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bghbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbggYou are going to share the facts you learned in your article with your group. You should write facts that you think will be helpful for others to include in their two-voice poems. In addition, you may ask questions or comment about the facts other people have written. Remember to write in YOUR CODE NAME only. Also, be sure to state what article you read (Diamonds, China, Chocolate, or Foul Ball)

THIS IS SCHMORLANDO. MRS. MYERS ASKED ME TO LOOK OVER YOUR NOTES AND SEE HOW THINGS WERE GOING. YOU'VE GOT SOME GOOD FACTS HERE. UMSSEYANE AND UMSSERVER, UMSSET, COULD YOU PROVIDE AT LEAST 2 MORE FACTS? DIAMOND ARTICLE--WHY WOULD CHILDREN WANT TO GET THEIR HANDS ON DIAMONDS? EXPLAIN PLEASE.

We read the chocolate article and here are our facts: from, umsseyane and umsserver
 * there is an estimated amount of 15,000 chidren working as slaves on cocoa farms
 * The children are often sold by their families or tricked into slavery
 * the US imports the majority of the cocoa produced on the Ivory Coast, the main place where child slave labor on chocolate farms happens
 * The chocolate industry needs three more years to make sure that half the Ivory Coast isn't using child slave labor
 * fair trade cocoa is one way to help stop child slave labor
 * only 1.3% f chocolate exports come from fair trade certified farms that are free of child slave labor
 * americans spend 13 billion dollars a year on chocolate

I read the FOUL BALL article:
FROM UMSSET:} PEACE OUT HOME SKILLET BISCUIT!!!!:)
 * Children work 80 hour weeks for 24 cents a day
 * They get a 30 minute meal break
 * Employ children ages 7-10 because they have the most energy
 * Pick children because they are cheaper than tractors amd smarter than oxen
 * Children in Pakistan make 4 million soccer balls a year out of 20 million
 * Work in near total darkness because of no electricity
 * Punished if they take more than a 30 minute break, fall asleep, workbenches are messy,waste material,miscut a pattern, or complain about how they are treated to parents
 * scores of children ages 5-10 were employed in a sporting goods factory
 * 80% of soccerballs sold in the U.S. come from Pakistan
 * 20% of those balls are made by children

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I read the Child Slave Labor in China article. Some facts I learned from the article are..... -child labor in China is increasing in China -based on the high drop out rate from school -approximately 4 to 5 million child laborers under the age of 16 -children usually work 10 to 14 hours a day -recieve half the wages of adults -explosion at fireworks factory killed 1 child and injured 34 school girls -14 year old killed when hair got stuck in machine -child labor increases because of the United States demanding more devices from China so they need more workers to fill our orders on time From Umssevin :]

I read the Diamonds Are Forever, But Not The Lives of Childhood Workers Here are some facts I learned.- - The Diamond Industry is an infamous organization that produces exquisite diamonds made by enslaved kids. - Diamonds are symbols of dedication, love, and wealth that child slaves want to get their hands on. - Diamond mines are by far the most dangerous worksite. - They are located on land that is indigenous people**.- we did not understand what this meant~umsseyane and umsserver** - Open pits of heavy metals, oil, machine exhaust, and other rubbish - DeBeers, a king from holding the most sales of diamonds, marketed them as the perfect engagement gift.