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03 Depth of Consumption Activity (20 points)

Directions: Follow the steps below to complete the activities. You should be writing in COMPLETE
SENTENCES throughout this document. Remember, you are summarizing and using your own words
where applicable.

Step 1: Follow the link to the website: https://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/title and select “BEGIN”

Step 2: Watch the 47 second introduction.

GRADED QUESTION #1: What do you think is going to be the goal of this series of
videos/readings? (1 point)

Step 3: Watch the video titled “COTTON One farmer. A shocking number of T-shirts”. This video is 2
minutes and 32 seconds long. You may also scroll down and reference the provided reading that
accompanies the video.

GRADED QUESTION #2: The video notes that the US exports more cotton than any other
nation in the world and follows Bowen Flowers, a cotton farmer. As you learned, he is
producing a good or service to sell. But we can also see that this farmer is CONSUMING goods
and services. Name at least one good or service the cotton farmer consuming? (1 point)

GRADED QUESTION #3: How many t-shirts could Bowen Flowers’ farm produce from the
cotton he harvests? (1 point)

Step 4: Click “NEXT CHAPTER: MACHINES” and watch the video titled “MACHINES Sucked up, laid down
and twisted”. This video is 1 minute and 33 seconds long. You may also scroll down and reference the
provided reading that accompanies the video.

GRADED QUESTION #4: Where did the harvested cotton go next in its journey to become a t-
shirt? What else was being consumed in getting the cotton to these new places that video did
not mention? (2 points)

GRADED QUESTION #5: What is the process of production of a t-shirt from the raw material
(cotton) to the fabric that is used to make the t-shirt? What is being consumed in the
production of the fabric? (4 points)

Step 5: Click “NEXT CHAPTER: PEOPLE” and watch the video titled “PEOPLE The lives of the workers who
made our shirts”. This video is 6 minutes and 21 second long. You may also scroll down and reference
the provided reading that accompanies the video.
 GRADED QUESTION #6: The video provides an in-depth description of the human labor that is
used to turn the fabric from the last segment into an actual t-shirt to be worn. Compare and
contrast the lives of Jasmine in Bangladesh and Doris in Columbia. Be sure to compare and
contrast their working lives. (4 points)

Step 6: Click “NEXT CHAPTER: BOXES” and watch the video titled “BOXES The unsung innovation at the
heart of a global economy”. This video is 1 minute and 37 second long. You may also scroll down and
reference the provided reading that accompanies the video.

GRADED QUESTION #7: How did the development of the new technology of shipping
containers make shipping more efficient? (1 point)

GRADED QUESTION #8: What forms of transportation were used to get this t-shirt to the
Planet T-shirt warehouse? (1 point)

Step 7: Click “NEXT CHAPTER: YOU” and watch the video titled “YOU Where our shirts starts and ends –
and everyone in between”. This video is 1 minute and 40 second long. You may also scroll down and
reference the provided reading that accompanies the video.

GRADED QUESTION #9: How does a t-shirt represent the depth of consumption? Provide
specific examples. Were you surprised at the elements that go into making a t-shirt? Why or
why not? (5 points)