CURRICULA

Lost Futures, the Problem of Child Labor, a Teacher's Guide
Authors: Paul Kramer, Matt Jones, Helen K. Toth, and Eric Ruben
Producer: International and Public Affairs Departments, American Federation of Teachers, 1999
Content/Format: Includes a 16-minute video, nine lesson plan suggestions, plays, stories, poems, documents on laws in the United States and international law, a glossary, and additional resources.
Target audience: Grades 6-8 (ages 11-13)
Access information: The Lost Futures video can be ordered by sending $10 ($15 for non-AFT members) to: Child Labor Video, AFT, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001-2079. Please make checks payable to AFT--all orders must be prepaid.

Child Labor Module Series
Authors: Beverly Witwer (Child Slavery), Helen A. Finken (Child Soldiers), Jeanine Redlinger (Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation), and Lois Crowley and Marlene Johnson (Hazardous Child Labor)
Publisher: The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights, 2004
Content/Format: Focuses on specific "worst forms" of child labor: child slavery, child soldiers, child trafficking and sexual exploitation, and hazardous child labor. All modules are designed to enable teachers of economics, social studies, world history, and other subjects (e.g., literature) to integrate child labor into their regular courses.
Target audience: Teachers of young persons of various age groups.
Hazardous Child Labor & Child Slavery - grade 5 (age 10) and up. Adaptable for grade 4 (age 9).
Child Soldiers - grades 7-8 (ages 12 to 13)
Child Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation - grades 9-12 (ages 14-18)
Access information:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~uichr/clri/projects/curricula/index.shtml
(scroll down to "Project Status")
To receive a hard copy, e-mail uichr@uiowa.edu. In the "Subject" line, please insert "Request for Pre-College Modules on Child Labor."

Supporting Children's Right through Education, the Arts and the Media (SCREAM), Stop Child Labor, Education Packet
Author: Nick Grisewood
Producer: International Training Centre of the International Labor Organization, Turin, Italy in collaboration with the Instituto Europeo di Design
Publisher: International Labor Organization, 2002
Content/Format: Content/Format: Consists of a photo CD, User's Guide and 15 other modules. Topics covered by modules include Basic Information and Research and Information, Interview and Survey, Role-Play and Drama, Collage, The Image, Art Competition and Creative Writing projects, Debate, activities for engaging the Media, Radio and Television, Media Press, World of Work, events for raising community awareness (Community Integration), and International Declarations and Conventions on child labor. Available in English, French, Spanish and Italian. A training-of-trainer module to accompany the education pack will be available by mid-2005. A pedagogical video with footage from the pilot projects will hopefully be produced in 2005.
Target audience: Grades 10-12 (ages 15-18)
Access information: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/scream/
(click on "Go")

GENERAL MATERIALS

Exploitation of Children
Author: Judith Ennew
Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 1997
Content: Presents international perspectives on issues relating to the exploitation of children, such as poverty, child labor in towns and cities, child labor in agriculture, hidden forms of child labor, and the sexual exploitation of children through visuals, case studies and quotations. Describes children's organizational efforts to stop the exploitation of children.
Target audience: Grades 4-6 (ages 9-11)
Access information: http://www.bestwebbuys.com/
Exploitation_of_Children-ISBN_0817245464.html?isrc=b-search

Iqbal Masih & the Crusaders Against Child Slavery
Author: Susan Kuklin
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, 1998
Content: Recounts the odyssey of Iqbal Masih - a former child laborer who became an advocate against child labor - and discusses child labor worldwide focusing on children working in carpet factories, brick kilns and silver jewelry workshops. Shows how readers are implicated in the global practice of child labor and how they can work together to end it.
Target audience: Grades 6-8 (ages 11-13)
Access information: http://www.henryholtchildrensbooks.com/search.htm

Child Labor, a Global Crisis
Author: Kathlyn Gay
Publisher: Millbrook Press, 1998
Content: Examines child labor practices throughout the world within a historical context and discusses strategies for addressing the problem.
Target audience: Grades 6-10 (ages 11-15)
Access information: Millbrook titles will soon be available at http://www.lernerbooks.com/cgi-bin/books.sh/lernerpublishing.p

Hidden Hands: International Perspectives on Children's Work and Labor
Author: Phillip Mizen
Publisher: Routledge/Falmer, 2001
Content: Focuses on children and paid work in industrialized countries. Includes a collection of essays that examine the sociological, educational and developmental implications for children engaged in work.
Target audience: College students, practitioners and organizations with an interest in children's issues
Access information: http://www.routledgefalmer.com/

Children of the Other Worlds: Exploitation in the Global Market
Author: Jeremy Seabrook
Publisher: Pluto Press, 2001
Content: Reflects on children and their social function, drawing largely upon a comparison between industrial Britain in the early nineteenth century and present-day Bangladesh. Describes attitudes and perspectives that have informed the child rights debate in the West.
Target audience: General public
Access information: https://secure.metronet.co.uk/pluto/cgi-bin/web_store/web_store.cgi

Annotated Bibliography on Child Labor
Author: Janet Hilowitz and Peter Matz
Publisher: International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC), December 2002
Content: Includes a discussion on the history of child labor, the relationships between economics and child labor, education and child labor, and health and child labor, as well as the worst forms of child labor and children's perspectives on child labor.
Target audience: Researchers, activists, practitioners, policy-makers and the general public
Access information:
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/publ/books.htm
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/
download/biblio_annotated_2003_en.pdf

BOOKS FOR STUDENTS

The Carpet Boy's Gift (fiction)
Author: Pegi Peitz Shea
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers, 2003
Content: Honors the legacy of Iqbal Masih, a boy who escaped from bonded labor in a carpet factory in India, and provides an introduction to the subject of child labor using color illustrations.
Target audience: Grades 3-6 (ages 8-11)
Access information: http://www.tilburyhouse.com/Children%27s%20Frames/child_carpet_fr.html

Lyddie (historical fiction)
Author: Katherine Paterson
Publisher: Puffin books
Content: Tells the story of ten-year-old Lyddie, who is determined to find a way to reunite her family after she and her younger brother are sent to work as servants to earn money to pay her family's debts.
Target audience: Grades 3-7 (ages 8-12)
Access information: http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_0142402540,00.html

Child Slavery in Modern Times
Author: Shirlee Newman
Publisher: Franklin Watts, a division of Grolier Publishing, Inc., 2000
Content: Contains an overview of contemporary child slavery with photographs of children working in homes, factories and fields all over the world. Discusses famous cases of child slavery that have been highlighted in the news. Explains how children end up in slavery and documents cases of children who escaped.
Target audience: Grades 4-7 (ages 9-12)
Access information: http://half.ebay.com/cat/buy/prod.cgi?
cpidEQ5042240AMPdomain_idEQ1856AMPmeta_idEQ1&aid=2678060&pid=910840

Free the Children (nonfiction)
Author: Craig Kielburger with Kevin Major
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1998
Content: Narrates Craig's journey from concerned student leader to globally-known human rights activist (and founder, at age 12, of the human rights organization 'Free the Children'). Highlights Craig's travel to South Asia to meet child laborers and his experience as a burgeoning child advocate. Available in 8 languages.
Target audience: Grade 5 (age 10) and up
Access information: http://www.freethechildren.org/aboutus/merchandise.htm

Face the Facts: Child Labor
Author: Kaye Stearman
Publisher: Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers, 2003
Content: Offers a broad and comprehensible look at child labor, including the scope and nature of child labor, historical and current child labor trends, different points of view about child labor, action taken against child labor, and how the reader can get involved. Contains photographs, short case studies and a glossary of key terms.
Target audience: Grades 6-8 (ages 11-13)
Access information: http://www.raintreelibrary.com/products/title.asp?id=0739868489

Marie - In the Shadow of the Lion (fiction based on fact)
Author: Jerry Piasecki
Publisher: United Nations, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2001
Content: Tells the story of thirteen-year-old Marie and fourteen-year-old Joseph whose lives and hopes for the future are destroyed by conflict in their country.
Target audience: Grades 7-10 (ages 12-15)
Access information: United Nations Bookshop, e-mail bookshop@un.org or call 1-800-553-3210 or 1-212-963-7680. View online at: http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/childsoldiers/whatsgoingon/Marie.pdf

Stolen Dreams: Portraits of Working Class Children (nonfiction)
Author: David L. Parker
Publisher: Lerner Publications Company, 1998
Content: Documents the lives of working children in Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and Mexico through photographs and text. Includes a chapter on Iqbal Masih, a child labor activist from Pakistan.
Target audience: Reading level - grade 6 (age 11); interest level - grades 5-12 (ages 10-17)
Access information: http://www.lernerbooks.com/cgi-bin/books.sh/lernerpublishing.p (Search for "Stolen Dreams")

Ajeemah and His Son (historical fiction)
Author: James Berry
Publisher: Willa Perlman Books, 1992
Content: Recounts the kidnapping and enslavement of two Africans from Ghana, Ajeemah and his son Atu.
Target audience: Grade 7 (age 12) and up
Access information: http://www.harpercollins.com/global_scripts/
product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0064405230

Listen to Us: the World's Working Children
Author: Jane Springer
Publisher: Groundwood Books, 1997
Content: Provides a comprehensive study of the worst forms of child labor in developing and industrialized countries through photographs, statistics and testimonies of former child laborers. Explores children's rights and how to respond to the situation of child labor.
Target audience: Grade 7 (age 12) and up
Access information:
http://www.pgw.com/catalog/
(Click on "Title Search" and type in "Listen to Us")

ONLINE RESOURCES

In Our Own Backyard
Author/Developers: American Federation of Teachers in collaboration with several members of the Child Labor Coalition, including the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP), and several NY high school civics teachers.
Producer: International Department, American Federation of Teachers, 2007 Content: Designed to answer questions about the current issue of child farmworkers in America, with an emphasis on related public policy. The resources on this site include video clips, photographs, legal documents, migrant youth essays, timelines, reports, media articles, case studies and statistics. While the site is designed for direct use by students, a special Teacher Resource section also offers suggestions and ideas for incorporating this topic into the classroom and the curriculum.
Target audience: Grade 7 (age 12) and up
Access information: http://www.ourownbackyard.org/

Child Labor around the World
Author: Karen Fanning
Producer: Scholastic
Content: Provides information on children either working or attending school in the United States, Brazil, Kenya, Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia, and India. Features online activities for youth, including a quiz on child labor in Mexico, a child labor map and videos on children working and attending school in Brazil, India, Mexico, and Kenya.
Target audience: Grade 3 (age 8) and up
Access information: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/child_labor/child_labor/
index.asp?article=migrant

Fields of Hope
Producer: American Center for International Labor Solidarity (AFL-CIO). Maintained by the Child Labor Coalition.
Content: Focuses on child labor in agriculture (e.g., tobacco, fishing, sugar, fruits and vegetables). Contains information on child labor laws and education in many countries, as well as the ratification status of relevant international law, a quiz, a discussion forum (called "chalkboard") and additional resources. Offers downloadable Teacher's Guide with eight educational activities, a brochure and a poster.
Target audience: Grades 6-8 (ages 12-15)
Access information: http://www.fieldsofhope.org/index.html

Exploring Child Labor with Young Students, Rethinking Schools Online, Volume 17 No. 2 - Winter 2002/2003
Author: Kate Lyman
Producer: Rethinking Schools, 2002
Content: Consists of lesson plans, including poems to introduce and explore the topic of child labor, and a list of books and resources.
Target audience: Teachers of grades 2-3
Access information: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_02/Labo172.shtml

VIDEOS ON CHILD LABOR

Stolen Childhoods (86 minutes)
Producers: Galen Films, Inc. and Romano Productions
Content: Depicts the problem of child labor through testimonies given by child laborers from seven countries.
Target audience: Grade 7 (age 12) and up
Access information: http://www.galenfilms.com/html/MasterFrameset.html

It Takes a Child (56 minutes)
Producer: Judy Films
Content: Documents Craig Kielburger' transformation into a child activist and the founder, at age 12 of Free the Children. Incorporates striking footage of Craig's travels (at age 12) in South Asia. Juxtaposes his suburban Canadian lifestyle with that of child laborers he met in India. Conveys the message that youth can be agents of change.
Target audience: Grade 7 (age 12) and up
Access information: http://www.freethechildren.org/aboutus/merchandise.htm

Of Hopscotch and Little Girls: Stolen Childhood (53 minutes)
Producer: National Film Board of Canada
Content: Discusses the disadvantages and implications of growing up as a girl in non-industrialized nations. Girls from around the world share their stories, aspirations and dreams.
Target audience: Grade 6 (age 11) and up
Access information: http://www.films.com/SearchResults.aspx?
ucLeftMenu:txtKeyword=Stolen%20Childhood

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