Victorian Britain
You could start the Victorians with a story.
See the Victorian chimney sweep
short lesson exemplar and the
Upstairs Downstairs story in the History section of the Urban Spaces material.
Lessons and short lesson exemplars available on this site. Cick on the items below.
Short lessons
Victorian chimney-sweep (story-telling)
Queen Victoria and the train (drama)
Scott and Amundsen (children writing)
Questioning a Victorian doll (using objects)
Victorian school advertisement (reading documents)
Using Victorian artefacts (learning about time)
Lessons
('Irish famine' is on another website in a different format.)
Brunel and Clifton Suspension BridgeChildren in Victorian Britain: Down the Mine
Children in Victorian Britain: Henry at boarding school
Victorians: Child labour in textile factories
Slate mining in Victorian times
Victorian Britain: Irish Famine
Investigating Victorian mining disasters