Who's over there?

Task:

In class we wrote to a character from a country where our clothing was made. In this second part to the assignment, which prepares you for the first longer essay (5 pages), you are to search and find information for an informal report. This lab exercise has 2 main objectives:
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1) To compile information about the label that makes your article of clothing.
a. Go to the brand’s American website. Copy and paste information on a Microsoft word page about the company’s mission/vision/values – the ‘About Us’ Section

b. Information about the company’s history, the company’s national and international operations (where in the world are their factories?)

c. How many employees are working in these factories? What are working conditions

d. How much are employees paid? Is that amount considered to be reasonable or enough?

2) To compile information about a) a young person your age b) a working adult, 10 years older or more.
a. Where do you think you would find some reliable information about people of working age? Look for some general information (such as the fact-page written about this country by the official US government website). You can start by running a search on the country using Google.com

b. What is the difference between a primary and secondary source? Look for some ‘primary source’ information, like web content that is written by someone like the person you wrote to. How do you think this person actually feels about where they live? What are their goals and dreams? Where to find all this info? Try weblogs like Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo groups etc. and do a demographic search like (age-17, country = japan, gender = female, etc.)

c. If you know what this person likes, then what images might be familiar or important to them? Cut and paste one or two images at the bottom of your report.

d. Where else can you find good sources to investigate this character?

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So, when you find something useful, cut and paste it onto a Microsoft Word document; then you can email it to yourself to ensure that you have it. Document the sources of all information you collect.