- to put the Victorian period into historical context
- to use historical sources to find out about the Victorian period
1.
Read the facts below about Victorian times. Three are true and one of them is false – can you guess which one is a lie?
SOLUTION
2.
Let’s record some words on our vocabulary sheet:
Copy the following words as well as their meanings onto your vocabulary sheet:
- Inaugural — “the first in a series of planned events”
- Widow — “a woman whose husband had died”
- Widower — “a man whose wife had died”
3.
In the previous lesson we looked at some historical sources to see what they reveal about the Victorians.
We considered what each of these painting tells us about life in Victorian times:
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This is a painting called The Pinch of Poverty, created by an artist called Thomas Benjamin Kennington in 1889.
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This painting by William Powell Frith is called A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881.
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This is a painting called Inaugural Journey of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and was painted by A.B. Clayton in 1830.
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This 1875 painting by Sir Luke Fildes is called The Widower.
4.
Now complete the record to show what the paintings tell you.
SOLUTION
Copy the first painting’s information as an example answer:
4.
How People In The Victorian Era Spent Their Free Time. (11:77 minutes long)
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This lesson has been based on material that may be obtained from: https://www.ks2history.com/
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