Iqbal:

1. Photo Essay Project

Create a photo essay poster about child labour around the globe or in a specific country of your choice. Use poster or bristol board. You must include ten facts about child labour, and these facts should include information about the history, the causes and the results of it. You should also develop and include an idea or potential solution of what you, as a student, could do to help rectify the situation, based on what you have learned throughout the unit.

Ten images are required, and they be can printed photos (from home) from the Internet or cut pictures from magazines. Each image must have a descriptive caption and a bibliographic citation. The photo essay will be displayed in the classroom, or presented in front of the class if it is a digital presentation.

2. Newspaper Article

Using the websites and resources that you have explored and been introduced to in previous classes, research a form of child labour that exists in the world today. Then write a newspaper article about it, including what type of labour it involves; countries in which it is prevalent; measures that have been taken to rectify it/causes that have become involved; and possible actions that you as a student could take to assist this cause.

Use a Microsoft Word and/or PowerPoint template for the article, and it will be done in newspaper format. You must include a headline, fictional newspaper title, and at least two photos. The article will be presented to the rest of the class.

3. Survey Graph

Develop inquiry questions about the issue of child labour, in the form of a survey. The questions should be such that the results can be easily compiled, for example using percentages, scales of one to five, “yes or no” questions or answers that can be grouped. After these questions have been proofread and approved by the teacher, interview school staff, classmates and family on their knowledge, thoughts and/or opinions of child labour.

Then use Microsoft Excel, Word and/or PowerPoint to compile the data and create a graph to present your findings to the class. You must also write a brief summary of your findings.

4. Interview

Plan and carry out an interview with a character of your choice from the novel, Iqbal.

Develop questions an interviewer would ask the character, and possible responses by the character.

Once you have brainstormed, decide which questions will be used. The interview should be about two minutes long. After the teacher proofreads the selected questions, you will perform and record the interview in the format of your choice (iMovie, Windows Moviemaker, etc.)

Choose appropriate background music that will be integrated into the interview and set the tone for it. The interview must be converted to a format that can be played for the other students in the class.

5. Text-to-Text Connection

Using PhotoStory, Windows Movie Maker, or iMovie, create a short script and videotape a brief scene from the life of one of the fictional characters from Iqbal. You have choice in what you would like to explore with this video. For example, you may wish to explore the life of one of the children following their freedom. Does he/she continue to work for the freedom of other children?

Alternatively, you may choose to infer what happens to the children’s former master following his release from prison. Does he try to resume his former position, or is he a changed man?

You should attempt to find costumes that would closely resemble the type of clothing that would be worn by the characters. The script must show a development of character based on information from the text. The scene should be about 1 – 2 minutes long.

6. Children’s Story

Write and illustrate a children’s story on the theme of child labour, which you will later read to students in the fifth grade, if you wish to do so.

The story should be 5 to 6 pages long. The illustrations can be drawn by hand or using a computer. You may also download images from the Internet, but you must cite your sources.

You will first write the text, create a basic draft, and have it approved by the teacher. Bear in mind that, as it is a children’s book, it must present the information in an age -appropriate manner. The book can be made using regular 8x11 paper, or you may choose to cut poster board to size in order to create the necessary pages. Apart from being read to fifth-grade students, the books will be displayed for the other members of the class.