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WorksheetsAll Work, No Play
Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 27mins
When did some children have to work long ago? How many hours each day?How many days a week?
Children worked when their parents made them.
Many children worked from morning until night, six days a week.
Children didn't work long ago.
Look on page 5. What details show why many children got hurt working in factories?
Children didn't pay attention long ago.
The children played too much around dangerous equipment when they should have been working.
The boys are small and working with huge machines with many working parts. They don't have on any protective clothing. The boy on the right is barefoot.
Look at page 6. What is the meaning of the word jobs?
the work people do
a person who works in a factory
children who work in a coal mine
Look at page 6. What is a factory?
a place where working children play and sleep
a large building where many people use machines to make things
a store where you can buy food
Why did some working children have to live away from home?
They didn't want to be near their families.
They had more fun living away from home.
The children's families lived far away from where they worked.
What did people do to try to change the rules about children working?
They marched, made signs, and wrote articles. Working children asked others to help them.
They put factory owners in jail for making children work.
The changed the rules about taking dogs to work.
What did working children want to do?
make a lot of money to send to their parents
work more hours
play and go to school
