Introduction-“The report described the children as ‘Chained, belted, harnessed like dogs…black, saturated with wet, and more than half-naked, crawling upon their hands and knees, and dragging their heavy loads behind them’” (Yancey 34)

Child labor in Great Britain

Astor Collegiate Academy

Ms. Kim’s Web Quest Project

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Child labor was prevalent in Great Britain during the late 18th century, when children sometimes worked up to 16 hours a day. Conditions were often dangerous—especially for those who worked in mines—and the children usually received little formal education.

“The report described the children as ‘Chained, belted, harnessed like dogs…black, saturated with wet, and more than half-naked, crawling upon their hands and knees, and dragging their heavy loads behind them’” (Yancey 34). This quote is from Ivor Brown.

With displaced working classes taking control of families that would not be able to support themselves if the children weren’t employed, children as young as five years old were working more than 12 hours shifts making about 2 to 3 shillings per week. It will be your job to act as a consultant to Congress. A congressional committee is presently looking into child labor conditions throughout the under-developed world. As “outsourcing becomes widespread, working conditions in many areas mirror the conditions seen in England in the nineteenth century. It will be your job to carefully evaluate the child labor injustices of the past and make recommendations for future legislation. You work is critical. It can affect millions all over the world today who work under the same conditions. You have the chance, as a Public Policy Analyst to create positive change.

Good Luck !!

You and others that are in the Congress have been asked by the government to help these poor children. You are responsible to come up with bills that will protect children from being abused by many employers.

Your first task is to complete the five step Global History Public Policy Analysis, which is outlined in the Process section below this one. This five step process, which also has five separate worksheets, must be completed in a three student group. These worksheets will be distributed to Congress and the President.

Your second task is, in a group of three students, to make a power point presentation to the rest of Congress, detailing Child Labor in Great Britain. This presentation must include appropriate maps and pictures, and must detail the problem and possible solutions. Each of the five steps in the Global History Public Policy Analysis (worksheets #1-#5) must be discussed in at least one slide. This presentation will be presented to the rest of the class. Focus on worksheet # 5. Make concrete recommendation to Congress to improve the conditions of children throughout the world.

Your third task is to write a two paragraph summary informing me of the work each group member did for the first two tasks. Each group member must sign this summary.

Make sure all of the information you research on the internet is confirmed in the textbook or other printed reference materials.

Step 1-You will use the worksheets described in the GHPPA website to record your research concerning child labor law in Great Britain. These worksheets can be found using the links below and are to be used to complete your project.

Use the following guidelines to prepare your project:

v research the websites

v gather your information from the websites, your textbooks, class notes and handouts

I. Identifying the Problem

II. Gathering the Evidence

III. Determine the Cause

IV. Evaluating Policies

V. Comparative Analysis

You will use the information on these worksheets as resource material for completing your task

Step 2-Your Power Point presentation should include:

l Begin with a “front page” slide containing a heading of your topic, the names of your group members, and a picture related to the topic

l Types of labor children had performed at this time

l Include pictures-photos, cartoons that illustrate child labor

l Slides showing the effects of child labor

l End with a final slide containing a bibliography of the sources you used. This will be your presentation.

3. Child labor laws- Be sure to have a discussion of the Child labor laws in part IV and Part V of the PPA. These policies are critical in evaluating the conditions that existed in the nineteenth century’s era of industrialization.

I. Search Engines (independent search)

http://www.yahoo.com/

https://www.google.com/

http://infoplease.com/

II. Websites

Report Rubric

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Topic	Totally unrelated	Remotely related	Somewhat relevant	Directly relevant
Organization	Not organized, events make no sense	Some organization, events jump around, start and end are unclear	Organized, events are somewhat jumpy	Good organization, events are logically ordered, sharp sense of beginning and end
Quality of Information	Unable to find specific details	Details are somewhat sketchy	Some details are non-supporting to the subject	supporting details specific to subject
Grammar & Spelling	Very frequent grammar and/or spelling errors	More than two errors	Only one or two errors	All grammar and spelling are correct
Interest Level	Needs descriptive words	Vocabulary is constant, details lack "color"	Vocabulary is varied, supporting details need work	Vocabulary varied, supporting details vivid
Neatness	Illegible writing, loose pages	Legible writing, some ill-formed letters, print too small or too large, papers stapled together	Legible writing, well-formed characters, clean and neatly bound in a report cover, illustrations provided	Word processed or typed, clean and neatly bound in a report cover, illustrations provided
Timeliness	Report handed in more than one week late	Up to one week late	Up to two days late	Report handed in on time
				Total

GRADING: A=18-21 POINTS B=14-18 POINTS C=10-13 POINTS

F=BELOW 10 POINTS

Conclusion

Child Labor in Textile Factory

By working on this project, you will have learned:

1. The causes of child labor

2. The outcome of child labor on the lives of children when they grow up

3. The long term effect of child labor on Great Britain

4. How to put together a Power Point project and present it to the class.

Graduate The “Industrial Revolution”, although advancing the world into the modern era, produced harsh negative effects on segments of society. You also have learned that important lessons can be learned by using the GHPPA to analyze historical events. Let’s hope your recommendations have made a difference for those living in the twenty-first century.

THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION