Презентация на тему по английскому языку на тему Викторианские семьи Английский в фокусе 11 класс

Victoria in Britain (1837-1901)

very valuable part of the everyday life throughout the

era. Most often families were considered by todays standards to be very large. In 1870 you would find that the average household family contained five or six children.

was the worker of the family. His responsibility was

to be the bread winner. He would likely work very long hours. However, when returning to home he frequently had a room so-called the study. The children were frequently not allowed in the study without special permission from the father.

same role that women did of the 1950s. Although

they rarely worked, they did not spend their time cooking and washing clothes. Instead, they planned the dinner parties and spent a lot of time generally teaching the children of the home core values. The Victorian life put a huge value on ensuring that parents taught their children properly.

lot of time with their mother or father. In

an average day, most time was probably spent with someone like a nanny which would have also been responsible for teaching them arithmetic and reading. They may only spend an hour or two with both parents in attendance late in the evening and only if they were cleaned up. Children left homes early in life to get married and start their own families.

growing up as they provided amusement, emotional care and

physical care as well as contributing to their education. 

have as many as nine or ten children, many

of whom didn’t go to school.

children born in poor families. In their situation, children

as small as three or five year old were employed by industrial units as they were important source of labor to the industries but despite the hard work, they could be paid a very mere sum.

worked for long hours in the factories doing hazardous

jobs. Children, especially boys the age of eleven or twelve years were employed to clean chimneys.

condition forced these families to take any opportunity to

make money. Thus, children were pushed into working to help the parents to earn money and support the budget of the family. Many people justified children’s working as an act of helping those in dire need of money.