HISTORY Scheme of Work

Key Stage 2

The Victorians

Description

A blocked History Unit for Year 5, covering the lives of men, women and children at different levels of society in Britain and the ways in which they were affected by changes in industry and transport.

Resources

Artefacts, photographs, timelines, posters, portraits, 'horrible' histories, conventional texts, music, literature, visit, local history

Historical Enquiry

• What was Victorian Britain?
• What types of job did people have in this period?
• What was life like in the city, in the town, in the country?
• Who helped the poor?
• What was life like for Victorian women and children?
• What did Victorians do in their leisure time?

Key Learning

• the timespan of the Victorian period
• the impact of the Industrial Revolution
• the consequences of economic change on people's lives
• an awareness of the differences in lifestyle between the upper and working classes
• an ability to identify the heritage of the Victorian period in local area