Victorian Inventions & Inventors - Activities for Key Stage Two

Five worksheets about Victorian inventions and inventors for Key Stage Two.

The first worksheet has two activities: firstly, pupils will discuss and link Victorian inventors with their inventions; secondly, there are four questions to discuss and answer. The questions focus on the significance and impact of several inventions.

The worksheet will work best when it follows on from discussion and looking at artifacts or photographs, where pupils will have thought about the relative merits of the inventions and asked whether they are relevant today.

2nd worksheet: Images of Victorian inventions

3rd and 4th worksheets: Comparing Victorian objects with modern

5th worksheet: Welcome to the Victorian Museum activity. For this activity you need to place obscure and interesting Victorian artefacts (or photos of them) on each table of classroom. Pupils go round to each table and try to figure out what each artefact is!