Looking Back: Victorian Child Labour - Part 3: Agriculture & Domestic Service

Part 3 of the “Looking Back: Child Labour” resource focuses on children who worked on the land, in agriculture, and in domestic service in Victorian Britain. It is an informative and interactive teaching tool for children aged 8-13. This pack is perfect for reinforcing key historical skills and helping children acquire important knowledge about what life was like for the many children who worked in the nineteenth century.

This resource contains a total of 34 pages and covers the topics of: the typical jobs children did on the land; what the working day was like for children employed in agriculture; why children worked on the land; the Agricultural Children Act; and what life was like as a maid-of-all-work.

Part One - Looking Back: Child Labour - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13111442

Part Two - Looking Back: Child Labour - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13112787

To find out about child labour in the factories see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12938508