1. Vile Victorians Ella Shires

2. Who were the Victorians and when did they live ? The Victorians invented electricity. They lived in the 1837 to 1901. The Victorians had to do a lot of work and children had to as hard as much as their family but the rich had it good.

3. What was life like for a poor child in the 1840s ? They got wacked with a cane. We are lucky. They did not have tv or a game console. They got wacked with a cane. We are lucky. They did not have tv or a game console.

4. What was life like for a poor child in the 1840s ? A poor child had to work to feed themself and to have a sack to sleep on at night. A poor child had to work very hard or they would end up in the work house. A poor child had to work to feed themself and to have a sack to sleep on at night. A poor child had to work very hard or they would end up in the work house.

5. Who helped the Victorian children ? He helped by starting the ragged school and he paid children to work and they paid him back for food and a bed and the ragged school was free.