Child Labour

Child labour occurs when children get paid to do work. Although they have always had to work in some way, child labour started to become a major problem when children started to work in factories and mines in England during the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Contents : 9  pages

• Child labour in the past and today
• Where children work
• Causes of child labour
• Bonded labour
• Dangerous jobs
• Rights of children
• What needs to bedone
• Exercises
• Key

Downloadable Sample of the Full Module (Not Printable) :

• Child labour - Text  (PDF  926 KB)
  
• Child labour - Exercises  (PDF  166 KB)