The Victorians

1. The Victorians Cedar Class have been learning about the Victorians. We would like to show you this so you can see what we have learnt.

2. 1837 Victoria Became Queen 1891 Schools Become free 1842 Mines Act Rich & Poor Food India Houses 1858 The Big Stink 1865 First Car Made Toys & Games Fashion

3. Queen Victoria Queen Victoria was born on the 24th May 1819 and died in 1901 at the age of 81 after ruling Great Britain for 64 years. She became Queen at the age of 18 in 1837 and married her German cousin Prince Albert when she was 21. Queen Victoria changed the lives of many British people in many ways. She had nine children (5 girls and 4 boys). When her husband died at a young age of 42, she wore black for the rest of her life. One of Queen Victoria’s homes

4. Jobs Many children started work at the age of 5, they went to work from 5 o'clock in the morning to 8 o’clock at night. Children worked infactories, minesand textile mills. Some children did dangerous jobs, they had to take the cotton that was stuck inthe machines. They had to be quick because if they didn’t ,then their fingers would of got stuck .

5. Rich and Poor Many children died from diseases. Poor people lived in tiny country cottages or city slums, poor orphans lived in apprentice houses. Many poor children had to work in mills, factories, coal mines and farms. Rich children enjoyed rides in small carts pulled by goats or ponies. Children were dressed like mini adults. Rich baby boys would wear dresses and then when they’re older they would wear asailor suits. Some poor children wore second hand boots or shoes they were nicknamed translators.

6. Food When steamships and train railways were invented, new foods came from all over the world . They had to eat their foods quickly because they had no fridges or freezers . The most basic foods were tea , potatoes , bread and eggs . Rich Victorians had nine Corse meals and poor Victorians had to go to several shops to get food because there was no supermarkets . Poor people ate potato peel. Chefs started to remember ingredients and put them in books and then sell them . Rich people usually ate meat .

7. India Great Britain Britain controlled 23 % of the world and India was part of the British empire. At that time Pakistan was part of India but in 1947, after Queen Victoria died, Pakistan became a separate country. British Empire during Victorian times India

8. Rich Victorians used to have wooden roofs over their beds with four wooden poles holding them up. Houses Rich house Most poor Victorian houses had only one or two rooms upstairs and downstairs. Poor Victorians had tin baths instead of real ones. Poor Victorians had toilets outside. Poor house

9. The Big Stink The big stink was a time in Victorian times when the River Thames in London stank the city. It was in 1858. It stank the city because people threw poo and wee into the Thames. People started to get diseases because of the stink .The person who solved this problem was called Joseph Bazzlgett . He had an idea to build some sewers to collect all the poo and wee.

10. Transport T he most common Victorian transport was a bike, lots of people were riding it .The first car in Victorian times was made in 1865 however it was rarely seen because only a few rich people owned it. Trains were made near the end of Victorian Britain.

11. Children in the Victorian times often liked to play with toys. But on Sundays children were not allowed to play with toys. They could only play with Noah's ark because that was in the Bible. There was a big difference between the rich and poor. This is what the rich and poor played with: Toys & Games

12. Fashion and clothes At the end of the Victorian times, the hoop in ladies dresses disappeared from view and it was back to slimmer skirts although the skirts had a bustle. No matter what the weather was like rich ladies still had there umbrella with them all the time. Poor ladies did not have a bustle or an umbrella. They only had an old dress & ripped shoes.

13. In 1891 schools became free for all children! Schools Boys from rich families went to boarding schools, like Eton. Girls from rich families got tutored and trained to be Governesses. In the Victorian times children had to pay to go to school, so schools were full of rich children.