Spanish Constitution.

http://www.congreso.es/portal/page/portal/Congreso/Congreso/Hist_Normas/Norm/const_espa_texto_ingles_0.pdf

CHILD LABOUR IN VICTORIAN TIMES

PORTFOLIO WORK MAY 2016


We have been learning about children at work in Victorian times, the times of the Insustrial Revolution.
Watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSFvYBky-RM

You will find more information on this link. This website is BBC Primary History- victorian Britain. It is very useful and you will also find information about children in factories and children in mines.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/victorian_children_at_work/


And then read some diaries written by victorian children on this link:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV3JO_RYIDE


YOUR TASK:

You are going to imagine that you are a victorian boy/girl working in a factory/mine/sweeping chimneys....

You will write a diary entry similar to the ones you have read.

Include:

Time you get up and breakfast.
Time spent in work describing what you have to do.
Accidents you or the others have had.
Time you spend with family.
Any time to play?
How you feel.
Your wishes and expectations.

Do a nice writing on nice paper if you like. You can stick picture of your victorian self if you like.

Find more information about schoold in Victorian times on this website and do the quiz. After that complete your word document with some of the information you found here.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/victorian_schools/

TASK 1: Read about the Industrial Revolution on this link:

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/victorians/industrialrevolution.html

Use a word document to do a diagram about the most imporant facts of this revolution.


Do it in landscape and include these headings:


Inventions, housing, pollution and ill health, working conditions, working children.

Yo can include photographs. For the inventions you will also need to find some extra information on page 86 of the book.

TASK 2: during the time of the Industrial revolution, Queen Victoria ruled the UK. That is why this period of history is known as Victorian Times.

Watch these three videos and do a table to compare schools from victorian times with our schools. focus on : How the schools look like, children's behaviour, teaching methods and punishment. You can do this on the same word document as task 1.