Were conditions for children working in

factories actually bad?• Learning Objectives:

• To gain knowledge of working conditions for children in factories during the Industrial Revolution

• To understand how conditions in factories varied

• To be able to use sources to explain whether conditions in factories were actually bad

Source Analysis• In your group, examine the sources you

have been given.

• Consider the following:

• Content - what does the source tell you?

• Audience - who is the source written for?

• Purpose - why has the source been written?

• Reliability - how reliable is the source?

• Relevance - how typical is this source?

Source Analysis

• "living bodies caught in the iron grip of machinery in rapid motion, and whirled in the air, bones crushed, and blood cast copiously on the floor, because of physical exhaustion."  - Alfred Kydd, 1857

• What can we learn from this source?

Were conditions for children working in

factories actually bad?

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Were conditions for children working in

factories actually bad?

• Using the sources you have examined and your own knowledge, write a response to the key question. Try to use information from the sources to provide evidence for your answer. (half a page)

Child Labour in the Twenty-First Century

• What is the situation like for children today?

• Homework task:

• Research child labour in today’s world

• Prepare a source that might be used in a history lesson 100 years from now