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Real Median Wage: Is the median (middle number) of all wages. It helps prevent the outliers (incredibly wealthy or poor) from skewing the number.

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FTAA Treaty: FTAA or the Free Trade Area of the Americas was a proposed treaty under the George W. Bush Administration that would have expanded the North American free trade zone to most of the Central and South American countries.

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Labor Day: Labor Day is a day set aside to pay tribute to workingmen and women. It has been celebrated as a national holiday in the United States and Canada since 1894.

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WTO: The WTO or World Trade Organization is an international organization that supervises international trade. The WTO has typically had strong support for free trade agreements (no tariffs) between nations.

US History II Dr. Martell and Ms. Collins

Directions: Go to each station and answer the questions about that station.

Station 1: Map of Jobs

1. How many states have lost 25,000 – 116,000 jobs since NAFTA was passed? 2. Where are these states located?

3. Are there any states at all that did not lose jobs since NAFTA was passed?

4. According to the map, what is an impact of NAFTA?

Station 2: Manufacturing Net Job Loss since NAFTA Definitions to know:

• Right to work: States that have laws that make joining a union a personal choice (open shops). In these states, there are very few workers in unions.

• Free bargaining: States that allow unions to require all employees in certain industries to join. In these states, there are many more workers in unions.

1. What “right to work state” lost the most jobs since NAFTA was passed?

2. What “free bargaining state” lost the most jobs since NAFTA? (BONUS: What industry do you think is in this state that would make them lose so many jobs to Mexico and Canada?)

3. According to this graph, did “free bargaining states” or “right to work states” lose more jobs?

Station 3: NAFTA Job Loss and Wage Changes by State 1993-1996

1. What is the total number of NAFTA job loses for the U.S.?

2. What state lost the most total number of jobs since NAFTA was passed?

3. What is real median wage? How many states had a negative change in the real median wage?

4. What impact do you think this negative change in the real median wage has on the workers in the United States?

5. What impact do you think this negative change in the real median wage has on the businesses in the United States?

Station 4: Cartoon- NAFTA’s Effects

1. Describe what the political cartoon is saying that NAFTA’s effect on the environment.

2. Describe what the political cartoon is saying that NAFTA’s effect on the Mexican workers.

3. Describe what the political cartoon is saying that NAFTA’s effect on the American workers.

4. Describe George W Bush’s (president after Clinton) reaction to the effects of NAFTA (a treaty his father promoted as president)?

Station 5: Hurricane NAFTA Cartoon

1. According to this cartoon, what crop is flooding Mexico? How do they describe this crop?

2. Who do you think the person in the top left hand side represents?

3. According to this cartoon, what impact is NAFTA having on the Mexican population?

4. Who do you think the person in the bottom right hand side represents?

5. According to this cartoon, what does the United States get from Mexico?

6. Find the following: Silver lining (looking on the bright side/something that is good coming out of this situation) what does the cartoon say the silver lining is? What does the cartoon say is at the end of the rainbow?

7. What is the message of this cartoon?

Station 6: U.S. Factory Political Cartoon

1. Where did the jobs go for American workers because of NAFTA?

2. What is the irony here that Labor Day will be celebrated in Mexico?

3. What is the message of the cartoon?

Station 7: Uncle Sam Cartoon

1. What demands do the workers have?

2. What group of people does the pig represent in the cartoon?

3. What does Uncle Sam represent?

4. What is Uncle Sam giving the pig?

5. What is the message of this cartoon?

Station 8: NAFTA and WTO Cartoon

1. Who does the man in the middle represent?

2. To the left of the man are the U.S. workers, what is happening to U.S. workers according to the cartoon?

3. To the right of the man are foreign workers what are the working conditions like for them?

4. What is the message of this cartoon? Once you are done with the stations fill out the charts on the next page and answer the question on the next sheet based on your observations.

Positives of NAFTA Negatives of NAFTA

Who benefits from NAFTA? Who suffers from NAFTA?

Reflection question: Answer the following question in at least a paragraph. Was NAFTA successful? If so, to whom?