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QCA

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

Unit 12: How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?

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Objectives

Section 1: Who lived here in 1841?
Children should learn:
  • to find out about the past from census returns
  • to select and record information relevant to a chosen topic

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Section 2: Who lived and worked here in 1891? What has changed since 1841 and why?
Children should learn:
  • to make comparisons that illustrate change within the Victorian period
  • to give reasons for these changes
  • to identify characteristic features of Victorian transport and industry

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Section 3: How did the arrival and expansion of the railways affect our area?
Children should learn:
  • to describe the attitudes of some different people to the building of a railway in the locality
  • to communicate their understanding of benefits and disadvantages of railways

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Section 4: What evidence of Victorian times remains in our area?
Children should learn:
  • to identify and record characteristic features of Victorian buildings
  • to recognise ways in which buildings have been changed over time, and consider reasons for the changes

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Section 5: How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?
Children should learn:
  • to recall information about the area in Victorian times
  • to organise their knowledge and use it to summarise their learning about the changes

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Sections in this unit

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1. Who lived here in 1841?
2. Who lived and worked here in 1891? What has changed since 1841 and why?
3. How did the arrival and expansion of the railways affect our area?
4. What evidence of Victorian times remains in our area?
5. How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?