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

Unit 11: What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain?

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Prior learning

It is helpful if the children have:

  • used portraits as a source of information on famous people living in the past
  • learnt about children in a time beyond living memory
  • read/listened to biographies or stories about people living in the past


Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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?