Kids+at+Work

Kids at Work by Russell Freedman

Q1. What were 3 places that children worked before WWI? A1. coal mines, factories, mills, canneries, farms, on the streets

Q2. Why did children work? A2. Their parents needed extra money and/or their parents didn't have jobs

Q3. Why were children hired? A3. cheap labor

Q4. what did Lewis Hine do to stop child labor? A4. He took pictures of the children working in unsafe situations to help those who felt child labor was wrong. His images helped change laws.

Q5. Why was child labor considered wrong? A5. Children didn't have time to go to school; children should have certain rights; children were working in dangerous places and exposed to unhealthy conditions; children were taken advantage of and didn't get paid much

1. Why did they make the child labor law? So kids aren’t being worked too hard. 2. What point was Lewis Hine trying to make? That kids deserve to be kids and they shouldn’t have to work that hard. 3. Name three places that kids worked. At the mill, cannery, and farm. 4. What was the starting age to work at a family farm? There was none. Did most kids go to school? No. At what age did Manuel start working? 15 years old Where did Kids work? Shrimp picker, cotton mill, and coal mines What was the main photographers name? Lewis Hines
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