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Freedman, Russell. (1994). Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor. New York, NY. Scholastic, Inc.
Freedman, Russell. (1994). Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor. New York, NY. Scholastic, Inc.
Awards: 1996 IRA Teacher’s Choice
1995 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
1995 ALA Notable Book for Children
1995 Horn Book Fanfare Selection
1995 Jefferson Cup Award
1995 Jane Adams Book Award
1995 Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
1995 Orbis Pictus Award
1994 Golden Kite Award
1994 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
1994 School Library Journal, Best Book of the Year
1994 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
1994 Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award
Grade level/s: 4th-8th
Credibility of the author: Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature.
Summary: This book’s focus was on the photographs taken by Lewis Hine, an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. His photographs portrayed children in the workforce in the early twentieth century. These photographs represented the awful life that these children had to live and what was taken away from them at this time. The children in these photographs worked in dangerous conditions in the coal mines, factories, cotton mills, and etc. Fortunately, Hine’s photographs helped to bring about the United States Children’s Bureau in 1912. These photographs have given children back their right to be themselves at such young ages and a right to an education.
National and State Standards: United States Studies: Examine the historical development of the United States of America, Discover how democratic values were established and have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols, Analyze the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic society.
Illustrations: There are full-page photographs accompanied with captions throughout the book. The photographs were printed as duotones using black and gray ink.
Access features: Table of contents, index, bibliography, subject index, chapter titles, captions to the photographs, acknowledgments, and picture credits
How I would use this book:
I would use this book as a discussion about the rights that children have and how time has brought about changes. I would discuss the photographs and how many of my students grandparents and great grandparents had to live and the rights that they had growing up.
Personal Response: This book made me think back to all of the stories that were shared with me by my grandfather. He often discussed how he had to pick cotton and work in the fields. The photographs of the children in this book made me realize how often we take things for granted when forgetting how the past plays a part in every thing that we do. It is a great book to read not only as a child but as an adult as well.
Related text: Growing Up In a Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman, and Children of the Dust Bowl: The true storyof the school at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley
1995 ALA Best Book for Young Adults
1995 ALA Notable Book for Children
1995 Horn Book Fanfare Selection
1995 Jefferson Cup Award
1995 Jane Adams Book Award
1995 Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
1995 Orbis Pictus Award
1994 Golden Kite Award
1994 New York Public Library, 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
1994 School Library Journal, Best Book of the Year
1994 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
1994 Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award
Grade level/s: 4th-8th
Credibility of the author: Freedman is a biographer and author of nearly 50 books for young people. He is most notable for receiving the 1988 Newbery Medal with his work Lincoln: A Photobiography. In 1998, he received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for his lifelong contribution to children's literature.
Summary: This book’s focus was on the photographs taken by Lewis Hine, an investigative photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. His photographs portrayed children in the workforce in the early twentieth century. These photographs represented the awful life that these children had to live and what was taken away from them at this time. The children in these photographs worked in dangerous conditions in the coal mines, factories, cotton mills, and etc. Fortunately, Hine’s photographs helped to bring about the United States Children’s Bureau in 1912. These photographs have given children back their right to be themselves at such young ages and a right to an education.
National and State Standards: United States Studies: Examine the historical development of the United States of America, Discover how democratic values were established and have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols, Analyze the ideals, principles, and practices of citizenship in a democratic society.
Illustrations: There are full-page photographs accompanied with captions throughout the book. The photographs were printed as duotones using black and gray ink.
Access features: Table of contents, index, bibliography, subject index, chapter titles, captions to the photographs, acknowledgments, and picture credits
How I would use this book:
I would use this book as a discussion about the rights that children have and how time has brought about changes. I would discuss the photographs and how many of my students grandparents and great grandparents had to live and the rights that they had growing up.
Personal Response: This book made me think back to all of the stories that were shared with me by my grandfather. He often discussed how he had to pick cotton and work in the fields. The photographs of the children in this book made me realize how often we take things for granted when forgetting how the past plays a part in every thing that we do. It is a great book to read not only as a child but as an adult as well.
Related text: Growing Up In a Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman, and Children of the Dust Bowl: The true storyof the school at Weedpatch Camp by Jerry Stanley
1 comment:
This book could also be used to help children understand how one person can make a difference in people's lives. Hines and his photographs are a perfect example of how much influence a single person can have in changing the lives of many.
Another related text that is historical fiction is Counting on Grace.
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