Session 14: All Work Has Honor

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Part of Windows and Mirrors, Grades 4-5

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Introduction
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I wear garments touched by hands from all over the world 35% cotton, 65% polyester, the journey begins in Central America In the cotton fields of El Salvador In a province soaked in blood, Pesticide-sprayed workers toil in a broiling sun… Third world women toil doing piece work to Sears…
Session-at-a-Glance
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Activity Minutes Opening 5 Activity 1: What Is My Work? 5 Activity 2: Story — Beautiful Hands 10 Activity 3: When Children Work 20 Activity 4: Window/Mirror Panel — A Circle of Workers 15 Faith in Action: Let Justice Roll 20 Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1: Animal Labor Strike — Click, Clack,…
Spiritual Preparation
From Windows and Mirrors

Find a place where you can be quiet with your thoughts. Make yourself comfortable; light a candle to mark the time as different from your other activities. Close your eyes and breathe deeply and perhaps repeat a word or phrase to separate you from the activities of the day….
Opening
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice or LED/battery-operated candle Large, round mirror to hold the chalice Reflective materials, such as beads or pieces of stained glass Newsprint, markers and tape Opening Words Basket and opening words (see Session 1, Leader Resource 1)…
Activity 1: What Is My Work?
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Optional: Photos or items that represent your work Preparation for Activity Prepare to speak for one or two minutes about your current work or a job you have done in the past….
Activity 2: Story - Beautiful Hands
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story “Beautiful Hands” A bell, chime, rain stick or other musical noisemaker Preparation for Activity Read the story, “Beautiful Hands,” a few times. Consider telling it dramatically, rather than reading it from the page. Practice…
Activity 3: When Children Work
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Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Images of children at work (Leader Resources 1-6) Preparation for Activity Review Leader Resources 1-6, Child Labor Photographs. Print images to post and/or to pass around the room. Keep at hand the information from the…
Activity 4: Window/Mirror Panel - A Circle of Workers
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Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity All participants’ Window/Mirror Panels Blank paper, cut in strips A variety of illustrated magazines to cut up Optional: Paint and paintbrushes, pastels or other art media Basket(s) of Window/Mirror panel materials: Sheets of Mylar(R) in several…
Closing
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Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers and tape Taking It Home handout Optional: A copy of Session 1, Leader Resource 2, Namaste Preparation for Activity Identify a place for participants to store their Window/Mirror Panels between sessions. Keep in mind, there may be…
Leader Reflection and Planning
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Reflect on and discuss with your co-leader(s): How did the timing go today? What might we do to make it work better? What worked well? What didn’t? What connections did children make with the activities and/or the central ideas? How could you tell that was occurring? What connections did you make…
Faith In Action: Let Justice Roll
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Activity time: 20 minutes Preparation for Activity Visit the web site of Let Justice Roll, an economic justice partner of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, or contact the UUSC….
Alternate Activity 1: Animal Labor Strike - Click, Clack, Moo!
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity The picture book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin ( New York : Simon and Schuster, 2000) Description of Activity The book, Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type, is written for younger children, but provides a jumping-off point to…
Alternate Activity 2: Singing Labor Songs
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Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the songbook, Rise Up Singing! Newsprint, markers and tape Preparation for Activity Choose one or two songs from the Work and Labor section of the songbook to teach the group. Write lyrics on newsprint and post. You may wish to invite…
Taking It Home: All Work Has Honor
From Windows and Mirrors

I wear garments touched by hands from all over the world 35% cotton, 65% polyester, the journey begins in Central America In the cotton fields of El Salvador In a province soaked in blood, Pesticide-sprayed workers toil in a broiling sun… Third world women toil doing piece work to Sears…
Beautiful Hands

Barb Pitman

From Windows and Mirrors

By Barb Pitman, in uu&me! Collected Stories, edited by Betsy Hill Williams (Boston: Skinner House, 2003). She was bewildered. Bewildered and ashamed. The other hands in the classroom were smooth with nails cleanly cut. Hands raised to answer the teacher’s question….
Leader Resource 1: Child Labor Photographs
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Leader Resource 2: Child Labor Photographs
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Leader Resource 3: Child Labor Photographs
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Leader Resource 4: Child Labor Photographs
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Leader Resource 5: Child Labor Photographs
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Leader Resource 6: Child Labor Photographs
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Children making rugs. Used with permission of the U.S. Peace Corps.Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
Find Out More
From Windows and Mirrors

“Are My Hands Clean?” The song, “Are My Hands Clean?”, written by Bernice Johnson Reagon, is excerpted as a quotation to introduce this session. Reagon performed the song at Carnegie Hall in 1987 with her a capella group, Sweet Honey in the Rock. “Beautiful Hands” The story, “Beautiful Hands,” by…