Extensive reading 3 Across the Curriculum history exercise 233 Children in Victorian times Victoria was the Queen of England from 1837 to 1901.0:01
During early Victorian times, children from poor families worked from the age of five to feed themselves and their families.0:35
These jobs weren't easy and were often dangerous.0:44
Many children worked as chimney sweeps.0:49
Because they were small and thin, they climbed up narrow chimneys to clean them.0:51
Street children or orphans usually did this job.0:57
A lot of children also worked in cotton factories.1:01
When the cotton threads broke, children went into the machines to fix them.1:05
This was very dangerous.1:10
Other children worked in coal mines.1:13
They pushed trucks of coal or they opened and closed doors to let air through the tunnels.1:16
The masters were often cruel.1:22
Children worked long hours for very low wages.1:24
A lot of children had health problems and accidents.1:28
Lord Shaftesbury helped to stop adults from using young children at work.1:32
He started free schools for poor children.1:37
By the end of Victorian times, all children went to school until the age of 10.1:40
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