rubbish dump

The rubbish dump

1.     Who cleans up after us?

2.     Have you ever had a picnic or BBQ and not cleaned up?

3.     Why are sanitation workers often stigmatized?

Cities produce trash.  You produce trash. Rich cities produce enormous amounts of trash.  Some cities recycle.  Mumbai, in India is a city that recycles everything.  Of course they produce trash but surprisingly, very little. But even poor cities produce some trash.  Most things that were created by human beings end up on a rubbish dump.  People who work in the rubbish industry experience stigma.  The dumps are usually on the edge of the city.  Working with trash is a dangerous job. The garbage itself is full of hazards but in today’s story, we see the garbage through the minds of two remarkable characters.

B. After reading: a recurring song in the story is:

The white man is wise

He made the aeroplane

It’s nothing else

But determination   

Key words or background to song:  industrial revolution, colonialization, developed world, educated person, poverty, social Darwinism

C. Connect to the Internet – Bob Marley lyrics for War, verse one.  Write below:

Until the philosophy…

D.  Homework – A.  Watch the TED Talk about the other rubbish dump, our ocean.  Google; Charles Moore:  Seas of plastic, or,

<https://www.ted.com/talks/capt_charles_moore_on_the_seas_of_plastic/transcript?language=en>

B.  Also, Video about rubbish dump workers.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-KJ0C8ZyZI

next week:  Test on the rubbish dump videos