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  4. Y3/4 (B): How have children’s lives changed?
  5. Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: What were children’s jobs like in Victorian England?

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: What were children's jobs like in Victorian England?

Researching and recording the jobs and working conditions of young Victorians using primary and secondary sources.

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  • Assessment – History Y3/4 (B): How have children’s lives changed?

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  • Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: What do sources tell us about how children’s lives have changed?

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  • Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Why did Tudor children work and what was it like?

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  • Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: How did Lord Shaftesbury help to change the lives of children?

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  • Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: How and why has children’s leisure time changed?

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  • Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: What were the diseases children caught and how were they treated?

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