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Work, Lyddie! Work!

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Students research links concerning early factory labor, child labor in today's world, and diseases on young laborers. They work on a loom, analyze a mill bell schedule, read a mill girl's diary, and write a poem or song exhibiting empathy.

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6th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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