Lesson Five: Newsflash: CBS Evening News
Overview
Using a portion of February 1, 1998 CBS Evening News broadcast about slavery in Sudan that students have requested from CBS, students will determine the four major types of modern-day slavery: forced labor, debt bondage, chattel slavery, and child labor. In addition, students will consider the personal, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual elements of a slave’s life that are expressed through the visual images of the broadcast. Students will work in a large group to explore these issues and to chart the elements of the four major types of modern day slavery.
Objective
Students will write letters to CBS requesting a copy of the February 1, 1998 CBS Evening News. Students will name and characterize the four major types of slavery: forced labor, debt bondage, chattel slavery, and child labor. Students will describe a visual image of slavery and will identify personal elements in the life of a modern day slave.
Time Frame
Letter writing: 30 minutes plus 4-6 weeks waiting time
Discussion about video: 25 minutes (10 minutes viewing, 15 minutes discussion)
Materials
- The CBS Evening News Video
- Chalkboard or overhead projector
Procedure
1. Students will write a letter to CBS Evening News to request a copy of the video.
2. After obtaining the video, students will view it.
3. While viewing, students record information about the slave’s life. In addition, students should record any information that shocks, saddens, surprises, or moves them.
4. Students will participate in large group discussion. Sitting in a large circle, students take turns sharing facts, thoughts, or questions that they had about the video.
5. While the students share, the teacher records the information. Teacher records the information in a chart that separates the four types of modern-day slavery:
- Forced Labor
- Debt Bondage
- Chattel Slavery
- Child Labor
(Keep this chart for use in Lesson 6.)
Follow-Up Activities
- Students will write and produce a film documentary about modern-day slavery.
- Students will create a photo-essay of modern-day slavery. Students will use pictures and images on iAbolish.
- Students will write and produce a play about the life of a slave. Students will examine the reality of being violently abducted from home and forced to live as a slave.
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