Learning objective
- To research and record the working conditions of Victorian children using reports and images.
Success criteria
- I can describe
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National curriculum
History
The national curriculum for history
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Cross-curricular links
English
Reading comprehension
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
1: Lesson plan
An area for you to put useful resources from the previous lesson
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Presentation: Recording to support recording job activities and conditions in the Main event; should use Activity: Research and record: support version in the Main event.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should use the Activity: Letter home: extension to describe Victorian working conditions in detail; could research and record more than one job in the Activity: Research and record; could research different jobs (e.g. chimney sweep, match girl or pottery maker) and find their own sources using a laptop or tablet.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying the types of
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Vocabulary definitions
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archivist
Someone who takes care of important documents and records, making sure they are safely kept and can be looked at in the future.
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bird scarer
A child whose job was to stand in a farmer's field scaring or chasing away birds.
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In this unit
Lesson 1: What do sources tell us about how children's lives have changed?
Lesson 2: Why did Tudor children work and what was it like?
Lesson 3: What were children's jobs like in Victorian England?
Lesson 4: How did Lord Shaftesbury help to change the lives of children?
Lesson 5: How and why has children's leisure time changed?
Lesson 6: What were the diseases children caught and how were they treated?
Maintained by: Kapow Primary team
Last update: 26th June, 2024
