HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT

• BY Johanna L. Martinez

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Unit Overview

• In this unit students will be able to study
  human trafficking current issue. Through this
  unit students will investigate how hundreds of
  thousands of people are being denied their basic
  human rights and how this issue poses a serious
  health risk. After having students expose to the
  issue, they will go through a series of
  activities that contain various content and
  technology areas that will help them get a better
  understanding of human trafficking.
• Age Range 4-6

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Activity 1-History

• Students will study the history during the slave
  period of the United States. They will then use
  this to compare it to the current issue of human
  trafficking.
• Activity Procedure In this activity students
  will form groups in which they will research and
  choose a slave. For their research students can
  use a variety of books as well as online sources.
  Then they will use PowerPoint to create a
  biography of their slave to share with their
  classmates. In this project students will also
  use a digital camera to take a picture of their
  group and place it as part of their project.

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Activity1 Cont.

• Activity management For this activity students
  will first go to the library to search for
  information. Then they will spend the rest of the
  time in the computer lab, searching online and
  putting together their presentation. The learner
  is expected to develop team collaboration and
  interpersonal skills while developing an
  understanding in both history and technology.
  The teachers role will be to guide the group in
  the appropriate direction.

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Activity1 Cont.

• Content TEK
• 113.6 Social Studies Grade 4 (b) (4) (A)
• (4)  History. The student understands the
  political, economic, and social changes in Texas
  during the last half of the 19th century. The
  student is expected to
• (A)  describe the impact of the Civil War and
  Reconstruction on Texas.
• Technology TEK
• 126.3. Technology Applications, Grades 3-5 (11)
  (B)
• (11) Communication. The student delivers the
  product electronically in a variety of media,
  with appropriate supervision. The student is
  expected to
• (B) use presentation software to communicate with
  specific audiences

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Activity2-Mathematics

• ?Students will search and study the data obtained
  from human trafficking. Through this activity
  students will learn how to analyze and organize
  data in a graph.
• Activity management For this activity students
  will be in the computer lab because this is an
  individual project. Here students will search
  for the data and also organized it into various
  graphs. The students role in this activity will
  be to be effective researchers and recorders.
  The teachers role will be to assist any one who
  needs help.

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Activity2 Cont.

• Activity Procedure students will collect data
  concerning the number of children, women and men
  trafficked each year from West Africa, Eastern
  Europe and Asia. Then each student will create
  various graphs using Microsoft Excel. All of the
  data that students collect will be from the
  following websites
• http//www.globalmarch.org/child-trafficking/st
  atistics.html
• http//www.unescobkk.org/culture/trafficking/ma
  trix/matrix.asp
• Obtaining accurate and reliable statistics on
  trafficking is very difficult, but I have found
  that the above websites are the best for the
  project. These websites not only give
  statistics, but also have a library of articles
  that can be good background for the unit.

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Activity2 Cont.

• Content TEKS 111.17 Mathematics grade 5 (b) (13)
  (C)
• (13)  Probability and statistics. The student
  solves problems by collecting, organizing,
  displaying, and interpreting sets of data. The
  student is expected to
• (C)  graph a given set of data using an
  appropriate graphical representation such as a
  picture or line.
• Technology TEK 126.3. Technology Applications,
  Grades 3-5 (10) (C)
• (10) Communication. The student formats digital
  information for appropriate and effective
  communication. The student is expected to
• (C) use appropriate applications including, but
  not limited to, spreadsheets and databases to
  develop charts and graphs by using data from
  various sources

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Activity3-Writing

• ?Students will search for a current article about
  trafficking. Having analyzed all of the data and
  information obtained students will write an essay
  that posts a solution to this problem.
• Activity Procedure For this activity students
  will write an essay that state a solution to the
  human trafficking problem. When writing their
  essay students will use educational software that
  will take them through the five different step
  that are essential in writing brainstorm,
  organize, sequence, draft and publish. Students
  will also use microphones to record their own
  essay in their voice, so the final work can be
  placed in the class website.
• The Writers Companion 2.0
• Publisher Visions Technology

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Activity3 Cont.

• Activity management The students will be in the
  computer lab for this activity. Their main role
  is to use writing as an effective communication
  tool. The teachers role is to guide the
  students and to help with any technology
  difficulties

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Activity3 Cont.

• Content TEK 110.6 English Language Arts and
  Reading Grade 4 (b) (15) (A)
• (15)  Writing/purposes. The student writes for a
  variety of audiences and purposes, and in a
  variety of forms. The student is expected to
• (A)  write to express, discover, record, develop,
  reflect on ideas, and to problem solve (4-8)
• Technology TEK 126.3. Technology Applications,
  Grades 3-5 (7) (B)
• (7) Solving problems. The student uses
  appropriate computer-based productivity tools to
  create and modify solutions to problems. The
  student is expected to
• (B) use appropriate software to express ideas and
  solve problems including the use of word
  processing, graphics, databases, spreadsheets,
  simulations, and multimedia.

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Activity4-Health

• ? Having done the readings students can fully
  study the harsh conditions in which human
  trafficking can bring about. The terrible
  living and working conditions can be study from a
  scientific point of view. Students will study
  good and bad living conditions of human beings
  and the effects it has on the body. After
  identifying and analyzing the bad living
  conditions, students will study the infection
  diseases that those living conditions can bring.

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Activity4 Cont.

• Activity Procedure After having study the
  various infection diseases students will play a
  board game online that is offer by American
  Museum of Natural History. Through these games
  students will know about the human defense
  system, how diseases are spread and also how to
  track down and control diseases.
• http//www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/
  index.html
• Activity management In this activity students
  will take turns in using the classroom computers.
  The students main role will be to recall all
  that was learned in the lesson and put it to
  practice in a fun and educational way. The
  teachers role will be to help with any
  difficulties that may arise.

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Activity4 Cont.

• Content TEK 115.6. Health Education, Grade 4 (5)
  (B)
• (5)  Health behavior. The student comprehends and
  practices behaviors that prevent disease and
  speed recovery from illness. The student is
  expected to
• (B)  identify different pathogens and explain
  how the body protects itself from
  pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi
• Technology TEK 126.3. Technology Applications,
  Grades 3-5 (8) (B)
• (8) Solving problems. The student uses research
  skills and electronic communication, with
  appropriate supervision, to create new knowledge.
  The student is expected to
• (B) use interactive technology environments, such
  as simulations, electronic science or mathematics
  laboratories, virtual museum field trips, or
  on-line interactive lessons, to manipulate
  information

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Activity5-Reading

• ?Students as a group will select a book that can
  be related to trafficking or is about
  trafficking.
• Activity Procedure After reading the selected
  book, students will create a short movie,
  narrating a certain section of the book. For
  this activity students will use a camcorder to
  record their scenes and then they will use iMovie
  to edit it and finalize their project.
• The following website contains good tutorials to
  help the students get familiar with Apple iMovie.
  
• http//www.apple.com/support/imovie/

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Activity5 Cont.

• Activity management For this activity students
  will first be in the classroom organizing their
  scenes for their movie. In a large room or
  auditorium they will act and record their scenes.
  And then they will take their scenes and edit
  them in the computer lab. The students role is
  to be creative thinkers. The teachers role is to
  help with any technology devices like the
  camcorder and iMovie program.

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Activity5 Cont.

• Content TEK 110.6. English Language Arts and
  Reading, Grade 4 (10) (G)
• (10)  Reading/comprehension. The student
  comprehends selections using a variety of
  strategies. The student is expected to
• (G)  paraphrase and summarize text to
  recall, inform, and organize ideas
  (4-8)
• Technology TEK 126.3. Technology Applications,
  Grades 3-5
• (11) Communication. The student delivers the
  product electronically in a variety of media,
  with appropriate supervision. The student is
  expected to
• (A) synthesize and publish information in a
  variety of ways including, but not limited to,
  printed copy, monitor display, Internet
  documents, and video.

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Types of Technology Statement

• There are three types of technology used in this
  unit and they are the following
• Technology as business resource- In activity two,
  technology plays a major role in communicating
  and managing the information of human trafficking
  statistics.
• Technology as content delivery- This type of
  technology was used in PowerPoint and iMovie
  because their main focused was to present the
  students understating to a wide variety of
  audience.
• Technology as lesson support- Using the Writers
  Companion software and the infection game online,
  are methods in which technology is used to
  support the lesson and at the same time making
  learning fun.

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Engauge 21st Century Skills Statement

• In this unit my students will be engage in
  21st century learning skills because it will
  require them to produce higher order reasoning
  along with skills that will prepared them for
  tomorrows world. Through the use of group work
  in creating iMovie and PowerPoint, students
  become effective communicators because they
  develop interpersonal skills and team
  collaboration. Students are also exposed to
  digital-age literacy skills because basic skills
  and information is presented within todays
  technological environment. Higher productivity
  skill is also presented in this unit because
  effective real world tools are used in the
  classroom to enhance their learning.

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Adaptation Statement

• Special need
• -For those students who are partially blind I
  will setup magnify-viewer in their computer
  screen.
• -Those students with speech disabilities voice
  synthesizer will be install in the computer.
• -Mouse pedals will also be available for those
  students who require this type of assistant.
• Above grade level
• For the group activities I will spread out
  all of those students that are above their grade
  level so they can be of greater benefit to the
  group. On the individual activities I will try
  to challenge these students by giving them
  material that requires more critical thinking.
  For example, in activity three I will require
  them to select a higher level article.
• Below grade level
• Those students that are below their grade
  level I will lower the guidelines for the
  individual activities by letting them choose
  options that I have selected. For example I will
  guide them to what article they can choose. I
  will also be able to give them extra assistant
  after class to make sure they are keeping up with
  the assignments.

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Impact of Technology Statement

• The activities in this unit do not necessary
  required the technology, but without it, it is
  less effective. The technology supports the
  lesson activities making learning fun and
  challenging, while preparing them with skills for
  the future. If technology would not be available
  I will instruct each activity to be done the old
  fashion way. For example, for activity one,
  students will create poster for presenting their
  slaves. In activity three students will write
  their essays with paper and pen, while as a class
  we brainstorm ideas. In low technology
  circumstances I would try to create more group
  work and limit the amount of time the computer is
  used. I would also make students take turns in
  using the computer. My high technology wishes
  would be for every student to have a computer
  available. I would also like for us to have a
  set of camcorders, Macintosh computers and
  various educational software.

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Unit Material

• Web Resources
• http//www.globalmarch.org/child-trafficking/stati
  stics.html
• http//www.unescobkk.org/culture/trafficking/matr
  ix/matrix.asp
• http//www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/inde
  x.html
• http//www.apple.com/support/imovie/
• Software
• ?Excel
• ?PowerPoint
• ?The Writers Companion 2.0
• Technology Tool/Peripherals
• ?camcorder, iMovie, digital camera, microphones