VICTORIAN times

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VICTORIAN times

• Life as a Victorian child

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contents

• 1. Title
• 2. Contents
• 3. Poor families
• 4. Money
• 5. Children
• 6. Work
• 7. Oliver Twist
• 8. The Workhouse
• 9. Thanks for watching ?

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Poor families

• Many people were poor in the Victorian times.
• Families had up to six children and lots of
  babies so they were always very busy.
• Most children were forced to go and work instead
  of going to school.
• Some children would help out on a farm or stay at
  home and do the house work.

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Money

• Lots of Victorians were broke and were in need of
  money.
• The oldest children went to work on a farm, did
  all the house jobs and became a servants.
• They earned a sixpence every work day.

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Children

• Lots of Victorian children needed to do jobs like
  help out on a farm, work as a servant or just
  stayed at home doing the washing up or sewing up
  torn clothes.
• After they did their jobs, they were too tired
  and too hungry to go and play

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Work

• The wasnt that much work in the Victorian times
  but people didnt have a choice if they had a
  family to feed.
• Most girls stayed at home to help with the family
  but they worked as nannys too.
• Children needed to work hard but they were as
  young as six!

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Oliver Twist

• A man called Charles Dickens wrote a book based
  on a Victorian child called Oliver Twist.
• Its about an orphan who escapes the Workhouse and
  runs away to London.
• These are pictures of Oliver, begging for more
  food.

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The Workhouse

• The Workhouse was a place where you came to if
  you didnt have any job.
• It was infected with diseases and was a horrible
  place.
• You got separated from your family first and got
  put into different places.
• People were so desperate to not go there but if
  they lost their job, it was the only option.

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