Chapter 9: An Urban Society "A Hard Life"

Introduction
Students have learned about the growth of child labor in the United States during the late 1800s. In this lesson, they will visually examine the conditions of these workers.

Lesson Description
Students will examine photographs of child workers and answer questions based on the photographs.

Instructional Objectives
1. Students will be able to answer questions about a series of photographs that they examine.
2. Students will be able to make a judgement about the jobs that children worked based on the photographs they examine.

Student Web Activity Answers
1. shrimp and oyster picker; sweeper; manufacturer; fieldworker; nut picker; newspaper seller; spinner
2. Answers will vary. Possible answers: dark, dreary, cramped, boring.
3. Answers will vary: a tired, sad look; their lives are difficult and exhausting.
4. Answers will vary. Possible responses: shrimp and oyster picker—foul smell and monotonous, repetitive work; manufacturer—dangerous machinery.

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