Victorian Times
Published on 23. August 1990
Book
Spiral bound
96 pages
978-0-04-448126-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book is a skills and evidence based resource, designed to provide exciting activities for children learning about the Victorian age, together with plenty of practical ideas and information for teachers. The photocopiable format makes it easy to give children their own attractively illustrated sheets to work with. All the activities have been tested in schools and are suitable for a range of ages and abilities; they include examination of historical evidence, comparing the past with the present, role play, research, and designing and building.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Illustrations
line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-04-448126-3 (9780044481263)
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Other editions
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Paul Noble | Jo Lawrie
Victorian Times
Book
08/1990
Collins Educational
€64.56
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Content
Part 1 Queen Victoria: Victoria's life - a timeline; events - picture quiz; events - picture quiz; Victoria - what was she like?; Victoria's famous silhouette; a family photograph. Part 2 The Empire: a map of the British empire; a tiger hunt in India; living in a foreign land. Part 3 Population, poverty and crime: taking the census; Farringdon Street 1881; census information; population growth; child deaths; children of the poor; bad housing; workhouses; punishment for criminals; prisons; from wealth to poverty. Part 4 Victorian dress: Victorian cut-out figures; smart clothes; working clothes. Part 5 Victorian photographs: Victorian photography - portraits; clues from photographs. Part 6 Women: the match-girl's strike; women at work; servants. Part 7 A Victorian corner in the classroom; stencils; a kitchen range. Part 8 Emigrants: emigrants from Britain; transportation. Part 9 Childhood and education: schoolwork - reading and games; schoolwork - moral tales; schoolwork - copybook and rules; off school; a school inspector's log book; the school curriculum. Part 10 Sewing: stitching; making a sampler. Part 11 Toys: nursery toys; home-made toys - a thaumatrope; home-made toys - a peg doll. Part 12 Building: a building sheet record; in the street; apprentices. Part 13 Church restoration: restoration of a church. Part 14 Victorian tiles: tile designs; tile panels. Part 15 The Great Exhibition 1851: the Crystal Palace - a dissected puzzle; the Crystal Palace building; the Great Exhibition - some exhibits. Part 16 Railways: railways - planning a route. Part 17 The Royal Mail: making a quill pen; the post. Part 18: Inventions. Part 19 Christmas: a bible cake; a Christmas gift box.