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taken into the workhouse you would be split up dressed in uniform and have your hair

cut short. This could happen to a family if father were taken ill and unable to work.

Lots of children in poor families died of diseases like scarlet fever, measles, polio

and TB which are curable today. These were spread by foul drinking water, open
drains and lack of proper toilets. In overcrowded rooms if one person caught a
disease it spread quickly through the rest.

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VICTORIAN FAMILY LIFE

Truth to Teach (Source)

James 5:1-6 Warning to rich oppressors

Ephesians 6:1-4 Children, obey your parents … honour your father and
mother…Fathers, do not exasperate your children …

Proverbs 13:24 ‘He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him
is careful to discipline him.’

 The Victorian rich and poor families were very different.

Way to Work (Means)

1. Review the previous lesson.

2 Talk about the difference between a house and a home. (A house can be a
building but a home is for a family and/or friends.) Use a book or an Internet
programme to show pictures of family life.

‘There is no place like home’ so the Victorians thought. The family was central
to their lives. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert had bought a house called
Osborne House on the Isle of Wight to bring up their children. They placed
much significance on family life so the Victorians had role models to copy.

3. Explain that the father was the head of the house and his command was to be
obeyed. He was often too strict – look at the verses in Ephesians 6.

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