Child Labor

• Supporting Questions

  • What were the child labor laws?

  • How did people get laws enacted, and how were they enacted?

  • Is child labor still an issue? 

  • What laws exist today? 

  • Where does child labor exist today?

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• Standards:

  • SS.4.8. Describe how societies have changed in the past and continue to change in order to promote the common good.

  • SS.4.11. Compare and contrast different ways that the government interacts with the economy.

  • SS.4.8. Describe how societies have changed in the past and continue to change in order to promote the common good.

  • SS.4.15. Use a map to illustrate how the natural resources in an area affect the decisions people make.

  • SS.4.7. Explain how the enforcement of a specific ruling or law changed society.

  • ICSS. Literacy. W.4.2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly

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• Objectives:

  • Split into groups, the students will be able to put the child labor laws in the correct order of when they occurred.

  • Given the Power Point of how laws get enacted, the students will role-play an attempt to get a law enacted.

  • Given information on child labor still existing today, the students will be able to explain what the laws are today.

  • After looking at a map of the world, the students will be able to explain where child labor is still occurring today.