Child+Labor

What social questions must all societies address? How and why do people define their values and beliefs? How do societies deal with unlimited wants and limited resources? What kinds of choices can individuals make as investors, producers, and consumers? Why can't I have everything I want?
 * Child Labor **
 * Questions **

**Basic Facts** [|Children in the Fields] //(magazine article)// (ELL) [|Is it fair to eat chocolate?] //(magazine article with audio)// [|Child Labor in the Carpet Industry] //(magazine article with audio)// [|Time for Kids: Child Labor in Focus] See pictures of children from all over the world and find out why they have to work. //(website)// [|What is Child Labor?] //(magazine article)//

[|Mexico]// (website) // [|Ecuador] //(magazine article)// [|India] //(magazine article)// [|Pakistan] //(magazine article)//
 * Child Labor Around the World **

**Photographs of Child Laborers** [|Newspaper Vendor: Bangladesh] (Magnum Photos) [|Manual Labor Afghan Refugee: Pakistan] (Magnum Photos) [|Brick Makers: Niger] (Magnum Photos) [|Cacao Worker: Ecuador] (Magnum Photos)

[|United States] [|Great Britain]
 * Child Labor Laws **

** Iqbal Masih **

**Child Labor: How to Help** [|Scholastic: How to Help] //(website)// [|Dynamic Teen Wins Support for Child Rights] //(magazine article)//

**History of Child Labor** //ebook// || A biography of Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones), the union organizer who worked tirelessly for the rights of workers, including child workers. || //website// || T his story was originally printed between 1912 and 1919, to make people aware of the troubles of child laborers. In this story, a girl who attends school and doesn't have to work, tells about her trip to the south to see the cotton workers. She was shocked at how the children had to work, and you probably will be, too. There are many pictures to go with this story. They show real children who really did work for 10 or 12 hours each day. || //website// || Poor children in Victorian England had to work long hours for little pay to help their families, in coal mines, factories, farms, or as chimney sweeps. ||
 * [|Mother Jones]
 * [|The Story of My Cotton Dress]
 * [|BBC - Victorian England]