Children in the coal mines

Bad working conditions were in the cotton mills, factories and _______________________

• tin mines

• gold mines

• coal mines

• caves

People working in the coal mines experienced ____________, ____ and cramped

• cold/ humid

• dark/wet

• hot/ scary

• errie / frightening

Children also faced hazards such as explosions, suffocating gas and _______________

• rainy

• scolding

• flooding

• burning

The increase demand for coal led to more and deeper ____________

• factories

• mills

• mines

• workhouses

Parents were willing to sent their children to work as they needed________

• income

• freedom

• respect

• honour

Children as young as ___________ were employed in coal mines to open and shut doors.

• 6 years

• 8 years

• 4 years

• 5 years

When t weather was warm, it was difficult to breathe for the children.

• false

• true

• not sure

One person who wrote stories about the horrible condition of children in the coal mines was____________

• Charles

• Dickens

• Charles Dickens

• Davis Copperfield

However, children get to go to ______________ on Sundays.

• church

• kindergarten

• picnics.

• beach

Sometimes children are separated from their families if they were _____________ to employers.

• pawned

• sold

• bought

• taken