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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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Expectations

At the end of this unit

most children will: place the changes in the period within a chronological framework; make appropriate use of dates and terms; demonstrate knowledge and understanding about the everyday lives of children in the Victorian period; show how some aspects of the period have been interpreted in different ways; select and combine information from a range of visual, textbook and documentary sources; communicate their knowledge and understanding of changes to children's lives in Victorian times in organised and structured ways

some children will not have made so much progress and will: recognise some similarities and differences between the lives of children from different areas of Victorian society; ask and answer questions about the period by using at least one source of information

some children will have progressed further and will: describe reasons for and results of particular events; use their knowledge and understanding of the Victorian period to make links with other societies and periods; select and combine information from a range of sources to reach substantiated conclusions


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?