Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven Introduction | Materials For Lesson 1 |
Twelve varied sources (written, statistical, visual) used in Lesson 1 | Child Labour and the Industrial Revolution | The Making of the English Working Class | Industrial Revolution Lesson Plans | Objectives for Interpretations for Use with Activity 7.5 | Bibliography

Materials for Lesson 1  

Five visual sources A–E for Lesson 1

Source A The very familiarcartoon ‘ A Court for King Cholera’, published in Punch Magazine, 1852. Mansell Collection/Time Pix.

Source B An illustration of pauper apprentices originally from Frances Trollope’s M. Armstrong, Factory Boy, 1840. The image can be found in many places including an electronic version in the Hulton Archives . Frances Trollope’s The Life and Times of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy with the picture may be seen at www.spartacus,schoolnet.co.uk/l with further interesting information about Frances Trollope and the way she used Robert Blincoe’s memoir.  

Source C Photograph showing child mill workers from Manchester www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Irmanchester/child.html

Source D Image advertising Swanage seaside resort published by and featuring London and South Western Railway Company

Source E Image of the Great Exhibition

One of two at www.learningcurve.gov.uk/VictorianBritain