Modern history podcast- Working conditions at the factories

Over the XIX century, several writers described in their novels the horrible conditions of the working class. Entire families worked in these factories. Many people from the countryside left their homes in the search for a future. This search led them to the factories where fabrics, cigars or canned food were produced. These writers wanted to make their readers conscious about the problems that the working class was facing. 

In this activity, you will produce a podcast where you will talk about the working conditions in the XIX century's factories. You will have to divide into three groups. Each group will talk about the working conditions of:

-Women
-Men
-Children

You can search information following the links:
-https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/modules/hi253/lectures/lecture3/ (about women an man working conditions)
-https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/womens_work_01.shtml#five (about women working conditions)
-http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/citizenship/struggle_democracy/childlabour.htm 

The three writers above described the working conditions in the XIX's factories. You can search some information about their lives and their beliefs too:

-Charles Dickens

-Victor Hugo 

-Emilia Pardo Bazán

We will work on the podcasts together at highschool, but I need you to research the information first at home.

 

Ilustration drawn for the novel Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens