Victorian Children at Work

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Which children in Victorian Britain worked?
Working class children
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Why did some Victorians believe children should work? 4 REASONS
(1) Children could earn an income to help their family (2) Only 1 in 5 children went to school - so work kept them busy (3) Some employers helped to educate working children (4) Children could begin a trade early, making them more experience
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Why did some Victorians believe children should NOT work? 5 REASONS
(1) Their bodies could not manage the work, crippling injuries (2) Some employers brutally punished the children (3) Worked up to 16 hrs a day (4) Poor working conditions, cause bad health & deaths (5) Some children worked from age of 5
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What jobs did Victorian Children perform in the Mines?
Trappers Hurriers Bearers
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What does a "trapper" do?
Boys who opened doors for carts or to ventilate the shafts
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What does a "hurrier" do?
Children who pulled carts along the shafts
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What does a "bearer" do?
Women and children who carried coal baskets
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What jobs did Victorian children do in the Textiles?
Scavengers Piecers Doffers
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What does a "scavenger" do?
Picks up loose pieces of cotton under the factory looms
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What does a "piecer" do?
tyes loose pieces of cotton together
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What does a "doffer" do?
replaces full spindles with empty ones
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What jobs did Victorian children do in the town?
Chimney Sweeps Mudlarks Match Sellers House servants/maid
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What does a chimney sweep do?
Climbs up inside chimney to clean it
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What does a Mudlark do?
Collects items from river banks to sell
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What does a match seller do?
makes match boxes and sells them
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What does house servants / maid do?
domestic duties inside the homes of the middle and upper classes
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What jobs did Victorian children do in the country?
Crop-Pickers Bird Scarers Cockle pickers
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What does a Crop Picker do?
harvest crops, vegetables in the winter and fruits in the summer
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What do bird scarers do?
Scare birds away from crops
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What do cockle pickers do?
In coastal places harvest shellfish to sell
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What was done to improve the lives of children at work?
Thomas Barnardo create homes for desolate children and set up ragged schools
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Who was Michael Sadler?
Michael Sadler was a journalist who interviewed children in 1842 and published reports in The Times newspaper.
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Who read Michael Saddlers report in The Times newspaper?
An MP called Lord Ashley
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What did Lord Ashley do?
He urged fellow MP's to pass laws to help working children - particularly the Factory Act 1844 which ensured children had much better conditions to work in
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What year was the Factory Act?
1844
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Why did some Victorians believe children should work? 4 REASONS

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(1) Children could earn an income to help their family (2) Only 1 in 5 children went to school - so work kept them busy (3) Some employers helped to educate working children (4) Children could begin a trade early, making them more experience

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Why did some Victorians believe children should NOT work? 5 REASONS

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What jobs did Victorian Children perform in the Mines?

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What does a "trapper" do?

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