ONLINE RESOURCES AND LINKS
WEBSITE
www.unicef.org/crc/
UNICEF
www.kentlaw.edu
The Illinois History Society
www.inquiryunlimited.org
www.inquiryunlimited.org
www.hri.ca
Human Rights Internet
www.historyplace.com
www.bcfed.com
BC Federation of Labour
Taking Action: Campaign
Against Child Labour
www.hrw.org
Human Rights Watch
www.globalmarch.org
Global March Against Child visiting. It provides statistics and information about Child Labour in
www.freethechildren.com
Free the Children - An
international network of
children helping children. An about a young boy from Pakistan who was sold into bondage as a
organization by, of and for carpet weaver, escaped and was murdered for speaking out against
children!
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United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. This site
includes the full text of the Convention.
Factory Rules from the Handbook to Lowell, 1848 This site
includes the text of actual rule books for girls working at a textile mill
in Lowell in 1848. You will also read about their working conditions,
what they could and could not do, and the rules of their
boardinghouses.
Life in the Textile Mills. This site contains interpretative journal-like
entries written by students of what life may have been like for the girls
who worked in the mills in the 1800s based on their own research and
novel studies.
Working in the Textile Mills. This site contains interpretative journal-
like entries written by students of what working conditions may have
been like for the girls who worked in the mills in the 1800s based on
their own research and novel studies.
Speech on Child Labour by 12 year old Adrienne Silnicki from
Ontario, Canada.
Child Labour in America: 1908-1912
Photos of Lewis W. Hine
Jennifer found this site. This is an excellent resource. There are
original photos of girls working in the cotton mills.
Child Labour: Campaign Against Child Labour What is child
labour and why should we be involved with this campaign.
SMALL CHANGE: Bonded Child Labor in India's Silk Industry
Child Labour Around the World. This site is informative and worth
many countries around the world.
Free the Children "Craig Keilburger first became a spokesperson for
children's rights when he was 12 years old. Searching for the comics
in the local paper, a front-page article caught his attention. He read
child labor. Craig gathered a group of friends and founded the
organization Free the Children."