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Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution

Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution. Review of terms and people. 360-362. Industrial Revolution Industrialist Cabot Lowell Textile Factory “Lowell Girls” Interchangeable Parts Innovations Elias Howe. Checking for understanding The Industrial Revolution was not….

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Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution

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  1. Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution

  2. Review of terms and people. 360-362 • Industrial Revolution • Industrialist • Cabot Lowell • Textile Factory • “Lowell Girls” • Interchangeable Parts • Innovations • Elias Howe Checking for understanding The Industrial Revolution was not…. Please finish the statement

  3. How does the setting shape the story? • The story takes place in a textile mill • What were the conditions inside a textile mill like? • What did it sound like? • What did the machines seem like to the children?

  4. Explaining the main characters • What brought most of the children to the factory? • How are Sully and Clover both similar and different? • How are Sully and Randall (aka. Rat-Face) different?

  5. Plot point: Abuse • Provide examples of abuse that the children had to suffer while working in the factory. • Are the adults complete monsters? When do they show care and concern for the children. Why only at these times? • What attitude does the factory owner, Leland Shaw show towards the children • How does he hope to inspire them?

  6. Plot Point Two: The Golden Key • Why was Leland Shaw given the golden key? • What power does the key seem to hold over Clover? • What does he want to do with it? • Why is Clover’s plan desperate and absurd (remember, he’s nine years old) • What is the truth of the golden key?

  7. Symbolism: Internal Corruption How does the symbol of the golden key represent the true nature of factory life for orphaned boys?

  8. Child Labor Today

  9. Statistics • According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) there is an estimated 165 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 actively involved in child labor

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