Sex Tourism In Asia

We watched a brief segment of "TRADING WOMEN" today, as well as the main feature "BANGKOK GIRL."

Bangkok girl:
Producer/Director Jordan Clark enters a world with various levels of prostitution -- from basic bargirls, who merely pour you a drink, money for sex relationships, to hooking on both sides of the gender line.The documentary provides a glimpse of Thailand's sex tourism told through the experiences of a 19-year-old bar girl named Pla.

Working in the bars since the age of thirteen, Pla has managed to avoid selling her body for sex, a remarkable discovery, given her surroundings that sadly cannot last. En route to the film's startling conclusion, you are given a true understanding of why and how she ended up in her current environment and wonder if she will ever escape.The introduction of 'falangs', or foreigners, to Thailand has forever changed their city, their economy, their lives, and their desires.

This film is a daring and unabashed look at ourselves, through the eyes of one girl, in an honest, morally gripping story, which challenges the worldwide, accepted practice of sex tourism.

About trading women:
Trading Women enters the worlds of brothel owners, trafficked girls, voluntary sex workers, corrupt police and anxious politicians. Filmed in Burma, China, Laos, and Thailand, this is the first film to follow the trade in women in all its complexity and to consider the impact of this 'far away' problem on the gobal community.

UPCOMING NEXT CLASS-GROUP PC RESEARCH PROJECT:
LESSON PLAN 1

Title – Human Trafficking & Modern Day Slavery - Introduction
Unit Topic: International Relations
Grade: 12
Lesson Topic: The Extent of Human Trafficking in the World Today
Primary Method Used: Cooperative Learning
Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Identify the main purposes for which people are trafficked
2. Discuss with 100% clarity the three-tier country-rating system
3. Present examples of these concepts and how they occur in today's society
4. Outline the main points for the countries assigned to their group

Equipment and Supplies Needed (To do research):

PC access to both the Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery website and to the HREA Study Guide on Slavery and Forced Labor.
[http://www.gvnet.com/humantrafficking/index.html]
[http://www.hrea.org/learn/guides/slavery.html]
[ [http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2005/

Anticipatory Set: The anticipatory set for this lesson will begin with an introduction to slavery and forced labor, followed by a brief discussion of how the revelation of injustice can lead to social change. The set will include an overview of how the U.S. State Department is striking a blow at Human Trafficking by publishing an annual resource report [http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2005/] that rates countries according to their progress in fighting Human Trafficking. The anticipatory set will serve to enforce the concept that social change can be accelerated when resources are provided and intelligent leadership is exercised.

Sequence of Learning Activities:
1. Anticipatory set
2. Break into groups – one group per geographic region
3. Discuss the objectives of this group project.
4. Assign sections of responsibility to each group

Assignments: Each group will receive a specific list of countries from the Human Trafficking website as their area of responsibility. Each group will receive two days to work together in order to present the results of their assigned research to the rest of the class. Each group will, during their presentation, cover Lesson Objectives 1, 3, & 4 (above) for their assigned countries, and suggest possible action plans.

Closure: The lesson will conclude with each group being graded during their presentations according to the rubric designed in class.

BRING THIS ASSIGNMENT SHEET WITH YOU NEXT CLASS!