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News from the Library
Fourth graders have been learning about the history of the mill industry in Library class. How traditional ways of weaving became industrialized, and how it impacted people, especially children who were sent to work in the mills.
Each pair of students was given a photograph from the Library of Congress.
Based on what we have already read together and what they noticed in the photographs, they drew conclusions about what working in the mills was really like, and why photographers like Lewis Wickes Hine chose to document what they saw.
Allowing elementary students to engage with primary sources, like photographs, maps, or sketches, develops critical thinking skills." Instead of just reading a summary of history, they become the historians themselves.
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