Industrial Revolution
webquest
Introduction
Task
Process
Factory Workers
Miners
Seafood/Farm Hand
Newsboy
Evaluation
Conclusion
Newsboy
Description of Role 4: Newsboy (Newsie)
You have been assigned the role of a Newsboy. While researching this role, consider the following:
1. WHAT WAS LIFE Like FOR YOU DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?
2. WHAT DID YOU DO AT WORK?
3. WHERE DID YOU LIVE?
4. WHAT HARDSHIPS DID YOU FACE?
5. HOW DID YOU DRESS?
6. HOW DID YOU LOOK? ( EMOTIONS AND BODY LANGUAGE)
7. LIST SOME GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOUR JOB.
8. LIST SOME BAD THINGS ABOUT THE YOUR JOB.
9. WHAT COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR THIS PROFESSION?
10. WHAT DID YOU FIND MOST INTERESTING ABOUT THE FIELD?
Use these internet links to research your role:
https://taapworld.wikispaces.com/The+Children+of+the+Industrial+Revolution+-+Catherine+Sullivan
http://histclo.com/act/work/news/cou/nc-us.html
https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/the-newsboy-strike-of-1899/
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/a-look-back-city-s-hardscrabble-newsboys-played-role-in/article_b76ebadd-efe2-5abb-a26f-69536a94f1ae.html
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=980DE0D91030E633A25750C1A96E9C94689FD7CF
http://www.victorianweb.org/history/hist8.html
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/childlabor/