Growing
Up
Eighteenth-Century
Style
The
Dunce Disgrace by T.Stothard
You
have just been transported back into the Eighteenth-Century.
Here, you will explore different aspects of Eighteenth-Century British
childhood.
Widely seen as a tiresome stage, childhood during this era is quite different
from how it will be in the Twenty-First Century. Childhood is not even
distinguished as a separate stage. Children are simply seen as miniature adults.
Thus, to understand how childhood differs, we looked into the future to see what
will be most central in a child�s world in the Twenty-First Century and
decided to explore those same aspects of childhood, here, in the Eighteenth.
When
you click each child�s picture below, you will be transported into his or her
own distinct world. You�ll hear how each is educated, and their family lives,
and how they play. You�ll also see that every aspect of a child�s life is
largely determinant on class and gender. So click on each picture to meet our
subjects and see what it is like to grow up Eighteenth-Century
Style.

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