Industrial Revolution - Children (7)

This is the 7th lesson in an 11 lesson sequence entitled “What do different interpretations tell us about the Industrial Revolution?”
This lesson focses on the lives of children during the Industrial Revolution.
It uses images and videos to build an understanding of:
The jobs performed by children in the factories
The dangers for children in the factories
The role of the overseer
The jobs performed by children in the mines
The dangers in the mines

Students then what they have learned to address Emma Griffin’s view that life for children was extremely tough.