Preview Activity Does child labor exist in the world today? If so, what kinds of products do...

Preview Activity

• Does child labor exist in the world today? If so, what kinds of products do children help produce?

Child Labor During the Industrial Revolution

Preview Activity (cont.): Have you ever used any of the products pictured below?

Child Labor Today

Objectives: Mon. Jan. 13th and Tues. Jan. 14th Objectives:• 1. I will know (knowledge): the effects that the factory

system had on the quality of life during the Industrial Revolution.

• 2. I will be able to (skill): identify and visually represent different points of view about child labor that existed during the Industrial Revolution.

• Procedures:1. Brief notes over child labor during the Industrial

Revolution2. Effects of the Industrial Revolution groupwork

In the 1700-1800s, 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

The Factory System

• Rigid schedule.• 12-14 hour day.• Dangerous conditions.• Mind-numbing monotony.

Textile FactoryWorkers in England

John Kay’s “Flying Shuttle”

The Power Loom

Young Coal Miners

Child Labor in the Mines

Child “hurriers”

Textile Manufacturing

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.

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.

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.

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.

Exit Ticket

• If you knew a product was produced using child labor, would you still purchase it? Why or why not?