https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5 en-us 2018-03-16 07:05:31 UTC 2023-04-22 15:22:50 UTC hello@padlet.com vestina812 https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/242685645 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. Poor children looked thin and hungry, wore ragged clothes, and some had no shoes. ]]> 2018-03-16 07:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/242685645 vestina812 https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/242686537  Rich and Poor Children had vastly different lifestyles when it came to food. The rich children would dine on significant amounts of food and waste food too whereas the poor would have limited meals of low quality. A large quantity of the population were living on dripping, bread, tea and vegetables.]]> 2018-03-16 07:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/242686537 vestina812 https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/242688109 The wealthy Victorian Children and their families lived a much more elegant and privileged life than the poor families lived.ealthy families lived in large Victorian houses three and sometimes four stories high with several rooms. They had more than one bathroom and even had flushing toilets.They usually had servants that performed all the duties including cleaning the house, washing clothes and cooking supper. A nanny was hired to fulfill the children’s needs and was in many cases responsible for raising the children
Most poor families lived in small apartments. Some no bigger than one room. Sometimes two or more families would share an apartment. These apartments could be found in the very “ran down” part of town. They would be in buildings that were very close to or connected to another set of apartments.There was no plumbing or bathrooms much less flushing toilets.]]> 2018-03-16 07:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/242688109 vestina812 https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/243664906 Most children never went to school and struggled to read or write. Children from rich families were typically taught at home by governess until the age of 10 years old. Wealthy boys from the age of 10 would then go to Public schools such as Rugby. Girls on the other hand continued to be educated at home.Schools were certainly different to the schools we have of today. Within poor inner city areas there could be anywhere between 70 and 80 pupils in one class.The schools were imposing buildings with high up windows to prevent children from seeing out of. Furthermore the walls of the schools lacked creativity and were often bare or had merely text for the children to look at. In Victorian schools there were more female teachers than male ones with women occupying the majority of teaching roles. These women were often very strict and scary. The majority of female teachers were unmarried ladies and they were to be called ‘Miss’ at all times. It wasn’t uncommon for children to be beat by canes made from birch wood. Boys were typically caned on their backsides whereas Girls would take the punishment on their legs or hands.]]> 2018-03-19 17:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/243664906 vestina812 https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/243667380 Victorian Child Labor was prevalent in the Victorian Era. Here is a jobs that children did. Coal mines. Chimney Sweep. Factory Worker. Scare the birds from the fields. Farm Worker. Ship Yard. Seller in the Streets. Domestic Servant and etc.]]> 2018-03-19 17:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/243667380 vestina812 https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/243670820 The Victorians celebrated one main holiday, Christmas. Even back then, they still celebrated Christmas traditions that we do today. For example, gift giving and Christmas card sending were just as popular back then as it is now. They also had a big Christmas dinner as well. 
Victorians would celebrate Valentines day by sending love letters to one another. Some Valentines cards featured poems.]]> 2018-03-19 18:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/243670820 vestina812 https://padlet.com/vestina812/5sggo89s4ls5/wish/243676863 Although many children worked in Victorian times, they still had time to play. Outdoors, most Victorian children played in the street or in the fields and woods. Not many families had gardens big enough to play in, and there were no children's playgrounds. Rich families had playrooms or nurseries, but poorer children played wherever they could find space. With ten or more children often crammed into one or two rooms, play-space for poor families was a luxury. Playing outside was the usual escape.

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