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Poverty in Victorian London

What could this image tell us about London?
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EnglishUpper Secondary (Key Stage 4)GCSE

This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

time-iconLesson duration is: 15 min

Items in this lesson

What could this image tell us about London?

Slide 1 - Slide

Why was poverty such an issue?
Following the industrial revolution, millions moved to London looking for work. There were not enough houses for them to live in, and so they became homeless and desperate for money. This allowed the factory owners to exploit many.
What does exploit mean?
Expolitation is the misuse of someone in a lower class for financial gain. The poor were often put in dangerous, deadly positions so the rich did not have to be at risk. 

Slide 2 - Slide

What happened if you needed help?
The poor faced 2 options - debtor's jail or the workhouse. You would be in debtor's prison until you paid off the debt. In the workhouse, families were seperated, food was scarce and you were forced to do difficult and long jobs such as walking on a treadmill for 12 hours!

Slide 3 - Slide

Would you rather have been sent to debtor's prison or the workhouse?
Prison
Workhouse

Slide 4 - Poll

Why did this happen?
In 1834, the Poor Law declared that charity should not be given to those in need. Instead, able bodied and unemployed must work in workhouses where conditions were deliberately awful in order to discourage the lazy from working there.
This was because many believed the poor were undeserving and should not be helped. 
What is undeserving poverty?
People believed that the poor were either undeserving (gambled and drank away all their money) or deserving (good, honest workers who deserved help). 

Slide 5 - Slide

When was the Poor Law established?
A
1834
B
1854
C
1863
D
1964

Slide 6 - Quiz

Why did they establish this law?
A
They wanted to help the poor.
B
They wanted to discourage the poor and make them work.
C
They wanted free labour.
D
They couldn't afford to help them.

Slide 7 - Quiz

What about education?
The poor also suffered from a lack of education and many children of poorer families would work similar hours to their parents, often in dangerous jobs where the risk of injury and disability was high. Ragged Schools started to spring up  as a way of educating the poor. Their name came from the ragged clothes of many of their students. They were schools run by individuals or groups of people who wanted to provide education for those who didn’t have it and many of the teachers were volunteers

Slide 8 - Slide

Slide 9 - Video

List 3 things you know about Ragged schools.

Slide 10 - Open question

What challenges did the poor in Victorian London face?

Slide 11 - Mind map

Challenges faced by the poor
Beliefs of the upper class
The workhouse
They should have no support
No education 
Lazy and immoral

Slide 12 - Drag question

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