What stands out the most or

What type of job does What age is the child concerns you the most from this
Image the child appear to have? or children? image? Explain.

He appears to 4
1
be a miner. He looks like he is
smoking.
They seem to be He doesn’t have
6 shoes on and it looks
2 working with
sewing machines. like a safety issue.
They seem to be It doesn’t look safe.
3 working with 7
sewing machines.

They look like miners They look

4 5 all dirty and
sad
It looks likes they are They aren’t tall enough to rewatch the
5 working with meat or sh. 6 table os they need step stolls and
they also both don’t have shoes.
 1. How do you think the owner or manager of the workplaces would
respond to seeing these images? Why?
They would be mad because they wouldn’t want
the public to see it.
Analysis
Questions 2. How do you think an organization that sought to protect children
would have responded to these images? Why?

They would have been

angry because they
Complete the following questions after would think it’s wrong.
viewing the images.
3. Despite the obvious dangers in the factories, many children still
Child labor during the Industrial worked in them during the Industrial Revolution. Why do you think
Revolution was a controversial this is?
topic and images such as the I tihink they did it for the
ones in this resource, divided money that they would make
people’s opinions on the topic.
 1. The images above show the sometimes-dangerous situations that existed for
children. Research other conditions faced by children in workplaces during the
Industrial Revolution. Find at least 3 more details about the working

Analysis conditions.

Questions
There are 5 year old with big pickaxes.this girl
seems to have to work a lot of machines.there is a
little kid smoking.

2. Why do you think factories, mines, and other workplaces used children in the
Complete the following questions after workplace? What was the advantage for these workplaces to use children?
viewing the images.
Because they are cheap
labores.
Child labor during the Industrial
Revolution was a controversial 3. Many of these images were done by people who hoped to bring light to the
topic and images such as the conditions for children that worked during the time. Which of the 5 images do
ones in this resource, divided you think is the most powerful for trying to bring an end to child labor?
people’s opinions on the topic.
There is a little kid smoking a pipe and he has a
pickaxe.