Were conditions for children working in factories actually bad?
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Were conditions for children working in
factories actually bad?• Learning Objectives:
• To gain knowledge of working conditions for children in factories during the Industrial Revolution
• To understand how conditions in factories varied
• To be able to use sources to explain whether conditions in factories were actually bad
Source Analysis• In your group, examine the sources you
have been given.
• Consider the following:
• Content - what does the source tell you?
• Audience - who is the source written for?
• Purpose - why has the source been written?
• Reliability - how reliable is the source?
• Relevance - how typical is this source?
Source Analysis
• "living bodies caught in the iron grip of machinery in rapid motion, and whirled in the air, bones crushed, and blood cast copiously on the floor, because of physical exhaustion." - Alfred Kydd, 1857
• What can we learn from this source?
Were conditions for children working in
factories actually bad?
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Were conditions for children working in
factories actually bad?
• Using the sources you have examined and your own knowledge, write a response to the key question. Try to use information from the sources to provide evidence for your answer. (half a page)
Child Labour in the Twenty-First Century
• What is the situation like for children today?
• Homework task:
• Research child labour in today’s world
• Prepare a source that might be used in a history lesson 100 years from now