Comments -- If you’ve used any of the books, curriculums, web sites, or tried any activities, -- or have any other ideas --you can post your comments and reviews on this site.

The George Meany Memorial Archives, Silver Spring, Maryland. (Official archives of the AFL-CIO) , 10000 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20903; tel: 301-431-6400; fax: 301-434-0371; Email:info@georgemeany.org

Tsongas Industrial History Center, Lowell, Mass. (Hands-on facility allows visitors to see how "mill girls" lived. Visitors can also operate a turbine, design and "build" a canal system, and produce a documentary video about changes in an industrial city.) Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Lowell, MA; tel: 978-970-5080; fax: 978-970-5085; reservations: 978-970-5000 http://www.uml.edu/Tsongas/

The American Labor Museum, Haledon, New Jersey. (Botto House, where immigrant silk mill workers lived, was a gathering place for strikers in 1913.) Botto House National Landmark; 83 Norwood Street; Haledon, NJ 07508, tel: (973) 595-7953; http://www.fieldtrip.com/nj/15957953.htm

Labor Hall of Fame, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. (Exhibits and videos about labor leaders, labor secretaries, etc. Murals by Jack Beal tell the history of the American labor movement. Location: the lobby of the U.S. Department of Labor's Frances Perkins Building, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Open during government working hours. http://www.dol.gov/dol/oasam/public/programs/laborhall/main.htm

Museum of American Textile History, North Andover, Mass. (Antique textile mill machines.) 491 Dutton St., Lowell, MA. Tel: 978-441-0400
http://www.athm.org/sites/boston/bostonftp/athm/home.html

Children have worked in many occupations, in all countries. Photographs of child1 labor are occasionally shown in galleries, museums, etc. Check local exhibition halls. If you have other suggestions, COMMENTS welcome.