Learning about Coca-Cola can be part of almost any class at school!
Students must make informed choices about how they spend their money at school. Before they decide to spend their allowance or lunch money to add to the considerable profits of this extremely large, multinational corporation, they should do a little research--
SCIENCE CLASSES
Water mining in India Water Profiteers. Corpwatch India, May 28, 02
http://www.corpwatchindia.org/issues/PID.jsp?articleid=1604
- Global warming and HFC packaging
Letter to Doug Daft, President and CEO. Greenpeace. June 1, 00.
http://www.greenpeace.org.au/archives/coke/gp010600.htm
- Beverage Container Waste
Coke Recycling Plan a Refreshing Idea. Atlanta Constitution (Editorial). April 19, 01
http://www.proxyinformation.com/cokenewsatlanta2002.htm
- Ecological damage in India
Coke, Pepsi Under Fire for Painting Rocks in India. National Geographic News. Aug. 27. 02
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0826_020827_mountainpop.htmlHEALTH CLASSES
Pesticide contamination of Coke products Coke Soft Drinks Banned in Belgium. Associated Press. June 15, 99
http://www.seacoastonline.com/1999news/6_17odd.htmEuropean Warning over Coca-Cola. BBC News. June 16, 99
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/the_company_file/369684.stm
- Choking hazards/recall of Coke promotional items
Team Beans Announces Recall of ‘Bottle Cap Bear’ Key Chains. Consumer Safety Product Commission, Sept. 5, 02
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHw000/333/8895/354726.html
- Lack of AIDS coverage for employees in Africa
ACT UP protests Coke’s ‘medical apartheid’. Southern Voice July 26, 02
http://www.southernvoice.com/atlanta/020726c.php3?pub=atl
- Health risks of ingredients:
- Genetically-Modified ingredients
Coca-Cola Faces Major Shareholder Protest Over GE Ingredients, San Francisco Chronicle, April 3, 00
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/04/03/BU91580.DTL
- Sugar and Tooth Decay
Missoula’s Health Board Rooting out Tooth Problem without Water Fluoridation. The Missoulian, April 12, 02
http://www.fluoridealert.org/news/mont/missoula2.htmPouring Rights: Schools Long-term Deals to Sell Soda Kick Kids’ Nutrition in the Teeth<,> Academy of General Dentistry, May 21, 2001
http://www.agd.org/consumer/media/may01/pouringrights.html
- Overweight/obesity health risks
Nutrition Policy Profiles: Soft Drinks Contracts in Schools. Prevention Institute for the Center for Health Improvement. N.D.
http://www.preventioninstitute.org/CHI_soda.htmlCIVICS CLASSES: FREE SPEECH
Students suspended for disloyalty to Coke Teen Turns Coke Day Flat. Adbusters, Summer 1998
http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/commercialfree/toolbox/coke.htmlPepsi shirt incident gains world notice. Augusta Chronicle, Mar. 26, 98
http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/032698/met_124-2581.shtmlSOCIAL STUDIES CLASSES: HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS
Link to murders of Coke union leaders in Colombia Under The Gun: Execution-style killings have Colombia’s trade-union activists running scared. Time Magazine International Edition. Aug. 13, 01
http://www.laborrights.org/press/scared081301.htmMurder in Columbia Lands Coca-Cola in Court Battle. Atlanta Journal and Constitution June 06, 02
http://www.laborrights.org/press/coke060602.htmUnionist who filed law suit against Coca-Cola shot dead. News Agency New Columbia. Sept. 6, 02
http://www.anncol.com/september_eng/0609_UNIONIST_WHO_FILED_LAW_SUIT_AGAINST_COCA_COLA_SHOT_DEAD.htm
- Supporting the Nazis during WWII
The Coca-Cola Company under the Nazis
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tsawyer/coca_cola/coke2.html
- Racial discrimination against employees
Coca-Cola to pay discrimination settlement. Associated Press. Nov. 17, 00
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/94/63/01_91_m.html
- Supporting illegal military dictatorship in Nigeria
Coca-Cola Exploits Nigeria. The Phoenix, 1997.
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/1997/1997-04-25/coca-cola-exploits-niger.html
MATH CLASSES
- Problem 1: Compare revenue for ASB at your school vs. revenue for Coca-Cola
- Problem 2: Compare revenue from product sales with potential health costs, in dollars
GENERAL EDUCATION
The History of Coca-Cola
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4269/history.htmlWhy I Said No to Coca-Cola. Rethinking Schools. Winter 99
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/14_02/coke142.htm