Template-"A Christmas Carol-Scrooge and Marley" by Melissa Marks https://padlet.com/marksma1/z32yb3ol3hmi en-us 2017-05-28 19:06:19 UTC 2025-11-07 13:19:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Dickens’ England marksma1 https://padlet.com/marksma1/z32yb3ol3hmi/wish/174153451  The Gruesome Truth

In 1839, nearly half of the funerals in London were held for children under the age of 10. Many died from contagious disease and malnutrition. 

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It was not unusual for children of 6 or 7 to have full-time jobs. Many youngsters outside London worked hauling coal that fueled the Industrial Revolution

]]> 2017-05-28 19:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/marksma1/z32yb3ol3hmi/wish/174153496 Dicken's Life marksma1 https://padlet.com/marksma1/z32yb3ol3hmi/wish/174153581
  • Charles Dickens, at 12 years old, sat in a rat-infested London warehouse pasting labels on jars of black boot polish. 
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    • He walked five miles to get to work and worked 10 hours a day.
     
    • Saw his family only on Sundays, when he visited London’s Marshalsea prison, where his father has been jailed for owing too much money. 

    ]]>     2017-05-28 19:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/marksma1/z32yb3ol3hmi/wish/174153581     marksma1 https://padlet.com/marksma1/z32yb3ol3hmi/wish/174153650 Dickens wrote most  of his fictional tales about abused, neglected, parentless children.
    In 1848 an estimated 30,000 homeless, filthy children lived on the streets of London.

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    Frank A. Clark

    ]]>     2017-05-28 19:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/marksma1/z32yb3ol3hmi/wish/174153934     marksma1 https://padlet.com/marksma1/z32yb3ol3hmi/wish/174153994 “I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.”
    Rainn Wilson
     
    handout=something given free to a needy person or organization

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