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Child Labor in America

Joyce Kasman Valenza and Carl Atkinson

Observing Children at Work


Photograph Title and URL: ______________________________________________________

 

 

1. Where are these children? List any clues relating to their surroundings.

 

2. Describe any tools or objects you see.

 

3. Describe their clothing. What do their clothes reveal about their work?

 

4. What do you think they are doing?

 

5. What questions do you have about each of these photographs?

 

6. Based on your observations, list three things you might infer about the lives of these children.

 

 

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