https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19 The Life of a Breaker Boy en-us 2019-02-15 14:58:25 UTC 2024-11-05 19:48:09 UTC hello@padlet.com 662049 https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331756241 https://ehistory.osu.edu/exhibitions/gildedage/content/breakerboys]]> 2019-02-15 15:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331756241 662049 https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331757247 There was many injuries and deaths among these boys. They fell in holes in mines and never found, made one wrong move and get ground up in machines and abused and killed by bosses during the job.]]> 2019-02-15 15:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331757247 662049 https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331760128 The Children had to face many challenges but they had to push through it for their family. The boys got beaten by the bosses, If they made one mistake they could easily get injured or dead so they had to be careful and they had to work for longs hours and no play.]]> 2019-02-15 15:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331760128 662049 https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331762604 Breaker Boys had to look through chutes picking out coal and other things they found. They put the the coal in one area and picked out the other things like slate and rock and continue to do the same thing for many hours.

]]> 2019-02-15 15:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331762604 662049 https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331764139 Many people didn’t react at first to it because families needed money and the production needed to get done. The families didn’t like the idea of their kids going to work in such hard conditions but the whole family needed money to have a home and have food. Soon kids started getting injured and started dying and this changed the way people thought so they started making laws for child labor. They made it so a certain age could start working, higher pay and less hours.

]]> 2019-02-15 15:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331764139 662049 https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331765086 https://youtu.be/SfVQBtrLXog]]> 2019-02-15 15:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/331765086 662049 https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/332161613 This relates to the real world because many kids still work really young to help support their families. If a family member is sick or you need money for school, the kids work long hours to get money for it because their parents can’t. Many kids today suffer long hours to get money for schools or family while they are still in school.]]> 2019-02-17 20:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/662049/ebstlu479n19/wish/332161613