Conflict Minerals
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The following links contain your documents and evidence for your conflict minerals inquiry project. Explore these resources IN ORDER. Use Dictionary.com to look up unfamiliar terms. Use the correct analysis worksheet for each type of source.
Source 1. and 2. View these two photographs (http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2011/03/30/conflict-minerals.jpeg AND http://www.enoughproject.org/files/CM_101_Slide.gif)
Source 3. Conflict Minerals 101 video
Source 4. The Scandal of Coltan article
Source 5. Choose ONE politcal cartoon (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sgDXxnsAt8A/S9lPpsyGU8I/AAAAAAAAFPk/UnMZE4euD0E/s1600/TintinAuCongoExploitation.jpg AND http://s3.amazonaws.com/corpwatch.org/img/original/6-18-Congo_2.jpg)
Source 6. Read the yellow-highlighted portions of Guns, Money, and Cell Phones Industry Standard Magazine article
Source 7. Look at the Electronics companies ranked by progress on conflict minerals line graph.
Source 8. Read Nokia Policy against Illegal Trade of Natural Resources ,
Source 9. Read Should Apple Make a Conflict Minerals Free iPhone? Forbes magazine article.
Now that you've analyzed these sources, please complete the following:
** Search for individuals who are involved in conflict minerals awareness. You need to find TWO North Carolina political figures ; TWO United States political figures ; and TWO celebrities.
** Revisit the two photographs you looked at when you began this project (Source 1 and 2). Record reflections you now have.