WHEN CHILDREN DO THE WORK

Why should Americans care if a teenage girl in Honduras supports a family of eight on 38 cents an hour? What does it have to do with me if a Pakistani five-year-old is chained to a loom or if children are exploited in Bangladesh? Three case studies demonstrate how American foreign policy and the buying power of American consumers make us responsible for appalling instances of virtual or actual enslavement of children. The program puts indelible human faces on otherwise abstract economic issues, and tells how ordinary people can make a difference. Grades 7 and up. Color. 30 minutes. California Working Group. ©1996.