Victorian Era - History Unit

With the National Curriculum in mind, I have created a set of high-quality history lessons with tasks attached about the Victorian era. The National Curriculum puts forward that history education should help children gain a chronologically secure knowledge, understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It should also inspire children’s curiosity to know more about the past and empower them to be confident historians.

Each Lesson Pack Contains:
A Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Objectives, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides).

The 15 lessons are broken down into the following:

1. Biography of Queen Victoria
2. Victorians Timeline
3. The Rich and Poor Children and their Differences
4. Children at Work
5. Notable Figures
6. Workhouses
7. The life of Rich Victorians
8. Victorian Schooling
9. Victorian Toys
10. Queen Victoria’s Portrait - Art
11. Victorian Decoupage - Art
12. William Morris - Art
13. Industrial Revolution
14. Victorian Inventions
15. British Empire - Geography

Learning Objectives;

1. To learn about the changing power of monarchs
2. To find out about the life of Queen Victoria
3. To Gain an understanding of Queen Victoria
4. To learn about key Victorian dates
5. To order key Victorian dates
6. To understand how these key events affected Victorian Life
7. To learn about the jobs Victorian children had
8. To compare the lifestyles of the poor and rich Victorians
9. To learn about the jobs Victorian children had
10. To learn about the risks of working in dangerous environments
11. To learn about key Victorian figures
12. To continue learning about the risks of working in dangerous environments
13. To learn about Workhouses
14. To compare your daily routine to a child in a workhouse’s
15. To compare lifestyles of the rich and poor Victorians
16. To learn about rich Victorians
17. To learn about Victorian Toys
18. To compare Victorian Toys with modern Toys
19. To analyse Queen Victoria’s Portraits
20. To create Decoupages
21. To learn about William Morris
22. To create art using block stencilling
23. To learn about the Industrial Revolution
24. To learn about Victorian inventions and how they have impacted our lives today.
25. To learn about the British Empire
26. To learn of the benefits and disadvantages of the British colonialism
27. To learn about the Commonwealth

Some Key Terms Covered

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