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Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution​

READ THIS BEFORE YOU START - Your assignment is to research the issue of child labor in the industrial revolution. You will use information gathered in your research to create a research board on Padlet. Follow the instructions below to complete your assignment. 
The following instructional video will help you to use Patlet for your assignment - 
Use the following links to conduct your research...
History.com
Eastern Illinois University

Needham.k12.com

​Wade Thatcher Research

Directions for Assignment

You are going to use Padlet.com to gather everything you've learned from the websites above onto a research board to show your learning. Gather information from the above links and use it to create a Padlet board. You must use information from all of the four links. After completing your Padlet, upload the link to the shared doc in your email. Your board should include all of the following elements...

A minimum of 8 - 10 facts that demonstrate an understanding of...
  • What working conditions were like for children in the Industrial Revolution.
  • Why young children would go to work.
  • Why employers would want to hire children.
  • When child labor laws began to develop and why.  
  • What types of child labor laws developed. 

A minimum of 5 - 7 images that illustrate working conditions for children in the Industrial Revolution. Each image should be titled.  
Here are some examples of "A" quality work...
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