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Ms. Livingstone from Durham, NC is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor

Help me give my students a class set of the book Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor.

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My Project

My English Language Learners have been exploring the Industrial Revolution. As part of this unit, they learned about the role of Lewis Hine's photojournalism in educating the public about some of the horrors of child labor in textile mills and mines in the United States during the early 1900s.

This story resonates with my students in particular because they are largely the children of immigrants and are often immigrants themselves.

In the time that Lewis Hine was taking his unforgettable photos of children as young as 5 or 6 working in appalling conditions, there were already some regulations on the books against child labor in dangerous conditions, but they were not applied to the children of immigrants.

The book Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor is an engaging and enlightening read. My students will be able to use this class set of the book to build reading and vocabulary skills as they learn how the Industrial Revolution resulted in changes that still impact our world today.

Ms. Livingstone Brogden Middle School Grades 6-8

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Durham, NC View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor (Captured History) • Amazon Business $9.99 16 $159.84

Materials cost

$159.84

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $12.47

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.40

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$204.71

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$36.13

Total project goal

$240.84

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $240.84

2 Donors

-$235.79

Donations toward project cost

-$204.71

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$31.08

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.05

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 $0.00

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