Today in U.s. History class we finished our inquiry lesson. The class read the last primary document and learned of the dangers of working in a coal mine.
In the article we found out that the coal mine practiced child labor. The children dealt with sharp coal that would often cut them and they also dealt with dangerous machines that would suck them up and spit them out in half.
We finished the class off with a paragraph that asked if labor unions were necessary. I said that labor unions were necessary because they lowered work hours and higher wages, which were two of the mot famous problems in the early labor world.
Child labor song
-Michael Page
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