Category Archives: The Victorians

THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to …… to …recap descriptive techniques to …begin to plan & create descriptive language choices for our next task to …record relevant information for Chapter 2 1. Make a quiz… First write the question and the answers… End Begin 2. Now, repeatContinue reading “Y6: 1-19. The Victorians Quiz”

THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to …… to find out about typical crimes and punishments in the Victorian period to compare Victorian punishments to the modern day justice system. to …record relevant information for Chapter 2 1. What happens to people when they break the law inContinue reading “Y6: 1-18. Crime & Punishment”

THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to …… to use historical sources to make observations about Victorian clothing to compare clothes for rich and poor people from Victorian times to design a Victorian sewing sampler 1. Carefully examine the photograph. Compared to the kind of clothes that manyContinue reading “Y6: 1-17. Victorian Clothes”

THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to …… to find out how rules about who could go to school changed over the Victorian period to compare Victorian schools with modern day schooling to …record relevant information for Chapter 2 1. Think about your school day… Think about theseContinue reading “Y6: 1-16. Victorian Schools II”

THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to …… to find out how rules about who could go to school changed over the Victorian period to compare Victorian schools with modern day schooling to …record relevant information for Chapter 2 1. Think about your school day… Think about theseContinue reading “Y6: 1-15. Victorian Schools I”

THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to …… to explore why Lord Shaftesbury was an important figure to find out how Lord Shaftesbury’s campaigns improved children’s lives during the Victorian period to …record relevant information for Chapter 2 1. Large numbers of children in Victorian times had toContinue reading “Y6: 1-14. Victorian Child Labour II”

THIS POST IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to …… to find out what sort of jobs were done by Victorian children to explore what life was like for Victorian working children to …record relevant information for Chapter 2 1. Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution. (6:30 minutes long)  VictorianContinue reading “Y6: 1-13. Victorian Child Labour I”

The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to learn a bit more about the Victorian railways. to see what people thought of the new railways (to explain different viewpoints about the new railways) to examine how people were affected by the new railways to find out how the introduction of the railways changed travel andContinue reading “Y6: 1-12. Victorian Railways”

The Victorians Lessons Today we are going to look at Victorian Christmas Traditions. to discover the origins of some Christmas Traditions to compare the Victorian Christmas with modern Christmas celebrations to make our own Victorian Christmas Cards! 1. First we are going to watch a few videos… Victorian Christmas Traditions (1:27 minutes long) 2. OddContinue reading “Y6: 1-11. Victorian Christmas Traditions”

Today we are going to continue learning about the Industrial Revolution… to find out more about the Industrial Revolution to consider the impact of the Industrial Revolution 1. Here is a reminder of what ‘Industrial Revolution’ means: 2. Quick Revision… Can you write down some points to show what Britain was like before and afterContinue reading “Y6: 1-10. The Industrial Revolution – continued”

Today we are going to learn what the Industrial Revolution was… to find out what the Industrial Revolution was to explain how Victorian Britain was changed by the Industrial Revolution 1. One of the most famous changes to take place in Britain during the Victorian period was called the ‘Industrial Revolution’. 2. The images belowContinue reading “Y6: 1-9. The Industrial Revolution”

Today we are going to consider which famous inventions came from the Victorians. to find out about some famous Victorian inventions to explain how new inventions changed people’s lives during the Victorian period 1. The most famous and useful inventions from history are ones that solved a common problem or made life better for people.Continue reading “Y6: 1-8. Victorian Inventions”

Today we are going to see why exactly Queen Victoria was such a popular monarch. to think about why Victoria became such a popular monarch to record our thoughts on Queen Victoria’s achievements 1. Complete this Fact Match Task: SOLUTION 2. A reminder from the previous lesson: After Victoria died, the newspapers reported how theContinue reading “Y6: 1-7. Queen Victoria’s Death”

Today we are going to consider why Queen Victoria was such a great monarch. to find out about Queen Victoria?s achievements to gather information for a newspaper article about Queen Victoria 1. Read the following article about Queen Victoria: 2. Let’s record some words on our vocabulary sheet: Copy the following words as well asContinue reading “Y6: 1-6. Queen Victoria’s Life – continued”

Today we are going to learn how to record information just like a Historian! to understand the role of a monarch to consider how information can be recorded 1. Let’s see what the duties of a monarch are: What is the role of the Monarch? (0:52 minutes long) 2. Here is a summary of aContinue reading “Y6: 1-5. Queen Victoria’s Life”

The Victorians Today we are going to see how much you know about Queen Victoria’s so far… to test your knowledge about Queen Victoria to gain additional knowledge about Queen Victoria 1. How many facts about Queen Victoria do you know? Write down a fact in each of the boxes on the facts sheet (below).Continue reading “Y6: 1-4. Queen Victoria- Facts”

Today we are going to learn a bit more about Queen Victoria’s family tree… to understand why Victoria became Queen to see how today’s British royal family is direct descendants of Queen Victoria 1. Let’s see what we can learn about Queen Victoria! Queen Victoria. (10:25 minutes long) 2. Study the family tree below toContinue reading “Y6: 1-3. Victoria’s Family Tree”

Today we are going to record our findings about the Victorians! 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 aContinue reading “Y6: 1-2. The Victorians – Sources”

Today we are going to start with a new topic! The Victorians to put the Victorian period into historical context to use historical sources to find out about the Victorian period 1. Let’s complete the following form… 2. 3. Here is a very short introduction to who the Victorians were: 4. Next we are goingContinue reading “Y6: 1-1. The Victorians – Introduction”