Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor

Abstract:

This lesson encourages students to analyze dozens of photographs taken in the early 1900s depicting working conditions for child laborers. This lesson correlates to the National History Standards and the National Standards for Civics and Social Sciences. It has cross-curricular connections with history, government, language arts, and business law.

Subject:

Humanities, Social Sciences

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary

Collection:

National Archives and Records Administration