Resource created by National Coal Mining Museum
Curriculum Links
- KS2 History: Local history study
- KS3 History: Britain as the first industrial nation
- KS2 Citizenship: Children's Rights, Human Rights
Learning Objectives
- Knowledge of the type of work children did in Victorian coal mines
- Understanding of what it was like for children living at the time and how children's lives have changed
- Skills to independently research a topic using archival material
Discussion and Activity Ideas
Please see individual pages of this learning story for discussion and activity resources related to each chapter.