Florence Cordell

Childrenat Work

WWI:

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LESSON 2

To understand the nature of work that a child would be required to do in a cotton mill.

Child mill workersLearning objective:

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Recap• What can you remember about how children helped by

working in WW1?

• What jobs do you think children could do?

• What might have happened to their education?

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During the day Reginald would have done the following things:

• wake up at 5am

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You are going to draw a storyboard about Reginald’ day . Divide your page into six sections and draw and write about his day using the fact sheet to help you.

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Timeline of laws about children in school1879 -

1899 -

1918 -

1972 -

2008 -

children have to go to school by law (but they are allowed to leave at the age of 10)

school leaving age is raised to 12

school leaving age is raised to 14

school leaving age is raised to 16

school leaving age is raised to 18 for children who are currently aged 11 (they leave school at age 18 in 2015)

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Look at the timeline of laws about children going to school in the UK and see what age Reginald would be allowed to leave school. Children could stay in school for longer and

go to university but this was usually only possible for wealthier families. The law was introduced in 1879 to prevent children from working in factories, down mines, up

chimneys and in other unsafe places.

Do you think there might have been a link between the fact the school leaving age was raised at the end of WW1 in 1918?