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The Victorians Lessons
- to explore why Lord Shaftesbury was an important figure
- to find out how Lord Shaftesbury’s campaigns improved children’s lives during the Victorian period
- to …record relevant information for Chapter 2
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Large numbers of children in Victorian times had to go to work from a young age, often in unpleasant conditions like noisy factories or dark and dangerous coal mines. Watch this video to remind yourself about what it was like for children working in the coal mines:
Horrible Histories Work Terrible Work. (3:45 minutes long)
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Why did children work? (Jobs from The Past) (5:08 minutes long)
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Look at the picture of children working in the coal mines during the Victorian era.
- Make a list of reasons why this kind of work might have been unpleasant for children. Think about the effects of the work on their health, happiness and life opportunities.
- Make a list of reasons why this kind of work might have been beneficial for children. Think about how the work might have helped them to support their families and whether there are aspects that some children enjoyed.
- Make a list of reasons why this kind of work might have been beneficial to adults employing children cheaply to do jobs that are harder for adults to do.
- Make a list of reasons why this kind of work might have been concerning to adults sending their children into mines, or how other adults might feel about the long term effects for this generation of children when they grow up.
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Tell your partner:
- Who was Lord Shaftesbury?
- What did he ask the government to change?
- What Parliamentary Acts were passed as a result of his campaigns?
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Horrible Histories Work Terrible Work. (2:59 minutes long)
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Victorian. (7:77 minutes long)
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This lesson has been based on material that may be obtained from: https://www.ks2history.com/
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