Re: [Marxism] Looking for information on consumerism

["Karen Saunders" <Karen_Saunders@xxxxxxxxx>]

Try Indykids (old issues online as pdfs) and the Rethinking Schools
archives, also Rethinking Globalization (published by Rethinking Schools)
has some good lessons designed for 7-11 year olds.
http://indykids.net/main/

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/

Here's one RS article with ideas for rewriting advertisements that would
work well with 7-11 year olds, even though it was meant for high schoolers:
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/publication/rg/RGTruth.shtml
another that looks at clothes, class, and consumerism, and is also
adaptable for younger kids:
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/21_04/love214.shtml

Neither Indykids nor Rethinking Schools is strictly Marxist, but both have
a left perspective, and friends and I have found that many lessons fit
well with Marxist concepts and principles, while others are easily adapted.
And then there's Teaching Economics As If People Mattered (published by
United for a Fair Economy).  The lessons in this book are designed for
high school, but some colleagues and I have successfully adapted a couple
of them for 9-12 year olds.

Karen


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