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This lesson correlates to the National History Standards. Era 6 -The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Standard 3A -Demonstrate understanding of how the "second industrial revolution" changed the nature of work and conditions of work. This lesson correlates to the National Standards for Civics and Government.

My school is located within a 20 minute drive of where part ofThe Hunger Games was filmed in an old mill village. Being the intelligent teachers we our, my teammate and I jumped on the excitement and interest in this book along with other dystopian novels to create a series of literature circle books.

Rebecca Stead chose to set her children's novel "When You Reach Me"-winner of the 2010 Newbery Medal-in nineteen-seventies New York partly because that's where she grew up, but also, as she told one interviewer, because she wanted "to show a world of kids with a great deal of autonomy."

The Economy. Everyone's talking about it, but who can explain it? 20 award­-winning directors and 10 of our most respected economists add their voice to the chorus with a thought­-provoking short­-film series.

Soundcities is an online database of the thousands of city sounds and soundmaps from around the world.The Global soundmaps project. The Soundcities website allows the audience the possibility to remix the hundreds of samples recorded from around the world. Soundcities is an online database of the thousands of city and urban sounds from around the world.

The look of every individual expresses their horrible memory and scream for their spoilt dreams. Dalia Amena, Mitaly, Asma and all other are the victims of Rana Plaza, a nine-story commercial building that collapsed on 24 April 2013. With more than 1134 workers' deaths and sufferings by the collapse, their lives also have fallen into a cycle of distress.

"I wanted to be an artist by drawing and making handicraft but my dream is now ruined under the niddle of machine, under the rubble and sometimes by fire"- Lija a garment worker With a dream of living a better life million of workers from villages gather in workers barrack in cities.

A YouTube playlist, but I'm not sure how others add videos to the one I started.

International attention has been focused on workers' safety in Bangladesh since the disaster at Rana Plaza, a garment factory complex which collapsed in April, killing 1,132 workers. As concern runs high about the safety of garment workers, Reuters photographer Andrew Biraj spent time photographing survivors of the Rana Plaza collapse and also documenting the lives of workers in other industries in Bangladesh, where conditions can be hazardous.

The photo essays complete a body of a long term work that Suvra Kanti Das is carrying out on the garments industry and business in Bangladesh with a particular focus on workers and their working conditions. Most recent essays first.