Task
Congratulations!! You have been invited to have an audience with President Theodore Roosevelt! For this great opportunity, you and your colleagues will present your perspective on the controversial issue of child labor. In order to prepare for this meeting, you must examine photographs, analyze statistics, and review recorded interviews. After you have thoroughly researched the topic of child labor, you and your group members must evaluate the collected information to answer this key question: do you consider the employment of children to be child labor or child slavery? Once you have come to a conclusion, you must prepare your speech to President Roosevelt. The contents of the speech, which are more explicitly explained in the "Process" section, must include your opinion on this central question. You must support your opinion with evidence. Your speech must also contain your suggestions to the President regarding what should be done about the situation. NOTE: President Roosevelt was only in office until 1909. Therefore, make sure that you do not include information that would not yet have happened. (For example, there was a law that was passed in 1916... by that time, Woodrow Wilson was in office!) You have three days to prepare yourselves. On the fourth day, you will have your audience with President Roosevelt. Good luck! Enjoy this wonderful opportunity to influence history!!
