Please sign a petition asking the Brazilian government and its Supreme Court to uphold the constitution, which promises land rights for the indigenous people of the Amazon

Learning from the Victorians

Before Victorian times very few children in England and Wales went to school. Poor children often had to work to help feed the family. The only schools for poor children were charity and church schools or ‘dame’ schools set up by unqualified teachers in their own homes

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Published on 24/01/2005, last updated on 13/05/2008
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