Rich and poor families and child labour
Slide 1
Objective: To understand child labour
Slide 2
Rich and poor families
In Victorian times families had ten or more children
Slide 3
Lots of babies died because of illness
It’s sad
Slide 4
Compare rich children and poor children
In the Victorian town, it’s easy to recognise the rich and the poor
Slide 5
Why do children work?
Slide 6
Lots of Victorian children were poor
The Victorian family has no money and lots of children
Slide 7
The children work
Is it normal that children work?
Slide 8
The industrial revolution created new jobs
Factory
Mine
The children work more
The children have a low wage
Slide 9
How old are the children?
5 or older
Small children feed the chickens
Older children work in the factories
Slide 10
What jobs do the children do?
Children work at the: factory, farm, mine
Slide 11
Children push carts of coal in the tunnels
Children clean the roads
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Slide 12
I am a rich child or
I am a poor child?
I work in a factory
I have pretty clothes
I haven’t got any money
I stay at home
I work on the road
Slide 13
Exercise 1: true or false
1. In Victorian families there are two children
2. Lots of babies died because of illness
3. The rich and poor families are easy to recognise
4. Victorian children are poor
5. Victorian children earn lots of money
6. Children are 10 or older
7. Small children feed the sheep
8. Children work in the farms, the factories and in the home
Slide 14
What’s it like to work in a mine?
In the 1820s the women and children worked in the mines
What was the life of Victorian children like?
How have children’s lives improved?
Slide 15
Imagine that you are one of those children
Your reactions?
Why?
The difficulty of the work?
Look at the chains
Look at the position of the children
What were the dangers for the children?
Slide 16
Belt
With a chain
To push the coal
The belt was worn by the women and children
Children and women had very sore waists and feet
Slide 17
To finish
New law to protect children
People like Lord Shaftesbury (1801-1885) argued in parliament to stop the children working
Inspectors interviewed the children about the dangers
Some laws were passed
In 1841, a mining act: no children under 10 can work in the mines
In 1847, 10 hours of work act: no child must work more than 10 hours a day
In 1874, a factory act: no children under 10 can be employed in a factory
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