Newsgirl

What is the reason why kids started to work after the end of Civil War in 1865?

• They made kids choose between getting a job or going to school.

• Everyone needed to work so families will have enough money.

• There were many farms that opened and they needed children workers.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Who did NCLC hire to document the conditions of children workers?

• Duncan Hines

• Jerry Lewis

• Lewis Hine

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CAUSE: NCLC published the children workers pictures from all over the United States.

• EFFECT:

  People demanded something to be done to help these children.

• EFFECT:

  Parents started asking to see their lost children.

• EFFECT:

  People go mad at NCLC because they didn't believe these were true.

• EFFECT:

  They opened more schools so children don't have to work.

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CCSS.RI.7.3

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Describe Rebecca's Life in Miss Kay's Lodging House. Arrange these events in the right order:

• Then she sleeps in a room with 9 other girls after a hard day's work.

• Finally, Rebecca lines us to get her breakfast of bread, oatmeal and coffee.

• After work, Rebecca writes in her diary as she sits on her bed at night.

• The next day, she wakes up early in the morning to get ready for work.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

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CCSS.RI.9-10.3

Rebecca complained she was losing income because:

• Mr. MIller charged higher for the newspaper she was selling.

• A girl named Kit took over her spot and stole her customers.

• A boy named Harry kept cutting her out and even lowered the price of the newspapers.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

Where is Rebecca's usual spot for selling newspapers?

• She walks up and down the streets to sell newspapers.

• Pennsylvania Avenue and 14th Street.

• 10th Street and Main

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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CCSS.RL.7.1

Who is the newspaper distributor in New York for Washington Times? Write the first and last name.

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CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

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CCSS.RI.7.5

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What did Harry do that made Rebecca so mad?

• He took her purse and ran off with her money.

• He grabbed some papers out of Kit's hands and raced away.

• He started to call her names and teased her for being the onyl girl selling newspapers.

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Kit confessed to Rebecca there's something she cannot do while selling newspapers. What is it?

• She cannot walk very far because her other leg is shorter.

• Kt cannot read the headlines, she didn't go to school.

• She is too embarassed to shout to get people's attention.

• She doesn't know a lot of people, she doesn not know how to start conversations.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Mr. Hine told Rebecca it is harder for him to take pcitures of kids working

in mines and mills because.....

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.1

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CCSS.RL.7.2