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Teaching With Documents: Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child LaborSocial Studies · Economics · Grades 9–12Lesson plan

Teaching With Documents: Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor Background "There is work that profits children, and there is work that brings profit only to employers. The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work." -- Lewis Hine, 1908 After the Civil War, the availability of natural resources, new inventions, and a receptive market combined to fuel an industrial boom. The demand for labor grew, and in the late 19th and early 20t

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