1. Child Labor During the Industrial Revolution
Preview Activity (cont.): Have you ever used any of the products pictured below?

2. Child Labor Today

3. The U.S. borrowed many ideas from the British
In the s, child labor was used throughout the world, particularly in industrializing countries.
Britain was the first country to be industrialized. Child labor there was primarily used in the textile industry.
The U.S. borrowed many ideas from the British

4. The Factory System Rigid schedule. 12-14 hour day.
Dangerous conditions.
Mind-numbing monotony.

5. Textile Factory Workers in England

6. John Kay’s
“Flying Shuttle”

7. The Power Loom

8. Young Coal Miners

9. Child Labor in the Mines
Child “hurriers”

10. Textile Manufacturing

11. In Britain, 51.2% of children
under the age of eighteen worked
in the textile mills and 20% of
children under the age of thirteen.

14. workers in Rhode Island were children.
In the U.S., in 1830, 55 % of mill
workers in Rhode Island
were children.
The Lowell mills employed mostly young women with an average age of fifteen to eighteen.

15. Factory Conditions for Children in Britain and the U. S
Factory Conditions for Children in Britain and the U.S. in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Factory owners preferred using children for some tasks because of their small size.
It was more profitable for factory owners to employ children than skilled adults.
British factory owners profited by purchasing orphans who worked for very low wages.

16. Child Welfare Issues
Lack of sleep and an averaged eighteen-hour work day in Britain and in the U.S. contributed to mistakes and injuries.
Some children in Britain and in the U.S. were mentally and physically abused by their supervisors, and their safety was neglected by factory owners who cared more about profit than well-being.

17. Child Labor Stations
You will work your way around to four case studies and three photography stations. There will be a total of 7 stations. At each station you will do the following:
Write the name of the author if given
Write if they are for or against child labor
Give two quotes or two things from the photograph to support if they are for or against child labor

18. Possible organizer Title of station Author For or against child labor
Quote #1
Quote #2
Case study #2
Samuel Fielden
Robert Owen
John Wood
Richard Oastler