Exploring the experience of child workers in the Victorian era
I can read summarise different attitudes towards child labour in the Victorian era.
Exploring the experience of child workers in the Victorian era
I can read summarise different attitudes towards child labour in the Victorian era.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Attitudes towards child labour were less strict in the Victorian era
- There are more laws today than in Victorian Britain to protect children from unsafe working conditions
- Young boys from lower social classes were expected to do dangerous jobs in the Victorian era
- Comparative conjunctions are useful for connecting sentences to previous ideas
- Comparisons are useful when comparing differences between authors’ attitudes or ideas
Common misconception
Comparisons are either clear similarities or clear differences.
Use examples from slides to demonstrate how comparisons are often more complex than ideas being completely similar or completely different.
Keywords
Labour - work, particularly physical work, can be referred to as labour.
Compel - if you force or oblige someone to do something, you compel them to do it.
Chimney sweep - a chimney sweep was someone who would clean the channel above a fireplace, which takes smoke out of buildings.
Callous - callous people have a cruel disregard for others.
Mercenary - a mercenary is primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics.
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of ‘Child Workers, their rights and wrongs’ by Jon Robins which is available in the additional materials.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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