History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5/6)

Unit 11: What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain?
Section 6: How did life change for children living in Victorian Britain?

Objectives

Children should learn:

to recall information about the life of children in Victorian times
to select appropriate material and present it in a way that shows their understanding of the Victorian period

Activities

Outcomes

Children:

Refer to the time line to recap the main events, dates and figures to help the children recall some of the main changes to the lives of children during the Victorian period.

Discuss with the children why the changes took place and who benefited from them. Tell the children that a large number of children were still working in 1901.

Provide the children with a range of sources and ask them to summarise what they have found out in ways that provide a sense of the Victorian period.

recall information about what children did in Victorian times
present information showing knowledge and an appreciation of the Victorian period

Points to note

It is important to give the children a chance to summarise what they have learnt, and to try to present it as 'historians'. Some children will need support with the extended writing activity.

This activity could be extended by asking children to write a detailed account of what they have learnt, using dates and terms appropriately and clearly. They can be asked to identify how the lives of some children had changed and others had stayed the same.

Sections in this unit

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	1. Who were the Victorians and when did they live?
	2. What was life like for a poor child in the 1840s?
	3. Who helped to improve the lives of Victorian children?
	4. What was it like going to school at the end of the nineteenth century?
	5. How did different Victorian children use their spare time?
	6. How did life change for children living in Victorian Britain?