About This Lesson
This assembly is adapted from our award-winning role-play resource for ages 13+.
Students will learn about: the labour behind branded trainers and sportswear, factory conditions and workers' rights, the causes and consequences of the use of cheap labour in poorer countries, and action pupils can take.
The assembly lasts around 15 minutes and has a teachers’ script and a PowerPoint slideshow. It can stand alone, or could be used to introduce topic work around globalization. This was designed for use in British schools, but very little changes would be need to use it in US schools.
Really good and thought provoking resource - especially when pupils feel under such pressure to be wearing designer labels.