Victorian Children

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VictorianChildren

• LIFE WAS DIFFERENT

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In Victorian Britain it was hard forPOOR CHILDREN

• If anyone in the family got the flu the
• children could catch it more quickly than the
• adults. This was because the whole family would
• share one small room between them. Sometimes
• there were 12 people in a
• family.
• If you think this is bad look at this

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Working Children

• During Victorian times children worked, just like
  our parents do now. Some common jobs included
• TRAPPER
• Pull the doors in the mine age5
• MILL WORKER
• Collect cotton from underneath
• machine age7
• CHIMNEY SWEEP
• Clean chimneys- age 6 - boys

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Education

• In the early years of the Victorian Era, there
  was no education system. At this time not many
  children of poor communities went to school. The
  teachers carried out regular canings to naughty
  pupils and their names were written inside the
  punishment book which every school kept.

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Queen Victoria

• Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and became queen
  when she was only 18. Her Uncle had died in the
  night of June 19th 1837 so making her queen. When
  she turned 21 she married her cousin Albert and
  they had 9 children. When Albert died in 1861
  Queen Victoria went into mourning and shut
  herself away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She
  died in 1901.

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People that Helped

• LORD SHAFTESBURY
• In 1842 the mines act prevented children from
  working underground, then in 1876 the minimum
  working age was increased to 10.
• He also fought for chimney sweeps to be banned
  but it wasnt until 1875 that it was passed
  through parliament.
• DR BARNADO
• In 1870 DR Barnado estimated around 30,000
  children were sleeping on the streets. So later
  in the year he set up his first home for children
  in East London. He also became famous, for his
  care and dedication.

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But life changed!!!!

• Because of the people who helped, life today is
  much better, although there are still children on
  the streets, now most are well looked after too.

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Thank you

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• By
• Emma Danielle