Child Labour - Victorian Era

the Victorian Era

what was it like for children living in victorian britain?

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index

1. Observe and comment

7. Queen Victoria

2. Child Labour - vocab

8. Match - Acts protecting Children

3. Read and Understand

9. Read and Write - Oliver Twist

4. Could/ Had to

10. The Preterite

5. Watch - Child Labour

11. Fill-in the recap

6. Vocabulary - Quizlet

Observe and comment

- age?- place? - date? - job?

Life was very hard for poor people during the Victorian era. Poor children, even as young as four years old, had to work to help support their families. Most mine, factory and mill owners did not think anything was wrong with giving job to children. There were no laws to protect working children

Match the children jobs with the French words:

CHANGING TIMES Before 1800, Britain was mostly a rural society, dominated by agriculture. Under the reign of Queen Victoria, Britain changed a lot because of the Industrial Revolution. England turned from a rural and agricultural society into an industrial and urban society. Thanks to the invention of the steam engine and new machines, the British industry could develop. New machines were invented that could replace people on farms. People and goods could travel more easily thanks to new means of transportation such as railways and steam boats. As a consequence, many people were out of work and they had to move to the cities to find jobs in new industries. At the same time the number of people living in Britain more than doubled so this caused a huge demand for housing. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION and HOUSING IN VICTORIAN ERA Unfortunately, most cities were not prepared for that great increase of people looking for accommodation. Because of the shortage of houses, many people had to share rooms. Factory owners built houses for their workers near their factories. These houses were built close together really quickly and cheaply. They didn't have running water or toilets. People had to share outdoors toilet. To make things worse, the water from pumps was often polluted, the streets were filthy and the air was filled with black smokes from the factories' chimneys. As a result, lots of people died of diseases such as typhus, small pox, dysentery and cholera. Help: mostly: principalement - the steam engine: la machine à vapeur - goods : les biens - railway : le chemin de fer - (to) be out of work : être sans emploi - the shortage of: le manque de - filthy: insalubre, malsain

Questions: 1)List all the inventions mentioned in the first paragraph: __________________________________________ 2)Housing conditions were awful (horrible) , explain why? (2nd paragraph) __________________________________________ 3)What were the consequences on people? __________________________________________

Watch - Child Labour

Watch and answer questions. La réponse à la dernière question est à rédiger dans le cahier.

COULD et COULDN'T sont les passés de CAN et CAN'T, ils servent à exprimer la capacité ou l'incapacité dans le passé. On utilise COULD pour dire ce qu'on pouvait faire dans le passé. On utilise COULDN'T pour dire ce que l'on ne pouvait pas faire dans le passé. HAD TO + base verbale sert à exprimer l’obligation au passé.

ex: When she was one, she could walk. When she was one, she couldn't speak. Tom had to call the police (Tom a dû appeler la police)

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

Read, understand and write

WHO? WHAT? WHERE? WHEN? In pairs, use your imagination and the past simple to imagine what Oliver Twist’s life was in the Victorian time. Use HAD TO / COULD / COULD NOT, the simple past and don't forget link words!

Oliver Twist

Yesterday, I ......... (play - regular) video games. I ..... (see - irregular) my friends. Last year, I .... (give - irregular) my bike. You .... (help - regular) me with my homework.

The Preterite Pour les verbes réguliers, il suffit de prendre la base verbale et de rajouter ED à la fin du verbe. Par exemple, le verbe to walk ( marcher), devient walked. Mais il existe une seconde catégorie de verbes : les verbes irréguliers. Au lieu de se finir en ED, ils prennent une autre forme de terminaison. Par exemple, le verbe to think (penser) ne donnera pas thinked mais thought. Le verbe to see (voir) ne donnera pas seeed mais saw.

Game

Complétez le texte suivant avec les verbes entre parenthèses au prétérit simple. Oliver Twist (be) _________ a poor orphan living in a workhouse. One day, he (ask) _________ for more food, and the master (be) _________ very angry. Oliver (decide) _________ to run away to London. On his way, he (meet) _________ a group of boys who (go) _________ to London too. They (become) _________ friends, and together they (travel) _________ to the city. In London, Oliver (meet) _________ Fagin, a man who (teach) _________ him how to steal. Oliver (live) _________ with Fagin and his gang for a while, but he (not be) _________ happy. He (miss) _________ his old friends and he (want) _________ to find a real family. One day, Oliver (meet) _________ Mr. Brownlow, a kind man who (take) _________ him home. Oliver (be) _________ very happy to finally have a home, but his troubles (be) _________ not over yet.

Test Write minimum 5 sentences about child labour in Victorian Britain you need : - the preterite - link words - jobs - adjectives

Correction

Oliver Twist was a poor orphan living in a workhouse. One day, he asked for more food, and the master was very angry. Oliver decided to run away to London. On his way, he met a group of boys who went to London too. They became friends, and together they travelled to the city. In London, Oliver met Fagin, a man who taught him how to steal. Oliver lived with Fagin and his gang for a while, but he was not happy. He missed his old friends and he wanted to find a real family. One day, Oliver met Mr. Brownlow, a kind man who took him home. Oliver was very happy to finally have a home, but his troubles were not over yet.