Thursday, March 24, 2016

Industrial Revolution- Child Labor

The Children Who Built Victorian Britain

Industrial Revolution

NEWSIES

In the movie "Newsies", a group of boys are struggling to earn the money to survive in New York in 1890 by selling newspapers.  Some greedy newspaper tycoons raise the cost of papers, making it harder for the boys to earn their wages.  They decide that the tycoons won't get away with it.
"The World Will Know"
It takes a little encouragement for the boys to be brave enough to keep up with the strike.
"Seize the Day"
In order to be successful, they have to recruit poor newsies all over the state.  They decide to make their own newspaper to spread the word.
"For Once and For All"

Revolutionary Theater

TOPIC CHOICES:
-Industrial Revolution
-American Revolution
-French Revolution

PRESENTATION CHOICES:
-Talk show
-Game show
-Job interview
-Skit
-Song and dance number

RESEARCH CHOICES:
-You are free to choose where to gather your information from for your presentation, but there are two rules:
     1. Go to kidskonnect.com first.
     2. Wikipedia is not a valid source for research projects.  Don't use it.