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 .
4.
- 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.
5.
- 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.