Queen Victoria

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Vocabulary job main chimney sweeps push orphan narrow cotton factory wage thread adult fix cruel truck of

Vocabulary job main chimney sweeps push orphan narrow cotton factory wage thread
coal master tunnel accident

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Victoria was the Queen of England, from 1837 to 1901.During early Victorian

Victoria was the Queen of England, from 1837 to 1901.During early Victorian
times, poor children worked from the age of five to feed themselves and their families. These jobs weren’t easy and were often dangerous.

Queen Victoria

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Many children worked as chimney sweeps because they were small and thin.

Many children worked as chimney sweeps because they were small and thin.
They climbed up narrow chimney to clean them. Street children or orphans usually did this job.

Chimney sweeps

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When the cotton threads broke, children went into the machine to fix

When the cotton threads broke, children went into the machine to fix
them

A lot of children also worked in cotton factories.

This was very dangerous.

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They pushed trucks of coal or they opened and closed doors to

They pushed trucks of coal or they opened and closed doors to
let air through tunnel.

Other children worked in coal mines.

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The masters were often cruel. Children worked long hours for very low

The masters were often cruel. Children worked long hours for very low
wages.
A lot of children had health problems and accidents.

Poor children had to work, because if they went to school, their families lost the money they earned.

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Lord Shaftesbury helped to stop adult from using young children at work.

Lord Shaftesbury helped to stop adult from using young children at work.
He started free schools for poor children. By the end of Victorians times all children went to school until the age of ten.

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Ragged schools were set up to provide free basic education for orphans

Ragged schools were set up to provide free basic education for orphans and very poor children.
and very poor children.

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Problem questions

Do teenagers work in our country?
What jobs do they do?
Was the

Problem questions Do teenagers work in our country? What jobs do they
children’s life in the 19th century different?
Did they work? Did they go to school?
Would you do any of these jobs? Why?

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Say if it is True or False 1.During Victorian times all the children

Say if it is True or False 1.During Victorian times all the
had to work. 2.Their job was very hard and dangerous. 3.Children were used as chimney sweeps because of their size, they were small and thin. 4.Usually only brave children did this job. 5.Children went into the machine to fix broken cotton threads. 6.Other children worked in coal mines. 7.It was very hard job and lots of children had health problems. 8.By the end of Victorian times all the children went to school from the age of ten.
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