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By learning about the factory life in math, students are taking a different approach to the topic and doing more numerical analyzing. This puts them in the realm of a researcher and teaches them that not only historians look back in the past but aids in future math careers by analyzing the numbers of working class people and comparing and contrasting. So I think as may be shared with parents and relatives who may have lived through the event I think it's important to show students what careers also look into the past. Furthermore, the people who fight for the end of sweatshops and child labor as well as those that boycott buying and wearing these name brands.
 * Math: **

Teaching students about the various aspects of hazardous conditions at the work place will allow students to be aware of these types of mutagens and carcinogens in their life, therefore this awareness will allow for prevention of diseases. Furthermore, the study of how pollution affects the environment will make students aware and able to prevent it. Students will also be introduced the the OSHA laws in put in place by the government and the government organizations that try to minimize pollution because of its harmfulness on the environment.
 * Science: **

By taking part in this lesson and learning about children being abusively employed, students will be able to look at the world through a more critical and relevant lens. They will be able to see companies/countries who have not learned from the mistakes that were made throughout history. Perhaps, through the understanding of the lessons, students will be able to make a difference for people cannot make a difference on their own.
 * Social Studies: **

//After culmination of project, students will be able to email the class wiki link to their parents and friends so that they can see the effort that was put into it and learn more about the issue. They can also join the wiki, pass the link along to others and continue to collaborate with the class.//

Students can share new knowledge and materials they are introduced to with their parents, grandparents, and other influential figures in their lives. It is very likely that students will have family members who were involved in the working class or factory life. Students will also be learning about factory conditions here and in other parts of the world. They will be able to make significant comparisons between their own lives in the United States and the conditions other adolescents their own age are exposed to elsewhere in the world. By engaging the students in projects that link them to the rest of the world, they can demonstrate their feelings towards struggling workers and be a catalyst for change themselves.
 * English: **

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