Spartacus educational industrial revolution

Each student is given the name of an individual that was involved in the debate that was taking place at this time. This included factory owners, factory reformers, child workers, parents, journalists, religious leaders and doctors.

Mule scavengers industrial revolution

The student is then given an instruction sheet with details of the Textile Industry and what they needed to do. This includes writing an account of their character and a speech on the subject of child labour.

Each character had an entry in the Spartacus Encyclopaedia.

This provides them with biography and sources that enables the student to discover his or her views on the issue.

Pauper apprentices industrial revolution

The website also includes information under headings such as factory pollution, parish apprentices, factory food, punishments, working hours, accidents and physical deformities. There are also entries in the encyclopaedia on the machines the children used and the type of work they did in the factory.

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