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1 Workplace Reforms 6th Grade Social Studies AL Standard 2 Ms. Frederick

2 Workplace Reforms Skit Time! Lewis Hime http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos/

3 Workplace Reforms Child Labor Laws What are they making? What are the conditions like? What needs to change?

4 Workplace Reforms Child Labor Laws What are they making? What are the conditions like? What needs to change?

5 Workplace Reforms Child Labor Laws What are they making? What are the conditions like? What needs to change?

6 Workplace Reforms Child Labor Laws What are they making? What are the conditions like? What needs to change?

7 Workplace Reforms Child Labor Laws Using the information we have collected, write a diary entry as one of the children featured in the photos. Requirements: ● Your entry must be at least two paragraphs long. ● Give a little background: How did you end up with this job? What did you do before you took the job? How do your parents feel about you working? ● Use descriptive words to talk about the job, your working conditions, and whatever changes you think need to take place.

8 Workplace Reforms Child Labor Laws 1904 National Child Labor Committee forms Aggressive national campaign for federal child labor law reform begins. 1916 New federal law threatens state violators First federal child labor law prohibits movement of goods across state lines if minimum age laws are violated. (Law in effect only until 1918, when it’s declared unconstitutional, then revised, passed, and declared unconstitutional again) 1938 Federal regulation of child labor achieved in Fair Labor Standards Act For the first time, minimum ages of employment and hours of work for children are regulated by federal law.

9 Workplace Reforms Child Labor Laws What about agriculture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXLhNn6swOQ Child farm workers and the CARE Act ●If passed, who would benefit from the CARE Act? ●If passed, who would suffer as a result of the CARE Act? ●Do you think Congress should pass this bill? Why or why not?

10 Workplace Reforms Child Labor Today: Hard to Swallow Efforts to stop child labor around the world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBzoVhw0eck Child farm workers in America and the CARE Act - Interviews and Information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfEtO00DSvI

11 Workplace Reforms Want to know more about the history, present reality, and future of child labor? http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/history-child-labor This article is very informative and easy to read. http://www.history.com/topics/child-labor/videos A couple of video clips about child coal miners in the early 20th century. https://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/us_laws.html U.S. Child labor laws. This site has lots of interesting and powerful information about child labor in the U.S.


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