Looking Back: Victorian Child Labour - Part 2: Children Working Down the Mines

Part 2 of the “Looking Back: Child Labour” resource focuses on children who worked down the coal mines 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 41 pages and covers the topics of: the jobs children did in the coal mines; their hours of work; the treatment of children in the mines; what t was like in a coal mine; the health risks and dangers involved in mining; why children were employed to work in the coal mines; and the Acts of Parliament introduced.