Human Rights as Workers Rights |
Lesson 5
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Learning from Labour
Task Component
Instruction
Assessment Focus
Look Fors
Notes for Teachers*
Some students may have difficulty
understanding the concept of
workers’ rights and may require
some prompting.
For example, you may prompt
the students by asking a question
such as, “Does an employer or boss
have the right to make you work
without any compensation or
pay?” or “Does an employer have
the right to make you work for the
entire day?”
These questions should help
prompt some discussion/response
on the subject of workers’ rights.
Or “Does an employer have the
right to make you work for the
entire day?” These questions
should help to prompt some
discussion/response on the subject
of worker’s rights.
During
(Working on it)
20 minutes
Next, distribute and read the short
article entitled Printers Demand a
Nine Hour Day by Jamie Bradburn
from Toronto In Time website:
http://citiesintime.ca/toronto/
story/printers-dem/
Follow this with a viewing of the
You Tube video entitled, The 1872
Toronto Printers Strike, website:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=aGEng8BFX5g
Next, as a whole class activity,
guide students in completing the
second column (Wonder) section
of the KWL chart.
Assessment as Learning
During this portion of the lesson,
students should be able to
formulate rich questions about
the events of the Printers Strike
and its significance for the modern
day trade union movement and
workers’ rights in general.
The teacher should take an oral
scan of the room to ensure that
students are synthesizing their
prior knowledge with their new
knowledge by completing the “W”
section of the KWL chart.