Social Consumer Responsibility Bling Unit

Aim & Learning Target

0Aim:0 What are other examples of mineral exploitation?0 What is social consumer responsibility? 

0Learning Target:0 I CAN make informed decisions about the products I

purchase by critiquing the methods of production and the necessity of the item in my life.

Do Now

0What do you think the term “blood diamond” means?0Do you think that there are any other types of “blood”

minerals?

Questions:

01. What minerals are in electronics? 02. What parts of the world do we think these minerals

are found in? 03. How do we think these minerals are obtained? 04. What are the repercussions of obtaining them?

Anyone every heard of Coltan?

0Coltan is a mineral (Columbite-Tantalum)0Uses: consumer electronic products0Ex: Cell phones, video game players, laptops, digital

cameras 0Properties: withstands high heat0Estimated that 64-80% of the world supply found in

the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

What do we know about the DRC?

0Landlocked country in Africa

0 Illustrious history0Full of civil wars, people

fighting over it.0Belgium had posession

until 1960s

Video on coltan mining

0http://www.scoop.it/t/coltan-mining-in-the-congo/p/2473385345/congo-blood-gold-and-mobile-phones-video

What else, besides coltan?

0Can you think of any more instances of mineral exploitation? 0 Mining in Afghanistan 0 Diamond mining in Zimbabwe0 Oil Mining in Guinea

Reading your Article:

0While you are reading your article you need to write down the following information: 0 Article Title0 Country0 Mineral0 Key Points in Article:

Questions to Answer About Your Article:

0 1. How did this article make you feel? 0 Do you ever use any of the minerals mentioned in the

article? 0 Has the article impacted your view on this mineral?

Social Consumer ResponsibilityDay 2

Aim & Learning Target

0Aim:0 What are other examples of mineral exploitation?0 What is social consumer responsibility?

0Learning Target:0 I CAN make informed decisions about the products I

purchase by critiquing the methods of production and the necessity of the item in my life.

Do Now

0Your friendshows you a crystal that he thinks is a diamond. Without asking an expert, how could you tell if the crystal is really a diamond?

0Which two minerals would be useful as abrasives? Which could be used as a lubricant? Which might be used in sparkly eye shadows?

Structure of discussion

0Each of you will have read one article. 0You will then teach each other about your article (5

mins for each). Please present on:0 Present the key idea0 identifiy supporting evidence given in the article0 point out if the author seemed biased0 provide your response to the article0 how have your ideas changed?

Questions for your Group:

0 If you lived in one of those countries, what might be your response to these articles and issues?

0How did this change your groups view on the need of your mineral (be specific)

0How can we be better consumers?

Share out

0Did they tell you: 0 Countries Name0 Mineral Name0 How the workers are being treated

0Did they Explain: 0 Their opinion on the the treatment of the workers. 0 How this changed their view on the need of the mineral