The company you work for hires many children your age to shuck oysters for as little as 30 cents a day, approximately $7 in today’s currency. You are rolling in it... $$$$$
The seafood industry throughout history has been an important part of the economy in both Britain and the USA. During the industrial revolution oysters were canned in factories but first they needed to be taken out if their shells. This is the job of an oyster shucker. Oyster shuckers would use a sharp knife and small pieces of cloth that covered part of their knife hand to cut the oysters from their shells after they had been steamed. Many children did not have shoes and so climbing over these sharp shells barefoot.
Children would go to the factories early in the morning and then leave to go to school and return after their classes to finish the day working in the factory. At fourteen children would get a work card that made it legal for them to work in the factories, much like a modern work permit. Often children under the legal working age were forced to leave the factory if they were discovered by an investigator, for this reason many children hid whenever an investigator visited the cannery.
Canneries were famously cold, mainly because oyster season was during the winter. It was not unusual for them to wrap newspaper around their legs to keep warm. Huge piles of oyster shells collected outside of the canneries. Many canneries tried to add to their income by selling the shells to local cities for road repairs.
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 are some of the health problems you face as an oyster shucker?
Some good things about my job.
Some bad things about my job.
What is an interesting fact/statistic about seafood workers?
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.