Children of coal and iron

By Donald Maclean, Iain Rose

Subjects: Child labor, Coal mines and mining, History, Iron mines and mining

Description: Looks at the social and economic background to the rapidly growing iron and coal industries in Scotland during the 1800s. Includes eyewitness accounts from the Coal Report of 1842 which illustrate the conditions under which children worked and lived. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.