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Activities

No Freedom

 

Have students read the court files in the case of Irma Martinez, the woman who was kept in domestic slavery for nearly 20 years in Wisconsin. Her story is briefly described in Current Events. In the court file, the introduction details her experience and explains how the family kept her from seeking help or freedom. Students can find the court file at: www.altlaw.org/v1/cases/1667334

 

Looking for Smart Stuff? Click here to download Issue 9's edition (PDF).

Answers to the Issue 9 SmartStuff are listed on Page 2 of the Issue 9 Teacher's Guide that accompanies Current Events magazine.

 

Resources

 

NO FREEDOM:

• Read first-person accounts the from American slave-trade era at the Amistad Web site of Mystic Seaport: amistad.mysticseaport.org/main/welcome.html.

• Learn more about the history of U.S. slavery at the PBS Slavery in America Web site: www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/hs_es_overview.htm. Learn about the transatlantic slave trade from the United Nations at: portal.unesco.org/culture.

• Read about child soldiers in parts of Asia, Africa, South America, and the Middle East and read their first person stories at Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org/campaigns/crp/index.htm.

• Learn more about modern slavery and read first-person accounts at Free the Slaves: http://www.freetheslaves.net.

SHOW ME THE MONEY:

• Find an example of how a classroom-based incentive program could be created and what students would learn from such a program at the National Council on Economic Education: www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?page=teacher&lesson=EM444

• Read more about Washington, D.C.’s Capital Gains program at: capitalgainsprogram.com. Learn about similar programs proposed by Harvard’s education labs at under “innovations” at: www.edlabs.harvard.edu

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