Thursday 8 January 2009

Satire in geography

We're just tying up a unit of work with year 7 on globalisation in the context of the fashion industry. A large focus has been on sweatshop conditions and how the low wages and long working hours allow companies to keep prices down in MEDCs. I'm wondering if this video would be appropriate for year 7 students:



As always with "The Onion", there is a satirical, almost cynical slant on their reports - is this accessible in year 7? Are 11 year-olds ready for this kind of twist on the values we try to instill?

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