Lil victorians

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

children in coal mines

Thijs veen, Thijs van der sluis, Dex en Jaevin

Why was coal so important?

-Very important energy source!

-40 years 104 million tons of coal.

Where does energy came from in the Victorian times?

1. Burning coal, waterpower.
2. Burning coal, horses and waterpower.
3. Burning coal and electricity.
4. Burning coal, horses and electricity.

What burned on coal in Victorian times?

1. Factory machines, locomotives and steamships
2. Factory machines and ovens.
3. Ovens, locomotives.
4. Ovens, steam engines.

What were coal mines like?

-Coal mines were dangerous

- Coal mines were like...

Fact

Wich three answers are dangerous in coal mines?

1. Gas, explosion and collapsion
2. Gas, collapsion and accidents
3. Accidents, flood and explode
4. Gas, collapse and accident

Wich 2 things did they use to mine coal?

1. A drill and a hamer
2. A pickaxe and a shovel
3. A pickaxe and a machine
4. A shovel and a drill

How were coal mines run.

-Who owned the mine?

-What happend with the coal?

-What did they get paid and what age did they worked.

Fact  

Slate mines

to what age did they rase the age limit for boys-miners in 1900

1. 12
2. 13
3. 14
4. 15

Who owned the mine

1. The oldest child
2. The youngest child
3. The person who owned the land
4. The mayor of the town

What jobs did children do in mines?

-putters

-trappers

-children on the surface

-work days

Fact

What is a trapper?

1. children that push trucks trough the mines
2. children who open the wooden doors
3. children on the surface
4. the boss

what is a putter?

1. children who work on the surface
2. the boss
3. children who open the wooden doors
4. children who push trucks trough the mines