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Victorian children at work


Webpage link Description Task

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
victorians/

Interactive

Children at work in Victorian Times.

Click Interactive. Go to Work. Click Games. Drag the Victorian children to where you think they work.

www.learningcurve.gov.uk/
victorianbritain/industrial/
timeline2.htm

A timeline of Victorian industrial nation 1781 - 1867

In 1833 how old did you have to be to work in a textile factory?

In 1842 who was banned from working underground by the Textiles Act?

www.channel4.com/history/
microsites/W/worstjobs/
victorian.html

Worst jobs in Victorian Times

Which do you think was the worst job? Why?

www.channel4.com/learning/
microsites/Q/qca/victorians/

Interactive

People who helped Victorian children.

What did Lord Shaftesbury do? What did Dr Barnardo do?

Go to Activity. Match the sentences.

www.victorians.org.uk/

A diary of a Victorian Family

Read about a day in the life of John or Elizabeth.

www.nettlesworth.
durham.sch.uk/time/
victorian/vindust.html

Information about child labour in industrial Victorian Britain.

Housing: Why were the houses near to the factories?

Pollution: What produced a lot of dirty black smoke that often covered the street?

Coal Mines: What might older children be employed as?

www.bbc.co.uk/history/
scottishhistory/
games_index.shtml

Interactive

The Victorian Achievement – games to play.

Click on Noughts and Crosses or Historical Targets then The Victorian Achievement.

 

 

 

  

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