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

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

Adapting the unit

Year 3 and 4 children could:

be given a clear framework for looking at the portrait of the royal family
be given reference material when researching their presentations, eg key words, highlighted text, visual sources, tape-recorded text
find out about political changes through stories
use more visual sources and artefacts as evidence
ask questions about individual sources of evidence

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?