London 1810-1840 by Wsoto23 https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls en-us 2019-07-17 12:34:16 UTC 2019-07-19 23:52:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Education wsoto04 https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371443582 In the early 19th century the churches provided schools for poor children. From 1833 the government provided them with grants. There were also dame schools. They were run by women who taught a little reading, writing, and arithmetic. However many dame schools were really a child minding service.

Girls from upper class families were taught by a governess. And meanwhile, boys were often sent to public schools like Eton. Middle class boys went to grammar schools. Middle class girls went to private schools where they were taught 'accomplishments' such as music and sewing.

Forsters Education Act laid down that schools should be provided for all children. If there were not enough places in existing schools then board schools were built.]]> 2019-07-17 12:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371443582 Amazing facts saulanto200513 https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371444055 During the 19th century, London was transformed into the world's largest city and capital of the British Empire. Its population expanded from 1 million in 1801 to 6.2 million a century later

In the 19th century families were much larger than today. That was partly because infant mortality was high. People had many children and accepted that not all of them would survive.

We take photography for granted but people in the 19th century thought it was wonderful. For the first time ordinary people could have pictures of their loved ones to remember them by if they lived far away.

The first urban underground railway system was located in London. It was the base for modern underground system in London.]]> 2019-07-17 12:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371444055 Society and culture wsoto04 https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371725611 During the 19th century life in Britain was transformed by the Industrial Revolution. At first, it caused many problems but in the late 19th century life became more comfortable for ordinary people. Meanwhile, Britain became the world's first urban society.

At first the industrial revolution did cause much suffering to some people. However in the end it made a much higher standard of living possible for ordinary people. In the 18th century when goods were made by hand they were scarce and therefore expensive. Machines meant that goods could be mass produced and so they became much cheaper.

The population of Britain boomed during the 1800s. In 1801 it was about 9 million. By 1901 it had risen to about 41 million. This was despite the fact that many people emigrated to North America and Australia to escape poverty. About 15 million people left Britain between 1815 and 1914.

In the early 19th century housing for the poor was often dreadful. Often they lived in 'back-to-backs'. These were houses of three (or sometimes only two) rooms, one of top of the other. The houses were literally back-to-back. The back of one house joined onto the back of another and they only had windows on one side. The bottom room was used as a living room cum kitchen. The two rooms upstairs were used as bedrooms. The worst homes were cellar dwellings. These were one-room cellars. They were damp and poorly ventilated. The poorest people slept on piles of straw because they could not afford beds.]]> 2019-07-19 23:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371725611 Women role in society wsoto04 https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371725731 During the 19th century the Industrial Revolution transformed life in Britain and in other countries in Europe and North America. By the end of the century, life was becoming more and more comfortable for most women.

In the 19th century well off women were kept busy running the household and organizing the servants. Some also helped their husband run a business.

In the 19th century at least 80% of the population was working class. In order to be considered middle class you had to have at least one servant. Throughout the century 'service' was a major employer of women.

For working class women life was an endless round of hard work and drudgery. As soon as they were old enough they worked on farms and in factories. When they married and had children housework was very hard without electricity or modern cleaning agents.

In the 19th century many women worked at home finishing shirts or shoes. Others made boxes or lace at home. In the Black Country in the West Midlands of England, some women made chains in forges by their homes. Married working class women often worked - they had to because many families were so poor they needed her earnings as well as her husbands.

]]> 2019-07-19 23:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371725731 Science and technology wsoto04 https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371725990 Medicine and surgery made great advances in the 19th century. Louis Pasteur 1822-1895 proved that disease was caused by microscopic organisms. He also invented a way of sterilizing liquids by heating them (called pasteurization). He also invented vaccination for anthrax (which killed many domestic animals) and for rabies.

Thanks to the first Industrial Revolution there was more efficient andmechanized production which meant Britain’s new textile factories could meet the growing demand for cloth both at home and abroad, where the nation’s many overseas colonies provided a captive market for its goods. In addition to textiles, the British iron industry also adopted new innovations. 

In the early 1800s, Richard Trevithick debuted a steam-powered locomotive, and in 1830 similar locomotives started transporting freight (and passengers) between the industrial hubs of Manchester and Liverpool. By that time, steam-powered boats and ships were already in wide use, carrying goods along Britain’s rivers and canals as well as across the Atlantic.]]> 2019-07-19 23:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wsoto04/p4kbccodzmls/wish/371725990