Gem Slaves UBPI 2 2º ESO

UBPI 2 The Mine 2º ESO

Gem Slaves: Tanzanite´s child labour

Watch the video and tick the right answer:

3- Children work in... a) industries b) mines c) forest

2- The name of the town is... a) Johannesburg b) Dodoma c) Mererani

1- The video took place in: a) South Africa b) Tanzania c) Nigeria

Task 3: Complete the following paragraph with words from the box : Water -Needy -dark- broke – sells –house – mines

Peter comes from a ……………….family. His father ……………………his leg and his mother ……… ……… vegetables. He works in ……………………until 6 pm then when he comes back home, he goes to fetch …………………. After that he helps his mother in …………….chores. Finally, late at ……………………he goes to bed.

1- What’s the name of the boy?.2- How old is he? 3- Look at his eyes. What do you think he is feeling?3- How many children work in the mines? How old are they? 4- What do they fetch in mines ?

Task 2: Answer the following questions:

Task 5 : Answer the following questions and discuss with the class :

1- Why do children work in mines ? 2- Do you think it is good for children to work in mines ?why ? 3- What happened to children who work in mines ?

1- The mine is 6 kms away from the town (….) 2- The children work 300 meters inside the mine ( ….) 3- Children work in safe place ( …..)

Task 4: Are these sentences true or false: justify