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Curated OER

Child Labor Laws in America and Nebraska

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students research child labor laws in Nebraska and America. In this child labor lesson, students examine primary and secondary sources regarding legislation on child labor and create posters that highlight the laws of 1907 and 1910.
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Curated OER

Child Labor Today and Yesterday

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the child labor laws of the present and past. They discover how technology added to the problem of child labor during the Industrial Revolution. They read articles about how other countries deal with this problem.
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Curated OER

Children Around the World: Child Labor

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students research the history of child labor and the child labor that still exists in the world today.
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Curated OER

Three Centuries of Child Labor In America

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the history of child labor that is found in America. They use a variety of resources to conduct research. Students create cause and effect arguments using the information that is found. They also compare and...
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Curated OER

Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this child labor lesson, students examine photograhs by Lewis Hines and discuss the implications of child labor in America.
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Curated OER

Narrative Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Imagine a day in the life of a child who has to work 12-14 hours a day, seven days a week. After viewing images and reading stories of child laborers, class members select an image and write a richly detailed narrative about a typical...
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Curated OER

Mr. Coal's Story: An Appeal to End Child Labor

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils read about child labor in the early 20th century. In this Pennsylvania history activity, students read a story about child labor and discuss reasons why child labor laws should have existed during the early 20th century.
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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Labor Unions in an Industrializing U.S.

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Have class members eager to enter the workforce? They'll be glad to learn that things aren't how they used to be. Have your young historians examine then discuss four primary source images related to the negative effects of...
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Curated OER

Lesson on 'The Chimney Boy's Story' by Wes Magee

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Wes Magee's poem "The Chimney Boy's Story" about chimney sweeps/climbing boys is used as an introduction to a lesson plan that asks groups to research child labor in Victorian Britain. 
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Texas Center for Learning Disabilities

Chapter 10 Teacher Guide and Student Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Intended to be used with the 10th chapter of Francesco D’Adamo’s novel, Iqbal, a novel about child labor. The 42-page packet of intervention materials is designed to improve the reading comprehension of learners with special needs. As...
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Texas Center for Learning Disabilities

Chapter 13 Teacher Guide and Student Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Inderjit Khurana, Betty Makoni, and Cynthia Maung. As part of a study of the rights of children launched by a reading of Iqbal, Francesco D’Adamo’s historical novel about child labor, class members review information about these three...
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Texas Center for Learning Disabilities

Chapter 14 Teacher Guide and Student Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Class members generate Level 1, 2, and 3 questions for Chapter 14 of Francesco D’Adamo’s Iqbal, a novel about child labor and abuse. In addition, they learn how to summarize a narrative text.
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Curated OER

Prevent Child Abuse

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research documents and photographs by Lewis Hine on child labor. They examine documents and summarize them. Students complete several photograph analysis worksheets. Their research and documents begin after the Civil War.
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Curated OER

Cotton And Child Labor

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders investigate the practice of child labor as found in the history of the United States. The teacher reads the class a story from the year of 1914. This creates context for the lesson and then students answer teacher...
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Curated OER

What is Child Labor?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the topic of child labor in history. They discuss jobs that children their age would have done before child labor laws. They decide on an action to take on Labor Day to share what they have learned with others.
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Curated OER

Work, Lyddie! Work!

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students research links concerning early factory labor, child labor in today's world, and diseases on young laborers. They work on a loom, analyze a mill bell schedule, read a mill girl's diary, and write a poem or song exhibiting empathy.
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Lesson Plan
Center for History Education

Methods of Reform: The Lowell Mill Girls

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Although the girls and women who worked in the Lowell Mills are not often seen this way, they are the forbearers of the American labor movement. Pupils examine primary sources, including testimony about life at Lowell and labor laws, as...
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Interactive
DocsTeach

Analyzing Photographs of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
While a catalyst for the labor movement, 146 people lost their lives in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1913. A series of photographs of the aftermath of the tragedy help young historians consider the impact of the fire. The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

History of American Child Labor

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study the historical and social issue of child labor. They examine the photographs of Lewis Hine to see evidence of child labor and decide how the photographs depict the historical impact of the practice. They write a letter to...
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Curated OER

International Response to Child Labor Issues

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine effectiveness of international response to child labor problems. Students describe problem as international community sees it, evaluate analysis and response tactics of International Labor Organization, and determine...
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Curated OER

Child Labor - A Study Using Lewis Hine's Photos

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the photos of Lewis Hine to explore issues of Child Labor. They write their own pieces to describe the historical significance of Child Labor, and show the implications of Child Labor today.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars use the Archival Research Catalog to complete assignments and activities about Lewis Hines and the National Child Labor Committee.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities

Chapter 15 Teacher Guide and Student Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Following the routines established in the initial lessons in this series that uses Iqbal as a core text, kids complete their reading of Francesco D'Adamo's novel about child labor.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Child Labor and Social Protest

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore child labor of the 1900's and compare it to its existence in countries around the world today. Several activities are included including Web research, video presentations, and group projects.

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