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What was life like for children working in the textile mills in the 1800s?

What was life like for children working in the textile mills in the 1800s?. Learning objective:. To understand what life was like for the children who worked in textile mills in the 1800s. ‘ ‘ ‘ The children who built victorian britain ’. What were the child workers known as in the 1800s?

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What was life like for children working in the textile mills in the 1800s?

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  1. What was life like for children working in the textile mills in the 1800s?

  2. Learning objective: To understand what life was like for the children who worked in textile mills in the 1800s

  3. ‘‘‘The children who built victorianbritain’ • What were the child workers known as in the 1800s? • Why did children want to work in the factories? • Why did the factory owners want orphans to work in their factories? • What did Thomas Burkes do to young, factory worker Charlotte Smith when she tried to run away from his factory? • In your own words, briefly describe how you think you would have felt, if you worked in one of these factories? Why? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87eVOpbcoVo

  4. Card sort Who said what? Match the statements on the cards with the right person: Child worker Factory owner Overseer Parent of child worker

  5. The victorian workers’ song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNcfnuUrZ4c

  6. Extension task Write a short letter to a parent,as if you were an overseer in a textile mill. Explain why you treated the children working in your factory so badly.

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