Iqbal,"
   "The Kids Online March Against Child Labor," http://www.globalmarch-us.org
   and "Operation Day's Work-USA." http://odw.info.usaid.gov/

   To order copies of this 2 part video The Global Sweatshop, Program 2k052 :

   It's best that the interested parties contact Norma DeGraffenreid directly. Cost varies
   dependant upon if they are members of Mass Interaction (formerly MCET).

   Norma DeGraffenreid
   Mass Interaction (a Quasi-Public Authority of the Commonwealth of MA)
   Where Technology, Government, and Learning Converge
   voice: 617-252-5700 | 617-252-5709 |

norma@massinteraction.org
www.massinteraction.org

Curriculum Frameworks Alignment:

Students will learn ways in which individuals participate in the political process and civic life. Students will explain how labor markets work and examine social and political consequences of economic systems. Students will understand the use and principles of justice and human dignity in identifying forms of conduct as right or wrong, tolerable or intolerable; can assess alternatives for addressing, through law, policy, and personal engagement, persistent but intolerable practices.

Presenter:

A graduate of UMASS Boston, Ron Adams has taught middle and high school for 21 years. He currently teaches at the Broad-meadows Middle School in Quincy. In 1992, he was selected by the Massachusetts Department of Education as Massachusetts State Teacher of the Year in recognition of his efforts to connect students, through the curriculum, to their communities.

Amanda Loos helped launch an e-mail campaign she and classmates designed to teach other middle schools about Iqbal Masih and child labor. Their efforts resulted in the creation of "The Kids Campaign to Build a School for Iqbal." Amanda was also selected by Ms. Magazine as one of its twenty-one young women to watch in the 21st century.

Elizabeth Bloomer was recently selected by her peers to represent the "Kids Campaign to End Child Labor" as a speaker at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and as a speaker at a Congressional Roundtable on Youth Activism in Washington, DC. Elizabeth is also active in sports teams and is on the High Honor Roll.

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