Global Investigation of Child Labor: Case Studies from India, Uganda, and the United States

Comprehensive Unit170 pagesGrade Level: High School – Community CollegePublished 2001Includes curriculum unit + images on CD-ROM + booklet ("The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child") In this curriculum unit, students gain a broader perspective on child labor and become more familiar with the issues, controversies, and debates that surround it. The three case studies highlighted in this curriculum—a street child in India, child soldiers in Uganda, and a migrant farmworker child in the United States—illustrate many complex aspects of child labor. Through these case studies, students will gain insight into different types of child labor, its causes, its consequences, and approaches to intervention. The case studies do not represent the most prevalent form of child labor in each particular country. Instead, they were chosen to illustrate three very different types of child labor that exist in the world. As with many controversial topics of study, child labor is enormously