Directions
0Welcome Back!!!
0Pass the Factory Life
Packet forward-just the
question packet!!
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Review
0Objective-Weekly Agenda
0What is industrialization?
030 seconds to talk it over
with your partner!
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0The following is evidence
given before the
Parliamentary Commission
inquiry into child labor in
mines and manufactories.
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0 How old are? – I shall be ten on the 4th
August.
0 How old were you when you began to
work in Eccles’ factory? – I wasn’t quite
eight. Worked there above a year.
0 Were you beaten and scolded at Eccles?
– Yes.
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0 Who by? – William Swanton
0 What for? – For having my ends down.
0 How often were you beaten by him? –
Twice a week.
0 What with? – His hands.
0 Did he hurt you much? – No; but it made
by head sore with his hands.
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0 Did Mr. Swanton ever tie a weight to you? –
Yes, to my back.
0 What was it tied with, a string? – Yes, it was
tied with one string round my neck, one
round my shoulders, and one round my
middle.
0 How heavy was it? – I don’t know. It was a
great piece of iron, and two more beside.
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0 How big were they? – One was as big as
this book (pointing to the Lords’ Report
of 1818).
0 Was it as thick? – No; it was thicker.
(Pointing to an unbound octavo book of
419 ages) As thick as that.
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0 What time of the day was it? – It was
after breakfast.
0 How long was it kept on you? – About
half an hour.
0 What did you do? – I walked up and
down the room.
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0 What did you walk up and down the
room for? – He made me.
0 Was it that other children might see you
with it? – Yes.
0 Did you ever see such weights tied to
other children? - Yes; there was one
other that had them tied to his legs.
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0 Was there more than one? – Yes, there
was two besides him.
0 How long did they wear it? – About an
hour.
0 Did they walk up and down the room
too? – Yes.
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Child Labor in England, 1833
Ellen Hootton
0 Now mind and don’t tell a lie; what had
you done? – I did nothing but run away
because he beat me.
0 Had you stolen anything? – No.
0 Did you tell your mother of it? – Yes. She
said nothing.
0 Is your father dead? – I have no father.
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0Entry #7
012/1/15
0Imagine being a child who works in a
factory during the Industrial
Revolution.
0 Describe your working conditions.
0 Why are you working in a factory?
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Directions
0Read the “Child Labor in the
Mines.”
0Then complete the questions.
0Both handouts you picked up as
you entered the room.
0Work with your partner!
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