19th+Century+Life+MG09

= Topic- Children's Chores = //Pri Source evidence//
 * http://www.osv.org/explore_learn/document_viewer.php?DocID=577**
 * Example 1-** Young children would start with simple chores like shelling corn and weeding the garden. As they grew older the tasks they had to do became more difficult.


 * Example 2-** Girls work alongside their mothers and sisters. They learn how to sew, cook, wash, and tend to the dairy. The boys worked beside their fathers and brothers. They worked in the fields and around the barn.

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 * Example 3**- Less fortunate families would "hire out" there children to their naighbors and the children would be paid a few cents a day. Girls would do housework and care for kids and boys would pick stones and haul firewood.

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 * Example 4**- A lot of work was not rewarded or paid with a little as fifteen cents for a week of work.

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 * Conclusion**