Child Labor

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Child Labor

• Migrant Farming in America

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What is Child Labor?

• Child Labor is using children under 16 years of
  age for work that is harmful to their
• Health
• Education
• Physical Development

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Child Labor in U.S. History

• Child Labor was used during the Industrial Era in
  the U.S.
• Due to several accidents involving children,
  states began to pass laws about the number of
  hours and kinds of work children could do.
• In 1938 US passed first nationwide law about
  child labor in United States.
• Fair Labor Standards Act sets the minimum age and
  standards for employment.

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Child Labor Today

• The worst violations occur in India, Pakistan,
  Asia, and Africa.
• Most of these countries use children as bonded
  laborers or soldiers.

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• Children working in factories make things like
  soccer balls, hand made oriental rugs, Athletic
  shoes etc.

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Migrant Farming in the U.S.

• U.S. farmers depend on migrant workers throughout
  the year.
• Many migrant families travel all over the country
  to harvest food.

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• To earn enough money to survive, many migrant
  workers need their children to work with them in
  the fields.
• Child labor is often used in migrant farming
  which is illegal in the U.S.

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The Circuit

• Written by Francisco Jimenez
• Based on his childhood living as a migrant worker
• At age 6 began to work in the fields of
  California with his family who immigrated from
  Mexico.

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The Circuit contd

• Learning to read and speak English helped free
  Jimenez from the migrant farming life.
• He is now a Professor at SCU in California
  teaching language and Latin American Literature.
• If youre a migrant worker, youre constantly
  living in poverty.
• Info from Santa Clara Magazine, vol. 38 no. 2
  (spring 1996)

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Creating Belindas Voice

• The class will read the short passage on Belinda,
  a migrant worker in the US.
• Next, we will use phrases and words from the
  passage to create a Found Poem, which will
  summarize Belindas story.
• Homework!!!
• Each student will create their own Belinda Poem
  including an illustration.
• Due Wednesday.