Victorian Britain

Group 1: Discuss and present a brief history about Lord Shaftesbury

Group 2 : Discuss and present a brief history about Dr.Barnado

Gropu 3:Discuss and present how Lord Shaftesbury tried to improve the lives of the children

Group 4:Discuss and present how Dr.Barnado tried to improve the lives of the children

Lord shaftesbury was a wealthy farmer and land owner,he read reports in newspapers about the miserable working conditons for most people

Beginning in 1833, he was able to get the gorvenment pass laws called The Factory Acts

Although this was good for factory workers ,the factory owners themselves weren't so pleased with these acts since they had to increase the wages to workers

One of the most important acts of the law was that women and children were not to work more than 10 hours a day

Dr. Thomas Barnado came to london to train as a doctor

He set up a ragged school for some poor children, one of the children known as Jim Jarvis showed him what children like him went through.

Dr.Barnado was set up various homes and schools for orphans,widows,the disabled and the unemployed

Dr.Barnado's charity still helps upto today

Dr.Barnado once saw a child die that he vowed to never turn away anyone in need of shelter or clothing