Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: America at the Centennial
A lesson plan requiring student to analyze primary documents from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Students interpret what these historical artifacts say "about the lives and values of Americans in 1876" among other things.
Digital History
Digital History: National Recovery Administration
Resource provides an overview of the codes set by the National Recovery Administration that helped industry and labor in the 1930s and their positive and negative affects.
National Archives (UK)
National Archives: Victorian Britain: Industrial Nation
Mining in England early in the Industrial Revolution was very dangerous. Source 4 presents clippings from Lord Ashley's report illustrating the conditions of working in mines and factories in the early-mid nineteenth century England....
Library of Congress
Loc: National Child Labor Committee Collection
Newspaper clipping from 1911 illustrating the dangers of children working in factories while the Congresswas investigating the concerns voiced by families of workers.
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Library of Congress
Loc: Child Labor in the Canning Industry of Maryland [Pdf]
Child labor was a terribly common, but dangerous thing near the end of the nineteenth century. Read this report of the conditions in a particular cannery in Maryland where many young children are working the lines.
Library of Congress
Loc: Child Labor and the Building of America
Young scholars are immersed in primary source materials that relate to child labor in America from 1880-1920 to gain a personal perspective of how work affected the American child within a rapidly growing industrial society. This project...
Digital History
Digital History: The Introduction of the Factory System
The factory system revolutionized manufacturing and the employment of unskilled workers to man the factories. Read about the young children, women, and, later, immigrants who provided the labor to the textile mills and other...
Digital History
Digital History: Slave Labor
Not all slaves worked in the fields. Read about the jobs of many skilled workers who were slaves in the South. Read also about the slaves who were field hands and find out about the harsh labor conditions they endured.
Utah State University
Teacher Link: A Day in the Life of an Employed Child
Ask your students how they would like working everyday instead of coming to school? This site features a lesson plan to help make students aware of child labor abuses throughout the world.
The History Place
The History Place: Child Labor in America: 1908 1912: Investigative Photos of Lewis Hine
Powerfully visual website with haunting images of working conditions faced by child workers in a variety of occupational sites, including mines, textile mills, newspaper stands, and factories. Will make many of today's children empathize...
Other
Webguild Sentinel: Women at Work: The Fight for Children
A discussion of women's advocacy throughout history, a large part is devoted to the discussion of the Sheppard-Towner Act of 1921.
Other
Needham h.s.: Child Labor in Factories
With the explosion of factories and increase in demand for their products, the factory owners needed more workers with small hands to handle small machines and parts. This resource offers details of the new workforce, children, during...
Other
Child Mine Labor During the Industrial Revolution
Website informing readers on the daily life of children working in the mines during the Industrial Age. Site provides an overview with photos about the hours, types of jobs and working conditions.
Other
Unicef: Child Protection From Violence, Explotation, and Abuse
This resource provides information and statistics of child labor throughout the world.
United Nations
United Nations Cyber School Bus: 3 Plus U
This interactive exhibit follows three friends as they present information about child labor, forced labor, workers' rights, and organizations that are working to help workers. There is also information about where articles are made and...
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Other
Commission for Labor Cooperation: Guide to Child Labour Laws in Canada [Pdf]
Laws are in place in each Canadian province and territory to ensure that the safety and health ofemployed youths are protected.
Library of Congress
Loc: America at the Turn of the Century
A short report on America by 1900: "..the American nation had established itself as a world power. The West was Won. The frontier -- the great fact of 300 years of American history -- was no more."
National Women's Hall of Fame
National Women's Hall of Fame: "Mother" Mary Harris Jones
The National Women's Hall of Fame recognizes the important and influential life work of the famous labor organizer and worker's rights activist "Mother" Jones.
Other
Spartacus Educational: British History: Elizabeth Bentley
An interview of a woman who worked as a child in a factory in England and suffered a sentence of debilitating health as a result.
Other
Spartacus Educational: British History: Hannah Brown Child Labour
During the 1830's the House of Commons conducted interviews of factory workers who began their employment as children. This is an interview with Hannah Brown investigating abuse in the factory where she worked.
Other
Spartacus Educational: British History: Child Labour: Joseph Hebergam
Im the early 1830's the House of Commons conducted interviews of those factory workers who began their employment as children. This is an interview with Joseph Hebergam inquiring about the hours and environment he worked in.
Other
Spartacus Educational: British History: Child Labor: Edward Holme
During a national investigation into the impact of child labor in factories during the early 1800's, Dr. Edward Holme was interviewed following his observations in a local factory.