Oliver Twist
Children during the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution changed Britain from a land of small towns, villages and farms into a land of cities, large towns and factories. The population grew from 16 million in 1801 to over 41 million by 1901. Cities grew fast, as people moved from the countryside to work in factories.
Men, women and children worked in factories, and in coal mines. Factory and mine owners became rich, but most factory and mine workers were poor. They were paid low wages, and lived in unhealthy, overcrowded slums.
In Victorian times, many families had 10 or more children. Sadly, many children died as babies, or from diseases such as
smallpox and diphtheria. Child-death struck rich and poor families. In a Victorian town, it was easy to tell who was rich and who was poor. Children from richer homes were well fed, wore warm clothes and had shoes on their feet. They did not work, but went to school or had lessons at home. Poor children looked thin and hungry, wore ragged clothes, and some had no shoes. Poor children had to work. They were lucky if they went to school.
Many Victorian children were poor and worked to help their families. Few people thought this strange or cruel. Families got no money unless they worked, and most people thought work was good for children. The Industrial Revolution created new jobs, in factories and mines. Many of these jobs were at first done by children, because children were cheap - a child was paid less than adults (just a few pennies for a week's work).
Many children started work at the age of 5, the same age as children start school today. They went to work as soon as they were big enough. Children worked on farms, in homes as servants, and in factories or coal mines. Children often did jobs that required small size and nimble fingers. But they also pushed heavy coal trucks along tunnels in coal mines. Boys went to sea, as boy-sailors, and girls went 'into service' as housemaids. Children worked on city streets, selling things such as flowers, matches and ribbons. Crossing boys swept the roads clean of horse-dung and rubbish left by the horses that pulled carts and carriages.
Charles Dickens was an English Victorian era author who wrote about the hard labor and living situations during the Industrial
Revolution. Two of his most famous works include Oliver Twist and David Copperfield.
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Children during the Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution changed Britain from a land of small towns, villages and farms into a land of cities, large towns and factories. The population grew from 16 million in 1801 to over 41 million by 1901. Cities grew fast, as people moved from the countryside to work in factories.
Men, women and children worked in factories, and in coal mines. Factory and mine owners became rich, but most factory and mine workers were poor. They were paid low wages, and lived in unhealthy, overcrowded slums.
In Victorian times, many families had 10 or more children. Sadly, many children died as babies, or from diseases such as
smallpox and diphtheria. Child-death struck rich and poor families. In a Victorian town, it was easy to tell who was rich and who was poor. Children from richer homes were well fed, wore warm clothes and had shoes on their feet. They did not work, but went to school or had lessons at home. Poor children looked thin and hungry, wore ragged clothes, and some had no shoes. Poor children had to work. They were lucky if they went to school.
Many Victorian children were poor and worked to help their families. Few people thought this strange or cruel. Families got no money unless they worked, and most people thought work was good for children. The Industrial Revolution created new jobs, in factories and mines. Many of these jobs were at first done by children, because children were cheap - a child was paid less than adults (just a few pennies for a week's work).
Many children started work at the age of 5, the same age as children start school today. They went to work as soon as they were big enough. Children worked on farms, in homes as servants, and in factories or coal mines. Children often did jobs that required small size and nimble fingers. But they also pushed heavy coal trucks along tunnels in coal mines. Boys went to sea, as boy-sailors, and girls went 'into service' as housemaids. Children worked on city streets, selling things such as flowers, matches and ribbons. Crossing boys swept the roads clean of horse-dung and rubbish left by the horses that pulled carts and carriages.
Charles Dickens was an English Victorian era author who wrote about the hard labor and living situations during the Industrial
Revolution. Two of his most famous works include Oliver Twist and David Copperfield.
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Un modo divertente per imparare gli aggettivi in lingua inglese e ampliare il nostro bagaglio lessicale? …Descrivere l’aspetto fisico e il carattere dei nostri professori, utilizzando sinonimi e contrari, e realizzandone, magari, anche un ritratto caricaturale !!
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Un modo divertente per imparare gli aggettivi in lingua inglese e ampliare il nostro bagaglio lessicale? …Descrivere l’aspetto fisico e il carattere dei nostri professori, utilizzando sinonimi e contrari, e realizzandone, magari, anche un ritratto caricaturale !!
Questo è il compito che ci è stato assegnato dalla nostra prof. di Inglese.
Noi alunni di IIA ci siamo divertiti tantissimo nell’eseguirlo, ma anche i nostri professori hanno apprezzato l’idea e si sono riconosciuti nei ritratti.
Pertanto, abbiamo deciso di pubblicare il nostro lavoro e condividerlo con i nostri lettori.
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BOB DYLAN: THE “BOORISH MINSTREL”
Bob Dylan is one of the best known representatives of the protest song movement which started in the sixties among young people in the United States and Great Britain. The protest was directed against war and weapons in general and against the war in Vietnam and nuclear armament in particular. But the protest also included other aspects of society and was directed against “the establishment”.
Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 2016 for his lyrics .
However, it seems he is the person less interested in this important announcement.
Why?
Because he is a rebel , a “boorish minstrel”, and his entire career can be seen as an attempt to simply be left alone.
We don’t care about his rude manners … we like him for his music and his poetry!!!!!
Blowin’ in the wind is probably Dylan’s best known song. It has been translated into many languages and has become very popular all over the world. This song, written in 1962, became an anthem for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. In this song he says that the answer to many human questions is all around us but always moving and changing like the wind. It is difficult to grasp it but it is in everything. We must allow the changes to come in and out like the wind rather than trying to control them.
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DRAWINGS BY: ELENA ARDELEAN, SIRIA MAROTTA, FRANCESCA SORRENTINO
Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in October 2016 for his lyrics .
However, it seems he is the person less interested in this important announcement.
Why?
Because he is a rebel , a “boorish minstrel”, and his entire career can be seen as an attempt to simply be left alone.
We don’t care about his rude manners … we like him for his music and his poetry!!!!!
Blowin’ in the wind is probably Dylan’s best known song. It has been translated into many languages and has become very popular all over the world. This song, written in 1962, became an anthem for the US civil rights and anti-war movements. In this song he says that the answer to many human questions is all around us but always moving and changing like the wind. It is difficult to grasp it but it is in everything. We must allow the changes to come in and out like the wind rather than trying to control them.
Class IIIA
DRAWINGS BY: ELENA ARDELEAN, SIRIA MAROTTA, FRANCESCA SORRENTINO