Offers students an overview of various topics related to child labor, including child soldiers, how to control child labor, and children's rights.

Authors offer differing opinions on various legal, ethical, and practical aspects that surround the issue of child labor and sweatshops around the world.

A readers' theater script for six cast members that describes the working conditions of children in mills in the early 20th century.

Child labor laws in the U.S. are some of the strictest in the world. With the offshoring of manufacturing jobs, American corporations don't feel responsible for monitoring their overseas suppliers. Almost every major U.S. retailer has been caught selling goods that have been made in sweatshops. Walmart, JC Penney, Disney, and Nike have all faced consumer backlash when confronted with evidence that their products were made by children under inhumane...

Presents a history of child labor around the world, describing the jobs children were and are forced to do, the ways child labor can be prevented, and the laws being created in underdeveloped countries to prevent such unfair practices.

In 1790 the first water-powered mill in America was run by children, some as young as 7 years old. They were paid pennies for a work day that might last more than 10 hours. As America grew, the children's plight grew worse. Exhausted by six-day work weeks and harsh conditions, millions of young workers had no time to play or go outdoors. They had no childhood. In time children and adults fought back, and the children went on strike to protest harsh...

This program examines India's immense child labor problem and the fight against it. The video contrasts this nation's status as the world's largest democracy with the fact that, inside its borders, 80 million children work physically exhausting jobs for minuscule wages. Incorporating interviews with Shanta Sinha, founder of the organization known as MVF, the video illustrates how the group coordinates community action against the exploitation of young...

Global Viewpoints: Slavery examines contemporary issues regarding the bondage of individuals against their free will. The authors investigate how countries are contending with the historical legacy of slavery from generations past and explore the problems associated with slavery in the modern world. - p. 19.

An American girl finds a note written by a Chinese girl forced to work in a factory in Beijing.