Industrial Revolution - 9. Children in the Revolution

This is a PowerPoint for the Industrial Revolution unit. It is lesson number nine.
Students will look at the working conditions within both factories and in the mines, through the specific context of child labour. This lesson has a variety of audio sources available to illustrate the working conditions and pressures experienced by children in both industries. There are a variety of questions that are associated with each audio bite to help students empathise with the harsh and dangerous working conditions.

Learning Objectives
-identify the conditions for children working in factories.
-describe the effects of working in mines for children.
-justify whether the Industrial Revolution was negative or beneficial for children.

Included:
1 PPT with 12 slides

Australian Curriculum - Stage 5 - Depth Study 1: Making A Better World? - Topic 1a: The Industrial Revolution (1750–1914)

Syllabus dot points covered
The experiences of men, women and children during the Industrial Revolution, and their changing way of life (ACDSEH081)
-use a variety of sources to investigate working conditions in factories, mines and other occupations, with particular emphasis on child labour

Historical skills covered
HT5-4–> explains and analyses the causes and effects of events and developments in the modern world and Australia
HT5-6 -->uses relevant evidence from sources to support historical narratives, explanations and analyses of the modern world and Australia
HT5-9 --> applies a range of relevant historical terms and concepts when communicating an understanding of the past

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Keywords: Industrial Revolution, history, Stage 5, Australian Curriculum, Year 9, Year 10, transport, materials, sugar, growth, British Empire, Britain, map, labour, manpower, children, abuse, trappers, firedamp, mines, workers, working.