Child Labor Awareness

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📚 Part 1: Understanding Child Labor

I can identify what child labor is and recognize children's rights to education and safety.

1. What is child labor?

Children helping with age-appropriate chores at home

Work that is harmful to children's health, safety, or education

Children earning money for toys

Students doing homework

2. Which of these are basic rights that ALL children should have? (Check all that apply)

Right to education

Right to play and rest

Right to be safe from harm

Right to work in factories

3. What is the minimum age for most types of work in the United States?

12 years old

14 years old

16 years old

18 years old

4. Which situation would be considered harmful child labor?

A 10-year-old helping set the dinner table

A 12-year-old working in a dangerous factory instead of going to school

A 16-year-old with a part-time job after school

A 14-year-old doing a school project

I can explain the difference between helpful tasks and harmful child labor.

5. Explain the difference between age-appropriate chores and harmful child labor.

6. Why is education important for children around the world?

7. Complete this sentence: "Children who are forced to work instead of going to school miss out on _____________ and _____________."

8. What can young people like you do to help raise awareness about children's rights?

I can create a message to promote children's rights and education.

9. Design a poster slogan that promotes the importance of education for all children. Write your slogan below:

10. Draw or describe an image that would go with your slogan to help spread awareness about children's rights:

Extension Activity: Research an organization that works to protect children's rights and write one paragraph about their mission.