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Gr 2–4—A sweet story of a child's sacrifice introduces the topic of the Industrial Revolution in England and around the world. This imagined scenario takes place around 1800, when Charlie and his family leave their dying village to find work in the textile mills in Manchester. The hard work and smoky conditions take their toll; the boy's mother becomes ill. Wanting to buy her tea to ease her cough, Charlie sells his most precious possessions: the leather shoes made for him by his cobbler grandfather. Like the products of the emerging global econom...Log In or Sign Up to Read More