Miners Lives - Children at School
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Reconstruction from 1927 showing children's school life in a mining community.
Children's school life in 1927 in a coal mining community in the south Wales valleys. The teacher explains the rules and potential punishments. Includes an explanation of the reasons why many 1920's Welsh children left school at 14 and started work in the pit.
From:
Coal House Omnibus 1
First broadcast
:
28 October 2007
Teachers' notes
Subject : History
Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain
Keywords : Coal industry
Notes : Use when studying mining communities and the role of school in the early 20th century. Good start to the lesson - follow with class discussion on the differences between school life today and then. See Coal House.
