Child Labor
Activity 3, Strategy 1 Check for Understanding Scoring Guide

1. It reported the shocking figures that 18.2 % of the nation’s children between the ages of 10 and 15 were working in mills, mines, fields, factories, stores, and on the street; this was two million children.
2. Children were being robbed of their lives by a lack of education, The increased national wealth was going to the few, while many people were drifting deeper into poverty; Increased leisure time and an education for all was still an unfulfilled dream for most people Children were injured and killed in industrial accidents
3. The documented evidence forced people to come to grips with the reality of child labor. The pictures were used in the lobbying efforts to bring about effective legislation to eliminate child labor. It helped people retain public images of the problem.
4. There is still much work to be done in completely eliminating practices related to child labor. There is especial concern for children in third world countries who are making the products that were once made in Great Britain and the United States.