Issue 3.2 - The Victorians

Victorian innovations and discoveries helped make our world what it is today – but at what cost? Explore the lives of the rich, poor and more with these resource packs that include instructions, activity sheets, information factsheets, research resources and images to support the lesson plans and activities.

Creative Teaching and Learning

Activity 12: ‘Darkest London’

(Project: The Victorians) Students have travelled back in time and landed in London slums, circa 1850. They compose a piece of creative writing about their first impressions. (6 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Activity 11: The Industrial Revolution

(Project: The Victorians) Students use a variety of sources to research and write up the impact of the Industrial Revolution on towns and their inhabitants, with particular emphasis on the poor. (24 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Activity 10: Royal children

(Project: The Victorians) Pupils answer a range of maths questions related to Queen Victoria’s nine children. (3 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Activity 9: Queen Victoria’s family tree

(Project: The Victorians) Pupils draw a family tree for Queen Victoria in order to understand the connections between the queen’s children and the other royal houses of Europe. (6 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Activity 8: Let us begin

(Project: The Victorians) Students compare the beginnings of a selection of Victorian novels, and consider what makes a good story opening. (8 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Activity 7: Famous Victorians – Who said that?

(Project: The Victorians) A game in which students write and attribute made-up quotes to a range of famous Victorians. (4 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Activity 6: A new invention

(Project: The Victorians) Students become Victorian journalists, researching and writing a newspaper report about the discovery of a new invention. (3 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Activity 5b: Long, long ago…

(Project: The Victorians) Pupils calculate how many years ago a number of important Victorian events occurred. (2 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Activity 5a: Victorian timeline

(Project: The Victorians) Students create a class timeline of events during Queen Victoria’s reign in order to understand significant turning points in British history. (7 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

Creative Teaching and Learning

Activity 4: The British Empire

(Project: The Victorians) Students write a historical account of the growth of the British Empire to the height of its distribution across the globe. (9 Page Download)

10 Dec 2014
24mins

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Issue 3.2 - The Victorians

Activity 12: ‘Darkest London’

Activity 11: The Industrial Revolution

Activity 10: Royal children

Activity 9: Queen Victoria’s family tree

Activity 8: Let us begin

Activity 7: Famous Victorians – Who said that?

Activity 6: A new invention

Activity 5b: Long, long ago…

Activity 5a: Victorian timeline

Activity 4: The British Empire

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