Hi everyone,
This week we are going to help the CIW in their new campaign.
Please do your work in Google Docs! Save it and print it for class.
- Write a letter to supermarket chain that buys tomatoes from Immokalee. (Some of the largest supermarket chains that buy Florida tomatoes are Kroger, Publix, Martin’s, Giant, and Stop & Shop.)
- Write to this business about the challenges that farm workers in Immokalee face, and explain to the business how they can help these workers.
- Use specific information from the articles we have read and videos we have watched to support your ideas.
- Your letter should be at least three paragraphs.
Paragraph One – Introduce yourself and explain why you care about the rights of farm workers in Immokalee.
Paragraph Two – Explain the needs of the farm workers. What do you think the business you are writing to should do to help the farm workers? Why do you think the business should do this? Why will it be good for the farm workers? Why will it be good for the business?
Paragraph Three – Summarize your request and why it is important.
Please do your work in Google Docs! Save it and print it for class. We need it because we will be revising them and mailing them!
1.When was the Great Depression?
ReplyDeleteThe Great Depression happened in the decade preceding World War 2.from 1929-1945.
2.Where did it occur?
The Great Depression originated in United State,but later spread to every country in the world.
3.Find an image from the Great Depression.
The farmers pured a lot of milk into the river.
4.What are migrant workers?
Migrant workers are the people who travel place to place to seek job.
5.What is ranching?
Ranching is the place to rear livestock.
6.What was it like to be a farmer or rancher in the 1930's?
Everyone had no money and they live in very dirty and hot house ,without groceries.Children had nothing to play but climbing trees.
7.What did migrant workers do on ranches?
Government program help ranches to rise up the amount of agriculture.
8.Why was the Great Depression a difficult time for migrant workers (this question will not have answers on line. You need to make an inference (an educated guess based on your knowledge))?
During the Great Depression,people have no money to buy food any more,company do not need so many workers any more,therefore,most workers lost their jobs.
10.What is mental retardation?
Mental Retardation is a disability that has to do with how well or how fast a person can think and learn.
11..Imagine you were a migrant worker who had mental retardation during the Great Depression. Why is this a very difficult situation to be in (this question will not have answers on line. You need to make an inference (an educated guess based on your knowledge))?
If I were a worker who has mental retardation,I must been hated and do not needed by society.The competition about jobs has been very intense,I have disability and can not find any job which is suitable for me and I can not support myself and my family.
12.What is mercy killing or euthanasia?
Mercy killing is known as “euthanasia” or “physically suicide”,which is the practice of ending the life of a person who is in a vegetative state or who is suffering from terminal illness,in order to relieve him of the pain and suffering associated with his condition.
13.Tell me three facts about John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck was born in Salinas,California.
He wanted to be a free-lance writer in New York when he was young,but he failed and went back to California.
He likes to write books about society dealing with economic problems.
Mengni