industrial revolution and child labour

Child labour and the Industrial Revolution
in Victorian England

Visit this site
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)