Hiram College
Teacher Professional Development Programs
Summer 2015
June 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10, 2015
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

 Human Trafficking


Course Description:
     In this course we will explore the slavery problem in Ohio, the United States, and the world with emphasis on women and children. We will examine actual human trafficking cases in Ohio and the new Columbus legislation trying to help relieve this problem. It is critical to understand what is taking place so we can protect our children and educate them on how to become less vulnerable. This course is critical for middle and high school teachers.
     There are over 27 million slaves in the world today. Currently, throughout the world, there are 100 million females who cannot be located. That is 3% of the world’s female population!  Every day in the United States 2,300 people become missing! Second only weapon sales and having surpassed drug sales, human trafficking is the largest and fastest growing organized crime activity in the world resulting in a multi-billion dollar industry. Forced factory and agricultural labor, the sex trade, debt bondage, domestic help, and children soldiers comprise the many facets of this contemptible enterprise.

Target Standards: When the student completes this course he/she will be able to:
     1.  Explain the types of slavery employed today and the differences between turn-of-the-century slaves and
          today’s trafficked victims
     2.  Recognize the many indicators of a trafficked victim, sex trade, labor, domestic servant, debit bondage
     3.  Identify the signs of vulnerability traffickers look for and teach these dangers to students
     4.  Detect today’s services and products linked to slave production and the many corporations involved.
     5.  Develop programs for reducing human trafficking and promoting advocacy against this crime

Evaluation Strategies:
      1. Each participant will develop a two-hour lesson plan for a middle school or high school class using pertinent information from this course. The dangers of human trafficking, signs to look for indicating a slave or trafficker, and ways of preventing personal vulnerability need to be covered in the lesson plan.
     2. Each participant...

Required Reading Materials:
     1. The Slave Next Door - Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today, Bales, Kevin and Soodalter, Ron. University of California Press, Berkley 2009

     2.  FREE - "The 13th annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2013” June 2013, The United States State Department, available for download at: http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/index.htm#rpt                             

First Assignment: Students are to arrive for the first class having read the first three chapters of The Slave Next Door - Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today and prepared to discuss this material.

 

 

Hiram College
Teacher Professional Development Programs
June 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10, 2015
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Monday, Wednesday
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

 Human Trafficking

Syllabus

I. Session One: Monday - June 1, 2015
 9:00 am- Orientation: Discuss class and expectations, go over policy, cover questions and concerns
9:15 am- Text: Reading the first three chapters of The Slave Next Door was assigned. A discussion about this material will take place in class.
10:00 am - Break
10:10 am - Video: At the End of Slavery - the battle for justice in our time - 30 minutes
10:45 am - Video: Not My Life (80 minutes)
Noon – Lunch
1:00 pm - Video: The Ratanak Foundation - 30 minutes
1:30 pm – Area Organizations fighting human trafficking
2:00 pm - break
2:10 pm – (TIP) Tier Placement, identifying trafficking victims, types of slavery, today’s slavery vs. yesterday’s
3:20 pm – break
3:30 pm -  Video Taken (91 minutes)
5:00 pm - Dismissal

For the Next Session: read chapters 4 and 5 in The Slave Next Door
Definitions and Methodology in "The 13th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2013”
(http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/210543.htm) and (http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/210548.htm) and be prepared to discuss them in class.
II. Session Two:  Wednesday - June 3, 2015
 9:00 am -Discuss chapters 4 and 5 in The Slave Next Door  
10:00 am – Definitions and Methodology of "The 13th annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2013.”
11:00 am – break
11:10 pm - Lecture:  How Humans Change from Kind Individuals to Slavers
Noon – Lunch
1:00 pm - Video: Amazing Grace 118 minutes
3:00 pm – break
3:10 pm - Victim's Stories ( http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/210546.htm ) in "The 13th annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2013.”
4:00pm – break
4:10 pm – Lecture: The Polaris Project
5:00 pm - Dismissal

For The Next Session:  read chapters 6 and 7 in The Slave Next Door and the Trafficking Victims Protection Act ( http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/210553.htm ) and Stopping Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by International Peacekeepers ( http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/210554.htm ) of "The 13th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2013” and be prepared to discuss them in class.

III. Session Three: Friday - June 5, 2015
 9:00 am - Discuss chapters 6 and 7 of The Slave Next Door
9:30 am - Lecture:  Roger Cram - Immokalee, Florida  PowerPoint
10:30 am – break
10:40 am - Lecture:  Human Trafficking in The United States and Ohio PowerPoint
11:15 am - Lecture: Law Enforcement Search and Seizure regulations.  PowerPoint
Noon: Pizza Party in class
1:00 pm - Video: Trade - 119 minutes
3:00 pm – break
3:10 pm - Lecture: Pedophiles
5:00 pm - Dismissal
For the Next Session:  Read chapters 8 and 9 of The Slave Next Door and Global Enforcement Data ( http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/210757.htm ) and Victim Identification: The First Step in Stopping Modern Slavery ( http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/210542.htm ) in "The 13th annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2013” and be prepared to discuss them in class.

IV. Session Four: Monday - June 8, 2015
 9:00 am -Discuss chapters 8 and 9 of the book The Slave Next Door
9:45 am – Discuss pages 50 through 63 in "The 13th annual Trafficking in Persons Report for 2013”
10:00 am – break
10:10 pm - Video: Look Behind the Surface - Identifying Victims of Human Trafficking in the U.S. - 20 minutes
10:30 am - Lecture: Pedophiles PowerPoint
 Noon: - Lunch
1:00 pm – Video Half the Sky
2:30 pm - Guest Lecturer: Professor Carol Donley discussing Half the Sky – Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
3:30 pm - Video (first half) Human Trafficking - 90 minutes
5:00 pm - Dismissal

For the Next Session:  Read chapters 8 and 9 of The Slave Next Door

 V. Session Five: Wednesday – June 10, 2015
 9:00 am - Video (second half) Human Trafficking - 90 minutes
10:30 am – break
10:40 am - Guest Lecturer – Sister Ann Victory – The Collaborative Initiative to End Human Trafficking
Noon – Lunch
1:00 pm – Heroes of Peace in Human Trafficking PowerPoint
2:00 pm – break
2:10 pm – Lesson Plan development and criteria
3:10 pm – break
3:20 pm – Writing the lesson plan
4:30 pm – What can you do about human trafficking?
5:00 pm - Dismissal

Videos Recommended:

Blood Diamond (2006)
Taken (2008)
The Whistle Blower (2010)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Holly (2007)
Trade (2009)