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CHILD LABOUR INVESTIGATION
Écrivez toutes vos réponses en anglais dans les cadres prévus à cet effet. N'utilisez que les sites web indiqués. Name: http://www.newint.org/issue337/facts.htm or use the “Enjoy” manual (pages 40-43) Question Right? Wrong?

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1) What is the definition of “slavery”? Write “right” or “wrong” and justify your answer (= citez les mots du texte).
Justify your answer

1. Only men are slaves 2. Four-year-old children can be slaves. 3. Children work less than 20 hours a day. 4. Slaves have regular holidays. 5. Slaves get more than the minimum wage. 6. Slaves get a home as well as a salary. 2) What is the definition of “child labour”? (30 words maximum) http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/eyetoeye/downloads/SC_child_labour_fact_sheet.pdf or use the “Enjoy” manual (pages 40-43)

3) Complete the five characteristics which are associated with “child labour”: 1. Child labour goes against a nation’s… 2. Child labour is dangerous for children’s… 3. Child labour involves unacceptable abuse, such as… 4. Child labour stops children from… 5. Child labour uses children to weaken… 4) What type of work is NOT child labour?

http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/what_is_child_labor.html or use the “Enjoy” manual (pages 40-43)

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/eyetoeye/downloads/SC_child_labour_fact_sheet.pdf or use the “Enjoy” manual (pages 40-43)

5) In what century did child labour become a major problem in the United Kingdom and the United States? http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/childlabor09.htm or use the “Enjoy” manual (pages 40-43)

Child labour became a problem in the UK and the USA in: 6) Name four English Acts (lois) from the 19th century which tried to protect children: http://www.anti-slaverysociety.addr.com/childlabor09.htm or use the “Enjoy” manual (pages 40-43)

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7) Which part of the world has the largest number of children aged 5-17 who work?