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Welcome to the real minecraft.
Welcome to the real minecraft.
Not as colourful or fun I'm afraid. In fact it's pretty grim.
Child labour in the mines could start from the age of five. The children were expected to go into dark and cramped tunnels to retrieve trolleys of rocks (up to 600kgs!) Shifts in the mines were 12 hours a day, six days a week, which meant that children might not see sunshine for days at a time. It was not uncommon for staff working the mines to be cruel to children. To motivate the children to be fast, they often beat them and punished them if they made mistakes.
A days work will leave you battered and bruised, potentially with ongoing health problems. All for a few cents.
That is if you make it out... many children were killed by the trolleys, rooves caving in and explosions.
Susan Reece, six years of age said 'I have been below six or eight months and I don't like it much. I come here at six in the morning and leave at six at night. When my lamp goes out, or I am hungry, I run home. I haven't been hurt yet.'
Questions you will need to cover
Questions you will need to cover
Decide on your name and age. Introduce yourself on your project. Think of a back story for your character.
Where do you live?
What do you do at work? Describe the average day.
What is a 'breaker boy', a 'hurrier' and a 'trapper'?
Some good things about my job.
Some bad things about my job.
What is an interesting fact/statistic about child miners?
Links that will give you more information
Links that will give you more information
MinerResearch doc students can complete to answer the above questions
Presentation PlanningPlanning doc contains a marking schedule to mark students work.
IMPORTANT: Recording your work
IMPORTANT: Recording your work
The above questions need to be written and answered as part of your project. Each question needs full answers. The work must be your own or that is what we call plagiarism (fancy word for stealing/cheating) and through high school you will fail if you plagiarise. So no copy and paste.
Whether you present this work as a document or a slide or poster. Your choice. BUT! It must look good!
Here is a good video which will give you some ideas: Tips on making a nice Google Doc
Remember you can present this in many ways, not just a doc. Talk to your teacher if you are unsure.
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