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Introduction - Chapter 3

· The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: D’Adamo, Francesco. Iqbal: A Novel. Aladdin Paperbacks, 2001 Paperback.

· In the “Introduction,” the author writes that around the world and throughout history, children have been laborers.

· They have worked in homes or fields and contributed to their family’s survival or their community.

· As countries moved from agriculture to manufacturing, child labor was necessary for successful development.

· At the time the book was written, more than 200 million children between the ages of five and 17 were “economically active” (v) around the world.

· About 73 million were under ten, and about six million were working in “forced and bonded labor” (v).

· Bonded labor is a system where a person works for a predetermined period of time to pay off a debt.

· Many of America’s early colonists began as indentured servants who received their passage...

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