Research Topic

My topic for my research project is the Child Labor during the British Industrial Revolution. I have wroked on the treatment, the accidents, and the two types of child labor. The children were treated harshly while working. Many were injured and some were killed because the work was very hard. The children worked hard for 12-14 hours a week and got payed no money or maybe a penny a day. The children were sometimes beaten by the the over lookers or the owners. The two types of child labors were the "free labor children" and the "parish apprentice children". The parish apprentice children were orphans that were taken in by the owners and were forced to work while the free labor children were not forced and were payed.

My topic for my research project is Child Labor during the British Industrial Revolution. In my research I have found that their were two types of children who worked. There were the "parish apprentice children" and the "free labor children". "Parish apprentice children" were orphans that were bought by the rich factory owners and used for work but payed no money because they were taken in. The "free labor children" worked for low wages which could be a penny a day. They worked long and hard but they were not forced to go. I also have found out about the treatment and accidents that happened while working in the mills and factories. The children would get injured or sometimes die because the work was to dangerous or they got beaten up by the workers or over lookers. They had strict decipline and poor working conditions.


Reading log-
77 pages in 2hrs.

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the absolutely true diary of a part time indian:

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Madison's Prompt

           My favorite book that I have read was "The Lightning Thief". In this book Percy Jackson finds out that his dad is Poseidon and his mom was normal which makes him a demigod. His mom forces him to go to a camp for demigods for his safety. If I was Percy Jackson I would go to the camp without force because I would be safer and be with people who are like me. Also I would go because if people/things were trying to kill me I would want to know how to fight back and I would want to protect my family from the things that were trying to kill me.
          Later on in the book Percy leaves the camp with his friends to go find Zeus's lightning bolt. I would do this exactly like Percy had in the book. Percy is a boy around our age and did everything a kid our age would do. He makes several sacrifices that I would have made as well such as stoping to eat,hanging out in Vegas, and choosing if his mom could go back with them. I would have gone on the mission because it sounds fun and would help save my mom




Reading log:

The fault in our Stars-30 mins- 1/8/14
The Lightning Thief- 40mins- 1/9/14
The Absolutly True Diary of a Part Time Indian-10mins-1/10/14
The Absolutly True Diary of a Part Time Indian- 20mins-1/12/14
The Fault in our Stars-20mins-1/12/14

my research project

My topic for this research project is the rights and responsibilities of children in the British Industrial Revolution. Children in the British Industrial revolution had to work in factories, on a farm, etc and it was very hard labor. Several died or got hurt while doing the intense job. Several went in before the age of 6 and were working for early in the mourning to late at night, with barley any breaks.  I chose this topic because I feel like I can connect in a way to this. I feel this way because I was a young child at one point and it would be an awful way to spend my childhood having to work for little money and getting seriously injured and having no fun. On my research to do list is to fix anything that is wrong or need fixing on my annotated bibliography. I also plan on doing more research on my topic so I can get better information.

Student-generated prompts

What would happen in a world where it was the child's choice to go to school? Would you go to school?

If I lived in a world where it was the child's choice to go to school, I probably would not go. School is not all that bad but I would like to sleep in more and not have to do homework. I think that our world would be very divided if we had a choice to go to school because their would be the smart ones and the dumb ones. The smart ones would be rich and smart with a good job, while the dumb ones are poor and dumb because they couldn't get a decent job. Their would probably be more dumb ones than smart ones and the schools probably wouldn't get enough students because I am sure that most people do not want to go to school which would lead our world to problems. We wouldn't have any new inventions and have pretty much what we have now.

Writing Center

My first trip to the writing center was not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting to be told I was an awful writer and that I couldn't fix it. I was nervous and scared to walk in and have my literary analysis rough drat worked on, but I was still scared out of my mind. I knew it needed work and I had a mental block on my last couple of paragraphs. When I walked in the nice lady at the desk went and got a writing center helper. I went at my English block because that was the only time they had open before the rough draft was due. While I waited for my writing center helper I chatted with my friends who were in their for study hall and that helped clear my mind and not be as scared. By the time the writing center helper came, I was nervous but not as nervous. He made me read my thesis statement and said it was good. After that he helped me with my mental blocks and helped give me suggestions on what I needed to work on and what ideas I could put in my paper. When my session was over I felt better about my paper and feel that he really helped me. It was a great experience and i will not be nervous next time I go because they were nice and helpful!

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