Test strategies
True or false: You should have a positive attitude while taking tests.
TRUE. Confidence actually helps you do better!
Where did the documentary take place?
Bonus 100: On what continent is that country?
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is in Asia.
Who helps Lyddie get used to working in the weaving room?
Diana
What is a group of workers who join together called?
A union
True or false: If you don't know the answer to a question, you should just not answer it/leave it blank.
FALSE. Always put an answer!
Name an unfair working condition shown in the documentary.
Hours: People have to work ridiculously long days 6 or 7 days of the week.
Compensation: Workers are not paid enough for the amount of work they do.
Child/Forced labor: Young girls are allowed to work at the factory, much younger than legally allowed.
Health/Safety/Environment: Some of the jobs are very unsafe and possibly deadly.
Why does Lyddie have to leave her family's farm?
What group of people did Cesar Chavez advocate for (fight for their rights)?
Mexican-American farm workers
What is a way that you can prepare yourself BEFORE taking a test?
- Go to sleep early
- Eat a filling breakfast
- Think positive thoughts
- Review key concepts
True or false: When the investigators tell the brands about the working condition violations, the brands admit to what they're doing, apologize, and make changes.
FALSE. They make excuses or deny the problem completely!
Name ALL THREE of Lyddie's siblings.
Charlie, Rachel, and Agnes
What did Chavez and the UFW encourage people to boycott for better working conditions?
True or false: it's a good idea to read a passage twice.
TRUE, if you have time.
Name a clothing brand that is mentioned in the documentary.
Zara, Lindex, Monoprix, H&M
How did Lyddie get injured at the factory?
A loose shuttle flew off and hit her in the head. She started bleeding.
Name at least THREE kinds of working conditions.
Hours, Compensation, Health/Safety/Environment, Child/Forced Labor, Treatment of Individual Workers, Treatment of Groups of Workers
Name a strategy for answering multiple choice questions.
- Read ALL the answers before picking one
- Use the process of elimination
- Avoid answers that are partly untrue
What job shown in the documentary causes men to develop "silicosis" in their lungs?
"Sand blowing" / Distressing jeans using poor quality sand
Where does Lyddie want to go to college at the end of the book?
Oberlin College in Ohio
From your research about modern companies and working conditions, give an example of a modern company and a specific way they violate working conditions.
Student(s) give an example of issues with compensation/hours/forced labor/etc. at Nike, Amazon, Shein, Walmart, etc.