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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
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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? Terrible Good
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