Empowering Global Citizens

5. Students will be confident about their agency and efficacy in ad—
dressing the issue.

Overview

Beginning with the cocoa—plantation industry, students are familiarized
with the issue of child labor, which is then discussed in the context of other
industries. Through the use of literature and stories about child labor in
different industries, students will analyze some of the complexities of child
labor as well as its moral— economic—, and development—related causes and
effects Students also learn about the International Labour Organization and
its efforts to eliminate child labor globally. Since students will be involved in
creating their own chocolate, they Will collectively seek to discover the most
effective way to combat child labor in the chocolate—manufacturing industry
and discuss how they’d like to tackle the issue.

Activity 3.6.1

Understanding Child Labor

The teams present their findings concerning the different valuations placed
on schooling and the proportion of out—of—school children in each of the

countries to the class.

All of the students are introduced to the issues of child labor in cocoa planta-

tions and in the chocolate—manufacturing industry.

Use the following link to learn facts about child labor in cocoa plantations
and to study advocacy materials that advocacy—based organizations have
used when advocating with chocolate—manufacturing companies: http://

www.5topthetraffik.org/resources/chocolate/#1.

Each team reads a book that deals with child labor in different industries.

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