Vale Middle School Reading Article
Enslaved Children Freed After Being Forced to Make Christmas Decorations (1470L)
Comprehension questions – answers may be in phrases.
1. Name the human rights group that led the raid.
2. What two positions does Gordon Brown hold?
3. How many children were freed, and what is the age of the youngest?
4. What internet based company may unknowingly sell merchandise made by child slaves?
5. How much money do these children generally send home?
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2. Answer each question in one or more complete sentences.
What is a “sweatshop”?
What does it mean to be “trafficked”?
Define “lacerated” as used in the article, and explain why the child slaves were “lacerated”?
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No author listed. Enslaved children freed after being forced to make Christmas decorations. Available at Yahoo.News.
December 7, 2012.