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History at key stage 3    (Year 8)

Unit 12: Snapshot 1900 what was British middle-class life like?

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About this unit

This unit focuses on the British middle class and provides pupils with experience in interrogating and cross-referencing different types of nineteenth-century source material. Pupils use the local area to build up a picture of the complexity of middle-class life: housing, occupations, income, expenditure, education and leisure pursuits. The unit uses the local area to teach the study of Britain 1750-1900 as required.

This unit is expected to take 8-11 hours. There is scope to adjust some of the teaching activities to take account of the time constraints in different schools.


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 middle classes?
2. Who were our local middle classes and where did they live?
3. New jobs and new people: where did the middle classes come from?
4. Wages and prices: how well did the middle classes live?
5. Leisure time and entertainment: what did the middle classes do for fun?
6. Representations of Victorian middle-class life: how accurate are they?