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Teaching The destructive life of a Mardi Gras bead

The destructive life of a Mardi Gras bead

Shiny, colorful bead necklaces, also known as “throws,” are now synonymous with Mardi Gras.\n\nEven if you’ve never been to the Carnival celebrations, you probably know the typical scene that plays out on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street every year: Revelers line up along the parade route to collect beads tossed from floats. Many try to collect as many as possible.\n\nBut the celebratory atmosphere couldn’t be more different from the grim factories in the Fujian province of China, where teenage girls work around the clock making and stringing together the green, purple and gold beads.

David Redmon, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Kent
The Conversation

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

Can a small, harmless bead made for celebration cause a large, destructive impact?
STANDARDS:
RI.2 - Main Ideas

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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