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Children at Work

About 'Craft Made From Graft'

This Leaning Journey, Children at Work, developed from a learning pack for teachers entitled 'Craft Woven From Graft' created by staff at Huddersfield Local Studies Library with funding from MLA Yorkshire. That pack deals with the industrialisation of the woollen industry in the Victorian period, factory conditions, and especially the use of child labour. The pack is available from the Local Studies Library in Huddersfield. 

Several other resources have been created as a result, all linked to each other, including the cloth industry and weaving, factory reform, and everyday life during the Industrial Revolution. Links to these other resources have been provided below.

 

Curriculum Links:

KS2 History Unit 11: What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain?

KS2 History Unit 12: How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?

KS3 History Unit 11: Industrial Changes Action and Reaction

KS3 Citizenship Unit 03: Human Rights

 

Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge and understanding of the lives of people during a period of immense change which revolutionised their way of life
• Thinking and communication skills and practical skills needed to execute the tasks
• Develops empathy with others
• Enjoyment, experimentation, making

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