WorksheetsChildren at Work - Victorian Era
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 24mins
What was life like for poor children during Victorian era?
Who was forced to work at a very young age to help support their families?
rich Victorian children
poor Victorian children
Victorian children
children
Where there laws to protect working children?
Yes
No
What jobs did Victorian children do? There are 3 possible answers.
chimney sweeps
mill workers
teacher assistants
farm hands
cart driver
Describe the working place for children working in the Coal Mines.
Who were employed as "coal bearers"?
younger children
middle aged children
older children
aged 5 children
Younger children often worked as (a) .
What was the job of the younger children "trappers" in coal mines?
Why was it dangerous for children to work in factories?
Children spent most of their working hours at machines with little or no time for (a) or exercise.
Describe the working condition for children mill workers.
Who were sold to employers to become chimney sweeps?
young children
orphans
older children
orphans and homeless children
In what year did a law was introduced forbidding the use of boys for sweeping chimneys but was ignored?
1883
1832
1884
1831
Describe the working condition of a domestic servant.
Some children had worked in the countryside. What were their jobs in the countryside?
farming or water carrier
domestic servant or washer
bird scarers or stone pickers
stone pickers or fruit harvesters
