History A-Level
State intervention in childhood
What State intervention in childhood means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of State intervention in childhood
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Government action through named Acts gradually made childhood a protected, schooled phase of life rather than one controlled mainly by family and workplace.
Topics that use State intervention in childhood
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 2 The world of childhood (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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