Making Change Game
Making Change Game
Making Change Game
Making Change Game
Making Change Game
Making Change Game
Making Change Game
Making Change Game

Making Change Game

  • 50 item cards
  • Paper play money
  • 9 X 2 X 9 inch box
  • Ages 5 and up
  • This fun and educational game is great for young children, with players using basic math to calculate correct change for items purchased with play money. Whoever collects the most items wins, with a chance to add bonus points. The forward-looking game manufacturers also introduce a new face to the $20 bill.

  • In the early 20th century, it was common for children, some as young as four, to work in America’s factories, mines, fields, canneries, and tenement sweatshops. In 1910, children under the age of 15 made up 18.4 percent of the nation’s workforce. Outraged reformers began a campaign to end child labor in the United States. By 1915 , several states had passed child labor laws. Congress twice enacted legislation that the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional. A constitutional amendment restricting child labor passed Congress in 1924, but the necessary number of states failed to approve the amendment. In 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed, prohibiting most children under age 16 from working in industry. Agricultural and domestic labor were excluded.

    More information about child labor can be found within records of rights, a National Archives permanent exhibit, following the history of the ongoing struggle of Americans to define, attain, and protect their rights.