This video shows pictures of child workers in the United States, taken just a few years after the time when Anna would have been working in the tenement, as well as photos of children in other countries today who, like Anna, work long hours for very little money instead of going to school and building a future for themselves. (The music is also from the early part of the 20th Century.)
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2010 at 8:22 PM

    This video sends a very powerful message. When students saw the photos I think they had a hard time really believing that the children in the images were real children, doing real work. The children working in the mines reminded me of relatives, a grandfather and two uncles that worked in the mines. I explained to my students that even though they did not work in a coal mine, nonetheless they all died from black lung disease and or the effects of working in the mines. A picture is indeed worth a thousand words! Mrs. Sweredoski - LACS

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2010 at 7:48 PM

    Mike,
    This video is very sad to think if that was me those kids were my age or younger. I should always think how lucky I am to go to school.


    Sincerly,
    McKenzie M. LACS

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  3. Mike PetersonFebruary 3, 2010 at 8:59 AM

    I think the person who put this together did a wonderful job. My grandfather grew up in a mining town in Michigan but you had to be 16 to be allowed to work underground. (He would have been 16 in 1910.) So there were different laws in different states -- plenty of kids were working in dangerous places at that same time.)

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  4. AnonymousMarch 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    I hate to believe that kids actually had to work like that, and even worse is that some kids still are working like that in other countries.


    Derek T. LACS

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