Current Event- Industrial Revolution in China
Video #1: Nightline Special Edition - iFactory: Inside Apple (Foxconn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kiM7dD980
Video #2: PBS- The Tank Man (start minutes 40 in- 1 hr 5 minutes)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/
Some factories have to work 7 days a week, 12-13 hours a day, and only get paid $120 a month. (Only about $1440 a year) Have no basic rights.
Video #3: CNN Planet in Peril- China (Parts 1 and 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWBzwtVXzXc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x979Wwgx7yY
Video #4: CNN- Beijing experiences terrible air quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksps_1Zwg5o
PMI2.5: if it goes above 300 its considered hazardous. In Beijing, it reached about 1000.
Video #1: Nightline Special Edition - iFactory: Inside Apple (Foxconn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3kiM7dD980
- Record the working conditions of the factory workers:
- Record the living conditions of the factory workers:
Video #2: PBS- The Tank Man (start minutes 40 in- 1 hr 5 minutes)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/
- Describe the scenes of China’s economic improvement.
- Explain what the commentator means by “2 Chinas” have developed.
- China A:
- China B:
- What is happening to the peasants right now in China? (Hint: this is the largest migration in human history)?
- Describe the working conditions in these specialized industrial cities.
Some factories have to work 7 days a week, 12-13 hours a day, and only get paid $120 a month. (Only about $1440 a year) Have no basic rights.
Video #3: CNN Planet in Peril- China (Parts 1 and 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWBzwtVXzXc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x979Wwgx7yY
- What is happening to endangered species and other animals in China?
- How much has the economy and human consumption risen in China during the past 30 years?
- How many of the top 20 polluted cities in the world are in China?
- How many of China’s rivers are considered severely polluted? How is this effecting China’s water supply?
- What are some of these most contaminated rivers still used for?
Video #4: CNN- Beijing experiences terrible air quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksps_1Zwg5o
- How does the air quality in Beijing compare to what is considered hazardous levels?
PMI2.5: if it goes above 300 its considered hazardous. In Beijing, it reached about 1000.