industrial revolution and child labour

Child labour and the Industrial Revolution
in Victorian England

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Introduction :
1) Major change which occured in the 1800's in Britain :
2) Invention at the origin of it :
3) Therefore, there were more and more …......................... such as …..................................
From country to town :
4) Consequence on the population geographical repartition :
5) Reason why people went to live in towns :
6) Reason that explains why there were fewer and fewer jobs in the country :
7) Place where the workers lived in towns :
8) Repartition of the population in England
in 1800....................................................................
in 1850 …................................................................
9) Consequences on people's living conditions :
10) Matching exercice
Crowded
Bondé
Factory
Déborder
Overflowing
Moissonneuse
Steam engine
Moteur à vapeur
Thresher
Salaires
Wages
Usine
Housing
11) Place where the workers' houses were located :
12) Characteristics of the houses :
- Building (construction)
- Number of rooms :
- Equipment (or lack of it)
- Rubbish management :
- Average number of people per house :
13) Consequences. Adjectives to qualify the new towns :
14) Example given to illustrate this point :
15) Origin of the pollution and consequences :

Child labour a testimony
16) Read this interview and write a paragraph to sum up Elizabeth's experience. Focus on her working hours, time alloted to eat, punishment, job, place where she worked, consequences on her health

Working children
17) Child labour is not seen as wrong, five reasons are given :
- Some were forced to work as soon as
- Working days. They worked
- Safety conditions : They worked in …............................ conditions, sometimes they were …....................... or even ….......................
- They did not learn to …................ and …......................, so they couldn't hope better jobs.
- They ware paid …...................................because
18) Chimney Sweeps
- Why were children used ?
- What did they have to do ?
- Injuries chimney sweeps often had :
- What did the Cimney Sweep Matser do when the child did not work fast enough ?
- Adjectives used to qualify the job :
- When was child labour forbidden for Chimney Sweeps ?
- Was the law enforced (appliquée)?
- Guess why :
19) coal mines
- Jobs done by children :
- What did these jobs consit in ? (give a definition)
20)

sequence slavery/child labour

Déroulement thématique
1.Slave trade
2.Slavery
3.Meanwhile in England
Industrial revolution
Impact on housing/ living conditions
Child labour
NOW
4.Is slavery behind us?
.Modern time slavery
5.Modern time child labour
6.War , drug and sex...

1-
Documents adaptés de la séquence du CNED

2-
Culture Blog tiré de Impact première technologique pages 42-43
Slavery a shameful past
Recherche ciblée de vocabulaire
Recherche d'informations
The slave Trade
Recherche ciblée de vocabulaire
Living conditions on board ships
Podlecture
The Underground railroad

Task:
In groups of four prepare a quiz to test your friends. the answers must be found in the previous documents studied in class

Oral comprehension
Living on a plantation (Impact première techno page 44)
Première écoute
Avoir en tête qu'il faut repérer

- le type de document
- le nombre de voix
- la thématique générale
- les différents angles d'approches de cette thématiques

Write down as any words as you can and then try to classify under under headings

Mise en commun après deux écoutes

Compte rendu en français

3- une webquest maison
ici

Mise en commun des information
travail sur les mots de liaison pour faire un commentaire construit

Méthodologie de la description d'images

Task two Choose one job done by children during child labour
describe it, explain why you chose this job
what were the resks and living conditions of those workers Prise de parole en continue

4- Is slavery behind us? texte (impact premiere techno)
travail de comprehension écrite
et commentaire écrit
méthodologie de la comprhension de texte
Modern day slavery

5- Modern day slavery and child labour
ce trailer des simpsons

analyse, commentaire de l'image

ou celle-ci


Une webquest

CHILD LABOUR WEBQUEST
Go to : http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/what_is_child_labor.html
Find out the percentages of child labour around in the different continents
Indicate the different forms of child labour found in Asia
Does child labour exist in western countries? If it does, say in which form and where.





Go to : http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/what_is_child_labor.html
What is the estimation of children victim of child labor?
Name 3 characteristics linked to child labor.
Which industry is responsible for the most important part of child labor in the world?
Among the different types of industry using child labor, imagine which ones could imply the characteristics you have chosen. (Give a possible example for each of them.)




Go to : http://www.unicef.org/protection/index_childlabour.html
How many children are considered engaged in child labour?
What percentage of the child population of the world does that figure represent?
What are the elements changing in the different parts of the definition given by UNICEF?
Now go to: http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/what_is_child_labor.html
What new elements are added to the definition of child labour from UNICEF in this definition?
Enumerate as many types of work considered as child labour using information from both websites.
According to you which is the worst form of all?

Mise en commun de la webquest et renseignement d'une fiche bilan

Task 3: Choose a company using child labour and make a poster to denounce it to the general public. Your work must contain at least 5 piectures and two hundred words
Groups of two/three

Comprehension écrite et expression ecrite
Sujet we blew it


extremely hazardous jobs (three groups each will focus on a subject and summarize the inforation for the other two groups)
go here to hear about child soldiers

analysis of the data and your opinion on the fight against child soldiers


Go here and there

analysis of the data and your opinion on this scourge

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