Museum Exhibit

The title of the exhibit tells me that the topic of this poster will be about child labor. This will aid my understanding by allowing me to look for examples and think back to the topic of the poster while I read. The problem presented by the exhibit is the hardship of child labor. One thing I found sad was that children had to pull mine carts full of coal through dark and small tunnels. Another fact I found hard to believe was that small kids like the one in the picture in the right worked in factories. The most important lesson I learned was that I am lucky to live now, in  the 21st century, rather than during the Industrial Revolution, where I could have been working in a factory since I was 5. It really put things into perspective when you think about how people your age back then, working for 12 hours a day in a dark factory to survive.

I saw and learned many things from the other exhibits. I learned that the revolution caused pollution, more slave labor, faster transportation,  and faster manufacturing.