1. Child Labor: Stolen Childhoods, Stolen Dreams Web Quest Created By: Shelsea Garrett

2. Are children living in today’s world safe from the harsh realities of child labor? When we think of child labor, we think of history. Children being forced to work in terrible conditions, for extremely long hours and for very little pay. Your job throughout this web quest is to discover if this is really a piece of history, or does this cruelty still exist in today’s society?

3. Child Labor Task In groups, you will be creating a newspaper informing and rallying the public about the issues of child labor. The newspaper must look authentic (title, photos, different articles, etc.) The front page will be worked on as a group. Each person in your group will then choose a particular form of child labor and create a page to submit for the paper. Be creative in your ideas. The forms of child labor are as follows: Child SlaveryFactory Children Children in AgricultureChild Soldiers As you complete your research keep the following questions in mind: Why are you having to work? What are your job conditions? How much do you get paid? Take us through a typical day in your life. Do you get to attend any form of school? What do you do when you are not working? Are there any laws to prevent this type of work in the modern world?

4. Child Labor Process TYPE of LABORRESOURCES Child Slavery http://www.freetheslaves.net http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/slavery http://ihscslnews.org/view_article.php?id=67 Children in Agriculture http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000394/index.htm l http://www.afop.org/CIF%20Report.pdf http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0610- 01.htm Children in Factories http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0225/072.html http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main. htm http://www.lib.unc.edu/stories/cotton/about/index.ht ml Child Soldiers http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/24/national/main5341 82.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_soldiers http://www.amnestyusa.org/Child-Soldiers/Stories-from-children-associated- with-fighting-forces/page.do?id=1021177&n1=3&n2=78&n3=1270

5. Child Labor Process Continued The above listed sites are just a few of them accessible on the internet. You are more then welcome to use additional sites that you find, but remember to use the ‘Keys to a Good Website’ and write them down. I have two websites I want every person to view: http://www.hrw.org/children/labor.htm http://www.childlaborphotoproject.org/childlabor.html There are many photo sites available to you, some are: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/gallery/ http://www.childlaborphotographs.com http://www.childlaborphotoproject.org/

6. Child Labor Newspaper Evaluation Front Page123 Does the front page have the appearance of a newspaper? Thrown together, without portraying an actual newspaper. Looks like a newspaper, but not well organized. Looks like an actual newspaper. Has letterhead, different fonts, key, clean and organized. Does your newspaper have a title? No title. Title is simple with not much thought. Title is though- provoking and creative. Are there photographs on the cover of your newspaper? No photographs. Some photos, but don’t represent child labor. Actual photos representing child labor to make newspaper more intriguing. Is there an ‘attention grabber’ for each form of child labor? One article covering all the forms of child labor. Not getting me to want to learn more. A few articles, briefly explaining child labor and just giving facts. At least one article from each form of child labor grabbing my attention to want to learn more. Creative and Interesting Individual Page 12 3 Are there different articles on your page of the newspaper addressing the six different tasks? One page of retelling facts. No thought put into layout of paper and not all tasks are discussed. Somewhat organized, addressing a few of the six tasks. Paper is organized into at least six different articles, each discussing a task, with all tasks being covered completely. Is the information you are providing informative? Trivial, regurgitated facts. Cut and paste information. Straightforwa rd facts with no creativity incorporated in. Creativity balanced with factual information. (Example: Fictional character in a real setting.) Are there photographs present represent your form of child labor? No Photographs A few photographs, not really depicting your form of child labor. Many Photographs exactly tying into specific tasks discussed in articles. Photos have captions to explain.

7. Keys to a Good Website Accuracy - If your page lists the author and institution that published the page and provides a way of contacting him/her and... Authority - If your page lists the author credentials and its domain is preferred (.edu,.gov,.org, or.net), and,.. Objectivity - If your page provides accurate information with limited advertising and it is objective in presenting the information, and... Currency - If your page is current and updated regularly (as stated on the page) and the links (if any) are also up-to-date, and... Coverage - If you can view the information properly--not limited to fees, browser technology, or software requirement, then... You may have a Web page that could be of value to your research!