children in victorian age
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- 1. CHILDREN IN THE VICTORIAN AGE
2. CHILDREN AT WORK -Children had an unhappy childhood. -They worked hard to satisfy the needs of their parents because families were very poor and they didn't have enough money, so children worked. -They underwent very difficult conditions of employment. -Days were long for them : eight or twelve hours a day, six days a week. 3.
- - In this picture wecan see many childrenat work .
- - They workedin very dangerous conditions and they didn't wear shoes because families were too poor to buy them .
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- - Children worked in very sad conditions when they were in rags.The building could collapse because at that times, streets were very poor.
- - In the industrial revolution they looked like slaves.
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- - In this picture , wecan see many childrenat workin a manufactory .
- - We think they were very sadand weren't happy .
6. - In this picture wecan seea dark, a poor street . People livedin very dangerous conditions . 7.
- -At thattime, there wasno insuranceand when children had accidents or were ill they didn't have any help .
- - Many children often worked with adults: They worked under the same conditions . Children were smalland they could go into narrow spaces .
CHILDREN WORKED IN MANUFACTORIES 8. A POOR FAMILY
- - In this picture wecan seea dirtyand a poorhome because they didn't have hygiene .
- - They were manyin theirhome ( wecan see five children ). We think they were very sad . It was one room for seven persons .
9. CHILDRENILLNESS
- - In 1830, children could be ill withcholera when they drank water . Streets in London were dirty .
- - Conditions of life were very difficult . Children livedin the streetand theindustrial revolution caused pollution . Many children were very ill .
10. RICH CHILDREN 11. RICH FAMILIES IN HYDE PARK
- - Parents of rich children often were bankers , merchants , industrials orcivil servants . They livedin beautiful suburbs , sometimesin private hotels . The upper class organized partiesand could go to festivals whereas the poor worked .
12. WHO WENT TO SCHOOLS DURING THE VICTORIAN TIMES?
- - In early Victorian England , most children never went to school and did not read or write .
- - Instead they worked to earn money for their families . Only the upperand middle class children went to school .
13. EDUCATION FOR BOYS
- Only children from rich families went to school . But these ones were not many .
- Boys werein famous schools like Eton(in London) where education was very strict .
14. EDUCATION FOR GIRLS
- - Girls didn't have the same educationas boys .
- - They learned to become good wivesand good mothers .
15. EDUCATION ACT
- - In 1870, the Education Act offered schools for all children between the ageof 5 and 13.
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