Child labour Research task

Here is a research task I have been given-

Who was involved/Included in child labour?
Around 152 million children are involved in child labour, it was said to be around 88 million of them are boys and 64 million of them are girls. 48% are aged 5-11 years of age. Almost half of the children/child workers are in Africa- 72.1 million kids, and the other 41% of children are in Asia and the Pacific -62.1 million. Almost half of the workers, work in the most hazardous child labour ever - 73 million. 

How were these kids involved, and how did they get involved?
More than 2/3 of all the children in child labour work as contributors family labourers on farms or in families- 69.1%. Some parents or families also sell their kids to pay off any debts, they cannot afford on time. Some kids who are given away to work can be gone from home for months to even years, it is a long period of time until they have worked off the debt, and sometimes the parents pay the rest, so their kid doesn't need to work longer.

Where is child labour, what areas of the world is child labour?
There are so many countries in the world that have child labour so I am just naming the top ten-
10-Somalia
9-Pakistan
8-Nigeria
7-Myanmar
6-Liberia
5-India
4-Ethiopia
3-Dr Congo
2-Chad
1-Bangladesh

What are the reasons for child labour?
The people behind it earn a large amount of money each year, roughly $150 billion dollars in illegal profits- This comes from what the forced labour generates.

Facts-
- 71% of child labour takes place in agriculture, for example, things such as-
Livestock herdings, Brick making, aquaculture, fishing, forestry, mining for gold, silver, diamonds and so much more hazardous jobs.
-19% of children who are in child labour, are in low-income countries and around 2 million victims live in high-income countries, but still, get paid lower than the minimum wage- illegally.
-More than 1/4 of children that work in hazardous are done by children under the age of 12, that's- 19 million.
- Some children in child labour are forced to work for other people as a way of paying a debt, for example, their family would have to give their kids to them, and the children would have to work until the debt is paid, this could take from months up to years.
- Some children willingly do it because they're scared of their families getting slaughtered if they don't.
-Children who try to escape from working would usually get a really bad punishment, and the ones who had escaped successfully would've eventually been caught, or in really bad trauma.

All summer in a day- Ray Bradbury

Here is a link to the story my class read together, and here are some questions and answers.
STORY LINK

Find 3 words you don't know the definition to, look them up and write the definitions in your words.
tumultuously, Apparatus & tremors.

Tumultuous- When an unintentional noise happens and you have many ideas on what could've made that sound, or just a loud noise like applause.

Apparatus- Any machinery or equipment needed for a project or to create a structure of some sort.

Tremors- Shaking of some sort, or small shakes for example- Mini earthquakes.

Discuss the Exposition of the story -- what are the characters, setting, and mood?
Margot, students, William and the teacher.
The setting- On Venus
The dark, gloomy and dreary.

List and label one metaphor, one simile, and one example of sensory language from the story.
Metaphor- "The children lay out laughing on the jungle mattress"
Simile- "The sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour".
Sensory language- {They were taking off their jackets letting the sun burn their arms}

List and label an example of show not tell from the story.
"It was the colour of flaming bronze and it was very large" - The sun
"The sky was a blazing blue tile colour". - The sky colour description

Child soldiers.

Here is a map I have created on where child soldiers are mostly made and are a large amount.
The information on it is about what other types of labours take place there.
I have ordered the countries in line, on the mildest labours to the most extreme, starting from Somalia to Yemen.


What is a child soldier?
A child soldier is literally what the name is, It is a kid who has either been taken or chosen to leave their homes and go away to learn how to fight, cook, clean, kill and so on. These kids can be turned into a bad army, they go around killing or having wars with other armies, sometimes innocent people.

Here is also a S.E.E.L paragraph I have created on Child soldiers-

Children are used in wars and armies because they are captured at a young age, some have a will to join to avenge their families death and are easily manipulated by warlords and recruiters. Child soldiers have no human rights or freedom because they are controlled by warlords who deny advantages. For example, child soldiers in Somalia are used for either sexual entertainment or as messengers, porters, spies and even cooks, they are very easily manipulated, have chosen too, or have grown into the army. The ones that have chosen to join the army may have done so because they have either lost their families and want to get revenge for their deaths, come from poor families, are homeless or have trauma and are too scared that if they don't join, they will get slaughtered along with their families. Most of these child soldiers are sold to other armies for sexual use, or as slaves.

Health- Taha Wairua

For the past few weeks 10Ak Health class have been learning all about Taha Wairua and Spiritual well-being, we have been learning about how it can effect people's life.

Spiritual wellbeing-  It is when all of the Values are together and how people connect with each other, it is also a way if people being able to speak. It also gives a purpose in life for people, you can connect through hundreds of different ways, for example- Internet, music/lyrics, notes even nature. To me I believe that my spiritual wellbeing is very important and effects me through everything I do.


Here is a slideshow on one of my Taha Wairua tasks.

Here is a photo about things that are important to me in life and that I think, are the reasons I live happily.

Child Labour

My S.E.E.L Paragraph-

Child labour has been around from the 1700s and the early 1800s. Child labour is still to this day very frequent and on going. Around 168 million children are stuck in child labour, and nearly 60% of child labour takes place in Agriculture, because of this, child labour children miss the chance to have a bright education, and have to find or work for more money so they can support and help their families. For example, children are used in child labour and are manipulated into doing longer hours and still get paid under the minimum wage. The reason behind this is that the government of people controlling the child labour, pay minimal as possible while they start becoming filthy rich. The children in child labour have less time to rest that the average kid. They have to grow up working for their life, literally. They also don't have much time to properly bond with their families of friends. Due to child labour so many children are living without basic human rights.

My Final Reflection On My Show Don't Tell post.

My final reflection-

Have I learned anything while working on this topic, if so what and how is it going to help me become a better writer?
While I have been working through this topic, I have started to learn on how to write and create mini proper stories, I have also learn't new words, and I am able to understand and say the meanings. For example the words 'Protagonist & Antagonist'. I think this can help me in life, if I feel like becoming author of novels, or if I would have a job that includes a big amount of writing, it can also help me through writing essays or assessments. It can help me become a better writer, because I would know how to use proper punctuation, and I would be able to explain and be descriptive in my words/sentences.

What activities have I enjoyed from this unit of work and why?
The one that I enjoyed mostly would have to be, creating my own personal 'show don't tell' stories, I found it very fun, and I enjoyed coming up with funny ideas and I got to create a story line while trying to get others to understand and see what I see or can imagine.

Which styles of learning works best for me, can I identify any obstacles to my learning?
I think the style I prefer to work with would have to be setting it up part 1, because I like creative and imaginative stories. I also think a obstacle I had to try harder for would be 'setting as a backdrop' because I don't think I am good at trying to get people to see the background or imagine it.

Show don't tell

Show Don't Tell Sentences

What do you think "Show don't tell" means?
I think it means when, you are telling a story but you're being very descriptive, you are trying to show someone what you can see or have seen, or its trying to get some else to have a view of your story or picture it.

Original S.D.T.S- These are not well descriptive short stories.

The buildings were tall.

My version- The height of the buildings looked as they were the height of a mountain.

Sarah was really upset.

My version- The anger on her face could not be described, she was as red as a Santa hat.

She was so happy to see him.

My version- Her face seemed brighter than ever, her smile going from ear to ear, you could tell she was excited as she waited.

The lake was beautiful.

My version- The light from the sun glistened onto the water as the warm breeze was flowing with the water, it was like you were in a dream.

Setting it up:
A Ghost Town In The Wild Old West-
I can hear the loud cries and groaning from a distance. I am slowly following the silent screams, as I take a glance around where I'm at, there is no person in sight, I am out in a desolated place. I am sensing a dark and gloomy entity, my eyes have adjusted to the dimness of night, the only light to be seen is the moonlight that glistens from my pocketed gun. In the distance I see a small town hall and a couple of stores, but no light to be seen, and no person around, the sand has built up a wall around the buildings, it is dark, gloomy and dead. I get out my flask, take the last sip and let the liquid linger on my tongue. The sweetness and saltiness are all I can savour. The End.

Taking a dip-
I am swimming for my life, I start to take notice of the sirens as I'm being pulled under more into the rip. I start taking short breaths, begging for air, the bitterness of salt from the water is lingering on my tongue. I'm moving too far out, the sirens start becoming faint, I am trying to hold myself above the waves, I suddenly get pushed against the side of a large rock, giving me time to grab and climb onto safety, waiting for the lifeguards to notice me. I can feel a warm liquid slowly going down the side of my cheek, remembering my head hit the rock, noticing the blood starts to get me frightened and confused, my mind turns blank and I pass out. I woke up in a warm bed, noticing that everything was a dream. The End.

Into the flames-
I start inhaling the toxic gases in the air, I am feeling nauseous, my mind is spinning, I am tripping over furniture whilst trying to get my way to my family outside, the smoke begins to make my breathing heavy, my vision begins to blur, I slowly hit the floor, hearing in a distance screams of my name from my family, and I feel the floor begin to shake as wood planks begin to fall, and the walls. As tears were rolling down my face, ash lands inside my mouth. I start gasping for air and all I could think about in that moment is if I would get to see my family one last time. As my eyes get heavy so I close them, I can sense someone lifting my body but I am too weak to respond, so I pass out, the next day I wake up in the hospital and gladly my family were fine and I just had some cuts and small burns.

Setting as a backdrop-
The concert-
The building is as packed as a field of corn, the sound was deafening and the lights were as blinding as staring into the sun. The vibrations from the speakers had spread through the floor, I could feel my chest bumping with the beat and vibrations, drinks ended either down every bodies throat or on the floor. Glow sticks were cut opened up and ended up on the walls, the place was like a loud neon room.

Creating a protagonist-

Definition-
Main character/lead of a movie or novel-any story line.

Here is a link to my QUIVER I made on my personal protagonist.
LINK