India : child labour.
Anil, aged 13, is one of 40,000 children in India who work all day making glass bangles over a hot flame set up at home. This is his story in his own words. Anil gets up at 5am every day to melt hundreds of glass bangles into a perfect circle for which he is paid 40p per day. It's uncomfortable...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
| Published: |
[London] :
Teachers TV/UK Dept. of Education,
[2007]
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| Series: | Education in video
KS3 citizenship ; 1-2 |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Anil, aged 13, is one of 40,000 children in India who work all day making glass bangles over a hot flame set up at home. This is his story in his own words. Anil gets up at 5am every day to melt hundreds of glass bangles into a perfect circle for which he is paid 40p per day. It's uncomfortable work and he can burn himself. His father died and Anil was taken out of school to work to help feed his family. His story is typical of many of the 250 million children involved in child labour around the world. After his father died, Anil was taken out of school to work to help feed his family. In his own words, he desribes how he gets up at 5am every day to melt hundreds of glass bangles into a perfect circle for which he is paid 40p per day. It's uncomfortable work, and he can burn himself. His story is typical of many of the 250 million children involved in child labour around the world. This great pupil resource should be used in conjunction with KS3 Citizenship - Child Labour. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 5, 2012). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (14 min.). |